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“It was the best of dreams, it was the worst of dreams, it was an age of consulting the nautical experts, it was the age of landlubber foolishness, it was the epoch of determination, it was the epoch of despair, it was the season of hurricanes, it was a spring of beachcombing…” If you dream about chucking it all away and sailing toward an island life, read this first Renee and Michael didn’t have any boating experience and when their plans to remedy that fell through the tw
2011 release, the fifth album from the Oregon-based Electronic band. Shangri-La was produced, mixed, recorded, and performed by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans with frequent collaborator and touring member Bobby Birdman, at the Marfa Recording Company, Jackpot! Studios, and in temporary living quarters in Los Angeles, California. On Shangri-La, Yacht asserts that the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed. Shangri-La argues that "Paradise is kinetic potential, a latency wit
Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys is taking off, both literally and figuratively, with his appropriately titled new album I'm Taking Off. The album's title is representative of Nick's philosophy. "I felt like this was my moment. I'm rising to the occasion and taking off," he says with conviction. The album, according to Nick, who co-wrote every song on the record, is diverse. "It has songs about love, happiness, the sad parts of love-it's got some dance tracks on it. You can play it for your loved one or you can play it in the club." The first single, "Just One Kiss," is an uptempo hit about a struggling relationship. "There are probably a lot of people in this world that have had this situation," says Nick, who wrote the song with Dan Muckala and Jason Ingram. "Someone has fallen out of love with them and they want that one last try, even though they've messed up. The guy in the song is basically admitting his faults and asking for that one last chance." The album's title track tells quite the opposite story. "The song is about a relationship and how this guy is having a realization about the person he's with and so he wants to leave," Nick explains. While the album includes an impressive array of writers, it was important to Nick that he be part of the process. "I wanted to make sure my input was in there and that all of me was in those songs," he says. The album's producers include some notable names that reinforce its diversity: Muckala (Backstreet Boys), Toby Gad (Beyonce), Brent Kutzle (OneRepublic), Noel Zancanella (Rashaan Ahmad), Carl Falk (Gavin DeGraw), Rami (Celine Dion), Matthew Gerrard (Jesse McCartney) and MIDI Mafia (50 Cent). That the album-his second as a solo artist after his enormous successes with Backstreet Boys-includes such an impressive roster of producers is not by chance. "I'm very picky of who I work with," says Nick. "I look at a producer as a coach. If they can't pull the best out of you, then you might not go to that championship game." The album is a labor of love. "Nothing great is ever easy," Nick says. "You have to work for it." An accomplished writer, producer and director, Nick created the short film The Pendant in 2010. He also directed the music video for "Just One Kiss." Passionate about the health of the environment and the world's oceans (as a water enthusiast who loves diving, waterskiing, boating and surfing), Nick continues to devote his time and celebrity toward the cause. He has worked with UNEP (the United Nations Environmental Program) and the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), and has even gone to Capitol Hill to lobby for environmental issues.
Photos: Jaguars Owner Shahid Khan's 2M Yacht is More Impressive than His Team New Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan owns a really, really cool yacht. Seriously, this 223-foot beauty (dubbed the Kismet) is a work of art from top to bottom. Currently the ship is docked in front of the downtown Hyatt Regency in Jacksonville, ... Read more on Opposing Views
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Methuselah was the oldest man who ever live on Earth. According to the Bible he was 969 years old when he died. Well, how about the longest-living animals to date? Check this out.
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On Biblical account, Methuselah was the oldest man who ever lived but Jeanne Calment was the oldest to have verifiable birth records. She was 122 years old at time of death.
Jeanne Louise Calment was born on February 21, 1875 and passed away in August 4, 1997. She was a French woman who reached the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years 164 days (44,724 days in total). Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study; more records have been produced to verify her age than for any other case.
This creature, unofficially, can be considered to have the longest lifespan. The Hydrozoan species Turitopsis nutricula is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, indefinitely. This means there is, theoretically, no limit to its life span, although no single specimen has been observed for any extended period and it is impossible to estimate the age of a specimen.
2. Cyprine Arctica Islandica or Quahog
A creature with longest lifespan ever recorded is Quahog. A specimen of the Icelandic Cyprine Arctica islandica (also known as an ocean quahog), a mollusk, was found to have lived 405 years and possibly up to 410. Another specimen had a recorded lifespan of 374 years.
In 2006 and 2007, separate specimens collected off the coast of Iceland were found to be more than 400 years old, making the Arctica islandica clam the longest-lived animal species ever recorded.
Among the fishes, koi is one of the longest-live. Koi, or more specifically nishikigoi, which literally means "brocaded carp", are ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp scientifically known as Cyprinus carpio. Some koi fish have reportedly lived up to over 200 years. The oldest living koi on record was Hanako, it died at an age of 226 years on July 7, 1977.
The Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus), also known as Greenland Right Whale or Arctic Whale, is a baleen whale of the right whale family Balaenidae. A stocky dark-colored whale without a dorsal fin, it can grow to 20�meters (66�ft) in length. Estimated maximum weight of this thick-bodied species is 136 tonnes (152 tons), second only to the Blue Whale, although the Bowhead lags behind several other whales in maximum length. The Bowhead spends all of its life in fertile Arctic waters, unlike other whales that migrate for feeding or reproduction. Some unconfirmed sources estimated Bowhead Whales to have lived up to 210 years of age. If proven this would make them the oldest mammals.
A radiated tortoise named Tu Malila from Madagascar is considered as the longest-lived animal according to authenticated records. Tu' Malila was hatched in 1777 and died on May 19, 1965 with an age of 188 years. Verification of the age of another tortoise, Adwaita, is still pending; that animal was said to have been born around 1750 and died in 2006 at the possible age of 256.
The Galapagos tortoise or Galapagos giant tortoise is the largest living tortoise. It is native to nine islands of the Galapagos archipelago. Adults of large subspecies can weigh over 300 kilograms (660lb) and measure 1.2�meters (4�ft) long. Although the maximum life expectancy of a wild tortoise is unknown, the average life expectancy is estimated to be 150-200 years. Harriet the tortoise, one of the oldest animals in the world who some claim was studied by the pioneering 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin, has died in Australia at 175 years of age.
The Spur-thighed Tortoise or Greek Tortoise is one of four European members of the Testudinidae family of tortoises. Timothy, a Greek Tortoise, died at an age of 160 years in April 2004.
The geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck") is a species of large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk. The shell of this clam is large, about 15 to over 20 cm in length (about 7 to 9 inches), but the tremendously long siphons make the clam itself much longer; the "neck" or siphons alone can be one meter in length. Geoduck, a species of saltwater clam native to the Puget Sound, has been known to live over 160 years.
Amongst the birds, macaw has the longest lifespan. Charlie (hatched c. 1899), also known as Charlie the Curser, is a Blue-and-yellow macaw living at Heathfield Nurseries, a pet sanctuary in Reigate, Surrey, England. Charlie became famous when The Daily Mirror published an article about her in January 2004; she is 109-year old.
This species of fish is known to live for more than a hundred year. Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) is a fish found in the cold temperate waters (from 45 to 3850�m depth) of the Southern Atlantic, Southern Pacific, Indian, and Southern Oceans on seamounts and continental shelves around most sub-Antarctic islands. The average weight of a commercially caught toothfish is 9-10 kilograms (20 pounds) with large adults occasionally exceeding 200 kilograms (440 pounds). They are thought to live to fifty years, reaching a length of 2.3 meters (8 feet).
Like the Patagonian Toothfish, this species of fish can live over a hundred year. One of the oldest families of bony fish in existence, they are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-arctic rivers, lakes and coastlines of Eurasia and North America. They are distinctive for their elongated bodies, lack of scales, and occasional great size: Sturgeons ranging from 7-12 feet (2-3� m) in length are common, and some species grow up to 18�feet (5.5�m).
This tubeworm has a lifespan of over 170 years and its survival is contingent upon the availability of sulfide during this long period. Lamellibrachia luymesi is a deep-sea vestimentiferan tubeworm that forms large bush-like aggregations at hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Like all vestimentiferans, L. luymesi obtains its nutrition from sulfide-oxidizing endosymbiotic bacteria, which it houses in an internal organ called the trophosome.
Most of the longest-lived animals live in water; three are amphibians, a bird and a human being.
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Learn GarageBand in only 30 days! mhlo.co Learning how to sail isn't hard if you're near water, since chances are there will be a sailing school near you. Our local school is the California Yacht Club, which sails with four-person Martin M242 boats every week. We met up with two members of the club, support boat specialist Mike George (he did the water shots for Baywatch for 13 years!), and Pease Glaser, a former sailor for the US team. Leah finds out about the different components of a sail boat, how to raise a sail, and even how to sail against the wind. Join her by watching today's episode! see our related links: mahalo.com www.m242yachtsusa.com www.glasersails.com www.calyachtclub.com mahalo.com mahalo.com mahalo.com mahalo.com www.mahalo.com for more videos see www.youtube.com
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Stairwell Sisters, True Blue 2 Event on 2012-02-11 20:00:00 San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival Saturday, February 11, 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) old-time teardown .50 advance / .50 at door Purchase tickets online
Prepare yourself for a night of roof-raising music when all-gal old-time teardown the Stairwell Sisters and traditional bluegrass outfit True Blue 2 take the stage as part of the San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival!
With their driving stringband music, sweet country harmonies, and red-hot buckdancing: the Stairwell Sisters apply their passion for old-time country songs and rowdy fiddle tunes to a wild, good-time show. Energetic musicianship and tight vocal arrangements are the order of the day when Lisa Berman (dobro), Stephanie Prausnitz (fiddle), Evie Ladin (clawhammer banjo and clogging), Martha Hawthorne (bass), and Sue Sandlin (guitar and tiple) take the stage with their fiddle tunes from Alabama to Scotland, old songs of trains, boats and possums, and new songs of loss, love, and all-night parties.
Recent winner of the East Bay Express’s Best Stringband award, the rowdy San Francisco quintet has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, at New York's Lincoln Center, San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and the "V for Violins" spot on Elmo's World.
True Blue 2, a traditional bluegrass band with their instinctive harmonies and an organic rhythmic feel reminiscent of Flatt & Scruggs kick off the evening. True Blue 2 is comprised of Del Williams on guitar, Avram Siegel on banjo, Jeff King on bass, and Ed Neff on mandolin, with everyone pitching in on vocals.
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Steve Wozniak, aged 47, has travelled all over the world to catch as many different species of fish as possible. As the manager of a software company, he usually goes fishing whenever he has free time. Catching his first fish at the age of 5, Steve had collected 150 species by the time he was thirty. Up to present, he has succeeded in catching 1,000 species. Steve reportedly spent ,000 travelling to 63 different countries in order to collect new species of fish within ten years. Unbelievably, it took the Californian man more than 20,000 hours to wait for a nibble from fish on riverbanks, piers, beaches and boats.
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Steven?s collection comprises a variety of dangerous fish including 33 shark species, 4 species of piranha, 14 different kinds of puffer fish, a deadly lionfish and a stonefish. To Steven, his most dangerous catch is a three-meter-long Mako shark. Currently, he stops fishing and spends most of his time writing a book about his incredible adventures.
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Steve and a copper shark
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Steve caught a striped goatfish in Kona, Hawaii
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Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys is taking off, both literally and figuratively, with his appropriately titled new album I'm Taking Off. The album's title is representative of Nick's philosophy. "I felt like this was my moment. I'm rising to the occasion and taking off," he says with conviction. The album, according to Nick, who co-wrote every song on the record, is diverse. "It has songs about love, happiness, the sad parts of love-it's got some dance tracks on it. You can play it for your loved one or you can play it in the club." The first single, "Just One Kiss," is an uptempo hit about a struggling relationship. "There are probably a lot of people in this world that have had this situation," says Nick, who wrote the song with Dan Muckala and Jason Ingram. "Someone has fallen out of love with them and they want that one last try, even though they've messed up. The guy in the song is basically admitting his faults and asking for that one last chance." The album's title track tells quite the opposite story. "The song is about a relationship and how this guy is having a realization about the person he's with and so he wants to leave," Nick explains. While the album includes an impressive array of writers, it was important to Nick that he be part of the process. "I wanted to make sure my input was in there and that all of me was in those songs," he says. The album's producers include some notable names that reinforce its diversity: Muckala (Backstreet Boys), Toby Gad (Beyonce), Brent Kutzle (OneRepublic), Noel Zancanella (Rashaan Ahmad), Carl Falk (Gavin DeGraw), Rami (Celine Dion), Matthew Gerrard (Jesse McCartney) and MIDI Mafia (50 Cent). That the album-his second as a solo artist after his enormous successes with Backstreet Boys-includes such an impressive roster of producers is not by chance. "I'm very picky of who I work with," says Nick. "I look at a producer as a coach. If they can't pull the best out of you, then you might not go to that championship game." The album is a labor of love. "Nothing great is ever easy," Nick says. "You have to work for it." An accomplished writer, producer and director, Nick created the short film The Pendant in 2010. He also directed the music video for "Just One Kiss." Passionate about the health of the environment and the world's oceans (as a water enthusiast who loves diving, waterskiing, boating and surfing), Nick continues to devote his time and celebrity toward the cause. He has worked with UNEP (the United Nations Environmental Program) and the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), and has even gone to Capitol Hill to lobby for environmental issues.
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You may have ever heard of Letterman with his "Top 10" every night, Jack Nicholson with his "Bucket List". Actually, everyone has at least one list of anything. Today, I would like to introduce a special list for those who are staying on Sanibel, Captiva, Upper Captiva, Gasparilla or Pine Island.
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1. Walk the beach, wade in the surf
2. Celebrate & toast the setting sun
3. Fish the Matlacha bridge or pier
4. Parrot Heads - Eat a "Cheeseburger in Paradise" at Cabbage Key
5. Catch a trophy tarpon!
6. Book a fishing charter
7. Go parasailing - take your camera
8. Take a ride on the Sanibel Thriller
9. Propose on the beach at sunset
10. Hire a "water limo" (a water taxi)
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Try an Eco Tour or Sightseeing trip
12. Visit the cool shops in Boca Grande
13. Lunch at Barnacle Phils, RB & rice!
14. Lunch at Lazy Flamingo, peel & eat
15. Go shelling on the beach
16. Dinner and Rum at Doc Fords
17. Build a sandcastle, find a crab
18. Fish the surf for snook
19. Drink beer on the beach
20. Visit the Gasparilla Inn & Club in Boca Grande - Croquet anyone?
21. Buy a Tommy Bahama shirt
22. Jog on the beach - swim in the sea
23. Windsurfing at Sanibel Lighthouse
24. Drink a Hurricane, then another
25. The Loose Caboose in Boca Grande
26. Catch some snapper for dinner
27. Visit the art galleries in Matlacha
28. Cruise the flats in the Gulf for rays
29. Eat LOTS of fresh Gulf shrimp
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Lunch & boats at Gramma Dots
31. Lunch at the Tarpon Inn in Pineland
32. Play golf at Alden Pines
33. Bikes/Segways at Billy's Rentals
34. Build a world class tan - sunscreen!
35. Eat a dozen oysters on the half shell
36. Dinner at the Bubble Room
37. Cruise the Caloosahatchee River - Stop at Tarpon Point or Rum Runners for lunch or dinner
38. Eat at The Joint or Cafe Pignoli's (ribs on Friday!) at Cape Harbour
39. Meet a manatee - find an alligator
40. Photograph the shore birds
41. Andy's Island Seafood - Fresh!
42. Camp out on Cayo Costa
43. Wear an "IBTWYPD" bikini
44. Water taxi - tour Pine Island Sound
45. See the Sanibel Lighthouse
46. Eat ice cream at Boca Grande
47. Try Boca Grande Cart Rentals!
48. Crossed Palms Gallery - Bokeelia
49. Lunch - Waterfront in St. James City
50. Fishing guide - teach the kids to fish
51. Walk the beach at sunrise
52. Eat smelt/drink beer at Bert's Bar
53. Visit the Edison Ford estate
54. Rent a golf cart and visit the lighthouse/museum on Boca Grande
55. Dinner at Sandy Hook - Matlacha
56. Become a "snow bird"
57. Eat our stone crabs, blue crab and Pine Island clams
58. Hunt for Pirate Jose Gaspar's treasure - SWCharters. com
59. Eat a grouper sandwich; blackened!
60. Lunch at the Mucky Duck
61. Visit Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum on Sanibel
62. Curl up with Randy Wayne White's two novels Sanibel Flats & Captiva
63. Go kayaking at Ding Darling
64. Bowman Beach is one of the best
65. Rent a home at the North Captiva Island Club or Safety Harbor Club
66. Rental boats at Four Winds Marina
67. Stay at South Seas Island Resort
68. Buy fresh fruit at a Fruit Stand
69. Calusa Indian Mounds at Pineland
70. Rent a jet ski on the beach
71. Get married barefoot on the beach
72. Sail the Sound in your sloop
73. Cruise the Intercoastal, the Gulf or Charlotte Harbor in your yacht
74. Pilot a plane over the barrier islands. T & G at Page Field
75. Take a fly fishing lesson
76. Learn how to throw a cast net
77. Go snorkeling - beyond the surf
78. See a movie at Island Cinema
79. Buy your supplies at Bailey's
80. Photographers - take Wildlife Drive - Ding Darling
81. Try the Fishing Pier on Sanibel
82. Follow your bliss - retire!
83. The VERY best weather info available at capeweather. com
84. Take the Dinner Cruise from the Marriott
85. Don't worry, be happy! Drink!
86. Hit the DQ - Sanibel/Pine Island
87. Eat some Key Lime pie!
88. Buy a cool fishing shirt
89. Visit She Sells Sea Shells and say it 3 times as fast as you can
90. Breakfast/Brunch at the Lighthouse Caf�
91. Tommy Bahama clothes at Sporty Seahorse Shop - Sanibel
92. Kingfisher Aerial Tours from Pine Island
93. Change your Latitude. Buy a winter home at a bargain price!
94. Hire a water taxi - see Dolphin
95. Eat a Pine Island mango
96. Take Tropic Star to Cayo Costa
97. Hold a "pretend" business meeting on one of the islands
98. Call your boss and quit your job
99. Read the Calusan by C. Lebuff
100. Make lots of new friends - wear a thong or Speedos on the beach
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I'm the owner of SW Charters. I'd like to invite you, your friends and family to a great day on the water fishing or sightseeing in SW Florida. We offer Captiva fishing charters or adventures to Sanibel, Boca Grande and the Pine Island area. SW Charters is happy to serve as your own personal "water limo" and take you wherever you want on your schedule.
www.rei.com Brad, an REI Outdoor School instructor, demonstrates basic kayak paddle strokes in this video: the forward stroke, turning strokes, and boat-control strokes. For the forward stroke, think about placing your blade in the water and moving past it, rather than pulling the blade through the water. This increases your efficiency. The forward stroke is made up of 3 elements: the windup, the catch, and the unwind. Rotate your torso (the windup), place the blade in the water by your foot (the catch), rotate your torso (the unwind) to move your boat forward, and then take the blade out of the water when your hand reaches your hip. Now your already wound up for the next catch. It's a push with the upper hand and a pull with the lower hand while rotating the torso. In kayaking, technique is much more important than upper body strength. Now for turning strokes. The sweep stroke is a forward stroke that allows you to keep your momentum. It begins far forward in the front of the boat, sweeps way wide, and continues all the way back till the paddle touches the stern. Draw strokes help you move your kayak sideways, like to pull up next to a dock. The first draw stroke is a simple reach out and pull toward you. The other draw stroke is the sculling draw stroke: It's a sustained back and forth motion, kind of like spreading peanut butter. The final stroke we'll learn is how to stop a moving kayak—it's back paddling, the reverse of the forward stroke.
Hottest New Fishing Gear and Gadgets For Serious Fishermen.
If you have a fisherman in your life, then buying Christmas gifts that really mean something to them has never been easier.� New technology and an ever increasing wealth of diversity and imagination in fishing gear has made picking the hottest fishing gear for Christmas 2009 a pretty fishy situation.� And, there's no need to scale back on the gifts, as there are lots of new fishing gear, like weedless and deep-diving lures, bug-free and waterproof clothing, fish finders and rod-holders that act like remote controlled fishing boats to intrigue and please the fisherman in your life.
The "Aviva Fishing Buddy" is a small, remote controlled sport fishing boat, that trolls a line behind it, while the fisherman sits on the shorelines with the remote control.� Another offering in the remote controlled fishing gear product line is the fishing buddy.� It is a life-preserver crossed with an inner tube, with a mesh seat to sit in the middle of the tube.� The fisherman moves either with a small trolling motor (the fishing buddy has a trolling motor mount), or with swimming flippers.
One hot item new for this upcoming Christmas, which falls in the "why didn't I think of that" category, are new weights that are shaped and painted like small baitfish.� Draw your fish closer to the bait with a weight, replacing the need for spoons above the bait.� Mostly used for bottom feeders and lunker trout, bass or walleye, which commonly school on the bottom of the water body.� Buying a mixed-pack of four different fish species weights, in 2 to 4 different sizes, would be a great, and quite inexpensive gift for your favourite fisherman.
Clothing, fishing vests, waders (either chest or waist waders, depending on the depth of water your fisherman walks into, or his personal preference), bug-free clothing (entire body), fishing hats with attachments to hold favourite lures and flies, and polarized sunglasses are all some of Christmas 2009's hottest fishing gear for presents.� Of course, no fisherman would feel put out with a new fishing boat with trailer, twin 200-horse outboard motors, live wells and a dining/sleeping cabin.
You can simply look inside your fisherman's tackle box, see what types of lures he prefers, and gather a few similar lures from his favourite tackle shop.� Most fishermen do have a favourite tackle shop, and they will have a hat, t-shirt or jacket from that store.� If you do go to their favourite store, the clerk or owner may even know your favourite fisherman, and be able to help you to score major brownie points with the perfect gift.
The hottest fishing gear for Christmas 2009 would most likely be whatever you buy your fisherman for Christmas.� He will use it, and if he catches fish with it, it will be one of the best gifts that you ever gave him.
