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A PINKTROTTER-STYLE SAINT VALENTINE
A SPECIAL GLAM ESCAPE for your special SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY! Ehi lovebirds, this year forget roses, chocolates and the humdrum Hallmark it's time...
A SPECIAL GLAM ESCAPE for your special SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY!
Ehi lovebirds, this year forget roses, chocolates and the humdrum Hallmark it's time to up the ante by whisking your other half to a fabulous glam escape that would knock even Casanova's (lacy) socks off!!!
BLAKES HOTEL -London, United Kingdom
Blakes Hotel is known to be the world's first luxury boutique hotel and it is famous for its design, service and privacy. The hotel delivers hedonistic pleasures with a hefty dose of luxury decay. Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have named the Corfu Suite at Blakes Hotel as the winner of the Sexiest Bedroom category at the first ever Smith Hotel Awards which celebrates the most romantic rooms and seductive suites in the world. Each room has its own unique style. The Restaurant is of stunning timeless design, stylish and exotic, serving exquisite cuisine in seductive settings where walls are exotically layered with artefacts from exotic climes and tables are adorned with the finest appointments.
KAKSLAUTTANEN HOTEL -Saariselka, Finland
This is the perfect romantic glam escape, the Kakslauttanen hotel is the home of the famous Igloo Village with the unique Glass and Snow Igloos and a World's Largest Snow Restaurant. Surrounded by Lapland's exotic and stunning scenery, not only can guests sample the peace of sleeping in snow (the snow muffles sound, and provides a great night's sleep), the glass igloos are fantastic for lying on bed at night, watching the Northern Lights in the warm.
Sauna will be an essential part of your romantic stay. By the river there are three different-sized smoke saunas, the largest one of wich is the larged smoke sauna in the world. You can also enjoy your dinner or a glass of champagne at the smoke sauna or the Snow Restaurant.
THE FARM AT CAPE KIDNAPPERS - Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
With a 6,000-acre working farm and breathtaking Pacific Ocean views, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers comes complete with a glam golf course, soothing spa and seductive dining snug. This wonderful hotel is ideal for honeymoons and romantic breakaways. The building combines rustic and textured materials with comfortable modern furniture, each lodge suite offers 5star luxury accommodation. Dining is a special and unforgettable experience in the luxury lodge. Choosing from many with unique features, we suggest the special and romantic Snug for special occasion. Be sure to leave room for dessert; the hotel’s pastry chef makes all of the scrumptious cookies, breads, jams, ice-cream and pastries from scratch.
QT SYDNEY -Sydney, Australia
The QT Sydney is a glamour boutique hotel in Sydney downtown. yThe hotel occupies the beautiful old bones of the State Theatre and Gowings department store buildings. All the rooms are tricked out with a variety hits of colour. With a contemporary and quirkly design all guestrooms feature creature comforts such as luxurious bedding, walk-in showers and most suites also offer an oversized soaking tub. DIY Martini kits cater to budding mixologists and hint at pre-dining-and-dancing tipples. For morning-after alleviation, slot in a session at stylish SpaQ, where an old-school barber is a nod to the history of the Gowings building.CA MARIA ADELE -Venice, Italy Ca Maria Adele is a romantic respite hidden away from camera-clutching tourists with heavy damask fabrics, shimmering Murano chandeliers and ornate flock wallpaper. It is located inside an historical Venetian Palazzo. Couples are welcomed by a private dock and then coaxed into the elegant reception, resplendent in gold marble and deep African teak. The hotel is eclectically decorated with “damaschi” fabrics, African wood furniture, marble fireplaces, fur wall paper, moresch lamps, Swaroski crystals , the list goes and on . A combination of exotic, romantic, mystical and fascination makes this a the delightful hotel. A soundtrack of lapping water and chattering locals can be heard from the windows of Ca Maria Adele’s magnificent rooms: the grand Sala del Doge has sumptuous furnishings and a sensuous red palette; Sala Noire is darkly seductive, with black glass and muted lighting. http://www.camariaadele.it/html/index.html LA RESIDENCE -Garden Route & Winelands, South Africa Located in the beautiful Franschoek valley at the heart of a private estate, this is a heaven of luxury on every level. La Residence is a mini, modern Versailles with more Persian rugs and exotic antiques than you could poke a pith helmet at. You can find the peace here, spending your glam escape moseying between the come-hither infinity pool and shaded sun loungers. A Luxurious Spa allows you to indulge in an array of pampering procedures - either in the tranquil, air-conditioned double treatment room or in the privacy of your own suite or balcony. The Persian Alley is perfect for cocktails and canapes by candlelight, while would-be master-chefs can book a cookery demonstration at the chef’s table. And then explore boutique wineries or experience a private tasting with an expert, with or without food pairings. Wine tasting in Franschhoek means a huge variety of wine to be sampled and enjoyed – from pink bubbly to red dessert wine, pinotage to grappa. http://www.laresidence.co.za/ JADE MOUNTAIN -St Lucia, St Lucia Rising above the Caribbean sea, Jade Mountain is a cornucopia of zigzagging stone walkways, cascading pools and sculpture-topped stone pillars celebrating St Lucia’s stunning scenic beauty. The vision of architect Nick Troubetzkoy where each structure has its own ‘sky path’ — an individual bridge suspended from a network of columns and a removed fourth wall, allowing for totally uninterrupted ocean views. The bold architectural design makes this hotel one of the Caribbean’s most mesmerizing resort experiences. This a tech-free zone with no phones, sound systems, TVs or WiFi. Just a Paradise where enjoy your romantic glam escape. A wide range of spa services can be enjoyed in the privacy of the Jade Mountain sanctuaries or at Kai en Ciel, Jade Mountain’s boutique spa and fitness studio. Expect to fill days with waterskiing, snorkelling, kayaking, cycling, paddling in your private infinity pool and feasting on the seafood-focussed menu at the Jade Mountain Club. http://www.jademountain.com/ L’HÔTEL -Paris, France In the heart of Paris where romance rules L’Hôtel isn’t daunted by its setting; it will sweep you off your feet. An impressive spiral staircase leads to six floors of opulent, individually designed bedrooms and suites, each a sanctuary with lavish fabrics, original works of art and indulgent bathrooms. From the cylindrical hotel atrium, a spiral staircase descends towards the basement hammam, where the pool is decked out with heavy velvet curtains, terracotta floors and rough-stone columns. Post-swim stomachs can splurge on Michelin-starred cuisine at Le Restaurant or the adjacent Le Bar on the ground floor adjacent to Le Restaurant, captures the charm and discreet glamour of the Left Bank. It's a favourite haunt of artists, film stars and hip Parisians. http://www.l-hotel.com/ AJIA HOTEL -Istanbul, Turkey A distinguished boutique Hotel, A'jia is a traditional Ottoman mansion that jewels the Asian shores of the Bosphorus. An extraordinary attention to details with its 16 boutique rooms that feature breathtaking scenes from the Bosphorus, A'jia truly offers a private hideaway with easy access to historical and cultural attractions of the city. Enjoy a romantic and unforgettable cruise on the Bosphorus and then don’t forget to taste a wonderful choice of Mediterranian cuisine, in fact A'jia Restaurant has been rewarded with the "Five Star Diamond Award" by The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences. http://www.ajiahotel.com/
So now, you have many choices to enjoy your special day, lovebirds!
Love runs the world! <3


Saturday, June 16, 2007
The Paradoxes of Quirigua
THE PARADOXES OF QUIRIGUÁ
by Jesse Lerner
Towards the beginning of Leandro Katz' experimental documentary video Paradox, there is a shot of a young Guatemalan boy at the archeological site of Quiriguá, just outside the banana plantations that are at the center of the video, holding up to the camera a small fragment of an ancient Maya carvings of the sort that is offered for sale to tourists who visit Mesoamerican sites. Katz places this image from Quiriguá in the midst of his deadpan, studied documentation of the cultivation and processing of bananas for export on the neocolonial plantation run by a multinational agricultural giant. Both this shot and a very similar one repeated near the end of the video both echo a pair of sequences in Sergei Eisenstein's unfinished masterpiece Que Viva México! From the available notes, scripts, and the existing (unauthorized) versions of the film, it appears that Eisenstein had intended to open his film with a series of static close-ups of the heads of Maya Indians posed against the profile of the archeological ruins of Chichen Itza. This montage was, according to the Russian filmmaker's plan, to lead into the "worker's burial" sequence, inspired by David Alfaro Siqueiros' fresco at San Ildefonso, a sequence shot in the midst of the henequen fields of Yucatan and the scene which introduces the theme of the oppression of Mexico's impoverished, dark-skinned majority.1 These diagonal deep-focus compositions were to be repeated in the unfinished film's final sequence, again of Indian heads, now set against the backdrop of smokestacks and industrial landscapes. Eisenstein, it seems, planned to conclude his film with an optimistic vision of a future, socialist Mexico, one true to its indigenous roots yet thoroughly industrial and modern, the product of the revolutionary struggles that shook that country in the second decade of the past century. This future Mexico--still under construction--represents the end of the oppressive tyranny depicted in the earlier sequence. There is a vast gulf separating the utopian dreams of a modern, developed Latin America embodied in the conclusion of Eisenstein's aborted film project and the mind-numbing, repetitive labor and exploitative drain of resources overseas that Katz documents. That gulf, the chasm that separates the utopian aspirations of Latin American revolutionary projects and the infinitely bleaker present-day realities, represents the failure of Latin American dreams of modernity, and points toward the paradox at the center of Katz' video.
Leandro Katz' Paradox is the latest of several decades of work with film, photography, invented alphabets, artists books, installations and video exploring ancient Maya archeological sites and intellectual life. The previous works are richly suggestive of a dense cluster of concerns relating to issues including Maya calendrics, competing visions of history and myth, and the archeological site as a place of touristic longing for a lost authenticity, questions which intersect with those raised by Paradox. Katz' Paradox presents the shot mentioned above woven together as part of the three elements that make up this half-hour video. Firstly, and the most predominant, is the extensive footage documenting the raising, harvesting, washing, processing, packaging and loading for export of bananas at a plantation just outside the archeological preserve that protects these ruins. This footage is largely shot from a stationary camera position, in an impassive, observational style, and as with the rest of the materials used in the video, devoid of dialogues, voiceover or interview material. The employees depicted do not acknowledge the camera, but are seemingly absorbed as they go about their monotonous labors. Interspersed throughout is a second element, portraits of local residents looking directly at the camera, often portrayed with an object or objects that suggests something about their occupation. The sellers of pre-Columbian objects are an example of this thread; other Guatemaltecos are shown with other wares for sale (iguanas, parrots, and of course, bananas). Finally, there are very long takes of the so-called "Dragon of Quiriguá," sometimes less poetically called Altar P--an VIIIth Century sculpture thought, at least by the current archeological establishment, as a representation of a supernatural creature. All of these three elements are presented with what appears to be ambient synchronous sound, and without additional audio elements.
The pairing of contemporary production and export of an agricultural product, in this case bananas, with the glorious archeological ruins of some of the most stunning sculptural achievements left by the ancient Maya, urge us to contemplate, over the half-hour duration of the video, the relationship between the monumental past and the degraded present, but more generally, the paradoxes of Guatemala and of Latin America. Further, there is an implicit contrast with the miniature ancient objects being sold and the enormous, complex monoliths, two objects separated by their scales, functions, meanings, and levels of complexity. In his image of the souvenir vendor, Leandro Katz "de-monumentalizes" the pre-Cortesian, to employ a neologism, reducing cultural patrimony to the status of a miniaturized commodity. The "de-monumentalization" of the Pre-Columbian is, as Tarek El-Haik has noted previously, a characteristic recurrent within contemporary, post-NAFTA Latin American art, as exemplified by Silvia Gruner's "Middle of the Road," installation, Ruben Ortiz Torres' "Breaking the Mayan Code," among others. If, in an earlier age, the original carvings had been removed and commodified, often by smugglers, looters, and black marketeers, it was in part the monumentality of the objects that made them so desirable as objects to be exported and sold. As with so much of the Western engagement with the ancient Maya, this process might be traced back to the antiquarian adventurer John Lloyd Stephens, author of Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan (1841) and Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (1843) and his traveling companion, the illustrator Frederick Catherwood, who visited and described the site of Quiriguá more than a century and half ago. Catherwood's engravings and Stephens' narrative underscore the monumentality of the ruins. The former at times includes a human figure alongside a stele or carving as an indicator of scale. The monumental scale of the carvings emphasized in both Eisenstein's footage from his never-completed film and Catherwood's engravings is implicitly contrasted in Katz' video with the miniaturized object for sale.
Catherwood's engravings appear in the end credit sequence of Leandro Katz's Paradox, accompanied by the tune of "Yes, We have no Bananas," and Katz has previously addressed Catherwood's work systematically, most notably in the photographic series entitled "The Catherwood Project." Stephens and Catherwood are justly celebrated for bringing the abandoned Maya sites to the attention of the outside world. Catherwood's illustrations of the architecture and carvings of the Maya are renown for their fidelity, in contrast to the fanciful--even laughable--renditions of these objects made by the Count Waldeck, Guillermo Dupaix, and other less than precise illustrations created by their contemporaries and predecessors. Katz has praised Catherwood for his ability to see beyond the conventions of the European tradition in which he was trained, and to recognize in the ruins something "entirely new and unintelligible" (Katz 232). Where previous Westerners who had attempted this found only vestiges of imagined Balinese, Norse, Hindu or Japanese influence, "he [Catherwood] saw them as something new," and rendered this with "a clinical, profound accuracy" (Katz 232). But Stephens and Catherwood are also associated with a darker legacy: one of plunder. In Stephens' account of their visit to Quirigua, he describes the bargaining with Guatemalan owner of the land on which the site is located:
…I called on Señor Payes, the only one of the brothers then in Guatimala [sic], and opened a negotiation for the purchase of these ruins. Besides their entire newness and immense interest as an unexplored field of antiquarian research, the monuments were but about a mile from the river, the ground was level to the bank, and the river from that place was navigable; the city might be transported bodily and set up in New-York. I expressly stated (and my reason for doing so will be obvious) that I was acting in this matter on my own account, that it was entirely a personal affair; but Señor Payes would consider me as acting for my government, and said, what am sure he meant, that if his family was as it had been once, they would be proud to present the whole to the United States; in that country they were not appreciated, and he would be happy to contribute to the cause of science in ours; but they were impoverished by the convulsions of the country; and, at all events, he could give me no answer till his brothers returned, who were expected in two or three days. Unfortunately, as I believe for both of us, Señor Payes consulted with the French consul general, who put an exaggerated value on the ruins, referring him the expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars by the French government in transporting one of the obelisks of Luxor from Thebes to Paris. Probably, before the speculating scheme referred to, the owners would have been glad to sell the whole tract, consisting of more than fifty thousand acres, with everything on it, known and unknown, for a few thousand dollars (123-124).
In the volume's afterward, Stephens describes the ultimate failure of this effort:
Having mentioned in the preceding pages efforts to introduce into this country some of the antiquities therein described, the author considers it proper to say that, immediately on his return home, a few friends, whose names he would have great pleasure in making known if he were at liberty to do so, undertook to provide the sum of $20,000 for the purpose of carrying that object into effect. Under their direction, the author wrote to his agent at Guatimala [sic], to purchase the ruins of Quirigua, or such monuments as it might be considered advisable to remove, at a price beyond what would have been accepted for them when he left Guatimala; but, unfortunately, in the mean time, a notice taken from Mr. Catherwood's memoranda, and inserted by the proprietors in a Guatimala paper, had reached this country, been translated and copied into some of our own journals, and one eulogistic paragraph, probably forgotten as soon as written, was sent back to Guatimala, which gave the proprietor such an exaggerated notion of their value that he refused the offer (469).
Though they were unable to purchase and export the archeological treasures of Quiriguá, Catherwood and Stephens did succeed in removing carved lintels and other pre-Columbian objects on their travels, objects which then did in fact manage to return home with, but which were subsequently lost, along with Catherwood's daguerreotypes, in a fire in New York City on July 31, 1842.
In the Guatemala that Katz represents, more than one hundred and fifty years later, the outbound flow of resources, still headed towards the North, has been accelerated, streamlined and industrialized. The exports however now are principally fruit rather than artifacts. Many have noted that the purchase, removal and attempted or proposed export of archeological artifacts functions as a symbolic claim-staking, a prelude for later imperial incursions in pursuit of natural resources and raw materials.2 Catherwood and Stephens worked at a time when the southern and western borders of the United States remained undefined, and Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine characterized North American foreign policy within this hemisphere. The adventurous antiquarian paves the way both for investors drawn by the natural resources and prospective riches they represent, and later for tourists, seeking to relive the initial encounter with the virginal jungle. Cuauhtémoc Medina writes of Katz' "Catherwood Project" that the photographs that the tourists depicted are "looking in every direction, especially on the ground, as if they had lost something. What is missing (what they are so bent on finding) is, perhaps, the aura of the mechanically reproduced prints"(35). The images reveal "how impossible it is to recover the sensation of the first contact"(35). The original encounter that these later visitors seek has been packaged and commodified like so many bananas sent off to a North American grocery.
Tourists, however, are absent from Katz' Paradox, or at least they are not visible. Where Catherwood's images showed indolent, faceless natives, lounging languidly, oblivious to the faded glory and potential riches which surround them, Katz depicts frenetically busy wage slaves, the bottom rungs of a transnational global economy that extracts riches from the "undeveloped" south and packages them for export. In the video, we see the bananas hanging on large hooks as they are transported from the orchards to the packaging plants by means of a rudimentary system of cables. Each large stalk, with dozens of bunches attached, is covered with a plastic bag; they look like nothing so much as cadavers returning from the battlefield in body bags. Here are the front-line casualties of neo-liberalism. The transport mechanism that hauls these corpses is propelled by a small gasoline engine, alongside which an operator is seated. Within the packing plant, the work is largely manual. A mechanized stapler aids in the assembly of the boxes, but the washing and packaging is done by hand. Nothing resembling contemporary technology is visible until the end of the process, when the enormous containers bearing corporate logos are loaded aboard oceangoing vessels. The infrastructure of the "developed" world enters the picture only in the contact zone that links the site of production in the south with the location of consumption in the north. The corporate trademarks that identify the containers' owners and a scene of the enormous cargo ships' departure are represented in naïve paintings on the dilapidated bodegas of the town.
This, then, is a contemporary documentary vision of an industrialized Latin America, one that adds a measure of bitter irony to the Eisenstein quotation near the video's beginning and close. Leandro Katz' vision is a pessimistic one, depicting the brutal realities of our globalized age. It could not contrast more dramatically with the utopian enthusiasm that animates the conclusion of Que Viva Mexico!
Eisenstein's dramatically balanced compositions of Maya heads and Maya ruins at the beginning of his film, motionless and noble, illustrate the prologue of his unfinished film, described in his script as follows:
Time in the prologue is eternity.
It might be today.
It might as well be 20 years ago.
Might be a thousand . . .
The people bear resemblance to the stone images, for those images represent the faces of their ancestors (Eisenstein 27-28).
This is one of the treasured myths of Western history and of Marxist theory: prior to the arrival of European colonials, the rest of the world stagnated in a timeless eternity. To use Levi-Strauss' term, this was a "cold society," left behind by the forward march of progress, until roused from its inertia by the Conquest. In contrast, the analogous compositions at the film's conclusion are described in Eisenstein's script in these terms:
Modern . . . Civilized . . . Industrial Mexico appears on the screen.
Highways, dams, railways . . .
The bustle of a big city.
Agricultural experts . . .
Life, activity, work of new, energetic people . . . but if you look closer, you will behold in the land and in the cities the same faces—
Faces that bear close resemblance to those who held funeral of antiquity in Yucatan, those who danced in Tehuantepec; those who sang the Alabado behind the tall walls, those who danced in queer costumes around the temple, those who fought and died in battles of revolution.
The same faces—
But different people.
A different country.
A new, civilized nation (Eisenstein 85-7).
The significance of this sequence is not simply that Mexico has become the industrial, but that it is the same brown people, with their “characteristic” “disproportionate” faces, that operate these industries. Not only are faces the same, but so too are the diagonal compositions in depth and the heroic, low angle shots of the noble profiles in deep focus.
In creating this visual rhyme, Eisenstein offers the viewer a hopeful, optimistic answers the fundamental question of Latin American modernity: What about the Indians? Nineteenth Century positivists found it impossible to imagine the Indian as a full participant in the modern, industrialized world. Their proposed solutions to this dilemma ranged from the genocidal to various strains of benevolent assimilationism. Inspired in the overwrought rhetoric of José Vasconcelos and the nationalist iconography of the Mexican muralist movement, Eisenstein proposes a documentary vision of a future reality that was imagined more often than it was lived. Like the drill press emerging from the terrifying, stony Coatlicue in Diego Rivera's mural for the Pan-American exposition in San Francisco, the ancient and the modern fuse seamlessly. The dilemma of old, how does the Indian find a place in the modern world, is rendered moot. If Latin American modernity steers clear of the alienation associated by so many with North American consumer society, then it supersedes rather than imitates.
The stark reality that Leandro Katz offers us could not be more different. His work concludes not with triumphant proletarians but with the carving of the dismembered warrior found on the altar in front on the Dragon. Like the riches of the nation, this ancient victim has been sacrificed and dispatched in the four cardinal directions. Katz's paradox is one of the central riddles of Latin America: the region's abundant natural resources have brought political instability, destitution, naked exploitation and tyranny more often than they have brought the region any semblance of prosperity and stability. The explanations for this are multiple, but Katz does not offer a didactic discourse on the variety of credible explanations or the range of diverse factors involved. Instead, we are given a rich metaphor, a microcosm of a single time and place that speaks volumes to a range of more general concerns.
The ancient Maya are renown for their precise calendrical calculations and for their nearly obsessive fixation on dates. It is thought that the Maya calendar involved two, simultaneous systems--one of endlessly repeated, interlocking cycles of weeks and months, the other an ever-rising long count of days transpired from a fixed starting point in the distant past. Eisenstein's film similarly relies on a series of temporal metaphors, the "timeless" stasis beyond the forward march of Western history evoked in the opening sequence at the ruins, the Marxist narrative in which capitalism does away with the feudal mode of production, socialism in turn does away with capitalism, and the eternal return of a nation's rediscovery of its indigenous roots through industrialization and socialist revolution. Katz' video, whose most striking or challenging feature, especially for audiences unaccustomed to the rhythms of experimental media art, must surely be its deliberate pace, proposes another temporal frame within which to understand the paradox of contemporary Latin America. Counterpoised with both the seeming stasis of the Dragon, and the false promise of progress represented by the regimen of foreign capital, Leandro Katz' Paradox suggests we understand the processes at work as nothing so much as a slow drain, like soil erosion or some other geological transformation whose duration is so protracted that it can only be observed by special means. Paradox dictates a calculated, reflective tempo that allows us to see and reflect upon these larger processes at work in Guatemala and around the world.
1 After the producer Upton Sinclair halted production, footage shot for this film was released in a variety of unauthorized forms: Thunder over Mexico, by Sol Lesser, Donn Hayes, Carl Himm and Harry Chandlee, 1933, Time in the Sun, by Marie Seton and Paul Roger Bunford, 1939, Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study, Jay Leyda, 1957, and Que Viva Mexico!, by Grigory Alexandrov, 1979. Currently Lutz Becker is at work at what promises to be a definitive reconstruction of the film.
2 See, for example, the treatment that Stephens receives in Roy Tripp Evan's doctoral dissertation, Classical Frontiers: New World Antiquities in the American Imagination, 1820-1915: "his primary motive for undertaking this first journey was more financial than scientific" (65).


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ALTRACKS Vademecum has been presented during the regional conference of primary and secondary schools of Central Greece region, which took place on 10th of November on the island of Skyros. (Aegean Sea) Presentation was carried out by Mr. Karistinos Andreas in front of 200+ educators, parents, students and high-school pupils. On behalf of the Ministry […]
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Caddo Lake, located in northeast Texas, is the oldest public lake in the state, created by natural phenomena over 200 years ago. Its shorelines are shared with Louisiana and it is home to one of the most spectacular bald cypress forests in the southern United States. Due to its shallow depth, high nutrient content, and relatively stable water level, the lake has become a rich ecosystem capable of supporting a diverse array of life. Unfortunately, this also makes it a perfect environment for invasive species to flourish. For decades, navigation on the lake has been severely hindered by water hyacinth, and in the past 15 years, a rooted invasive known as hydrilla has only added to the problem. In addition to limiting boat access to major portions of the lake, these invasives can all but eliminate the natural vegetation in an area. This is possible due to the lack of having no natural enemies in these new areas. Things such as diseases, insects, and sources of other environmental stresses on the plant that keep their growth limited in their native habitats do not exist in areas where they have become invasive. Such is the case with the newest invasive plant making its presence known on the lake, giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta). This free-floating aquatic fern brought in from Brazil by the water garden industry is thought to have been first introduced to the lake in 2006. The plant exhibits very rapid growth and is capable of doubling its biomass within a week given favorable growing conditions. By 2006, it was estimated that roughly 2 acres of the lake were infested, but in 2008, that estimate grew to nearly 1000 acres. The thick mats of vegetation that are established through its excessive and continual growth effectively shut off sunlight to the water below and can deplete dissolved oxygen to levels that threaten aquatic life below the surface. To date, control efforts have yielded only moderate success due to its aggressive growth. As a result of the giant salvinia infestation and the myriad of other invasive species, the Lake itself is regarded by many as being one of Texas' most threatened ecosystems.
This potential loss of one of Texas' most unique ecosystems has not gone unnoticed. Through collaboration between Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service through the Texas Water Resources Institute, the Center for Invasive Species Eradication (CISE) at Texas A&M University has been established with the aim of directing initiatives involving research, demonstrations, educational programs, and direct treatment activities with goals of controlling and removing invasive plant species from threatened Texas ecosystems. Funded through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the Center will be used as a resource for organizations wishing to institute invasive plant species control programs throughout the state. Practical solutions for controlling existing invasive species infestations and methods to prevent further infestations from becoming established in other areas of the state will be evaluated and employed. The first of these programs is the Caddo Lake Giant Salvinia Eradication project, which is refining and promoting management strategies to control and eradicate giant salvinia.
Tompkins, Shannon. "No Room to Grow: Going green isn't always for the best at Caddo Lake." The Houston Chronicle. 19 December 2009. Accessed 16 August 2010. (view article)
Wythe, Kathy. "Synergistic eradication: Center's first project tackles invasive plant at treasured lake." txH20: A Publication of the Texas Water Resources Institute 6.1 (2010): 4-5. (view article)


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To learn more about the agenda and speakers please visit European Women in VC Berlin Summit website here
We are founders of European Women in VC initiative - a group of nearly 200 senior VC women professionals from over 20 European countries. Some of the VC funds which form part of our initiative are Experior Venture Fund in Poland, SmartCap in Estonia, Neveq in Bulgaria, South Central Ventures in Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia, Neulogy Ventures in Slovakia, and Crowberry Capital in Iceland as well as Impact First Investments from the Pitango group in Israel and Red Capital Partners from Spain. We have also ambassadors from UK, Germany WLounge - upcomming FoF MagdaGroup, Ukraine UVCA, Croatia HUB385, Italy Lean-In Women Business Angels EU and Netherlands.
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A presentation should be prepared that would offer the rationale for the construction of barriers on our southern border for the purpose of protecting our nation’s sovereignty by preventing or mitigating illegal border crossings.
That presentation should include:
- Videos of major Republicans and Democrats showing that they have advocated for this concept as being a critical element for the protection of this nation’s sovereignty.
- Testimonies from experts offering empirical evidence for the necessity, viability, and functionality of this concept.
- The fact that our Legislative and Executive Branches have as their greatest responsibility the protection of the sovereignty of this nation.
- The obvious conclusion appears to be that any Senator or Representative who denies the necessity of the construction of barriers on our southern border appears to be in violation of his or her Oath of Office.


Don’t Miss Farm Tour 2016
This year, the association has selected three family farm operations that will share years of experience and insight with tour participants. These growers are veterans not only in strawberry production, but farm diversification, marketing, and agritourism. The buses will depart from the Hilton North Raleigh at 10am on Monday, November 7th and will return to the hotel that evening at approximately 8pm (cost is $85 per person, lunch & dinner is included if you ride the bus). With three stops this year, there will be plenty of time for in-depth tours of each location as well as question and answer sessions. We are so pleased that the Whitaker family at Whitaker Farms, the Kenan’s of Bernie’s Berries and the Rudd’s of Rudd Farm will be graciously hosting us this year! We end our tour with a catered dinner at The Hayloft.
Whitaker Farms, Climax, NC
Whitaker Farms has so much to offer….fresh, local produce, including our strawberries and tomatoes, gorgeous hanging baskets and an assortment of other annuals, perennial, trees, and shrubs. Whitaker Farms has three locations.
The main farm is in Climax where all of our produce and flowers are grown. In addition to the greenhouses, this location offers scheduled school tours, pick-your own strawberries, a pumpkin patch, and seasonal festivals. You are welcome to come relax by the pond and enjoy a picnic as well! Whitaker’s has a retail garden center on Highway 64 in Franklinville, between Asheboro an Ramseur. Not only can you buy their produce and flowers at this location, but they have ice cream too. You can also visit them at the Piedmont Triad Farmer’s Market in Greensboro. For more information on Whitaker Farms, visit www.whitakerfarm.com.
Bernie’s Berries, Greensboro, NC
The Kenan Farm, a block of farmland that sits just off Groometown Road in Guilford County a few miles outside Greensboro, NC, has been in our family for nearly 60 years and for most all of those years, that land has harvested a variety of crops every spring, summer and fall.
A beautiful real working farm where you can bring the family and come pick your own strawberries or drive right up and buy off the table. We also have farm fresh produce including peaches, blueberries, tomatoes, leaf lettuce, squash, beets, collards, corn, and much much more. Enjoy the gorgeous landscape of 12 acres of rolling hills of strawberry and produce fields nestled in southwest Greensboro. For more information on Bernie’s Berries, visit www.berniesberries.com.
Rudd Farm, Greensboro, NC
The Rudd Farm is a fourth generation family farm, which is located in Guilford County near Greensboro, NC. The farm was started as a tobacco farm by Kenneth’s grandfather in the early 1900’s. From that time until 2000, tobacco and wheat were the main crops grown on the farm. In 2000, the family decided to diversify, and planted their first strawberry crop. The first harvest of strawberries (1-1/3 acres) was in May, 2001.
The family stopped growing tobacco in 2004 so they could concentrate on growing their strawberry and produce business. In 2005, the family began growing greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Kenneth’s wife, Joan retired from public work in 2006, to become a full time farm lady. The on farm produce stand is now open about 6 to 7 months a year during the spring, summer, and fall growing seasons. For more information on Rudd Farm, visit www.ruddfarm.com.
The Hayloft, McLeansville, NC (dinner venue)
Hilton North Raleigh, Raleigh, NC (return to hotel)
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Unique Accommodation in Tasmania with pristine views of the Huon River Mouth!
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Cliff Top Hideaway is nestled on a boundary of coastal reserve perched above 30 meter high sandstone cliffs with a view of all of the islands in the Huon river mouth.
It is set amongst two and a half acres of Tasmanian coastal forest with abundant local flora and fauna.
We have counted 17 species of birds from the front verandah including the rare swift parrots! Maybe you can find more or put some meat scraps out in the evening and watch the eastern quolls feeding from the comfort of the cosy fireside lounge!
Step off the front verandah of your classic Tasmanian weekender and wander down the coastal track, 5 minutes to the pristine Mickey’s beach or continue via a nature reserve for a one hour return stroll to the beautiful Randall’s bay.
The waters below the cliffs provide great snorkeling and kayaking with kelp forests to explore and the fishing in the region is great.
Due to the close proximity of the cliffs this Unique Tasmanian accommodation rental property is not recommended for young children.
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Cliff top hideaway is only 15 minutes drive from the township of Cygnet where you can dine out or pick up your supplies and wander through the many shops and galleries.
Hobart city is just under one hours drive and you can choose three alternate routes including the scenic coastal drive via Kettering.
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The state tournament is this weekend in Oklahoma City. Find the Class 5A brackets here. And here’s a quick look at each weight class in 5A…
106: El Reno’s Parker Avendano (29-1) won the west regional with a 2-1 win over Del City’s Romanual Rogers (21-2). Avendano and Rogers met in last year’s consolation quarterfinals, where Rogers won 3-2. From the east, Collinsville’s Garrett Strickland (25-9) won a regional championship last week, and Edison’s Eric Hussaini is 34-4 this season.
113: Collinsville’s Rocky Stephens (35-4) finished third last year at 106 after he was beaten by Lawton MacArthur’s Wyatt Adams in the semifinals. On Stephens’ side of the bracket is Piedmont’s Tabor McClure (22-13) and Skiatook’s Trey Bowman (17-16). The west regional champion, Guthrie’s Alex Fields (33-3), knocked off McClure, 8-2, in the regional finals to earn a No. 1 seed in the state tournament.
120: Skiatook freshman Josh Taylor burst onto the scene immediately this season, and he’s compiled a 33-3 record, including a 4-2 regional championship win over Collinsville’s Eli Benham last week. One of Taylor’s losses was a 3-0 semifinal loss at the Glenpool tournament to Tahlequah’s Jakob Lyons, who is on Taylor’s side of the bracket at the state tournament. Carl Albert’s Jayston Cato (25-5) is the other top seed after posting a 11-9 sudden victory win over Western Heights’ Trey Thammvongsa in the regional finals.
126: Durant’s Tagen Jamison entered last week’s east regional tournament undefeated, but he left with a second-place finish after a 6-0 loss to Collinsville’s Caleb Tanner (40-1), the top seed on the bottom half of the state bracket. Jamison is now 34-1 and faces Piedmont’s Logan Chappell in the first round of the state tournament. Altus’ Juan Centeno (35-9) is the top seed from the west after he beat Guthrie’s Caleb Nelson 11-8 in a tiebreaker in the regional finals.
132: Coweta’s Bennett Moudy (28-5) was last year’s runner-up at 120 pounds, and he enters this year’s 132 field as the top seed from the east regional, where he pinned Skiatook’s Cale Glover at 4:54 in the finals. On the top half of the bracket is Altus’ Kobi Gomez (39-8), the top seed from the west.
138: Duncan’s David Hunter was a top seed from the west at last year’s state tournament, and he finished third at 132 pounds. This season, he’s back at 138 pounds with a 40-1 record and another No. 1 seed. On the same side of Hunter’s bracket is Collinsville’s Xavear Cullors, who was the one to oust Hunter in last year’s state semifinals. Skiatook’s Cougar Anderson (40-4) is the top seed from the east after Anderson knocked off Cullors, 7-2, in the regional finals. Guthrie’s Kurgan Cornwell is 33-6 after his second-place showing at regionals.
145: Coweta’s Ricky Turner (22-8) nearly knocked off Glenpool’s Gage Hight in the east regional finals, but Hight (34-2) won 2-1. Hight, last year’s runner-up at 138, is joined in the bottom half of the bracket with El Reno’s Cole Thomas (9-5) and Claremore’s Parker Price (18-4). In the top half, Turner is paired with Altus’ Ayden Leslie in the first round, and Del City’s Donnie Bell-Hurd (27-2) is the top seed from the west.
152: Lawton MacArthur’s Nick Mahan qualified for the state tournament at 152 pounds as a freshman, and now as a senior he’s back at the same weight class. As a sophomore, he won a state title at 160, and last year he was the runner-up at 170. Mahan will appear in this year’s 152 field at 29-2 with El Reno’s Kord LaFoe (31-6) and Tahlequah’s Garrett Medlock (30-7) on his side of the bracket. Collinsville’s Tony Connor (38-7) highlights the bottom half of the bracket.
160: Hunter Jump of Lawton MacArthur finished second during his freshman year at 138 and his sophomore season at 160. Now he’s a junior with a record of 29-2 after winning a regional title last week. Coweta’s Bryan Ford (32-6) was the east regional champion with a 13-4 major decision against Skiatook’s Hunter Hall.
170: Coweta’s Talon Borror went from fourth place as a freshman at 160 pounds to state champion at 170 pounds as a sophomore last season. Now he’ll go for his second straight title with a 31-4 mark heading into the state tournament. Lawton MacArthur’s Christian Maldonado enters as the top seed from the west at 27-5.
182: Edison’s Jerome Townsell didn’t place as a freshman at 170 pounds, and he’s come back with a vengeance ever since. He won his first state title as a sophomore in 2016 at 170 pounds, and he repeated as a state champion last season at 182 pounds. Now he’s back again at 182 with a record of 35-1 and a letter of intent signed to play football (and wrestling) at Central Oklahoma. His tune-up for the state tournament was a regional title in Tahlequah, where he pinned Durant’s Braden Rudolf in the finals. Lawton Eisenhower’s lone representative at the state tournament is Muhammad Ali Al Zeragi (34-8), who won the west regional by beating Lawton Mac’s JR Winningham 9-3 in the finals.
195: The top half of the bracket is stacked. Altus’ Cabe Dickerson (39-4) is the west regional champion, and his reward in his half of the bracket includes Noble’s Danny Arebalo (29-4) and Skiatook’s Korbin McLaughlin (32-5), who finished fourth at 220 last year. Claremore’s Adam Cegielski (29-7) won the east regional crown, and in his half of the bracket is Piedmont’s Will Heindselman (31-9), who lost in last year’s consolation semifinals at 182.
220: Piedmont’s Josh Heindselman (41-2) was last year’s runner-up at 220, after a 7-3 decision loss to Bishop Kelley’s Matt Smith in the state finals. Guthrie’s Dane Jenkins (25-7) is in Heindselman’s half of the bracket, and Claremore’s Seth Seago (28-7) is the top seed from east in the bottom of half of the bracket.
285: Lawton Mac’s Montana Phillips went from fourth as a freshman at 285 pounds to motoring to a state championship as a sophomore last season. Now he’s 28-2 as a junior and looking to become a repeat champion. Pryor’s Nevin Henson (36-5) is the top seed in the bottom half of the bracket.


Shri 5 Padmavatipuri Dham, Panna
and its sacred places.
Adorned with divine lustre Padmavatipuri Dham is in Panna town at the centre of
Vindhyachal in Madhya Pradesh. Moving around in different places along with his
disciples Mahamati Prannath reached Panna with a divine message of awakening
from Shri Krishna Pranami religion. Seeing a desert island he decided to unfurl
the flag of Jagani there. He helped the brave king Chhatrasal and adorned him by
the title of Maharaja. He remained there for elevan years, and took samadhi
inside the dome itself. The place, therefore, is knwon as the seat of salvation
[Muktipitha] or Padmavatipuri Dham.
This is a circular building and nine domes are adorned on it. Eight domes in eight
directions and a vast dome in the centre, on which pot [Kalash] is kept. Because
of the charm of these domes, it is named as Shri Gummatji.
The king Chhatrasal had constructed a large bunglow for the preceptor Prannathji and
so it is called Shri Bangalaji.
Shri Sadguru Mandir:
This is the temple of Nijanandacharya Shri Devchandraji Maharaj, founded by Mahamati
Prannathji to worship the preceptor in Shri Padmavatipuri.
Shri Baijurajji Mandir:
This is a temple made in memory of Shri Baijuraj, who was in fact, Tejkumvri, the
better half of Shri Prannathji. It is a grand and charming temple founded in
Vikram Samvat 1750.
Shri Chopada Mandir:
This is a place where king Chhatrasal received Prannathji in Panna for the first
time. A temple was made there and it is called Chopada Mandir. Natural scenery
all around is very charming and there are two tanks (Kund) nearby supposed to be
Ganga and Jamuna.
Shri Khijada Mandir:
This is the place where in Vikram Samvat 1742 on the sacred festival day of Dashera,
Mahamati Prannath gave a sword namely, "Vijaya Zulfkar (Victorious Sword)" to
Chhatrasal to become victorious against the unjust and oppressive rule of the
Mughals, put his hand on his head and blessed him. A temple was constructed
there which is known as Shri Khijada Mandir because a Khijada tree was also


In response to a kind invitation from the Bulgarian National Centre for Underwater Archaeology (CUA), Nada Kamel, MA student in CMAUCH has attended a seminar on ‘’Establishment of a Regional Network for Cooperating and Capacity Building in the Field of Underwater Archaeology”, that was held at CUA from the 23rd to the 31st of October 2021. The seminar took place in Sozopol, ancient Apollonia Pontica, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
The seminar aimed to establish a network of organizations from the Black Sea and Mediterranean region, that are working in the field of maritime and underwater cultural heritage. Beside Egypt, the seminar included representatives of Tunisia, Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, and Macedonia.
During the seminar, Nada gave a presentation about maritime archaeology in Egypt, its history, development, challenges, and the institutions involved. The seminar included introductory courses on underwater photogrammetry, aerial bathymetric photogrammetry, and marine geophysics. We are hoping that this initiative would be the first step in continuous cooperation between the CMAUCH and CUA.


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Find me a hotel in Palma de Mallorca. Hotels like conference hotel, business meeting hotels, event hotel and incentive hotels in Spain. The 3-star Hotel Riu Concordia offers all commodities and impeccable facilities, delighting the guests who choose us as a base for enjoying the ever-lively island of Mallorca year after year.
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Travel to the Balearic Islands... and into the middle of the summer! Summer in the Balearics can be enjoyed in lots of ways. In the interior of Majorca, beneath the almond trees or, on the beaches, where you will find everything you want for enjoying yourself. On Formentera you can discover the island on foot or wander along one of its long beaches that are reminiscent of the Caribbean.


travel to leefest
LeeFest is easily accessible from London, Brighton, Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Croydon, Kent, Surrey & Sussex.
John Darlings Farm
Take a train to Edenbridge Station or Tonbridge Station then hop on one of our frequent shuttle buses running to and from the festival site.
London Victoria to Edenbridge: 45 mins
Croydon to Edenbridge: 30 mins
Brighton to Edenbridge: 1 hour
Hastings to Tonbridge: 45 mins
Bromley to Tonbridge: 35 mins
Tunbridge Wells to Tonbridge: 10 mins
Maidstone to Tonbridge: 30 mins
Canterbury to Tonbridge: 1 hour
When does the shuttle bus run?
The shuttle bus runs Thursday through to Sunday from Edenbridge Station and Tonbridge station to and from the festival site. The full timetable will be published closer to the event.
There is parking available at LeeFest – it costs £10 per car. If you plan on driving please try to share your ride with as many other people as possible. We will offer a liftshare service closer to the event.
LeeFest takes place in the Weald of Kent, a famous and popular cycling area with beautiful lanes and vistas. Please do consider cycling to the festival. There will be secure space to lock your bike up in the campsite.


Who would have guessed that it’d take 2 months for this post. I didn’t even do that much. It’s just… Home Office is over and my energy is gone for the most part.
NONETHELESS! I’ll try to be more active again. This won’t be a long post. Hopefully.
Let’s check the small ToDo-List at the end of the last post:
- Select a tile and it’s neighbouring tiles within a given range
- Yeah, I did that.
- Renaming X|Y|Z of
HexCoordinatesto Q|R|S to differentiate them much better from the offset axes
- I did that, too.
- Changing the Dictionary in the HexMap to 3D array
- I did that with using the X|Y representation of the TileMap, so no negative values are stored. Works so much faster.
- Changing UnityCoords to TilemapCoords to be more specific
- Also did that
But that’s not all…
I reworked all of my tiles as you can see in the header picture. Here are some examples:
The old tiles lacked depth, so I tried to create a kind of 3D effect when recreating all of them. I also increased the size to 64px width. (I know, the snowman isn’t that cute anymore 😔)
These were the first drafts, but i all went along even more. Now I have biomes, will cut off the flora from the tiles and place them on their own (flowers, trees <= and all of them depending on the biome).
It will be great.
Before I explain a lot… just look at this:
You can see the biomes of snow and desert splatted onto the map randomly.
My wife also told me to not only create vertical continents… so I added some horizontalliness (is that even a fucking word?) to it.
But that’s just the beginning
I will add a lot of more stuff and more biomes and will adapt the world generation accordingly. And before I forget…
This is the C# Code of my project.
I won’t share my graphics assets though :)
(The code is still shit but will be cleaned up step by step)
Thanks for reading!


Your hotel in Krapets
Hotel Complex “Yanitsa” is located in the village of Krapets – a small piscatorial village with an ancient history, situated on the Black Sea coast. The area of Krapets is ecologically clean and the sea climate and the sea breeze will refresh you during the hot summer evenings.
“Yanitsa” will offer you a vacation at the unique for the whole Black Sea coast beach, long more than7 km. Here you will find pristine dunes, a quiet and calm sea with a soft sandy bottom and all other conditions for true relaxation.
Hotel complex “Yanitsa” is one of the last oasis of our native Black Sea coast. Whether you choose a relaxed holiday with a book in hand among the golden dunes of the beach or choose a lounge and an ice cocktail around the pool – we will take care of your comfort.
With us you can discover the delight of a relaxing holiday amongst virgin nature, after which you will not only feel relaxed, but you will be filled with memories and energy until next summer. Turn your summer vacation into a small escape from the urban environment and feel special with us – hotel complex “Yanitsa”, Krapets village.


Welcome to the official website of the 2019 JAFF Reader Writer Get Together!
The JAFF Reader/Writer Get Together will start at 5 PM Nov. 8 2019 and end around 1 PM Nov. 10. It will be held at different venues around Tysons Corner VA (near Washington DC).
The main goal of the Get Together is to have fun meeting, in person, all the people we know virtually. Please spread the word! Any JAFF lover is welcome. There will be speakers and panel discussions, but a lot of time will also be set aside for socializing—including an afternoon tea, a dinner, and a brunch. This is not intended as a promotional event for authors.
If you have specific questions that aren’t addressed here, please contact Victoria Kincaid at firstname.lastname@example.org.
About Tysons Corner:
Tysons Corner, VA is a suburban “edge city” on the outskirts of Washington DC. Accessible by Metro (subway) to the District, it is best known for two huge malls (Tysons Corner Center and Tysons Galleria)—both of which are within walking distance of the Get Together hotel (Marriott Courtyard Tysons Corner). The Hotel also has a shuttle which can take guests to the malls, the Metro, or other nearby locations. The closest airport is National Airport, which is accessible by Metro. However, Dulles Airport isn’t far either—a 20-30 minute taxi ride away.


dev.opera article on keyboard-accessible google maps
the first in my two-part series on making google maps more accessible to keyboard users has finally gone up on the dev.opera community resource site.
Google Maps is a fantastic API for adding powerful mapping functionality to your web applications quickly, but the accessibility leaves a little bit to be desired. In this article, Patrick Lauke shows how to construct a solution to improve things, adding keyboard accessibility to Google Maps.
- 09/11/2008 at 14:24:17


- Why Choose the Lake District for Kayaking?
- 11 Best Places to Kayaking in the Lake District
- Kayaking Techniques for Beginners
- Lake District Kayak Safety Tips
Are you interested in kayaking in the Lake District, but don’t know where to start? Do you want to discover some of the best places to kayak in this beautiful region of England? If so, then this blog post is for you!
In this blog post, I will give you a beginner’s guide to kayaking in the Lake District, one of the most popular destinations for kayaking enthusiasts in the UK. I will explain why kayaking in the Lake District is such a great experience, and what you can expect to see and do on your kayaking adventure.
I will also share with you 11 of the best places to kayak in the Lake District, each with its features and challenges. Whether you are looking for a relaxing paddle on a tranquil lake or a thrilling ride on a fast-moving river, you will find something to suit your taste and skill level.
So, if you are ready to explore the natural beauty and wildlife of the Lake District from a different perspective, then read on and find out how to plan your kayaking trip in this amazing region.
Why Choose the Lake District for Kayaking?
Kayaking in the Lake District is a great way to explore the region’s natural beauty and wildlife. The Lake District is a popular destination for kayaking enthusiasts and for good reason. The area boasts some of the most stunning scenery in the UK, with calm waters that are perfect for kayaking.
Kayaking in the Lake District offers a variety of routes, from gentle paddles along tranquil lakes to more challenging routes that take you through fast-moving rivers and rapids. The area is also home to a wide range of wildlife, including otters, kingfishers, and herons, which can be seen from your kayak.
One of the main benefits of kayaking in the Lake District is the opportunity to explore the region’s natural beauty. The area is home to some of the most picturesque lakes in the UK, including Windermere, Ullswater, and Coniston Water. Kayaking allows you to get up close and personal with these stunning bodies of water, and to experience their beauty uniquely.
Another benefit of kayaking in the Lake District is the opportunity to enjoy some peace. The area is known for its tranquility, and kayaking allows you to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. It’s a great way to relax and unwind and connect with nature.
kayaking in the Lake District is an excellent way to explore the region’s natural beauty and wildlife. With its calm waters, stunning scenery, and variety of routes, it’s no wonder that this area is such a popular destination for kayaking enthusiasts. So if you’re looking for an adventure that combines exercise, relaxation, and natural beauty, then kayaking in the Lake District is worth considering.
11 Best Places to Kayaking in the Lake District
Windermere is a beautiful lake located in the Lake District of England. It is a popular location for kayaking fans.
They offer a variety of kayaks and canoes for hire and have a range of modern craft at Low Wood Bay Watersports Centre, with sit-on-top kayaks and open canoes available to hire.
Another option is The Watersports Centre located at Low Wood Bay. They offer sit-on-top kayaks and open canoes for hire. The center is located on the Windermere shoreline, just a short 5-minute drive from Windermere or Ambleside.
Ullswater is a beautiful lake in the Lake District of England, and kayaking is a great way to explore the area. Many kayaking tours are available in the area, such as Tall Bloke Adventures.
They offer kayaking tours that are tailored to your preferences and skill level. The tours are conducted using double sea kayaks (tandems) for maximum comfort, dryness, and stability.
The focus of the trip is to enjoy the views, have a chat, learn from others, and maybe pass on a bit of knowledge. There’s no set route; it depends on the weather and the group’s ability. Morning, afternoon, and evening trips are available.
The Glenridding Sailing Centre is another option for kayaking tours in Ullswater. They offer boat tours and water sports activities in addition to kayaking. Their instructors are highly skilled and experienced, ensuring that you have a safe and enjoyable experience on the water.
Thirlmere Reservoir is a large lake in the Lake District, England, that provides some of Manchester’s water supply. It is approximately 3 miles long and is surrounded by thick coniferous forest, providing panoramic views as you paddle through the peaceful lake.
The area was enclosed by a dam whose highest height is 104 feet. Thirlmere provides an excellent opportunity to go paddling, and it is one of the more hidden lakes in the Lake District, best appreciated by boat, canoe, or kayak.
Wastwater is a glacial lake located in the Lake District National Park in England. It is owned by the National Trust and is almost 3 miles long, a third of a mile wide, and 258 feet deep.
The lake is surrounded by mountains including Red Pike, Kirk Fell, Great Gable, and Scafell Pike, England’s highest mountain. Wastwater is a quiet and secluded spot to SUP, canoe, or kayak.
West Lakes Adventure is a premier provider of a comprehensive range of outdoor adventures for individuals, families, groups, and organizations. They offer kayaking experiences on Wastwater that allow you to paddle beneath the splendor of the Scafell Massif from your boat on England’s deepest lake.
Kayaking Coniston Water
Coniston Water is a beautiful lake in the Lake District, UK, and kayaking is a popular activity there. You can hire kayaks from the Coniston Kayaking Centre. They offer single-seater and two-seater sit-on-top kayaks that are perfect for beginners and experts alike. The charges for kayak hire are as follows:
1 person in a single kayak: £25 (age 16+)
2 people in a double kayak: £30 (under 16’s allowed if with an adult)
Kayak hires are available for a maximum of 2 hours, and online bookings are only accepted. You can book your kayak online using their secure booking system. They provide buoyancy aids, brief instructions before hire, and clothing and footwear you don’t mind getting wet. However, they advise not to wear denim as it can make you cold. They also suggest bringing a mobile phone in case of emergencies, dry bags can be purchased from their shop, and a waterproof jacket and trousers would also be recommended.
For kayaking, quick-drying fabrics such as polyester and nylon as well as waterproof clothing are the best options to ensure you don’t get wet and cold. Generally speaking, you want to wear clothing that is flexible, long-lasting, and will protect you from cold and damp weather. It’s also important to dress for the water temperature, not the air temperature; this may mean wearing a wetsuit or dry suit.
Grasmere Lake is a popular location for kayaking, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding in the Lake District. The lake is managed by the Lowther Estates, and the island on Grasmere is now in the possession of the National Trust. The island is home to a variety of wildlife, so it’s important to admire it from afar and not land on it.
There are no licensing requirements for paddling on Grasmere Lake. You can rent boats from the refreshment kiosk on the southwest shore of the lake.
If you’re planning to go kayaking, canoeing, or stand-up paddleboarding on Grasmere Lake, it’s important to plan with the weather and be well-prepared for a day on the water. You can find more information on paddling safely on lakes at.
Kayaking the River Crake
I found some information about kayaking the River Crake in the north-west of England. The River Crake is a short river that flows out of Coniston Water in the Lake District and meets the tidal waters of an estuary at the top end of Morecambe Bay.
It’s a narrow and often rocky creek of a river, never reaching any great width. It’s fast and somewhat technical in places but all manageable in a canoe if you can maneuver the boat around with accuracy. The river is graded as 2 and easy grade 3, with grade 3 being hard to inspect or portage.
Kayaking the River Crake is one of many short but compelling canoe trips one can undertake in the northwest of England. It’s a worthwhile adventure in the canoe. If you’re interested in kayaking this river, you can find more information about access points, water levels, hazards, and more on the UK Rivers Guidebook.
Kayaking the River Derwent
The River Derwent offers a picturesque route for those who wish to kayak its waters. It is an ideal venue for kayakers of different levels of expertise, given its various parts with different flows and scenic views.
Starting at its source in the Pennines, the Derwent flows through moorlands and limestone dales, offering a wonderful setting for all nature enthusiasts. You’ll be met with clear waters and tranquil surroundings as you paddle downstream.
As you reach Derwent Reservoir, the river widens and the flow becomes calmer. Here, you can take a leisurely pace, spot the diverse wildlife, and take in sights of outstanding beauty.
Further downstream, the Derwent passes through the industrial city of Derby. Here the river becomes navigable for larger vessels, and carefully manoeuvering around them adds an interesting challenge to the kayaking experience.
The river eventually meets the Trent near Long Eaton. The confluence of these two rivers offers a beautiful panorama that can be viewed from your kayak.
It’s essential to ensure you are equipped with all the necessary safety gear, such as a life jacket, helmet, and whistle. As the conditions on the river can change, always have a local contact, and be updated with the weather forecast and water levels.
Kayaking the River Derwent can be a serene and enjoyable journey with the right preparations. The opportunity to explore various landscapes, observe abundant wildlife, and experience diverse paddling conditions makes this a popular river for kayaking. Whether you’re a seasoned paddler or a beginner, the River Derwent is sure to provide a memorable experience.
Bassenthwaite Lake, located in the Lake District in the northwest of England, is an excellent place to enjoy a peaceful day of kayaking. This lake, fed by the River Derwent, is one of the largest and most picturesque in the district, surrounded by stunning hills and forests.
To start your kayaking adventure, you would want to make sure you have appropriate equipment suited to your experience level and weather conditions. This includes a suitable kayak, paddle, life jacket, and possibly a wet suit if the weather is cooler.
Bassenthwaite Lake offers calm, clear waters, making it an ideal environment for both novice and experienced kayakers. The lake has an average depth of about 70 feet, and extends up to 4 miles in length, providing ample space for exploring. Plus, it’s a great way to view the local wildlife, including the rare Osprey, which nests nearby.
However, please note, Bassenthwaite Lake is a protected area due to its status as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and access to the water is limited and regulated to preserve the area’s wildlife and water quality. It’s always advisable to consult local authority guidelines or boating clubs for information on access points and any restrictions before planning your kayak outing.
Whether you are a practiced kayaker seeking serene surroundings, or a beginner looking for a safe and beautiful spot to paddle, Bassenthwaite Lake offers an excellent kayaking experience. Paddling on its calm, expansive waters amidst the tranquil beauty of the Lake District is truly invigorating.
Buttermere Lake, nestled in the scenic environs of the Lake District in North West England, holds immense appeal for those passionate about kayaking. Maintained by the National Trust, the lake spans 1.24 miles in length, is 620 yards wide, and reaches a depth of 75 feet.
If you’re keen on exploring these tranquil waters by kayak, you will need to secure a permit from the National Trust. This location is not just a haven for kayakers but also for walkers.
The surrounding terrain, particularly the paths leading to the summits of Haystacks and Red Pike, is considered some of the most exquisite walking country in Lakeland.
Ennerdale Water Kayaking
Ennerdale Water, nestled in the heart of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, offers an extraordinary kayaking destination. As a 2.5-mile-long glacial lake with a maximum depth of 150 feet, Ennerdale Water appeals to kayaking enthusiasts of varied skill levels.
The lake is enveloped by some of Cumbria’s loftiest and best-known fells, such as Great Gable, Green Gable, Brandreth, High Crag, Steeple, and Pillar. These provide a picturesque backdrop for kayakers.
Ennerdale Water’s remote location works in favor of those seeking tranquillity during their paddling adventures. Even during peak summer, the calmness of the area remains undisturbed, offering an optimum kayaking experience.
There are no restrictions on kayaking at the lake, making it a flexible choice for users. However, large groups, as well as commercial and activity providers, must obtain permits before commencing their activities. This ensures a manageable number of users on the water at any given time, further preserving the lake’s restful nature.
The lake is supplied by the River Liza and several streams and eventually contributes to the River Ehen ultimately reaching the Irish Sea. This holistic hydrological system adds another layer of interest for those attracted to exploring natural features.
Kayaking Techniques for Beginners
Kayaking is a fun and exciting way to explore the waterways. Beginners should focus on the following paddling techniques:
This is the most fundamental and frequently used technique. Hold the paddle with both hands, with your shoulders wide apart. Put the paddle blade in the water near your feet and push it straight along the side of the kayak until it reaches your hip. Then lift it out of the water, repeat the process on the other side, and keep alternating.
This stroke works in the opposite direction of the forward stroke and is used to move the kayak backward. Start the stroke at your hip and push the paddle forward to the feet.
This technique is used for turning the kayak. A forward sweep stroke involves keeping the paddle parallel to the boat and moving it in a wide arc, from the front to the back.
Getting in and out of a kayak can be tricky, but with practice, it can be done with ease. To get into a kayak:
- Place the kayak in shallow water so it is stable.
- Stand over the kayak, balancing yourself with your hands on both sides of the cockpit.
- Sit in the kayak seat and carefully lift your legs into the cockpit.
To Get ut:
- Paddle your kayak into shallow water.
- Put your paddle across the boat behind the cockpit to steady it.
- Swing your legs out one at a time and then stand up.
Steering and maneuvering a kayak requires some techniques that are easy to learn with practice. To turn right, use a wide, low arc sweep stroke on the right side of your kayak almost like drawing a semi-circle with your paddle. To turn left, use this same stroke on the left side of your kayak. To maintain a straight line while kayaking, it’s important to keep a rhythmic alternate paddling on each side of your kayak. If your kayak is equipped with a rudder or foot pedals adjust these for finer control over steering.
Remember, practicing these techniques in calm water is highly recommended before moving onto faster-flowing rivers or sea kayaking.
Lake District Kayak Safety Tips
Kayaking in the Lake District is a wonderful way to enjoy the scenic beauty and natural diversity of this region. However, it is also important to follow some safety tips to ensure a fun and safe experience. Here are some of the main safety tips for kayaking in the Lake District:
Always wear a life jacket or personal flotation device (PFD) and ensure it fits comfortably. In addition, consider wearing a helmet, especially if you plan to kayak in rougher waters or near rocky areas.
Dress appropriately for the weather and water temperature, wearing layers and choosing quick-drying, moisture-wicking materials. Invest in a drysuit or wetsuit if you are kayaking in cold water or during winter.
Never kayak alone it’s more fun (and safer) with a friend. If you are new to kayaking, consider hiring a guide or joining a group tour. You can find many kayak rental and tour companies in the Lake District, such as Windermere Canoe and Kayak or Ullswater Outdoor Adventures.
Do not drink and paddle recipe for disaster and against the law. Also, avoid taking any drugs or medications that may impair your judgment, balance, or coordination. Pack an emergency kit that includes a whistle, flashlight, first aid kit, spare paddle, repair kit, map, compass, and communication device. You can also carry a waterproof bag or container to store your valuables and snacks.
Before you leave, check the water and weather forecasts. Avoid kayaking in strong winds, storms, fog, or choppy waters. Be aware of the wind direction and speed, as it can change suddenly and make paddling much harder.
Choose a suitable location for your skill level and interests. The Lake District has many lakes and rivers to explore, each with its features and challenges. Some of the most popular ones are Lake Windermere, Lake Ullswater, Wast Water, Derwentwater, Coniston Water, Bassenthwaite Lake, and Grasmere Lake. You can also find some maps of the lakes for water users on the Lake District National Park website.
Follow the rules and regulations of the Lake District National Park and respect the wildlife and environment. Do not litter, disturb, or harm any plants or animals. Keep a safe distance from other boats and water users. Always go two ferry lengths behind the vehicle ferry.
Learn some basic kayaking skills and techniques, such as how to paddle efficiently, steer, balance, turn, stop, and exit your kayak. You can also learn how to perform a self-rescue or assist another kayaker in case of a capsize.
Have fun and enjoy the views! Kayaking in the Lake District is a great way to experience the stunning landscapes, wildlife, and culture of this region. You can also combine kayaking with other activities such as hiking, cycling, camping, fishing, or sightseeing.
I hope you enjoyed this blog post and learned something new about kayaking in the Lake District. Kayaking is a wonderful way to experience the natural beauty and wildlife of this region and to have some fun and adventure on the water. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, you will find a suitable place to kayak in the Lake District, as there are many lakes and rivers to choose from, each with its features and challenges.
If you are interested in kayaking in the Lake District, you will need to prepare some equipment and safety measures, as well as obtain a permit from the relevant authorities. You can also find many kayak rental and tour companies in the area, which can provide you with the necessary guidance and support. You can also check out some of the online resources and guides that can help you plan your kayaking trip in the Lake District.
Kayaking in the Lake District is a great way to explore the region’s natural beauty and wildlife. With its calm waters, stunning scenery, and variety of routes, it’s no wonder that this area is such a popular destination for kayaking enthusiasts. So if you’re looking for an adventure that combines exercise, relaxation, and natural beauty, then kayaking in the Lake District is worth considering.
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What are Some of the Best Places to Kayak in the Lake District for Beginners?
Some of the best places to kayak in the Lake District for beginners are Windermere, Ullswater, Coniston Water, and Grasmere. These lakes are relatively calm and offer stunning views of the surrounding mountains and forests. They are also easy to access and have plenty of facilities nearby.
Where Can I Rent or Buy a Kayak in the Lake District?
There are many kayak rental and tour companies in the Lake District that can provide you with the necessary equipment and guidance. Some of the most popular ones are Windermere Canoe Kayak, The Watersports Centre, Tall Bloke Adventures, and Glenridding Sailing Centre. You can also find some shops that sell kayaks and accessories, such as Go Kayaking North West and Keswick Mountain Adventures.
Do I need a Permit to Kayak on Windermere?
No, you do not need a permit to kayak on Windermere. Windermere is one of the four navigable lakes in the Lake District National Park, along with Ullswater, Derwentwater, and Coniston Water. These lakes do not require a licence for kayaking or other non-motorized watercraft.
Can I Kayak on Lake Windermere?
Yes, you can kayak on Lake Windermere. It is a beautiful lake in the Lake District National Park that offers stunning scenery and wildlife. You can hire a sit-on-top kayak or an open canoe from Windermere Canoe Kayak, which is located on the shore of the lake.
Is Kayaking Difficult for Beginners?
Kayaking is not difficult for beginners, but it depends on how you learn, what kind of kayak you use, and where you paddle.


Rangemu is taking the Dutch Games industry all the way to…Japan!
They’re representing many of our country’s developers in a very nice magazine, handed out to people involved in the Japanese industry!
I was asked to create the cover artwork, showing off an ensemble of Dutch video game characters!
Here are my initial sketch suggestions for the piece! I was mainly inspired by a line up such as seen in the amazing artwork by Alex Ross!


GT80: 80 Unique George Town Must-Visits in Watercolour
GT80 is a watercolour guidebook illustrated by Vanessa Ho, that celebrates 80 unique finds in George Town, Penang. These beautiful images include food, tangible and intangible assets, historic precincts, and beautiful architectural places. Every single stroke of colour and handwriting captures the evocative and unique nuances of a journey to the island city of Penang.
About Vanessa Ho:
Heralding from Kedah, Vanessa is a watercolour artist and has traveled extensively to document her journeys through vivid story-telling images. She shares her passion for the skillful art through her travel journals and occasionally conducts design workshops across the country.


Alameda is an island city about 12.2 square miles in size,
located in the geographical center of the Bay Area—12
miles east of San Francisco and 20 minutes from Contra Costa
Transportation is provided by Interstate 880, BART, ferries,
the Oakland Airport, and AC Transit.
There are three
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seven neighborhood commercial districts, and one shopping
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View Nursing (health care), Computer Associates Inc. (software),
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Alameda is an architecturally and historically rich community
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Craftsman, Colonial Revivals, Tudors, French Provincials,
Spanish Colonials, and California Ranch properties give Alameda
its distinct character.
Some large Victorians have been turned into rental properties.
Other buildings were originally built as apartment buildings.
There are approximately 30,000 occupied housing units
Owner Occupied: about 14,500 (48%)
Renter Occupied: about 15,700 (52%)
The Alameda Unified School District is made up of:
13 Elementary schools,
3 Middle schools,
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1 Adult School
In addition, there are 10 private elementary and high schools
The College of Alameda is a two year college, that prepares
students to transfer to four year colleges.
The population is approximately 75,000.
The average household income is about $ 82,334, and the median
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The median temperature is 65*.
Alameda is unlike any other city in the San Francisco Bay


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Virtual Tour is a sequence of 360° panoramic images of any location that lets people view and experience the splendor of the surroundings through the devices’ screen. Furthermore, some virtual tours have sound effects such as music and narrations to make viewers feel immersive and relished with their chosen destination. During the outbreak period, many countries around the world start using this particular technology to help travelers visit a particular place without having to visit in person. Thailand also utilizes virtual tour technology to make travelers enjoy the charm of the amazing destinations in Thailand.
Prasat Sdok Kok Thom is the gigantic ancient castle that was built for sheltering the holy statue and doing religious activities. The temple was built of red sandstone and laterite with ancient Khmer Hindu style. The site consists of three temples with the walkway flanked by pillars with an entrance gate. The inner of the temple was paved with laterite. On the east of the temple, there is a reservoir which is square-shaped, and this reservoir is connected with the temple. Additionally, the holy castle was assumed that it was built since the 11th-century, so this is the important ancient place where you have to visit once in your life!
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A few days later
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Left Vancouver very enegetically..and positively..the flight very very long ..more than 13 hrs to Shanghai....the flight was late leaving China..so instead of getting into Bangkok..at 12 pm the next day..for the first time in my life on this trip I crossed the international time line.Got into Bangkok at 3.30 am instead of midnight..got to the hotel that I had been corresponding to..with for the last month..and placed a deposit I assumed the morning I left..Could not confirm this as I was travelling for the previous 2 days..In short my hotel was not...My Hotel..in all ways possable.,got..to bed at 4am got the desire to leave..arrived in Phuket that same afternoon.. for some reason needed to get out of Bangkok....arrived into the Madhouse Pukhet..not what I expected .. Very hot,. Very busy..lots of people.. everywhere doing everything imaginable..the sleepy city during the day becomes a city on Acid in the night..all night.. every night..will be moving to a new hotel will update this after that..of to Book my flight out of here on the 29th to the civility of India..


Natural resource investment has become a big venture in the market currently. The good thing about this kind of investment is that the options are not limited. Besides, there are numerous natural resources, all with demand, such as precious metals and gas. Moreover, you can easily identify a resource that has not been exploited and turn it into a profitable venture. Most of these resources are found in developing countries. Also, the labor in such areas is still cheap, making your investment very viable. Below are some of the benefits of investing in natural resources, as indicated by CEO Alex Schneiter with Ian Lundin.
Grow Income Among the Locals
Usually, most of the natural resources are available in places with little to no civilization at all. Therefore, investing in such areas will be a good way of promoting income and growing the locals’ living standards. Furthermore, the moment you set up a manufacturing factory, it will mean that you will absorb the people in the area to work in your plant. Labor is normally affordable, especially for jobs that do not need many skills. As a result, you will raise their income and encourage them economically.
Natural resources investment means you are aiming to go beyond the borders. In most cases, investors are likely not to be locals. They are foreigners from other countries, usually more developed than the natural resources nation or state. It, therefore, becomes a good way to grow and strengthen political relations. Additionally, when the country accepts to have investors from another nation, it will encourage the inter-country ties for mutual benefits.
Growth of Infrastructure
Exploiting natural resources leads to infrastructure growth in the region eventually. When the investors visit the nation’s remote parts in search of natural resources and then set up a manufacturing plant, urbanization is inevitable in such areas. Moreover, the site is opened up with the plant’s set up, and other facilities such as water and electricity become a necessity. Therefore, it will be expected that the roads will be developed, building of urban houses, great sewage system, among other urbanization features.
The reasons for natural resources investment have always been compelling. Whether it is coal, gold, or lumber, the resources are at the center of production. Furthermore, the range of investable resources is increasing since the world population needs more resources. Besides, investing in natural resources now ensures that your future investment is guaranteed. The resources being exploited at the moment could be a scarce commodity in the future. Therefore, as demand increases, the prices too will increase.