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Whine Wednesdays: Pigs On The High Seas Disgusting Behavior … – LoyaltyLobby

Posted: May 18, 2023 at 1:18 am

Our Whine Wednesdays topic this week is about cruise ship passengers who have no control over their behavior and are totally oblivious to what is acceptable when being in a hospitality environment where cleanliness is paramount truly PIGS on the high seas.

With all the issues surrounding hygiene and sickness prevention on cruises, one would think that all people by now got it into their head that some common sense should prevail but apparently not so.

While Celebrity Cruises is not known for rowdy behavior among its clientele and prides itself on being a bit above in terms of ambiance and class, I have still witnessed some pretty grotesque behavior as far as hygiene is concerned during my current Alaska cruise on Celebrity Solstice (and previously on the Millennium as well).

I took the above-posted picture on the Celebrity Solstice a few days ago when I came back from the pool and couldnt believe my eyes when I saw this tastefully dressed man resting his bare, filthy feet on a coffee table at the library.

The next person after him puts some pastry or his coffee there, yummy!

An even worse situation occurred while making the rounds to look at some cabins with the hotel director and an intoxicated man who was earlier heard yelling for a bathroom stood in the corner of the 12th deck next to the stairwell and URINATED ON THE CARPET (after he had already visibly left the majority of it in his pants). When do cruise lines finally put a stop to such behavior?

A lot might have to do with alcohol intake, but cruise lines should start cutting people off and disabling their access to alcohol on the Seapass card. Urinating in public areas on a cruise ship, are you kidding me???

On Celebrity Millennium, a cabin that housed passengers in sickness isolation for the better part of the week had a garbage bag thrown out in the hallway labeled Biohazard Infectious Waste. It wasnt picked up for hours.

Add to that the many passengers who dont bother to wash their hands before/after attending self-serve stations at the buffet or who visibly play around with the food, as in touching it with their bare hands.

Conclusion

I think there should be a mandatory element to the safety drill that includes basic hygiene protocol so that it hammers home to passengers that in order to maintain a safe cruising environment, common sense is paramount and that behaving like pigs in the mud field isnt contributing to that. A closer watch on alcohol intake might also be one component of that, but this is usually not a contributing factor to scenes at the buffet of the individual in the library with his feet on the cocktail table.

I really enjoyed cruising during Covid when ships were at half capacity, and people were somewhat on guard as far as health and cleanliness were concerned. Now its back to basics, ships are full, and people let their guard down. Not sure this is an environment I can enjoy much longer, and Im even more glad I completed 9 cruises in the past two years, seeing lots of interesting things, and I could probably just move on and go back to land-based trips. Not that people behave much better there.

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Carnival Now Looks in Ship Shape for the High Seas – RealMoney – RealMoney

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By BRUCE KAMICH May 17, 2023 | 03:07 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: CCL Carnival Corp. ( CCL) has largely traded sideways since last June, but below deck I am seeing some positive technical clues. Let's check with our travel agent and look at the charts.

In the daily bar chart of CCL, below, I can see a pattern of higher lows from early October. The shares made a high in February but it has not been challenged. CCL has crossed the 50-day and 200-day averages a number of times but is now above these two math-driven indicators.

In the weekly Japanese candlestick chart of CCL, below, I see improving technical conditions. The shares are above the bottoming 40-week moving average line.

The weekly OBV line is up from its June low. The MACD oscillator is just slightly below the zero line.

In this daily Point and Figure chart of CCL, below, I can see that the shares reached an upside price target.

In this weekly Point and Figure chart of CCL, below, I can see a potential price target in the $21 area.

Bottom-line strategy:Inside passage, outside passage, Caribbean, Canada, Panama Canal -- whatever your interest there is probably a cruise for you.Meanwhile, you might consider booking a long position in CCL risking to $8. The $21 area is my price target for now. Add to longs above $12.

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Why a new UN treaty to safeguard the high seas matters | Mint – Mint

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The open ocean, which covers nearly three-quarters of the Earths surface, sustains and regulates life on the planet. Each year it sucks in about a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by humanity. It is economically valuable, too. The food, shipping, tourism and other activities which rely on the ocean are worth some $2.5trn annually. But almost two-thirds of the ocean lies outside exclusive economic zones, which extend up to 200 nautical miles (370km) from countries coasts. That leaves some 219m square kilometres of ocean, known as the high seas", outside any national jurisdiction. These areas are vulnerable to plunder by states, businesses and criminals. Two-thirds of fish stocks in the high seas are overexploited, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a network of conservation groups and governments. But there has been no way to tackle these problemsuntil now. On March 4th negotiators at the UN agreed on the first international treaty to protect the high seas. What might it achieve?

The open ocean, which covers nearly three-quarters of the Earths surface, sustains and regulates life on the planet. Each year it sucks in about a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by humanity. It is economically valuable, too. The food, shipping, tourism and other activities which rely on the ocean are worth some $2.5trn annually. But almost two-thirds of the ocean lies outside exclusive economic zones, which extend up to 200 nautical miles (370km) from countries coasts. That leaves some 219m square kilometres of ocean, known as the high seas", outside any national jurisdiction. These areas are vulnerable to plunder by states, businesses and criminals. Two-thirds of fish stocks in the high seas are overexploited, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a network of conservation groups and governments. But there has been no way to tackle these problemsuntil now. On March 4th negotiators at the UN agreed on the first international treaty to protect the high seas. What might it achieve?

Only around 1% of the high seas currently enjoy protected status, including a 600,000 km2 patch of the North Atlantic that is important for seabirds. The new High Seas treaty establishes a legal framework for more such areas. Any country that signs the eventual agreementratification alone is likely to take several yearswill be able to propose the protection of an area of the high seas and suggest measures, such as limits on fishing or shipping, to help. Other interested parties, including scientists and business, would review such proposals before countries vote on them. If the required number of states agree, the protected area will be established. The treatys signatories will then be obliged to apply its rules through other bodies like the International Maritime Organisation, which regulates shipping.

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Only around 1% of the high seas currently enjoy protected status, including a 600,000 km2 patch of the North Atlantic that is important for seabirds. The new High Seas treaty establishes a legal framework for more such areas. Any country that signs the eventual agreementratification alone is likely to take several yearswill be able to propose the protection of an area of the high seas and suggest measures, such as limits on fishing or shipping, to help. Other interested parties, including scientists and business, would review such proposals before countries vote on them. If the required number of states agree, the protected area will be established. The treatys signatories will then be obliged to apply its rules through other bodies like the International Maritime Organisation, which regulates shipping.

Signatories will also be obliged, for the first time, to carry out environmental-impact assessments for potentially damaging activities such as deep-sea mining. And they will have to share with other countries data and technology needed for scientific research or environmental monitoring. The treaty also includes rules governing the share of profits derived from marine genetic resources": materials from ocean plants and animals used by industries like pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Access to this bounty has long complicated attempts to reach an international agreement over the high seas. But despite the breakthrough, it will not be easy to hammer out how the profits can be shared fairly and equitably", as the treaty demands.

The deal should help countries meet their pledge to protect 30% of the worlds land and sea by 2030, as agreed at COP15, a UN biodiversity summit held last year. Open oceans may not have the colourful, biodiverse ecosystems found closer to shore, but every part of the sea must flourish if the oceans are to thrive. And healthy ecosystems mitigate climate change by regulating temperatures, absorbing carbon and producing oxygen. The new treaty alone will not achieve that; comprehensive monitoring will be required. Nor is it yet clear how it will be enforced (fisheries management organisations already struggle to keep fishing in the high seas sustainable, for example). Countries have a long history of making ambitious but unfulfilled promises about biodiversity. But proper attention is at least now being paid to a long-neglected part of the planet.

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Navigating Unfairness on the High Seas: Class Action Waiver Clauses – Lexology

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It is increasingly common for consumer contracts to contain class action waiver clauses. Such clauses are similar in their operation to the choice of law and choice of forum clauses considered in our recent blog post here. However, they differ in some important respects including, in particular, as to the risk they could amount to unfair contract terms under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).

This post, which is the seventh in a series from the KWM Competition team, examines whether and, if so, when class action waiver clauses could be considered unfair under the ACL. The issue an important one given the regular occurrence of such clauses in modern consumer contracts, and the recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court and the appeal to the High Court in the Ruby Princess litigation.

When will a term of a standard form contract be unfair?

The ACL prohibits terms of standard form consumer or small business contracts that are unfair. A term will be unfair if the following three criteria are satisfied:

In assessing unfairness, it is necessary to consider the extent to which the term is transparent and the contract as a whole, as well as matters such as the parties respective bargaining power, whether the contract was pre-prepared by one party, and whether the parties had the opportunity to negotiate the terms.

For a detailed discussion of when a clause will be unfair under the ACL, see our previous post here.

Class action waiver clauses

What is a class action waiver clause?

A class action waiver clause stipulates that disputes arising under the contract must be pursued on an individual basis and not as part of any class action or representative proceeding. Such clauses are common in the US, particularly following the 2011 decision of AT&T Mobility LLC v Concepcion. There, the US Supreme Court upheld the validity of the following class action waiver clause:

You and A&AT agree that each may bring claims against the other only in your or its individual capacity, and not as plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding. [1]

Are class action waiver clauses unfair under the Australian Consumer Law?

In Australia, the question of whether a class action waiver clause could amount to an unfair contract term under the ACL was considered for the first time in the recent Ruby Princess litigation.

A detailed summary of the facts and primary judgment in Karpik v Carnival plc (The Ruby Princess) (Stay Application) is set out in this blog post. In short, approximately 700 passengers aboard the ill-fated Ruby Princess agreed to terms and conditions (US T&Cs) with Carnival plc and Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. In addition to an exclusive jurisdiction clause, the US T&Cs contained the following class action waiver clause:

WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION: This passage contract provides for the exclusive resolution of disputes through individual legal action on your own behalf instead of through any class or representative action. Even if the applicable law provides otherwise, you agree that any arbitration or lawsuit against carrier whatsoever shall be litigated by you individually and not as a member of any class or as part of a class or representative action, and you expressly agree to waive any law entitling you to participate in a class action.[2]

In 2020, a class action was commenced on behalf of passengers in the Federal Court against Carnival and Princess, alleging contraventions of the ACL and the tort of negligence. Following an application for a permanent stay by Carnival and Princess, group members subject to the US T&Cs (US Group Members) resisted the stay on the basis the class action waiver clause was void and unenforceable as an unfair contract term under the ACL.

At first instance, Stewart J was satisfied that the class action waiver clause was unfair under the ACL. His Honour was persuaded in particular by the following matters:

On appeal, however, a majority of the Full Court (Allsop CJ and Derrington J) disagreed with Stewart Js conclusion. Their Honours each took the view that the class action waiver clause was not unfair.

The Chief Justice focused on the fact that the assessment of unfairness is to proceed by reference to the whole of the contract, as required by s 24(2)(b) of the ACL. Accordingly, it was necessary to consider the class action waiver clause together with the whole of the contract including the exclusive jurisdiction clause, which the primary judge had found to be enforceable (which finding was not challenged on appeal, as explained in our post here). Doing so highlighted the limited significance of the class action waiver clauses restriction on participating in an Australian class action, because the exclusive jurisdiction clause which was not unfair already had that effect. As his Honour observed:

Why should the loss of a capacity to participate in an Australian class action, by the class action waiver clause, cause any significant imbalance when the exclusive jurisdiction clause requires, if enforced, the claim to be stayed anyway?[4]

It was also relevant that the passenger was not an Australian consumer and had entered a contract with an exclusive jurisdiction clause, a proper law clause, and a class action waiver clause valid and enforceable under the proper law. Allsop CJ observed that there was no apparent attempt in the making of the contract, or in the choice of the proper law or in the exclusive jurisdiction clause, to circumvent the operation of Federal Court of Australia class actions regime:

When the whole contract is looked at, the parties bargained in a transparent way for the United States courts to have exclusive jurisdiction (by a clause that is not unfair under s 23) and also agreed that there would be a waiver of class action participation (a clause which, if effectively communicated, as it was, at least by the standard of transparency for s 24(3)), would be enforced in the United States. [5]

Justice Derrington (with whom Allsop CJ agreed) was similarly persuaded that the class action waiver clause in question was not unfair, having regard to the following:

The applicant has since been granted special leave to appeal the Full Courts decision to the High Court, including in relation to the question of whether the class action waiver clause is unfair under the ACL. Accordingly, it remains to be seen how the High Court will navigate the question of unfairness.

However, as Allsop CJ noted, it is to be borne in mind that, whatever the result, his Honours findings in relation to the class action waiver clause says nothing about another contract with an Australian consumer whereby it might be sought in a standard form contract to deprive a person of access to Pt IVA. In other words, while it might be permissible for a clause to deprive a foreign consumer of the ability to participate in an Australian class action (at least in this case where the consumer would be precluded from doing so pursuant to an enforceable foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause and having regard to the evidence before the court), a clause which deprives an Australian consumer of the ability to participate in an Australian class action in circumstances where the consumer could otherwise do so, may well be unfair under the ACL. In the case of the latter, the Chief Justice observed that there might be little doubt in many cases of Australian consumer contracts it would be unfair and unjust for standard form contracts to seek to impose a waiver of the operation of the class actions regime in Pt IVA of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth).

Or, to put it another way, its necessary to look at the contract as a whole and the particular facts of the case.

We will revisit the topic of class action waiver clauses, following the decision of the High Court.

Key takeaways

As the first in Australia to consider the validity of class action waiver clauses, the decision in the Ruby Princess litigation provides useful guidance to both businesses and consumers in relation to the risk such clauses could be unfair under the ACL. In particular, the decision highlights:

Importantly, the High Court appeal is likely to provide further clarity.

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High-Seas Search for 39 Crewmembers of Capsized Chinese … – The Maritime Executive

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Lu Peng Yuan Yu went missing in the Indian Ocean south of the Maldives - North Pacific Fisheries Commission photo

PublishedMay 17, 2023 1:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

A multinational search is underway in the Indian Ocean for the crew of a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized with a crew of 39 aboard. Chinas President Xi Jinping has ordered the departments of the Chinese government to launch the search while thanking international participants and welcoming their assistance.

The Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) was the first to detect the vessels distress reporting that they picked up the signal from a distress beacon early on the morning of May 16. An investigation determined that the distress signal was coming from the Chinese fishing vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028, owned by Penglai Jinglu Fishery based in Shandong. The vessels last known position is said to be south of the Maldives with AMSA saying it was approximately 5,000 km (3,100 miles) northwest of Perth, Australia.

A bulk carrier, the Panama-flagged Navios Taurus (76,596 dwt) outbound from China to Brazil was in the area. AMSA reports that the bulker reached the area late yesterday. They reported finding an upturned hull and no signs of survivors.

The Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 is reported to be 1,400 tons with the vessels registry with the North Pacific Fisheries Commission showing that it had a maximum crew of 60. Chinas CCTV however is reporting that there are 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian, and five Filipino crewmembers aboard the vessel currently. The database reflects the vessel as 229 feet in length. The AIS signal shows the vessel departed Cape Town, South Africa on March 3 with an ultimate destination of Pusan, South Korea entered into the AIS.

Informed of the incident, President Xi ordered an all-out rescue effort to be launched. A spokesperson for Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs said during his daily briefing today that Xi Jinping asked the Foreign Ministry and relevant diplomatic missions to be in touch with their international counterparts to coordinate the rescue efforts. The resources of Australia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia, and the Philippines are all providing assistance or monitoring the situation.

Chinese and foreign vessels have arrived at relevant waters and the search and rescue operation is intensively underway. More help is on the way. We will continue to work together with relevant sides to do everything possible to find those who have gone missing, the spokesperson said in response to questions.

CCTV reports that two Chinese vessels were heading to the scene. The Australian Defence Force also sent a Poseidon aircraft to assist with the long-range search. AMSA also reports that other merchant ships and vessels are in the area.

The search was being hampered yesterday by extreme weather conditions according to AMSA with winds at up to 74 mph and seas at 23 feet. Conditions however have abated today with winds between approximately 25 and 30 mph and seas of approximately 6 to 10 feet.

Chinas Ministry of Transportation reported as of midday Wednesday, nearly 20 hours after the distress beacon signal, no survivors have been located. They have also not found life rafts from the vessel.

President Xi called for improved early warning systems and other safety improvements for Chinas distant deep-water fishing fleet. The operator of the vessel is reported to have a fleet ranging between 12 and 24 vessels operating in the North Pacific, Indian Ocean, and South America. China has the worlds largest fleet of distant-water fishing vessels with estimates at nearly 3,000 vessels.

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The Wager by David Grann review a rollicking and nuanced history of the high seas – The Guardian

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The American journalist takes to the seas of the 18th century with a story of mutiny, murder and empire

Sun 14 May 2023 06.00 EDT

Human beings surviving (or otherwise) in extreme situations is a recurring area of fascination for the American journalist and author David Grann. A virtuoso storyteller with a talent for archival research, he has tracked explorers through mosquito-ridden Amazonian swamps in The Lost City of Z, and across the howling wastes of Antarctica in The White Darkness, an outing that involved frostbite, broken teeth, bacterial peritonitis and eventually death.

Now hes taken to the high seas with The Wager and you can see why Grann was attracted by the tale of a scurvy-ridden British warship foundering on the shores of Patagonia during a spectacularly ill-conceived mission to round Cape Horn in the early 1740s.

HMS Wager was part of a fleet that set off from Portsmouth under Commodore George Anson, ostensibly to destroy Spanish ships and other holdings in the Pacific during the War of Jenkins Ear (1739-48). Its real objective was far more mercenary: to raid a Spanish galleon loaded with treasure en route to the Philippines. Nearly 2,000 men set sail, many of them unwilling conscripts pressed into service by armed gangs. Fewer than 700 returned.

In addition to scurvy, which gave rise among the men to what one ships chaplain describes as a luxuriance of fungous flesh, the expedition was beset by pulverising storms, acute food shortages and internal dissent, which grew more pronounced after the Wager hit a rock, disgorging its crew on to a desolate island in Chiles Golfo de Penas (Gulf of Pain). Here the story of survival warps into a tale of mutiny, albeit a slow-motion one with numerous false starts.

Grann, who spent five-plus years working on the book, is expert at stitching together the available facts so deftly that we hardly notice the gaps. He draws on other contemporary seafaring accounts to round out the narrative and splices in his own atmospheric descriptions of quaking seas and creaking hulls (Grann travelled to the site of the shipwreck as part of his research). In fact, there is so much historical account of the Wagers demise as to suggest a surfeit of testimony. The mutineers kept detailed journals, hoping to convince future courts martial that they were justified in usurping the ships glory-hungry captain, David Cheap. When the opposing factions finally made it back to England, weathering even more abject hardships on the return, a flurry of books were published to back up their stories. Its through these often conflicting accounts that Grann has to navigate, and he does so with skill and evenhandedness, finding humanity in all but the most debased participants.

But even the more sympathetic figures, he notes, were complicit in a far greater crime than mutiny: upholding the structures of empire as Britain expanded itself across the world, murdering, looting and dehumanising as it went. The cruelties and distortions of imperialism are Granns main targets here, and he shows how mythic tales of glory can be salvaged from even the direst misadventures, while the shameful facts the squandering of 1,300 lives, the waging of a pointless war are quietly scratched from the record.

The Wager provides a valuable corrective, then, but not at the expense of a cracking yarn, with no shortage of jeopardy to bedevil its characters. Granns taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here, and its hard to think of a better author to steer us through the extremes.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann is published by Simon & Schuster (20). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. Delivery charges may apply

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A musician from Sauk Prairie sees the world on the high seas – WiscNews

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Senior Chief Musician Justin Cody, from Sauk City, performs with the United States Navy Band Cruisers at Escuela Bellas Artes de Carolina. The Cruisers performed 11 concerts during their two-week tour of Puerto Rico.

Theres an orphanage in the Philippines. Its high atop a mountain. It looks out over the sea below. Most of the residents there had never seen an American before, much less a Navy man playing piano in a band.

The crowds were enthralled with the music, abuzz, warmly appreciative of the music and eager to make connections with the musicians. While the Navy man was playing piano, there were Seabees painting a church nearby. While they were playing tunes, like he had proudly done for years, there was a basketball court being built for the locals to enjoy. There were veterinarians giving vaccines to the animals in the area. There was medical staff nearby, hearing the music the Navy man was playing, while providing medical support for those in need.

It was a powerful memory, part of the Pacific Partnership program, for the Navy man, because it connected him to that community, thousands of miles away from his own community, the one in Sauk City.

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Senior Chief Musician Justin Cody joined the Navy Band in 2008. The 42-year-old, now residing in Owings, Maryland, is United Leader of the Cruisers Popular Music Group, a nine-member popular music group that is part of the larger United States Navy Band.

That larger band is large, indeed. The United States Navy Band is comprised of 11 bands stationed around the world, comprising over 600 musicians that are full-time active-duty sailors and are employed as professional musicians as a way to support themselves and their families.

Codys family is rooted in Sauk City.

I grew up there and was a very active musician in the community, Cody said. Just about everybody knows my name there.

His brother, Jonathan Cody, is a chiropractor in Prairie du Sac.

Justin Cody played at the local coffee shop, Cup of Joy, at the age of 16. He soon began playing up in the Wisconsin Dells at places like Chula Vista Resort and Black Barts Buffet. All the while, attending high school, there wasnt a music program he didnt have his hand in, from show choir to marching band; choir to drama programs.

There was something about using music as a means of great expression that was, and is, so magical to me, Cody said.

Justin Cody discovered a love of music at an early age in Sauk City. He's now traveling the world with the United States Navy Band.

He began piano lessons at the age of 7. By the age of 12 he was composing and performing solo concerts locally. At 15 he was commissioned to compose a piece for the vocal jazz group, Five by Design, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. And, still a teen, he began studying at Interlochen Arts Camp.

I was the kid, he said, who didnt have to be told to practice. Rather, Id have to be told that it was time to stop and go to bed.

He remembers show choir performances in Sauk City. Particularly, the time he was cast as King Herod in a show choir production of Jesus Christ Superstar. The role, he knew, was more flamboyant that, at the time, was considered the norm. But, he knew deep down that serving the art and the story, over the stigmas and reservations, was the right thing to do.

Progress doesnt happen if artists dont take risks, Cody said.

The risk paid off. The production was a success.

It is my hope that it somehow paved the way for future generations to believe in themselves and listen to their hearts, he said.

Codys heart continued to beat for music. He attended West Virginia University, earning a bachelors degree in music in 2003.

He then enlisted in the United States Navy.

I decided that playing music and travelling the world would be great.

The great wide world he has now seen, while doing what he loves. A military musician now for 19 years, hes played from Indonesia to Constitution Hall.

A final roll call for veterans who died since last Memorial Day was part of Monday's ceremony in Veterans Memorial Park, Beaver Dam.

When hes not playing Navy tunes, hes creating his own. Cody just finished recording an album of original piano pieces titled Vishudda. The release date has yet to be announced.

Its a set of pieces, Cody said, that I composed on a personal journey of finding my own voice and musical language that feels like home to me.

Home is Owings, Maryland. Home is a Navy vessel. Home is performing at an orphanage in the Philippines. Home is Sauk Prairie. Home, for Cody, is the music always beating inside his ever-growing heart.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

On Friday, March 3, the Baraboo 21 Club and Operation Honor Bound celebrated veterans with the Sauk County Veterans Breakfast, held at Baraboo High School. Veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and the Global War on Terrorism were in attendance, as were two Gold Star families.

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Final Fantasy XIV is known for having a plethora of minions the Warrior of Light can obtain through various methods and activities. One of the more sought-after cute companions is The Major-General, a small shark companion who waddles after the player wherever they go, occasionally getting the zoomies and swimming in circles when idle.

The Major-General comes from an achievement named No More Fish in the Sea I, which requires 5,000 points during a single Ocean Fishing voyage. Its not the most challenging minion to obtain, but it can be a bit of a daunting task for those unfamiliar with Ocean Fishing and the Fisher job in general.

First, players will need to be sure to unlock Ocean Fishing to be able to grab the cute Major-General. It is not a very long process, requiring players to simply have their Fisher job at level one and have completed the intro job quest My First Fishing Rod, given by Sisipu at the Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X: 7, Y: 14).

Once those steps are out of the way, completing the quest All The Fish in the Sea from Fhilsnoe in the Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X: 7.8, Y: 14.5) is all that is required to begin your very first Ocean Fishing voyage.

Ocean Fishing voyages take place every two real-world hours and can be started by speaking to Dryskthota in the Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (X: 3.0 Y: 12.7) on the mark of the hour. Thankfully the community has created sites such as Lulus Tools to keep track of when the next voyage will be departing and what kind of fish you can expect to see while youre out on the high seas.

Your Ocean Fishing score is based on the different fish caught and how many objectives were completed during the voyage. Each aquatic critter rewards a specific score based on their species and a bonus is given based on if their size is considered large or not. On top of that, the objectives of each voyage can vary, such as hooking a specific type of fish or catching a fish with a weak or strong bite strength. It is recommended that you focus on the objectives first and foremost, as they will add to your final point total once the voyage is completed.A large number of points can be obtained during Spectral Currents, which are triggered randomly by catching Spectral fish. Besides completing their own objectives, triggering these special events are usually the priority of the fishing crew. Catching a Spectral fish isnt an automatic guarantee to a Spectral Current, but its made quite obvious as the captain will shout that its happening, and the environment itself becomes a beautiful assortment of colors and is accompanied by an aurora. Once the Spectral Current starts, theres two minutes of rapid-fire fishing frenzy, which spawns fish that can only be found during this limited window, and nets participants a hefty amount of points.Using sites like Lulus Tools, you can see the points awarded for each fish, the bait required to catch them, and approximately how long your line will need to be out to be able to snag it. Unfortunately, theres no way to guarantee that youll hook the exact fish that you want thanks to the element of luck embedded in the Ocean Fishing voyages. With a little bit of prep work, 5,000 points is fairly easy to achieve. Then you will be able to add The Major-General minion to your collection.

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ShipRocked 2024: Artist Lineup Revealed For Hard Rockin Adventure On The High Seas! – Icon Vs. Icon

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The dynamic music lineup for ShipRocked 2024will be led by I Prevail and will also feature Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Code Orange, Badflower, a special solo performance from Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect and more February 4-10, 2024 onboard Carnival Magic. The 14th sailing of ShipRocked departs from Miami, Florida, stopping in three new ports for the ultimate rock music cruise vacation: Bimini, The Bahamas;Ocho Rios, Jamaica;and Grand Cayman.

After record breaking attendance of over 4,000 guests in January 2023 and an expanded 6-day itinerary, staterooms for ShipRocked 2024 sold out in an unprecedented 3 days, well before the music lineup was announced. A waitlist is available at http://www.ShipRocked.com.

Heres what some of the 2024 ShipRocked artists had to say about next years cruise:

Brian Berkheiser / I Prevail: ShipRocked is an institution. And the fact we get to headline is a blessing. We are definitely ready to give all the ShipRockers a kick ass show! And defend our Family Feud title! See yall there!

Jesse Leach / Killswitch Engage: Killswitch Engage, and our appropriately named High Seas Crew, are stoked to be a part of this event, and to play alongside some killer bands! Weve always been about having a good time at our live shows, so this seems perfect.

Caleb Shomo / Beartooth: Weve played ShipRocked a few times, and every time its hard to grasp how much of a family everybody feels like out there. Many attendees are returning customers, which is a good sign of a great event.Playing out in the open water is a pretty wild feeling; nothing can come close to that. We cant wait to come back and rock the boat!

Badflower: ShipRocked is the epitome of rock n roll. And year after year it has become a family reunion with fellow bands and fans that have become friendsA true communal atmosphere and a lot of f*cking fun.

Dorothy Martin: So excited to be joining the upcoming ShipRocked cruise stopping in the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and cant wait to jam with my Black Sheep in paradise! See you soon!

The initial music lineup for ShipRocked is as follows: I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Code Orange, Badflower, as well as Black Stone Cherry, BRKN Love, Cassyette, Catch Your Breath, Crobot, Dayseeker, Dead Poet Society, Dorothy, Eva Under Fire, From Ashes To New, Scene Queen, Tigercub, The Warning, Winona Fighter, Yonaka and more. The music lineup also features special performances byThe StowawaysShipRockeds fan favorite all-star bandand Johnny Stevens of Highly Suspect.

ShipRocked producer and creator Alan Koenig of ASK4 Entertainment said, I say this literally every year, but SR24 might just be my favorite (initial) lineup yet! We work hard to provide a big tent for the incredible range of talent that exists in the world of rock music, and I couldnt be more proud and excited about the variety of artists who will be vacationing harder with our guests in February!

A floating music festival, a rock & roll summer camp held in the dead of winter, a family reunion for the growing number of ShipRockers who have forged lifelong relationships out of a shared passion for music (and an occasional bucket of beer) ShipRocked is the premier rock music vacation, offering dozens of performances and unique collaborations, artist-hosted events and activities, theme nights, and ample opportunity for fans and bands alike to unwind and create new friendships in tropical paradise.

The ShipRocked community is very supportive of charitable efforts, especially the annual ShipRocked Cancer Sucks! onboard charity auction. During the 2023 cruise, the auction raised an incredible $125,000 for cancer research.

Throughout the year, ShipRockeds community of ShipRockersas well as others from around the worldare staying connected via Making Waves The ShipRocked Podcast, which launched in 2020 and is available for free through iTunes, Spotify and Google Podcasts. Making Waves features interviews with ShipRocked alumni artists, as well as other top music artists, actors and entertainment industry experts. Its distributed via Sound Talent Media / Evergreen Podcasts and is hosted by Chad Nicefield and Justin Press.

For more information on ShipRocked, visit:

Website: http://www.ShipRocked.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GetShipRocked

Instagram: https://instagram.com/shiprocked

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Local playwright’s Hollerwood show premiers at West T. Hill – The … – Interior Journal

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Mayor Babe Dean, played by Karen Logue (left), hears from a new crew member on her ship. Photo by Fiona Morgan

Actors perform a salsa dance during Hollerwood on the High Seas. Photo by Fiona Morgan

Actors rehearse their parts in Hollerwood on the High Seas. Photo by Fiona Morgan

Actors rehearse their parts in Hollerwood on the High Seas. Photo by Fiona Morgan

BY FIONA MORGAN

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West T. Hill Community Theater is premiering Hollerwood on the High Seas by local playwright Elizabeth Orndorff. Shows will run May 19-21 and May 26-28. Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows begin at 3 p.m.

Hollerwood on the High Seas is the latest of four sequels in the Hollerwood saga by Orndorff. West T. Hill debuted the first in the series, Hollerwood, in 2008. The series follows the schemes and scandals of a group from the town of Random in Eastern Kentucky.

The leaders of Random include Mayor Babe Dean, played by Karen Logue, and Sheriff Jerry Peavler, played by Allen Martin. Throughout the series, Mayor Dean tries to come up with outrageous plans to earn money from the city people while Sheriff Peavler tries to keep her from being put in jail.

Orndorff explained that as part of previous schemes, Babe has concocted a writers conference paid for by government grants, sold fireworks filled with cremains of the dead, held a vice-presidential debate to rival those in the big City of Danville, and made a mint when she charged admission for an eclipse.

In Hollerwood on the High Seas, Mayor Dean buys a cruise ship from a drug dealer and plans to take people on weekend cruises of Lake Cumberland. However, the cruise is on a land-locked lake and not going anywhere because the fuel bill was never paid, so Mayor Dean has to get creative.

When Dean and Peavler find out that the promised crew to run the ship is on lockdown with Covid, they recruit Random citizens, friends and ex-husbands to run the ship.

Logue, who plays Mayor Babe Dean and is Managing Director of West T. Hill, said that anyone who has seen a previous Hollerwood show will especially enjoy it and will welcome back the original characters.

Audiences seem to simply enjoy the down-home humor and the references to local places in and around Kentucky, Logue said. They seem to enjoy the outrageous humor and suggestive innuendo that is intertwined throughout the scripts. More than ever, it seems folks are looking for humor and laughter, and things that tend to get our minds off the seriousness and heaviness of our days.

Deans best friend Bertie Williams is played by Mary Anne Mathews, who has played this character in previous Hollerwood shows, and has commuted from Louisville to reprise her role. Dale Kihlman plays Berties ex-husband Fred Williams, owner of the Random plumbing supply store. He is now the boyfriend of Brittanee, played by Katie Followell, a beauty queen extraordinaire and entertainment director for the cruise.

Deans ex-husband, played by Buck Rogers, who came from Florida to do this show, is recruited to act as Chef Pierre. Deans current boyfriend is Eddy Stone, played by Chuck Taylor. Brandon Long and Julie Taylor play a drug dealer and his moll. Steve Rinehart plays Gopher, the only person from the former crew.

Orndorff has been writing plays for 20 years after working in editing and publishing in Georgia and Pennsylvania. She lives in Danville with her husband Robert.

West T. Hill has performed many of Orndorffs plays, and Logue said they are confident in her writing and talent. Orndorff has also been a West T. Hill performer, director, and board member.

Tickets are available online at westthill.net, or at the door if available.

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