Annapolis, MD – Ten(10) scholarships were awarded to local youth for the popular 2010 Eastport Yacht Club Junior Learn-to-Sail program by the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation, Inc.. The scholarship program was established to provide young adults, ages 8-14 the opportunity to understand and appreciate sailing by attending one of the 3- week sessions that were held June 22- July 10 and July 13-31.
The recipients were awarded the scholarships by foundation chair Helen Drewett. “The Eastport Yacht Club Foundation, Inc. provides maritime opportunities to our youth by building skills, promoting accomplishments and nurturing self- esteem and self-worth” comments Drewett. For more information on Eastport Yacht Club Foundation visit www.eycfoundation.org.
The Eastport Yacht Club Foundation offers at least four (4) scholarships (one session each) each year for the Eastport Yacht Club Learn-to-Sail program for youngsters 8 - 14. Scholarships may partially or fully cover the session tuition, depending on the established need.
The Scholarship Program is designed to introduce the “understand and appreciating of boating” to youngsters who would otherwise be unable to participate in the Eastport Yacht Club Learn-to-Sail program. For further information about the Eastport Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program please go to www.eastportyc.org.
Over 500 high-school aged young people and their parents came together to learn more about careers and jobs on and around the water on the last Saturday in February. The venue was the first annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair, sponsored by The National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame, Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation. The event is designed to give county students a glimpse of the vast array of possible careers available working on or near the Chesapeake Bay and the nation’s waterways.
The 25 organizations exhibiting at the fair included some national in scope like the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Naval and Merchant Marine academies as well as local recreational boating businesses such as Bay Shore Marine Engine Service and Annapolis Harbor Boatyard. The enthusiasm of the exhibitors was typified by Corporal Cameron Brown of the Maryland Natural Resources Police who explained his agency’s interest in the event. “… We think it is important to educate young adults about the various different careers that are available to them in the marine environment… like police, fisheries, engineers, coastal programs. It’s important that young people know, especially in Anne Arundel County, with so much water around us, that so many different jobs are available to them.”
Arundel High junior James Johnson was able to “… talk to military recruiters and get information… and find out about different jobs I could look into and still be working around the water. I’m a lifetime fisherman and I love being around the water.”
Susan Nahmias, Education Director for the Sailing Hall of Fame and the prime organizer of the event summed it up as “… a great first effort. We’ll be back next year.”
Annapolis, MD February 15, 2011--- Young people interested in careers on and around the water have a unique opportunity to learn more about employment options in the marine industry this month.
The National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame, The Eastport Yacht Club Foundation and Anne Arundel County Public Schools are producing a Marine and Maritime Career Fair on Saturday, February 26 from 1 to 4 PM at Annapolis High School on Riva Road. The fair, the first of its kind in the Annapolis area, will give students from grades 8 through 12 the opportunity to meet representatives from such diverse maritime employers and resources as the US Naval, Merchant Marine and Coast Guard Academies, the Chesapeake Area Professional Captains Association, tour boat operators and many local marine service providers. In all, more than 50 organizations will have representatives on hand to meet with interested students and discuss career opportunities in the field, ranging from military to recreational boating.
According to Susan Nahmias, Education Director for the Sailing Hall of Fame, and organizer of the fair, “The National Sailing Center and Hall of Fame has partnered with the Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation to present our first MARINE and MARITIME CAREER FAIR on Saturday, February 26. The fair will be at Annapolis High School from 1 - 4 PM. The purpose of this fair is to introduce students in grades 8 - 12 (and their parents/guardians) to the vast array of CAREERS that directly connect to the Chesapeake Bay and the education and training required. We hope that by presenting a Career Fair rather than a job fair, students and their parents will gain a better understanding of the preparation necessary to be a viable candidate for these jobs. The fair was designed to provide a stimulus for students seeking employment/training directly out of high school as well as those who will pursue advanced degrees.”
“As a follow up,” Stephanie Duncan-Troxell, Chair of the Eastport Yacht Club Foundation, explained, “The Eastport Yacht Club Foundation website will have a dedicated location within the MAST (MArine Skills Training) page where after-school, weekend and summer jobs and internships can be posted as they may come available."
For more information contact Susan Nahmias at 443-822-3737 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Greenomics Indonesia, an NGO based in Jakarta, this week published a report entitling APP’s artful deception: After pulping its remaining forests, APP positions itself as a conservation leader with new policy showing “how little natural forest and forested peatland will be saved by the New APP Forest Conservation Policy.”
50% or 8,8 millions M3 of PT IKPP and PT RAPP raw material supplies had been extracted from natural forests and the rest 8.9 millions M3 per year are from Plantation Forests. With this lack of raw material supplies from production forest, the remaining natural forests in Riau are threatened as the potential target of raw material supplier.
As we noted in previous coverage, Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls exchanges the visual novel gameplay of its predecessors for third person shooting mechanics. Today NIS America revealed specifics regarding how guns work in its upcoming title.
After taking the role of one of two heroines - Komaru Naegi or Toko Fukawa - players must escape Towa City. To aid in this endeavor, the two main characters possess a variety of Truth Bullets with different effects. In some cases, these effects focus on damage; Burn bullets, for example, cause targets to light on fire. Not every bullet inflicts pain, a fact best demonstrated by the bizarre Dance bullet. The eight types of Truth Bullets are Break, Burn, Dance, Detect, Knockback, Link, Move, and Paralyze. For more details on their effects, check out the screens below.
Ultra Despair Girls tells the story between the events of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa: Goodbye Despair. The story begins with Komaru Naegi, the little sister of the first game's protagonist, escaping from a mysterious apartment. When hundreds of children calling themselves Monokumas rush to the scene, Naegi learns her city has been taken over by an evil group hoping to murder all of Towa City's adults. With the help of Toko Fukawa, she attempts to navigate the city and escape once and for all.