NOON POSITION

Latitude                                   8° 15.5’S

Longitude                                81° 25.5’W

Avg. Speed from Noon            15.3 KTS

Distance to Go                        480 NM

WEATHER FORECAST

Celestial navigators shoot, shoot, shoot away. Satellite imagining shows extensive cloud cover (visibility down to 5 NM) to the south and west of our track, but conditions should hold… This could all change with a slight shift in the current position of an anticyclone (high pressure) that is currently influencing our weather. Winds are forecasted southeast at 20 knots, seas 8-10 feet out of the S SW for the next day. Average temperatures off the coast of Peru during this time of year range in the mid 70s. ahui hou Kopra and Campbell.

De-Drill Briefing – 1830 Wednesday

·  All E-squad Cadets SCBA Firefighters,  Cadets Kevin Campbell, Mathew Alexander, Muj Asdulla, Michael Schindler, Ben Andros, and Shauna Glasser are required to attend.  All E-squad Limitations and Repair Party PIC’s, your presence is requested.  Ericcson classroom at 1830.

Div 6 – Deck Section – Mgt Ericcson Classroom 2000.  Muster will be taken.

Congratulations to Cadet T. Gohre for being the first to complete the 1/C celestial Program!  Bravo Zulu! 2/M

Makeup exam for Morse code will be held at 2000 May 19, 2006 in the Ericcson cls rm.

Saarheim

3/C Engineers – The second diesel engineering I examination is at 2000 in the Bowditch classroom on Friday, the 19^th.

Email:  Remember: Text Only.  No attachments.  If you’re account is not working, you need to send a message to HelpDesk or add you r problem to the sheet outside the office being as specific as possible.

ASCMA

• Scary movie Fridays begin tomorrow night with “Carrie” at 2000 in Pirate’s Cove.  Free Popcorn!!!!
• Anchor Pool (Last Line)  Don’t forget to stop into Pirate’s Cove and throw your best guess into the hat!

Peru Presentation – by CMA Business Students

All are invited to view a presentation on Lima, Peru Friday night at 2100 in Ericcson classroom.  Free otter pops for first 20 to attend, courtesy of ASCMA.

Corps Corner

The follow up De-Brief for today’s drill will be at 1830 in Ericsson.

Immediately following the drill de-brief, there will be a meeting for senior corps leaders in the same classroom.

Attention all Div 5 members:  There will be a meeting on Friday, 19 May, at 2100 in Bowditch Classroom for those students not on watch.  Important information regarding Peru will be passed.

Please stay out of the 03 Deck Aft House (interior and exterior) as it is for faculty and staff only.

All students are reminded that the Bear’s Tale is an official way of spreading information throughout the ship.  It is a personal responsibility to read it every day.

If you are going to throw away an expended Aerosol can or dead batteries make sure to throw them away in the correct receptacle on the Fantail.  There are two cans underneath the overhang on the fantail that are designated for these two items.  Quite a few aerosol cans have ended up in the plastic bins in the trash room.

Laundry:  Each laundry soap bucket now has a laundry scoop to be used to provide you with the amount necessary for our type of machines.  Please use them (one scoop per load) and also please remember to move the scoop to the new laundry soap bucket when the old one is empty.

If you do not have a PORT PASS, you need to see the Purser at 1900 on Friday, 18 May, in the Ship’s Office.

Lima Peru Port Information

Arrival uniform (with the exception of line handlers) will be Salt & Pepper with combination caps for CMA students and dress uniform for Cal Poly students.

Peru port information is posted outside the main cargo hatch area across from the underclass mess.

Arrival formation information is posted outside the main cargo hatch area across from the underclass mess.

We are expecting sign-up and pay type of tours to the ruins, city, and surrounding islands.  Most tours will have minimum numbers to attend.  Remember, if you sign up and pay, you are committing to go.  Once you pay - if you can’t go, you’ll need to find someone to take your spot.  You will be refunded only if the tour is cancelled.  ASCMA and the Captain are also looking at subsidizing some of the tour costs.

Tours will most likely leave at 0900 or 1000, therefore, don’t sign up and pay for a tour unless you are in the liberty division.

LOST –

·   Black Electric Sunglasses, last seen either in 02 lounge or computer lab.  Please return to Tony Maude.

·   Black 60 gig Ipod and Etymonic Research headphones – if you borrowed them, please return them to Joe Swindel or to the ship’s office.

·   Kodak digital camera – last seen at Coconut Restaurant on Wed night.  If you brought it back, please return to David Kopra or the Ship’s Office.

FOUND

· Knife

· Cell Phone

Channel 20

7:00pm Cliff Hanger

9:00pm Ghost Busters

Channel 22

7:00pm Miracle

9:00pm The Last Samurai

Channel 24

7:00 pm Snow Falling on Cedars

9:00 pm After the Sunset

Bow Cam                                                        Ch. 16

Electronic Chart                                              Ch. 14

Bear’s Tale                                                     Ch. 18

Friday, May 19, 2006

Name the day the Allies invaded France during WWII.

Is Venus de Milo the name of a Greek statue or a French palace?

Thomas Edison once said that genus is 1% inspiration and 99% . . . what?

Which type of mirror is shaped like the inside of spoon?

Name the last chief of the Native American nation of the Nez Percés.

Arrange in order from smallest to largest:  Delaware, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Does a philatelist collect stamps, coins or clocks?

An impeached President is automatically removed from office.  True or false?

What bird is the national symbol of Mexico?

Who wrote nonsense verse:  Robert Browning, Edward Lear or Christina Rossetti?

What do we call the symbols used in ancient Egyptian writing?

What type of fish are found in the Dead Sea?

According to the CFR Title 46, where is the smoking lamp located on most merchant vessels.

After oxygen, what is the most abundant element on earth?

Answers are posted on the bulletin board by the Ship’s Office.

ANSWERS FROM YESTERDAY:

Who was the daughter of England’s Henry VIII: Elizabeth I or Elizabeth II?

Elizabeth I, born in 1926, Elizabeth II is the daughter of George VI.

What is the sum of 4 squared, 3 cubed and 2 to the fourth power?

59

Which Brazilian city has more people: São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro?

São Paulo

Which President did Andrew Johnson succeed:  Abraham Lincoln or James Buchanan?

Abraham Lincoln

Who was the first American woman to travel in space?

Sally Ride

Which two islands belong to Italy: Sardinia, Borneo, Cyprus or Sicily.

Sardinia and Sicily

“Proclaim Liberty throughout the Land…” What historic object bears these words?

The Liberty Bell

Name the longest river in North America.

The Mississippi