Month: January 2011

Could some one please explain?

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Could someone or preferably a fisherman (Maxfield?) Explain to this woman that the term “blacklisted” is entirely fair to use and that Berkowitz is trying to shed light on the fact that species that are on these Eco foodie Nazi lists have been rebuilt to sustainable levels even by the Governments own standards but still reside on these lists. Could you also let them know how much more codfish there are swimming in the ocean since the days at sea program had been instituted?

http://jacquelinechurch.com/pig-tales-a-fish-friends/2012-berkowitz-does-disservice-to-gloucester-fishermen-and-sustainable-seafood-dialog

Berkowitz should be commended for standing up to these people. He has much more to lose than to gain. Their Blacklisting influence over willing environmentalists who want desperately to believe anything that some green guru says is undeniable. Even in the face of video evidence and government reports these people still call codfish unsustainable.

2011 Gloucester Fisherman Tri Registration Is Open

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

You want one of those cool shirts, right? Well get on it! I’d like to see as many of my GMG peeps get registered as possible before it sells out!

REGISTER NOW!

Sunday, August 7, 2011. The first swim wave will hit the water at 7:30 AM. The Transition area will open at 5:30 AM. Race management reserves the right to modify or shorten the race course in the case of inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances, and to accept or reject any entry. No transfers, substitutions. The minimum age to compete is 13.
In the instance that the swim is cancelled, racers will do one loop of the run course in place of the swim. The start of the run format will also be in waves.
Per USAT Rules, only the registered athlete may pick up their race packet and number. You must show Photo ID and if you are a USAT member you must have your USAT Card to present as well. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Athletes must pick up their packets at one of the locations below. Please try to pick up your packet prior to race day as it will help us lessen race morning check in and also allow you to avoid one more thing to do on race morning.
August 6, 2010 – 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Gloucester High School. Click here for directions.
August 7, 2010 – 5:30 am – 7:00 am at St. Peter’s Square.
Triathlon Entrant List.

Individual by 5/31/11: $85.00
Individual by 7/31/11: $95.00
Individual by 8/1/11: $105.00
Relay 2 Person by 5/31/11: $135.00
Relay 2 Person by 7/31/11: $145.00
Relay 2 Person by 8/1/11: $155.00
Relay 3 Person by 5/31/11: $150.00
Relay 3 Person by 7/31/11: $160.00
Relay 3 Person by 8/1/11: $170.00
– opens January 1, 2011 at noon.
The Gloucester Fisherman Tri is offering a discount to all active Military Personel. Please e-mail info@triandduit.com for the code. At packet pick up you will need to show your Military ID Card to verify your current active service.
For information on joining USA Triathlon, call the National Office at 1-800-TRI-1USA or via their website to join now by clicking on the USAT logo below.

There will be no refunds of Race Entry Fees. Further, if the race is cancelled due to weather, terrorism, an act of God or any other event beyond the control of the Town of Gloucester, Gloucester Fishermen Athletic Association, Gloucester Police, Tri and Du It Multisport, our Staff, Sponsors and volunteers, the entrant/athletes entry and associated fees will not be refunded. Your entry in the race denotes your agreement to these terms. Thank you.
You will receive an entry confirmation from us once you complete your registration. You will also begin to receive race informational updates about one month prior to the race from our constant contact account. Please make sure that the following e-mail address is on your spam approval list; info@triandduit.com.

Just A Quick Statistical Note- This Morning We Had Our 13,000th Post

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

13,000 posts in just over three years. Imagine if that was a novel? How many pages is an average book?

The 13,000th was Janice Reilly asking where to go outdoor skating for the record.

I Was Wrong- Thank You Beth Swan

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’d like to take this post time to admit to being guilty of something.

You see in all my rantings about the Eco Foodie Nazis I failed to consider the vast number of people who are really just trying to do the right thing.

I let the interaction with a single obnoxious extremist Eco Nazi foodie who was 100% wrong and refused to listen to any other viewpoint paint an entire group of people with the same brush.

There are many people just trying to make informed decisions and they should be applauded.

This is not to say that I agree at all with The Monterey Aquarium who puts out false information about codfish stocks being on the verge of collapse. They still suck.

I still believe there are Eco groups that are willing to take money from big companies once their group has any type of national voice and are used by these big companies to alter the public attitude toward certain groups be it small farmers or fishermen which decimate these small independent industries or communities so that big business can further their agendas.  And I don’t think these big companies really care about the resource in many instances, I believe they care about their own agendas at the expense of the independent fisherman or farmer. It’s ingenious really. Because they use naive greenies who are willing and eager to believe anything that the master cult like organization wants to shovel down their throat while the master cult like organization like PEW or Monterey Aquarium directors are pocketing huge sums of money from these corporations like big oil to push their agendas the willing.

I believe there are people who do care passionately about where they source their food and they should be commended. I just wish they weren’t misled by the Eco groups that are taking money to do the dirty work for big corporations under the guise of the environment.

Two of my least favorite types of people are extreme democrats and extreme republicans who can’t see any good in any policy except the one that their party tells them is right. There are good ideas on both sides of the aisle and finding the balance is the key.

Thank you Beth for reminding me that there are people just trying to do the right thing with your reasoned response.

BTW, check out the latest from Gaines who deserves some kind of National recognition for his exposing of the truth-

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x1733408832/News-analysis-Video-spotlights-context-of-disputed-cod-stock-data

Janice Reilly Asks Where To Go Skating Outdoors In Gloucester

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I was wondering if you, or anyone else, could tell me where to ice skate
outdoors in Gloucester? Thanks for any info you may have and a great site.
Janice

Where do you go ice skating?

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Finally Someone Stands Up To The Eco Foodie Nazis

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Richard Gaines Reports- What do you think the odds that the Eco Foodie Nazis change their position? My guess is that they will still call codfish unsustainable while they choke on their rabbit bones from their dead bunny stew.

Read on as government scientists call cod stocks recovered (unless of course you yourself are an Eco Foodie Nazi). We wouldn’t want you have to admit you’re a fucking sheep that believes whatever your spiritual foodie Nazi guru advisor has been telling you even though the regulators themselves call the stocks rebuilt to sustainable levels.

Read Richards article below-

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x1961025787/Legal-blacklist-meal-backs-fishermen

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

Learn To Cope Support Group

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’m on vacation and only have my smartphone to post from so for folks with community announcements that send PDF or word documents ,the best I can do is create a link. But at least the word can still get out.

QL-9tVsXNKa 2.pdf
http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

A Plea for Help

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

Warning: Rant Ahead…

Rockporters need help (Selectmen?  Economic Development Committee?  Joe Citizen? Are you listening?). Besides a few very hearty, hard-working souls, we can’t get any restaurant-owners to keep their establishments open year-round.   “But there are only 7,000 year-round residents!” I’m told.  Well, it seems to me that 7,000 is not an insignificant number – small towns all over America manage to support downtown restaurants based on a similar number.  My hometown in Ohio has 1,699 living souls occupying it – and ZERO tourists – yet it miraculously manages to support several eating establishments, from pizza places to family restaurants.  I know – it’s a chicken-and-egg thing.  Locals don’t come downtown to eat because there are so few places open and then restaurants don’t stay open because there is no one coming to eat.  And of course restaurant owners are used to gauging success by the numbers they do in the summer, so the off-season numbers must seem pretty paltry in comparison, even if the business is still profitable.

To add insult to injury, the Boston developer who owns the former Greenery Restaurant building, located in the heart of Dock Square and one of the only places where parties of four or more can be accommodated, has applied for a change-of-use approval for the location – he wants to turn it into yet another condo building!  Meanwhile, shop owners all along Main Street and even several on Bearskin Neck stay open year-round in spite of the fact that locals don’t show up in great numbers (because why bother to shop if there’s nowhere to grab lunch for you and your friends?), and their revenue is decidedly more dicey than the revenue of food establishments.  And then there is the Shalin Liu Performance Center, bravely forging ahead with programming throughout the entire Winter season.  Presumably someone is filling those seats and those same people consume food, just like the rest of us.  Where are they going to eat?  And finally, it has been crushing to see that The Coffee Shop (fresh doughnuts and Nisu bread!) was scooped up by a local restaurant-owner, only to be immediately shut down just in time for the holidays.  Merry Christmas, Rockport.

Restaurant owners: you’re killing us here!  And Rockporters: you need to support your local restaurants, especially the ones who stay open year-round: Bean & Leaf Cafe, The Red Skiff, and Hula Moon (let me know if I forgot someone) and thank them for their support.  It’s time that we Rockporters invest in our own downtown – or suffer the consequences.

Did you Know?

Posted on by God's Morning

Did you know that The Annisquam Yacht Club is a private club whose purpose since 1896 has been to provide for its members a haven for sailing, yachting, tennis, and friendship.  The membership of the Annisquam Yacht Club is a diverse group of families, professionals, students and retirees — all of whom share a passion for Annisquam, yachting, tennis, and the ocean.

Annisquam Yacht Club winter reflections
Photo by E.J. Lefavour

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Paddleboard Insanity Part I: SUP the Coast

Posted on by paultmorrison

I thought the Blackburn Challenge was, a challenge. I kayaked all the way around Cape Ann, about 20 miles. But what would you call adding ten miles and standing up on a paddleboard? That would be a little crazy right? Then how about doing that for a hundred days straight? That would be absurd. But Alana Horne of Magnolia has just notified GMG that her brother, Will Rich and his friend, Mike Simpson are going to paddleboard from former Gloucester High School hockey coach Dick MacNeil’s house to Portland, Maine on a paddleboard. But wait, didn’t Dick and Carol move to Key West??? That’s right. They did.

Will Rich (grew up in Bayview) and Mike Simpson are going to paddleboard from Key West, Florida, to Portland, Maine to raise money for the Wounded Warriors Project and SUP Cleanup.

This will be an ongoing series of articles of this adventure up the east coast. They start on March 1, 2011 and could be rounding up around Cape Ann before 4th of July. Much more information about this incredible journey in later posts. For more information just click the links below.

SUP the Coast website

SUP the Coast on Facebook