Sailing from Alameda

Sailing on a boat
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A community activist who opposed the construction of nuclear power plants across Alameda County in California, Suzanne Lindsey taught gifted students for many years in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. Suzanne Lindsey continues to reside in Alameda, where she enjoys sailing.

The San Francisco Bay Area offers excellent sailing for a diverse range of craft. The area between Alameda and Oakland, officially titled the Oakland Inner Harbor but often called the estuary, provides protected sailing for small boats. Larger yachts often motor out into San Francisco Bay itself, which includes a variety of wind conditions.

Those looking for lighter winds may want to keep south of the Bay Bridge or head north to Raccoon Strait near Angel Island. Heavier winds somewhat regularly fill the area between Angel Island and Treasure Island, known as The Slot.

On Angel Island, visitors can dock their boats at a day-use marina in Ayala Cove and go ashore to hike the island, view the Knox Point Lighthouse, and find refreshments at the Angel Island Cafe or Cove Cantina Oyster Bar.

The Fundamental Elements of Handwriting Analysis

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A resident of Alameda, California, Suzanne Lindsey has a history in elementary education. She has also led an Alameda County initiative that fought to keep nuclear power plants out of California. Suzanne Lindsey’s other areas of professional and personal interest include hypnotherapy and handwriting analysis.

Handwriting analysis (or graphology) is the study of handwritten letters to make judgments concerning the psychological state of the writer and the specific characteristics of his or her personality. While examining handwriting, analysts break it down into up strokes, down strokes, ovals, upper extensions, and lower extensions.

Ovals are the rounded areas of letters, such as the lower part of the lowercase letter “d” and the upper part of the lowercase letter “q.” The line that extends upward on the “d” is an upper extension, while the line that extends downward on the “q” is a lower extension.

Furthermore, all written letters are comprised of both essential strokes and secondary/accessory traits. Essential strokes comprise the basic framework of the letter and allow readers to define it. Secondary/accessory traits encompass all flourishes or ornamentations that are not essential to the formation of the letter itself.