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The Land That I Love

Edit Huffington Post 18 Jun 2015
One of my oldest and dearest childhood friends from New Zealand visited us last week. His children were very taken with the local squirrels. Squirrels don't occur in New Zealand. It has been isolated from other landmasses since the age of the dinosaurs, long before the evolution of mammals as we know them. Save for some bats it has no endemic land mammals ... I've lived in Illinois ... Aspiring, or Tititea in Maori, as the sternpost of my waka....

Coda Octopus Echoscope® Real-Time 3D Sonar provides unparalleled views of two historic shipwrecks in San Francisco:

Edit Stockhouse 15 Dec 2014
Lakeland, Fl. (December 15th 2014) - Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (OTC. CDOC.PK) ... City of Chester, which was rediscovered late last year in the vicinity of City of Rio de Janeiro ... Figure 1 Echoscope® sonar, downward view of the shipwreck SS City of Chester with sternpost, (left side of sonar image) compound steam engine and boilers (in blue middle of sonar image), and bow (right side of sonar image). Credit. Coda Octopus/NOAA ... ... ....

First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck revealed

Edit Fox News 12 Dec 2014
Published December 12, 2014FoxNews.com. Facebook0 Twitter0 livefyre Email Print. Coda Octopus 3-D Echoscope sonar, downward view of the shipwreck SS City of Chester with sternpost, (left side of sonar image) compound steam engine and boilers (in blue middle of sonar image), and bow (right side of sonar image). (Coda Octopus/NOAA) ... 22, 1901 ... Victims of the accident included the U.S ... ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT ... Advertisement ... ....

S.F. shoreline offers great holiday adventure right near home

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 03 Jul 2014
If you are not going away for the July 4 holiday, a good time can be had just by staying close. The San Francisco shoreline can provide a series of world-class recreational options that are free or low-cost ... All of them can make the weekend ... Here are my 10 favorites.. 1. $15 bay tour ... 2 ... 3 ... From the cliffs, look down at the water, where you can see a sternpost poking up, and at low tides, an engine block and other boat parts from shipwrecks....

Oily rags put waka in danger

Edit Stuff 02 Jun 2014
The restoration of a priceless, 200-year-old waka at Waikato Museum nearly led to its destruction when the linseed oil-soaked rags being used in the project burst into flames ... The sprinklers were only activated in the room where the waka was ... ... Ad Feedback ... Previous restorer Poutapu, who had a carving school at Turangawaewae Marae, researched Waikato carving styles and carved the bow, figurehead, sternpost and sides. - Waikato Times. ....

Fire threatens precious 200-year-old waka

Edit Stuff 01 Jun 2014
A fire which broke out at Hamilton's Waikato Museum last night, nearly consumed a 200-year-old waka, that is the prize of its collection, until the building's sprinkler system saved the day ... "It's very smoke-logged ... Poutapu, who had a carving school at Tuurangawaewae Marae, researched Waikato carving styles and carved the bow, figurehead, sternpost and sides.  Ad Feedback. - Waikato Times. ....
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