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EST Newsletter

Renewal DOC Audits 1

Drill - Drill - Drill 2

Promoting Safety On Board - STAY SAFE...

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Ships with Zero PSC Deficiencies (Monthly)

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FIRE HAZARD: MOB Smoke Signal Self-Activated

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Reminder: CIC for Entry into Enclosed Spaces

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Panama Canal: Water Conservation Measures

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Carriage of Dangerous Goods & Harmful Sub-stances - August 2015

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Vitamin D: Essential for Overall Health

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Recipe of the Month 10

Exercising: The Benefits of Doing Deadlifts

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What Cecil the Lion and Corporate Social Responsibility Have in Common

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Photo of the Month 12

69 Years On, the Bikini Continues to Dazzle!

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Sudoku, Riddles, History & Other

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News (Reuters, etc) 15-17

Vessels Under EST Man-agement

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Check the Condition of the Lights onboard

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Historic Figure of the Month

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Master’s Birthday on-board m/v Spartacus

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INS IDE TH IS ISSUE :

I n order to verify that the SMS of a Company complies with the requirements of the Inter-national Management Code for the Safe

Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code), DOC audits are annually conducted by -or on behalf of- the Administration Societies. This year, EST was due for a Renewal Verification, which addresses all the elements of the safety management system and all the activities to which the requirements of the ISM Code apply. As such, the Renewal Verification audits were successfully carried out as follows: 2nd July 2015: Mr. Robert Hunter, IOM Sur-

veyor, audited the Company’s QHSEMS for Bulk Carriers, Oil Tankers and Chemical Tanker Vessels. New DOCs with 5 year validity were issued for the above types of ships.

3rd July 2015: Mr. Tasos Magiatis, BV Lead

Auditor conducted an audit on behalf of the Bahamas Maritime Authority for Bulk Carriers and Passenger Ships. Full term DOC was is-sued.

6th July 2015: Mr. Tasos Magiatis, carried out the Renewal Verification audit

on behalf of the Liberian Ship Registry for bulk carriers and issued a new DOC.

We take this opportunity to thank both auditors for conducting fruitful and constructive audits. Through the audit process which includes a review of poli-cies, procedures, records and work practices we receive valuable feedback and get a chance to identify possible areas of further improvement.

EST’s fleet

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News

pages 15-17

EST News

pages 1 Recreation

pages 12-14

Safety

pages 3-7 History

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CSR

pages 12

Renewal DOC Audits

Life on board

page 2

Environment

page 8

Legal

page 8 Health / Fitness

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Mr. Tasos Magiatis / BV Lead Auditor and Capt. L. Daska-lou / QHSE Manager - DPA

Mr. Robert Hunter / IOM Suveyor

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M T Energy Conqueror conducted suc-cessfully the “Main Engine Failure– Sub-sequent Grounding & Oil Spill” drills on

Tuesday 28th July 2015. The relevant documentation along with photos outlying the steps to be followed during emer-gency situations will be communicated shortly to all sister vessels through a Case Study scenario. We would like to thank once again Capt. Anasta-sios Lilas and the officers onboard m/t Energy Con-queror for proving the quality of work performed on board the ship. Congratulations for these images, which spring to mind how safety culture can reduce acci-dents.

Dri l l - Dr i l l - Dr i l l : "Main Engine Fai lure - Subsequent Grounding and Oi l Spi l l"

P A G E 2 Life on board

D uring vessel’s ISM/ISPS Internal Audit by company's Training Officer Capt. S. Korniyenko the crew celebrated Mas-

ter’s Birthday together with the successful com-pletion of the Audits. Taking this opportunity we would like to thank you all onboard m/v Spart-acus for sharing your moments and wish: Happy Birthday Captain Adolfo !!

Master ’s Bir thday onboard m/v Spartacus

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Promoting Safety On Board - S T A Y S A F E … P A G E 3

Safety issues

T he Near Misses that are received monthly from our ships provide a wealth of safety related informa-tion and lessons learnt. Not all can be published in this edition but will be used in future issues. Thank you for your participation!

In this month’s issue, the contributors are: ▪ Ch. Off. S. Peday of MT Paramount Hatteras ▪ Ch. Off. V. Sapozhnikov of MV SA Fortius ▪ Ch. Off. V. Labuz of MV Brugge Max ▪ 2nd Off. A. Borisenko of MT Paramount Helsinki ▪ Ch.Eng. K. Bregula of MV Panther Max

▪ Ch. Off. G. Grabovenko of MT Paramount Hamilton ▪ 2nd Eng. E. Gato of MT Lydian Trader ▪ 3rd Off. J.G.Eduarte of MV Citius ▪ Ch. Off. O. Gordiyenko of MV Power Ranger ▪ 2nd Eng. Dio-An E. Albilar of MV Citius

QHSE SAFETY CAMPAIGN # 01/2015 “Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on Working Aloft or Over Side

Numerous Near Misses have been received as a result of the above Safety Campaign that was

launched within July 2015.

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c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 3 ” P r o m o t i n g S a f e t y O n B o a r d - S T A Y S A F E … ”

P A G E 4 Safety issues

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Case # 1 Finding: During operation of Aux. Boiler # 2, a leakage was detected fm the flexible

hose fuel oil line.

Correction: The cracked flexible hose was replaced with a spare. Chief Eng. and Engine Crew were reminded of inspec-

tion requirements and the need to keep an eye on all running machinery while

they are operating.

Case # 2 Finding: During safety rounds the

Ch.Engineer observed that the engine crew were drying their overalls in E/R rail-

ings.

Correction: All engine personnel were ad-vised of the fire hazard that such an ac-

tion poses.

FIRE HAZARDS in E/R

Finding: “During monthly FFA inspec-tion a fireman outfit was found in ex-

tremely poor condition”.

Needless to say that such deteriora-tion must have taken more than a

month to occur.

THOROUGHLY CONTACT MONTHLY IN-SPECTIONS. CHECK THE ACTUAL EQUIP-MENT AND NOT ONLY THE CHECKLIST.

Monthly Inspections

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BEFORE

AFTER

AFTER

SAFE WORKING PRACTICES Failure to observe Safe Working Practices and lack of

common sense when conducting daily tasks will lead to serious personal injury.

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What Happened?

During heavy weather, a MOB smoke signal buoy was accidentally self re-leased from its steel mounting bracket due to a defective clip and activated. The fallen buoy was picked up from the deck by a crew-member and extinguished.

Why?

Strong winds caused the re-lease of the buoy.

Shipboard inspections that had been conducted on board failed to identify the defective clip.

What to do?

During Safety Committee Meetings highlight the importance of prop-

Ships with Zero PSC Deficiencies (Monthly) P A G E 5

Safety issues

We would like to congratulate the following Vessels & Crews for 13 successful PSC Inspections!

No. Ship Captain Date Port Country

1  Delphi Ranger  Drobot Andrei  13/7/2015  Conakry  AFRICA 

2  Energy Panther  Alexandr Radchenko  20/7/2015  Puerto Cortes  Honduras 

3  Energy Pride  Otrubennikov Aleksandr  29/7/2015  KMI Carteret  USA 

4  Energy Ranger  Michal Pychynski  16/7/2015  Takoradi  GHANA 

5  Ghent Max  Czeslaw Przytarski  28/7/2015  Rio Grande  BRAZIL 

6  Gladiator  Sergey Kuderev  14/7/2015  Rhoades  JAMAICA 

7  Heroic Striker  Vinogradov Iurii  27/7/2015  Lagos  NIGERIA 

8  Lydian Trader  Babiera C. Augusto  3/7/2015  Ventspils  LATVIA 

9  Paramount Hanover  Kushnarenko Dmitriy  12/7/2015  Come by Chance  CANADA 

10  Paramount Hydra  Papadopoulos Alex.  8/7/2015  Brisbane  AUSTRALIA 

11  Power Ranger  Matiyashchenko Sergiy  31/7/2015  New Haven  USA 

12  Puma Max  Woszczak Zdzislaw  1/7/2015  Paranagua  BRAZIL 

13  Spartacus  Musones Alfredo  31/7/2015  Port Hedland  AUSTRALIA 

FIRE HAZARD: MOB Smoke Signal Self-Activated

erly conducting daily/weekly/monthly shipboard inspec-tions;

The importance of identifying and reporting defects cannot be stressed enough.

Inspections of MOB buoys must be carried out in accor-dance with SOLAS Ch.III, Reg.7.1.3 and SORB Section 1, Form 9.

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Reminder: CIC for Entry into Enclosed Spaces P A G E 6

Safety issues

A s advised in the previous issue of EST News-letter, the Paris and Tokyo MOUs will launch a joint concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on crew familiarization with en-

closed space entry. The CIC will run from Septem-ber 1, 2015 to November 30, 2015. The purpose of the campaign is to ensure ships have effective procedures and measures in place

to safeguard seafarers when entering and working in enclosed spaces on board ship, and to check compliance with the applicable SOLAS require-ments. Additional information, along with the CIC question-naire will be sent to the whole fleet within the month. Until then, you may print the below poster issued by the American Club and post it in the mess rooms! kg

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Check the Condition of the Lights onboard P A G E 7

Safety issues

Navigational Lights:

WRONG CORRECT

Check the type of the Naviga-tional Lights on-board your ves-sel !!

Many deficiencies have risen lately from PSC in-spections regarding the Navigational Lights. Sev-eral lights have been found of wrong type or burned.

According to the COLREG kindly be advised of the following definitions and make sure that the lights on board are installed according to the below characteristics:

(a) “Masthead light” means a white light placed over the fore and aft centreline of the vessel showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 225 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 de-grees abaft the beam on either side of the vessel.

(b) “Sidelights” means a green light on the star-board side and a red light on the port side each

Emergency Lights: Additional precaution shall be given to the Emer-gency Lights, which shall always meet SOLAS Chap. III Reg. 19.3.3,9 requirements. Therefore, please conduct the operational checks of the navigational equipment according to com-pany’s WIM and SORB instructions and ensure that the ship exhibits the appropriate lights during peri-odic checks and while at anchor to avoid any de-fects due to vibration.

Detainable item : “Type of stern lights are wrong that sector not 135 degrees.”

Emergency Light Stbd side wing Emergency Rescue Boat Light

Low quality of bulbs burned after one day in use

showing an unbroken light over an arc of the hori-zon of 112.5 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on its respective side.

(c) “Sternlight” means a white light placed of the horizon of 135 degrees and so fixed as to show the light 67.5 degrees from right aft on each side of the vessel.

(d) “Towing light” means a yellow light having the

same characteristics as the “sternlight” defined in

paragraph (c) of this Rule.

(e) “All-round light” means a light showing an un-broken light over an arc of the horizon of 360 de-grees.

(f) “Flashing light” means a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of 120 flashes or more per minute.

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T he Panama Canal Authority issued an advisory stating

that water conservation measures have been adopted, including the maximization of tandem lockages.

The water levels at Gatun and Madden Lakes are currently well below the expected levels for this time of year. Based on a comprehensive analysis of historical data, both current and projected water utilization, as well as the estimated rainfall in the Canal watershed for the remainder of the rainy season, the Panama Canal has deemed it necessary to implement water conservation measures in order to reduce the possibility of im-

posing draft restrictions in the near future. Therefore, the follow-ing measures are being imple-mented:

Suspension of hydraulic assist procedures at the locks for deep draft vessels;

Panama Canal : Water Conservat ion Measures

P A G E 8 Environment

T he following Isle of Man Regulations entered into force on 01 August 2015

and give effect to the revised MARPOL Annex III and the latest versions of MARPOL Protocol I and SOLAS Chapter VII :

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M e r c h a n t S h i p p i n g (MARPOL Protocol I – Re-ports on Incidents Involving Harmful Substances) Order 2015;

M e r c h a n t S h i p p i n g (MARPOL Annex III – Preven-tion of Pollution by Harmful Substances) Order 2015; and

Merchant Shipping (SOLAS VII – Carriage of Dangerous Goods) Regulations 2015.

Maximization of the use of cross-filling and cross-spilling at the locks;

Suspension of spe-cial lockages for han-dlines; and,

Maximization of tandem lockages.

These measures are not expected to have a major impact on the Canal’s capacity;

however, some may have an im-pact on normal transit operations. These conservation measures are expected to remain in force until the water levels return to normal.

Source: UK P&I Club

We kindly remind you that:

“Dangerous goods” means the substances, materials and arti-cles covered by the IMDG Code and “Harmful substance” means any substance which is identi-fied as a marine pollutant in the IMDG Code or which meets the criteria in the Appendix of MAR-POL Annex III.

The above regulations will be distributed to all vessels flying under the Isle of Man flag in due course.

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V itamin D has emerged as a popular nutrient and supplement over the past decade. Dis-covered in the early 1900s as an anti-rickets

compound and consequently added to several food sources (e.g. dairy) through mandatory U.S. fortifica-tion programs in the 1930s, vitamin D has long been considered a key fat-soluble vitamin essential for over-all health.

Why is vitamin D important? • Builds and supports strong bones by enhancing cal-cium absorption • Helps regulate mineral concentrations of calcium and phosphorus in the body • Supports a healthy immune system • Supports muscle health • Currently being researched for a variety of other im-portant roles in the body

Where can I get vitamin D?

SUN Our skin can actually make vitamin D by using the ul-traviolet B rays in sunlight to convert a pre-vitamin D compound in our skin into vitamin D. However, be-cause we use sunscreen and spend significant amounts of time indoors, our skin cannot be relied upon to provide adequate amounts of daily vitamin D.

FOOD Foods provide minimal amounts of vitamin D, which partially explains why low vitamin D levels are so prevalent.

Vitamin D: Essential for Overall Health P A G E 9

Health

SUPPLEMENTS In addition to sunshine and foods, nutritional sup-plements provide a convenient source of vitamin D.

Are you at risk for vitamin D insufficiency or defi-ciency? You may be at risk if you: don’t take a multivitamin or vitamin D supple-

ment; don’t regularly consume dairy products are overweight or obese are 50 years of age or older have darker skin have a fat malabsorption, liver or kidney disor-

dertake medications that affect vitamin D ab-sorption or metabolism

have limited sun exposure: a) experience less than 10-30 minutes of sun

exposure between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at least twice a week

b) wear sunscreen on a regular basis are restricted to indoor activity

c) live in a region with a long winter season d) live in a region with air pollution.

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Ingredients 150 g pecan nuts 150 g hazelnuts 400 g icing sugar 100 g cocoa powder 1/2 a teaspoon fine salt 1 tablespoon vanilla paste 4 large free-range eggs

Directions Preheat the oven to 160ºC/325ºF/gas 3. Line two large baking trays with grease-proof paper. Toast the nuts in a large frying pan over a medium heat for a few minutes, or until golden. Leave to cool, then roughly chop. Sieve the icing sugar, cocoa powder and salt into a large bowl, then add the chopped nuts and vanilla paste. In an-other bowl, separate the egg whites (save the yolks for another day), then whisk for 3 to 5 minutes, or until soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the dry mixture until combined. Scoop ½ a tablespoon of the mixture onto one of the prepared trays, then repeat with the remaining mixture, making sure you leave a rough 4cm gap between each spoonful (you may need to do this in batches if your trays aren't big enough). Place in the hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp on the outside, but still slightly gooey in the middle. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts (Per Serving)

Calories 205 10% Carbs 22.5g 9% Sugar 21.4g 24%

Fat 11.9g 17% Saturates 1.6g 8%

Protein 3.5g 8%

Recipe of the Month: P A G E 1 0

Health

“Dairy-free chocolate & nut cookies”

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B efore we get to the workout plan, it helps

to know why you’re doing it in the first place—you’re more likely to actually stick with it if you know what you’re going to get out of it. Here’s why deadlifts are im-portant:

• Strengthens and tones your lower back, which is a hard area to tar-get

• Strengthens your hips, waist, and backside, which are a lot more important than most guys think

• Improves cardiovascular health when done with enough inten-sity—heavy lifting gets your heart rate up and works the respiratory system, the same way a traditional aerobic exercise would

• Helps to burn more fat (as do all resistance training exercises)

• Helps to build core strength and stability, which can improve your posture

• It’s a compounding exercise that works the whole body, because it hits so many different muscle groups

• Helps to improve your form for other exercises

• Improves your grip, especially if you do them without wearing wraps

• Doesn’t require gym machines—all you need is a barbell and weighted plates

• You don’t need a spotter (unless you’ve never done a deadlift before, in which case it might help to have someone watching the first few days for proper form).

Exercising: The Benefits of Doing Deadlifts P A G E 1 1

Fitness

Proper Form In order to really reap the benefits of a deadlift, it’s important to make sure that you’re doing it properly, especially if you’ve never done one before. Here are a few important things to keep in mind: Your stance should be shoulder-width apart and your head

should be in a neutral position (not looking down or up, but straight ahead). While keeping your back straight, bend forward (with knees bent)

and grip the bar for your setup lift—start with an overhand grip. Your inner forearms should touch the outside of your thighs, with the bar right in front of your shins. Use your legs to lift the bar until your torso is fully in the upright position. You’re now ready to start your first set. Your shoulders should always be pressed back, never hunched

forward. Also make sure to keep your abs contracted, which will help to keep your hips grounded and neutral. It also gives you extra lifting power if you tighten your glutes too. Keep the movement smooth

and fluid through the whole set—try not to jerk the bar (or your body) when lifting.

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Cecil the lion may be getting all the attention (see news on page 15 for additional info), but the same law that was supposed to provide him legal pro-tection has been an unsung hero of corporate so-cial responsibility. Outrage has descended on Bloomington, Minne-sota, home of Walter Palmer, who is accused of illegally killing Cecil the lion. If there is a silver lining to this story it may be that the same law Palmer might have violated has been protecting vast strips of vital forest resources for the past 7years — and pushing multinational firms to pay closer attention to their supply chains. The Lacey Act, first enacted in 1900 to crack down on wildlife trafficking, was, in 2008, significantly amended to include plants as subject to the same kinds of protections. Conservationists consider the

Lacey Act a keystone in the global effort to stop deforestation and reduce the massive carbon emis-sions that result from unsustainable logging. It has also driven much greater attention to issues of cor-porate accountability, diligence and social respon-sibility. The law, holds companies responsible for the tim-ber products they import to the US and requires that they provide assurances those products were not sourced illegally from protected areas or with-out necessary permits. Deforestation is one of the major drivers of carbon emissions, contributing one and a half times as much carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as all global transportation, according to the Sierra Club representative.

What Ceci l the L ion and Corporate Socia l Responsibi l i ty Have in Common

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Corporate Social

Responsibility

Photo of the Month Winner of the National Geographic Photo Con-test 2015

The grand prize went to whale whisperers – diving with a humpback whale and her newborn calf while they cruise around Roca Partida island, in Revillagigedo, Mex-ico. ‘This is an outstanding and unique place full of pe-lagic life so we need to ac-celerate the incorporation of this islands into UNESCO as natural heritage site in order to increase the protection of the islands against the pre-vailing illegal fishing corpora-tions and big-game fishing’.

A humpback whale and her newborn calf scooped the first prize in Na-tional Geographic’s annual photography competition.

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F rench clothes de-signer Louis Reard showcased the future

of swimwear 69 years ago at a public pool in Paris. He called it the "bikini," named after the Pacific atoll much in the news because the U.S. government was detonating nuclear bombs there.

Two-piece suits weren't en-tirely new - women in Europe had been wearing them at least since the early 1930s. (And Greek urns and Roman mosaics show that women athletes in ancient times wore two-piece outfits.) But Reard's design was different

69 Years On, the Bikini Continues to Dazzle! from what was already on the market: instead of a full bottom half that hid both the navel and the wearer's flanks, the bikini's lines cut tight across the pubic bone.

The entire suit used only 30 inches of fabric. It was so daring that the designer had trouble finding a model to pose in his crea-tion! The woman who ulti-mately stepped forward on July 5, 1946, was a 19-year-old nude dancer named Micheline Bernardini. Micheline Ber-

nardini. The 19-year-old model who first posed in a Bikini.

When Ursula

Andress stepped out of

the sea in a white bikini,

she set a standard for

all Bond girls

to come.

Curves that made her famous: Halle Berry set pulses racing when she played a Bond girl in an orange bikini in Die Another Day.

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Sudoku: Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.

Historic Figure of the Month History

cal joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's ex-pense but his own.”

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”

“for there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men ”

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”

“A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All no-ble things are touched with that.”

“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveli-est tints of azure..... Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle , and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself?”

August 1st Birth-day - Author Herman Melville (1819-1891) was born in New York. He was best known for his novel Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) which is consid-ered an out-standing work of literature. The detailed and realistic descrip-tions of whale

hunting and of extracting whale oil, as well as life aboard ship among a culturally diverse crew, are mixed with exploration of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God.

In the novel, Ishmael narrates the monomania-cal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pe-quod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.

“I try all things, I achieve what I can.”

“There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practi-

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Killer of Cecil the lion was dentist from Min-nesota, claim Zimbabwe officials Conservationists in Zimbabwe have accused an American man of being the alleged killer of Cecil, one of Africa’s most famous lions and the star attrac-tion at the Hwange national park.

The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said the man thought to have paid $50,000 for the chance to kill Cecil was a US citizen from a small town near Min-neapolis. The man left the lion skinned and headless on the outskirts of the park. The 13-year-old lion was wearing a GPS collar as part of an Oxford University research project that had been running since 1999, making it possible to trace his last movements. The hunters allegedly tried to de-stroy the collar, but failed.

Winter Olympics 2022: Beijing chosen to stage Games (CNN) Beijing is set to become the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics after it was chosen to stage the 2022 Winter Games. International Olympic President Thomas Bach con-

firmed Bei-jing, which hosted the Summer Games in 2008, had been cho-sen ahead of Almaty in

Kazakshtan at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Friday.

Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam sentenced to death by court in Libya Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and other senior members of former Libyan regime sentenced by court in Tripoli after controversial trial criticized by UN.

The End of Ebola?? The world is for the first time on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as data from a trial in Guinea showed a vaccine was 100 percent effective. The results were described as "remarkable" and "game changing" by global health specialists. "We believe that the world is on the verge of an efficacious Ebola vaccine," WHO vaccine expert Marie Paule Kieny told reporters in a briefing from Geneva.

The vaccine could now be used to help end the worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, which has killed more than 11,200 people in West Africa since it be-gan in December 2013.

Plane debris on remote island points to breakthrough in MH370 mystery Plane debris washed up on the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean is almost certainly part of a Boeing 777, a Malaysian official and avia-tion experts said, potentially the biggest break-through in the search for missing Flight MH370. Malaysian investigators are expected in Reunion on Friday and the ob-ject, identified by avia-

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tion experts as part of a wing, would then be sent to a French military laboratory near Toulouse for checks, French police sources said. National carrier Malaysia Airlines was operating a Boeing 777 when the ill-fated flight disappeared in March last year en route from Kuala Lumpur to Bei-jing, creating one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history. It was carrying 239 passengers and crew.

c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 5 Blue Moon July 31, 2015

The term 'once in a blue Moon' means that that something is very rare. But just how rare, depends on the definition. Blue Moon is the third full Moon in an astronomical season with 4 full Moons (versus the normal 3). A normal year has four astronomical seasons - spring, summer, fall (autumn), and winter - with three months and normally three full Moons each. When one of the astronomical seasons has four full Moons, instead of the normal three, the third full Moon is called a Blue Moon. Moreover, Blue Moon is called also the second full Moon in a month with two full Moons. A Moon that actually looks blue, however, is a very rare sight. The Moon, full or any other phase, can appear blue when the atmosphere is filled with dust or smoke particles of a certain size; slightly wider than 0.7 micron. The particles scatter the red light making the Moon appear blue in color, this can happen for instance after a dust storm, forest fire or a volcanic erup-tion.

'Tour Triangle,' The 180 meter is the first skyscraper to be built in Paris since 1973 After the deeply unpopular Tour Montpar-nasse was built in 1973, skyscrapers were effec-tively prohibited by a 36-meter height limit for new buildings in the city of Paris. The limit was designed to preserve Paris' unique aesthetic, which created its iconic boulevards, public gardens, and housing blocks ringed with balconies. Designed by the Swiss agency Herzog & de Meuron, 'Tour Triangle’, will take the shape of a 180 metres (590 ft) tall glass pyramid with trapezoid base, wide from one side and narrow from

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Elephant crushing car in Thai national park after escaping during the mating season!

A family driving their car through Khao Yai National

Park near Bangkok was forced to slow down after an elephant wandered into the road! The elephant then approached the car and rested its trunk on top of the bonnet...It then put its front legs on the vehi-cle, standing on it before jumping off. Passengers were unharmed but the car was dented and wind-screen cracked. This was not the first time that an ele-phant tried to get ac-quainted with a car. In 2014, during a South African safari, a massive bull elephant decided to scratch an itch on a car.

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another. Being 42 floors high, the $555 million project will accommodate about 5,000 employees and host offices, street-level shops, panoramic observatories and a panoramic restaurant on the top floor.

Talented Greek class of '97 finally tastes gold

After a number of close calls, Greece's 1997 genera-tion finally collected their long-awaited first interna-tional title by beating Turkey 64-61 to win the 2015 U18 European Championship. The Greece 1997 group had lost in the Semi-Finals of the2013 U16 Euro-pean Championship, the 2014 U18 European Cham-pionship and the 2015 FIBA U19 World Champion-ship - taking third in 2013 and placing fourth in the other two tournaments. Turkey had led by as many as 14 points but Greece fought back with the assis-tance of the home crowd in Volos, which went crazy when Korkmaz missed the free throw. Russia has still never finished worse than 10th in the competition's history with their ninth-placed showing after beating Latvia 69-68.

c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 6 Premier League 2015-16 kits – in pictures

With the 2015/16 Barclays Premier League season approaching, all 20 top flight clubs are scheduling a host of pre-season friendlies as they step up their preparation for the new campaign. The Barclays Premier League season will begin on Saturday 8 August, and clubs will be warming up for the main event with competitive friendlies and pre-season tournaments at home and all over the world.

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Arsenal won the 2015 Barclays Asia Trophy in Singapore

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