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"The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Rideau Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The entire loop stretches about . Traveling the Great Loop There is no single route or itinerary to complete the loop. To avoid winter ice and summer hurricanes, boaters generally traverse the Great Lakes and Canadian waterways in summer, travel down the Mississippi or the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway in fall, cross the Gulf of Mexico and Florida in the winter, and travel up the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in the spring. Depending on speed of travel, the route may take as little as two months, although more often people take a year to complete the trip. The route may also be completed in segments. The first recorded instance of someone completing the Great Loop was three boys who did it in a sailboat in the 1890s. Looper culture Those boaters who are on the loop often fly a white burgee and those who have completed the loop fly a gold one. The America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association (AGLCA) assists Great Loop cruisers by sharing safety and navigational and cruising information, while providing a networking platform for Loopers through its members-only discussion forum. Boaters can exchange information about topics such as marinas, locking through, water depth, hazards, repairs, fuel prices or dinner reservations and sight seeing. The AGLCA also hosts twice-yearly gatherings for Loopers currently on the Loop and those planning a Great Loop trip. See also *Inland waterways of the United States References External links *What is the Great Loop? NOAA Ocean Service *America's Great Loop Cruiser's Association *Ron and Eva Stob's Raven Cove Publishing *What to Expect Cruising America's Great Loop *Captain John's Great Loop Website Illinois River Intracoastal Waterway Mississippi River Ohio River Tennessee River "
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"Sir Kevin Joseph Satchwell (born 6 March 1951) is a British educator who is headmaster of Thomas Telford School in Shropshire. Satchwell was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, the son of Joseph and Pauline Satchwell. He was educated at Wodensborough High School, Wednesbury Boys High School, Shoreditch College of Technology and Open University. He spent 15 years teaching in Liverpool and four years as headteacher in Wolverhampton, but it is his stewardship of Thomas Telford School over the past 25 years that has put him in the spotlight. The City Technology College became the first non-selective state school in which all the GCSE/GNVQ candidates got top grades. The school garnered headlines again by selling its online information technology course to other schools, earning more than enough money to put £1m into the formation of one of the new city academies. He was knighted in 2001. In July 2010, Sir Kevin received an honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University.Staffordshire University awards Kevin Satchwell an honorary doctorate Personal life In 1975, Satchwell married Maria Bernadette Grimes, the Headteacher of Madeley Academy; the couple have a son and a daughter. References 1951 births Living people Knights Bachelor People from Wednesbury People from Wolverhampton Heads of schools in England "