Len Burgess writes-
ESSEX SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM, GRAVEYARD TOUR STORY IN THE GLOUCESTER TIMES, FRIDAY 11/2/12
-LB
Angel Reading
Amy Fleischer of Newburyport (R) at an angel reading conducted by Joy L. Kasmer on Saturday at Bodin Historic Photo.
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Sunset over Magnolia Harbor
On Saturday evening, October 27th there was an amazing sunset and the sky also had colors like a rainbow.
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Did You Know? (Abracadabra)
That the first known mention of the word was in the third century AD in a book called Liber Medicinalis (sometimes known as De Medicina Praecepta Saluberrima) by Quintus Serenus Sammonicus,[1] physician to the Roman emperor Caracalla, who prescribed that malaria sufferers wear an amulet containing the word written in the form of a triangle:
A – B – R – A – C – A – D – A – B – R – A
A – B – R – A – C – A – D – A – B – R
A – B – R – A – C – A – D – A – B
A – B – R – A – C – A – D – A
A – B – R – A – C – A – D
A – B – R – A – C – A
A – B – R – A – C
A – B – R – A
A – B – R
A – B
A
This, he explained, diminishes the hold over the patient of the spirit of the disease. Other Roman emperors, including Geta and Alexander Severus, were followers of the medical teachings of Serenus Sammonicus and may have used the incantation as well.
It was used as a magical formula by the Gnostics of the sect of Basilides in invoking the aid of beneficent spirits against disease and misfortune. It is found on Abraxas stones which were worn as amulets. Subsequently, its use spread beyond the Gnostics. Wikipedia
E.J. Lefavour
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HMS Bounty Sinking Timeline
The Coast Guard said it would “probe every aspect of the accident and will determine as closely as possible” what caused it, whether there is evidence of equipment failure or human error, and if it or any other government agency contributed to the confirmed death of one crew member and presumed death of the Bounty’s captain, who is missing.
The Bounty sent out a distress call Sunday night and began taking on water off the coast of North Carolina Monday morning amid high winds and waves caused by Sandy, whose eye was located 150 miles to the east at the time. Shortly thereafter the crew abandoned ship and boarded life rafts.
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New iPhone 5 Panorama
Click twice to embiggen: sucker is 9,283 pixels wide.
Panorama on the new iPhone 5 is pretty slick. As simple as can be and no waiting. Sometimes it says to slow down as I pan across. Here is one of my first shots. Oh Em Gee! When I pointed the camera directly into the sun I detect a purple haze. Apple is going to die for this!
The pano stitching is pretty good. Handheld and turn the phone. The horizon is a tad ragged on the left hand side but the clarity through out is not too shabby. All three lighthouses , couple of boats, a dog and a duck. I over saturated the colors on a lower resolution and I can do a better job with a smooth sweep with practice. If dogs or people move when you are sweeping they can become quite amusing, scary, and mutated.
I’ll write my review of the iPhone after I use it for a week.
First impressions: I can talk in a monotone robot voice pretty easily so Siri can dictate notes and email. It does pretty well and I think I might use that feature.
The maps app with siri is seriously amazing. I have not driven off a cliff yet. Get in the car and tell Siri to drive to an address and #boom she is a chatty little thing telling me the way.
Bizarre quirk: We haven’t figured out the command to tell her we have arrived and we would like her to quit the map program. Siri, quit maps, Siri, stop driving, Siri, shut up. None of them worked. Sue finally told her to shut the fsck up and she replied, “that’s not very nice” and quit the app. She is amusing and I hope I do not get locked up when found on a street corner swearing at my phone in one hand with a Rubber Duck in the other.
Click on the pick for the full monty. Stella, Rubber Duck, Chapin’s Gully, Pigeon Cove.
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Film: My Daughter Liv and Max Getting Married
This beautiful film was sent to me by one of my dearest friends, Claudia, the filmmaker’s Mom. Her daughter Magdalena is currently studying film and poetry at Hampshire College in Amherst. She is very interested in recycled images and has transferred many of the family’s old super 8’s. Magda would have to speak about her intention but her Mom wonders if it was from her perspective of looking up at the “big kids.” She loved to toddle after Olivia! The music is from her band with her friend Cody; they are called Stolen Jars. Magda wrote many lyrics for the album and sings on many tracks. One piece was used in an iPad commercial this summer. Thank you Claudia and Magda for Sharing!
Beautiful Film Magdalena!
My note: That’s my daughter Liv “getting married.” I think this is film footage from one of our many friend and family wonderful get-togethers on Martha’s Vineyard, at the funnest and most welcoming home of Rosemary, who is the Mom of our other best friend, Donna.
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Sunrise Over Gloucester From The Top Of Varian’s Turbine Courtesy Our Boy Steve Spencer
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Isn’t Daylight Savings Time Kinda Stupid?
Like Why?
Does anyone not get that it’s gonna be darker earlier and the sun is gonna come out later in the morning?
Why confuse the whole country and make everyone in this day and age of more and more global economies and inter state commerce do we need daylight savings time? To mess up scheduling on computers?
Just seems like a whole lot of wasted energy instead of just having the time be the time.
Screw Daylight Savings Time!
What Politician Has The Nuts To Bring That Bill Up?
comic from-http://www.welcometokcity.com/2006/01/daylight-saving-time.html
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Memories of Paris
More scrumptiousness from my recent vacation in Paris… the Eiffel Tower at night.
No tripod, zero retouching. Have I mentioned how much I love this camera?
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Sem Sutter Represents! in Friedrichstadt Germany
I’m an avid follower of GMG. Here’s a pic of me representing in Friedrichstadt, a North German port city that was active in the 17th c. and is now quiet and picturesque.
Best,
Sem C. Sutter Head of Collection Development and Interim Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources & Services Georgetown University Library
We Got Germany Baby! Thanks Sem!
As an aside- this may be the first time I’ve ever heard the name “Sem”.
I wonder if Sem’s partner when first laying eyes on Sem way back in the day said “Oh I gotta get me Sem o’ dat!”
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Charles Bukowski Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
November 1, 2012
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
Born Heinrich Carl Bukowski in Germany after the First World War, Bukowski’s American father moved the family to California in 1923. He studied writing and literature briefly at Los Angeles City College before moving to New York. Arrested for draft evasion in 1944, he failed a psychological evaluation and was listed 4F. His writing career did not flower until the mid-fifties, when he began to publish his hundreds of poems and short stories, and his six novels, of which Ham on Rye is the best known. He wrote the script for the semi-autobiographical film “Barfly” which detailed his nearly life-long alcoholism and depression and their effect on his writing. Bukowski wasinfamous for his confrontational literary readings, which bordered on performance art, described by some as uninhibited, but by others as drunken and boorish.
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Correction
Regarding November 6th election, the Gloucester City website stated that voting for Ward 2 was at Lady of Good Voyage and McPherson Park, CORRECTION, only Lady of Good Voyage. Thank you Melissa Cox for this information and also for GMG readers to letting me know.
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Community Photos 11/4/12
Ed Boynton writes-
Hi Joe,
Recently had the chance to photo the "babe" as she steams out of the Annisquam river where it was docked at the Cape Ann Marina for the hurricane last week. We took it up river for storm protection from Sandy last week. Worked out well, no damage.
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Community Stuff 11/4/12
Look for Scott Memhard, Cape Pond Ice and Capt. Tom Testeverde of the FV Midnight Sun on TV in an ad for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA.
It’s him; there are clips of other members, but he’s the first one! … And from Scott himself:
"yes, we’re included in some testimonial ad spots for BCBS of Massachusetts, since they’re celebrating 75 years, and Cape Pond Ice has been in business serving the Gloucester fishing fleet for 164 years, and a member subscriber with BCBC for over 30 years.
Their agency approached us about participating and, after dragging our feet, concerned about the disruption of filming during our busy summer ice season, we eventually agreed. They spent a day mid-August with a very professional 30-person crew here filming and interviewing at the Ice Company, as well as with Capt. Tom Testeverde on the FV Midnight Sun, at our wharf. Jonathan Bekemeier from Picture Park is the Director, and Partners & Simons is the ad agency.
At least its not a political ad, thank God – but I apologize in advance for barging into people’s homes on their TVs !"
Business After Hours–Thursday, November 8th
As someone who knows the value of networking I hope you will join us on Thursday, November 8th for Business After Hours at All Seacoast Dental Associates (5-7 p.m.). This is earlier than we normally host our monthly gatherings but with a busy holiday schedule it is an ideal time to network at ourlast BAH of 2012!
All Seacoast Dental Associates is located at 27 Commercial Street (two doors down from the Chamber office) and on the same side of the street. Please come and support one of the Chamber’s newer members as they kick off their grand opening in style! Door prizes, great food, refreshments and an opportunity to learn about the world of dentistry are all at your disposal.
Call (978-283-1601) or email me at tim@capeannchamber.com to register today. $15 for members in advance, $20 week/day of and $30 for future members.
See you next Thursday, November 8th at All Seacoast Dental Associates!
Thank you, Tim
On Saturday evening, October 29th Holy Family parish hosted an Italian Night fit for a community embedded with a love of Food and community. Along with good food and good company they were entertained and kicked up their heals with the legendary artists Barry Mooney and friends. Decorations were the wonderful and unique Aprons donned by the Guild family members, grandmothers, and mothers from years past that were used for shy children to hid behind, a perspiring brow, gathered vegetables from the garden, a pot holder or tissue to wipe away the tears Of a crying child.
Pictured serving our guests are Alison Aiello and John Aiello.
Dawn Alves
Secretary Holy Family parish Women’s Guild
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Live blogging from old sloop
Megan Burtt with her excellent CD after a terrific set. Pledge now and get her next CD for $10. Http://www.Pledgemusic.com/meganburtt
-pvn, sent from my phone
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You Gotta Read This From A Former Crewmember Of The Bounty Written Just Days After The HMS Bounty Went Down
Falling Overboard
November 2, 2012 | by Robin Beth Schaer
Illustration by Madzia Bryll, a fellow member of the crew.
At first, I couldn’t sleep on the ship. At night, bunked beneath the waterline, I put my hand against the wooden hull and imagined dark water on the other side pressing back. I lay awake holding my breath, picturing the route I would swim through a maze of cabins and hatches if the ship went down. In port, Bounty had looked tremendous: one hundred and eighty feet long, three masts stretching a hundred feet into the sky, and a thousand square yards of canvas sails. But underway, with ocean spreading toward horizon in every direction, she was small, and inside her I was even smaller.
I had lost my job and my marriage when I saw Bounty for the first time. I wanted to stowaway, cast off, and leave the ruins of my life behind—and Bounty let me. Yet I left far more than grief on land; what mattered at home—education, achievements, appearance—was irrelevant at sea. It was unsettling to abandon all that I thought defined me. I sat in the galley with the other deckhands and wondered what they understood from my face. I was uncertain of what remained.
To leave the shore required surrender; I had to give myself over to the ship and the journey, wherever it led and whatever it revealed. I fell into the rhythms of standing watch and eating meals. Soon even the ship’s deep rolls and strange music of creaking timbers became familiar. I learned lines and sails, practiced emergency drills, and studied the compass and charts; I tarred, painted, spliced, caulked, and I finally slept. I slept deeply, trusting when I closed my eyes others were awake, on watch, keeping me safe, just as I had done for them. We were profoundly dependent on each other.
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Way Up High- Setting The Hub And More Gloucester MA Varian’s Turbine Erection From Steve Spencer! Exclusive To GMG
Steve Spencer Has Been Sending These Photos Of Every Phase of The Construction Of Varian’s Turbine
Open turbine view of Gloucester-
Face of the hub to the ground-
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Gloucester Sports 11/3/12
If you have photos from a Gloucester Sporting Event Submit them with the name to credit and we will post them in our Gloucester Sports Daily Post
Maryanne writes-
Hi Joey,
here’s a photo of some of our young skaters enjoying a Halloween Party on the ice!
Thanks for sharing
Maryanne
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
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website: http://cafsc.org/
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Sailing Off Into the Sunset
Good Morning Gloucester 