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First, thanks to everyone taking the time out to read and possibly help me. I'm in the process of planning my first India trip and have tons of questions. I have done a lot of research but have not found satisfactory answers to the questions I will ask here. If you can help in any way, it is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
First, the basics. I plan to travel for roughly about a month and a half in India then head to Nepal for about two weeks. I will be traveling only around Northern India and am putting priority on spending more time in less places then seeing more places and spending less time in each. I will be traveling from the last week of December 2013 to mid/late February 2014. I will be on a pretty strict budget. I am a seasoned traveler and have no problem roughing it. Let me first lay out my tentative itinerary. My first question: can anyone recommend how many days I need to really get a feel for each place. I plan on spending anywhere between 2 and 5 days in each place:
Arrive in Delhi
Delhi to Amritsar
by road to Dharamsala
Fly to Delhi (SpiceJet)
Overnight train to Jaisalmer
by train to Osian
by train to Jodhpur
by train to Ajmer
by train to Udaipur http://erail.in/?T=AII::UDZ: + day excursion to Ranakpur + day excursion to Eklingji
by train to Jaipur
by train to Agra + day excursion to Fatehpur Sikri
by train to Gwalior
by train to Orccha
Orccha to Khajuraho
Khajuraho to Varanasi
On to Nepal.
My first priority is firming up where I will go and how I will travel. Is there anything on this list I should leave off? Anything I should add? Is it to ambitious for a month and a half? I know this is all pretty subjective about likes and dislikes? I am just hoping to get some input from people who have done a similar trip.
Next, I am assuming (minus the spicejet back to Dheli from Dharamsala) I will be traveling mostly by train. I understand this is the most cost effective way to travel and a cool part about the India experience. My question is how far in advance do I need to book my train tickets. I don't want to get stuck anywhere, but want to remain flexible with my time. If I arrive in a city, could I book a ticket 2 days in advance when I leave? Should I wait until I arrive in Dheli and book everything those first few days? I'm just a little confused on what the time table should be for booking trains.
On the same note, how far in advance should I look to book accommodations? In most of these places, could I arrive and find something open the same day, or should I book in advance? This question obviously ties in with my trains and when I will be arriving in each place?
Basically I think these two things come down to should I book my whole trip a few weeks in advance, should I book everything my first few days in Dheli before I set out, or should I just wing it and book as I go?
I know this is a lot, so I really appreciate the help. Any advice or input would be great. Thanks in advance!
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Hi there,
My husband and I just wrapped up a month travelling in India and planned almost nothing before we arrived. We booked our flight into and out of Delhi and from there found flights, cars, hotels and trains when we needed them.
With hotels, you should have no problem booking as you go. We used Agoda and usually booked a night before we arrived in a place (sometimes the same day) and were always perfectly fine (and happy with almost all the places we picked). I'd say wing it as you go....that way you can be as flexible as you want.
Trains are a different matter. We only took a train from Varanasi to Agra and then from Bikaner to Delhi and each was an experience.
The train itself was fine (just make sure you travel in the best class available, specially if you're travelling overnight) but the booking process was a bit of a challenge. For the Varanasi-Agra train, we went to a travel agent about four days prior to taking the train and one of us was on a waiting list to make sure a seat/berth opened up. It did come through but we were advised to give as much notice as possible when taking trains as they get booked quite a bit in advance. You can go directly to the train station (I'm sure you'll get responses from people who did this) but we decided to use a travel agent as the additional small cost was so worthwhile when calculating how much easier and hassle free it was to do so.
You may also want to check out this post which is helpful for train travel - http://www.indiamike.com/india/indian-railways-f10/foreign-tourist-quota-ftq-a-basic-guide-t192751/
As for the schedule, here's what we did and found it to be great for the month (in some places we opted to stay a little longer so it was better not to plan in advance):
Arrive in Delhi - two nights. Fly to Leh for six days. Fly back to Delhi and fly to Varanasi for three days. Overnight train to Agra (2 days) then to Jaipur, Pushkar, Udaipur, Jodphur, Jaisalmer, Bikaner and train back to Delhi for three days.
If I were you, I'd leave out Ranakpur and absolutely go to Jaisalmer which was one of our very favourite spots of all.
On a cautionary note, we were forced to fly out a couple of days early as my husband caught malaria (in Varanasi, we believe). We were foolish in not taking any malarial precautions so you may want to keep that in mind.
Overall, however, the month was exquisite in every way and we loved the people, country, food, experiences and everything else we came across in India (we've written about it in our blog at www.TheMeanderthals.com if you wish to check it out and please feel free to contact me if I can be of any assistance)
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For lots of good info on Indian train travel go here: http://seat61.com/India.htm#.UlFjYRB5mSM
Yes, Indian trains do book up, and you are starting at a particularly busy time. There are some seats reserved for the taktal (sp?) quota which are released in the last couple of days. For your trip I would consider an Indrail pass, which is what I used for my first trip to India (ten weeks, almost all by train).
Besides agoda.com, travelguru.com is useful for hotels.
Have you checked the weather in Dharamsala at that time of year?
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Note that you will be traveling during the busiest and most expensive time of the year, especially that week at the end of December. I would absolutely book at least my first two weeks of accommodation. Also, someone here posted that they were able to gain access to a website to book Indian trains from outside the country. You'll likely want to do that for your first few train journeys. I certainly wouldn't wait until a couple of day ahead of time.
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The website for booking Indian trains is cleartrip.com, but there's plenty of info on that on seat61.
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I haven't used it many years, but the site to book train tickets in India used to be https://irctc.co.in/
It is a website operated by Indian Railways. Going to a train station to book tickets is like asking to get mobbed.
Buses can be booked on http://www.redbus.in/
Trains really need to be booked well in advance. If I am not mistaken, the booking starts 60 days in advance and fills up very quickly for popular trains. Flights, hotels and buses can be booked even until last moment. Sure it will cost a little extra but not a fortune. I never book domestic flights in India more than a week in advance. This gives me freedom to spend as much or as little time as I want at various places.
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The programme that you have planned is fine & from what I feel 2-3 days at a place is enough to cover the important sites.
However I am little sceptical about the train travel that you seem to prefer. Agreed that it gives you more opportunity to interact with people, view the countryside etc etc, but the logistics of booking them is not that easy
First of all, would advise you to prebook the train atleast. Booking in trains start 2 months in advance & getting seats at the last moment is very difficult. Even travel agents may not be able to help you last moment because mostly the booking is govt controlled. The few who would claim to get you seats would be lying. Also would advise you to book the best classes as the crowd in the lower classes may be too much for you. The below site is the official site of ralways in India & you can use it after creating a login account
Also during December, trains may get delayed very frequently due to Fog. So be prepared for that & keep flexibility in your program
For hotels you may easily choose to book last moment if you are not looking for luxury or star category hotels. Yes December is a busy period in India, but accomodation may not be a problem
Since I have been to most of the places, my suggestion to you would be in this order:-
Arrive in Delhi
Delhi to Amritsar
by road to Dharamsala
Fly to Delhi (SpiceJet)
Overnight train to Jaisalmer
by train to Osian
by train to Jodhpur (its not that far from Osian (60 kms) so would suggest taking a bus or a cab)
by train to Udaipur
by train to Ajmer
by train to Jaipur
by train to Jaipur
by train to Agra + day excursion to Fatehpur Sikri (we do not have train from Jaipur to Agra. Also to cover Fatehpur enroute, I suggest taking bus or cab)
by train to Gwalior
by train to Orccha (Train to Jhansi, bus or cab to Orcha)
Orccha to Khajuraho (Bus)
Khajuraho to Varanasi (no Trains, will need to take flight)
Varanasi to Kathmandu (Flight) or you may drive from Varanasi to Kushinagar to lumbini (in Nepal). There are bused from Sanauhli border (near Varanasi) for Nepal.
This is my suggestion in case you are very keen on taking the trains. However if I were you I would take the road as it gives you flexibility to cover places enroute & believe me there are many to be covered in India.
Hope this helps
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The irctc site is the official site for Indian railways. It is NOT the site to use if you are a non-Indian buying train tickets from abroad. That site is cleartrip.com.
It is not true that it is impossible to buy tickets at the last minute. There is a quota held back, the tatkal quota. There is also a tourist quota. However, it is true that you would do well to book ahead in December.
Traveling by road is OK for short journeys, but the roads in India can be quite appalling bad. The train is much safer!
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I stand corrected. Thanks thursdaysd.
It seems that using irctc website is indeed very difficult for non-indians.
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Thanks for the info thursdaysd. I was not aware that non indian cannot book through irctc
However lets be real & agree that booking trains last moment is a mammoth task and you cannot really bank on the tatkal or foreign quotas.There are few seats over too many requirements and the whole process is tedious.
Also I maintain that during winters trains are not much reliable for timings & delays can eat in too much of the time.So for long or overnight journeys, its fine, but few distances can be covered by road.
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I have bought tickets at the last minute, most recently from the tatkal quota, although that time I used a TA and it was quite painless. I do agree that doing it in person at the train station at a busy time of year is not an experience to be repeated too often! And the TA mark up is likely to be very small. However, for December and early January at least I would book ahead.
I agree that short distances can be fine by road, but after a recent painful journey in Karnataka I am even more of a rail fan than I was before. And you don't have to worry about the railways trying to cheat you. (And forget about buses except for very short distances.)
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A year and a half ago my husband and I took a 6 week trip in northern India spanning from towards the end of Feb. to very early April. I'd categorize us as more moderate budget travelers than super budget travelers. Like you, we typically believe less is more as far as visiting places. Like you I wanted to have flexibility and did not want to be locked in to places I might not enjoy or not have enough time in places I thought I'd like but didn't. After hearing that this desire for flexibility could cause problems in high season (basically the entire time you'll be traveling), we compromised and had the entire first half of our trip all booked up and left the second half more open to winging it.
Train tickets were the MAIN cause of the hassles we had when trying to be flexible in the second half of our trip. We had to make plans based on when and where we could get tickets, and I spent much more time than I wanted to just trying to figure out the train bookings. We were able at the last minute (4 or 5 days ahead) to get tickets, but it was a hassle and nerve racking. Lodging was not a problem. Much as I hate to say it, I'd lock in my itinerary around the train tickets. We took the train from Delhi to Jaisalmer, Jaisalmer to Jodphur, Udaipur to Gwalior, Varanasi to Haridwar, and Ramnagar to Delhi. We flew from Khajuraho to Varanasi. In retrospect, I'd probably opt for more flights and not as many long train trips. Other segments of the trip we had a driver.
Here is the piece that no one has told you yet. You can cancel your train tickets for a very small fee if you do so a day or so in advance. In your shoes I would have a set itinerary and advance reservations for the portion of the trip that is during super duper high season. (An agent in Kerala I've been talking to about a trip to southern India this winter just told me that things will open up after Jan. 10, but before that has some of the more desirable lodging already booking up. I'm assuming the same super high season will apply to the areas you are talking about.) Since you already have a rough itinerary, make several sets of train reservations that will allow you flexibility, and then cancel the ones you don't want.
I used Cleartrip to book tickets before we arrived in India. During our time in India I had many, many difficulties trying to use this site. This I believe was due to Indian train security issues and the fact that I was then trying to book when I was going through a server that identified my locale as within India.
Obviously it is all subjective, but of the places you are proposing that we visited, we loved Jaisalmer and Varanasi. We really liked Orchha and wished we'd had more than just one night here. We liked Jodphur. Khajuraho had nice temples, but for us one morning or afternoon was sufficient.
I wrote a really long trip report, and you may want to at least take a look at my first posting which ends with a summation of the number of days we stayed places, their costs and how we traveled.
Finally, here is what I wrote in my trip report (done immediately after returning home) about winging it vs. having a set itinerary for India.
"Before leaving home, I had done a lot of the research for the second half of the trip so, I had a loose, tentative itinerary and some ideas about where we wanted to go, where we wanted to stay, and what we wanted to do. But, it was still more difficult (especially without good, constant, reliable internet access) and more time-consuming than I'd thought it would be to make arrangements on the fly. And, it truly was transportation realities/difficulties that dictated the itinerary for the second part of the trip. Our recommendation would be to have the major transportation (planes and trains) between different major locales all booked before starting the trip because this was the most difficult part of trying to set things up a week or two in advance. Then, leave your winging it to places within that general locale because you can easily get a driver (or bus if you are willing to go that way; we aren't) to move within a general area.
Having done the winging it bit for the second half of our trip, I have mixed feelings about taking this tack in India unless you are someone with a backpacker's time, flexibility and mentality. Yes, when we realized how hot it was going to be we were able to X out the tentative plan we had to stay at a lodge in Panna National Park for a few days. And, yes, we were able to get the lodging we wanted with no difficulty. But, we also ended up spending a lot of time just trying to get logistics and other things figured out. This was difficult for us even though we had some pretty set ideas and had done a lot of our research before we left home, so I can't imagine how hard it would be for someone just doing it cold."
Good luck, and have fun!
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It's Matt Capps Signing Day
The anticipation has reached a fever pitch as Pirates closer Matt Capps is expected to make his final decision today. Take the main set-up role and back-up closing duties in Chicago for a team that shouldn't completely suck...on the sale floor they like to say they're a team in contention.
Close for a team that has been the worst in baseball over the last two years and big acquisitions so far have been signing Ivan Rodriguez about seven years too late and signing Jason Marquis (insert own joke here). It would stand that as a closer for the Nationals, he'll probably get even less chances than he did in Pittsburgh.
The money being rumored is in the two year, $7-8M range, basically Grabow money. I wasn't overly thrilled with what they gave Grabow or how quickly they gave it to him. On the other hand, I think Capps is a better pitcher despite the hiccup last season, so it certainly wouldn't be the worst middle relief contract Hendry ever handed out.
If Capps decides he wants to close and signs with the Nationals, the Cubs could move on to rehab projects like Kelvim Escobar or maybe hope they can find enough money in the Ricketts sofa cushions to sign Jose Valverde if his price drops after mistakenly not taking the Astros arbitation offer.
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I always liked Valverde. When he was with Arizona we couldn't hit him...
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Jason Marquis...um..he..isn't a great pitcher?
Hahahaha....um, yeah.
I'd make more jokes about Marquis, but I'd take him as the fifth starter right now, at least with Lilly scheduled to miss April.
Marshall, Gorzelanny, Caridad, Atkins, Samardzija, Pitcher X?
2 spots to fill worries me.
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Carlos Silva says "Hi".
He also says, "burp".
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Lol...yeah...there's a reason I didn't list him.....oof.
Well at least he'll...I got nothin'...
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Guess he'll get at least April to redeem himself.
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Just as a point of information, because he is a non-tendered free-agent rather than an Article XX MLB free-agent, Matt Capps will not get automatic "no trade" rights through June 15th.
What's interesting about the Matt Capps sweepstakes is that apparently ex-Pirate teammates John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny have been rushing Capps from the Cubs side, while ex-Buc teammates Sean Burnett and Nyjer Morgan have been pimping the Nats.
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How does one pimp the Nats?
"It's, um, low pressure here? You'll get to close on the twenty occasions a year when we have a 1-3-run lead in the 9th? Go to Chicago. Take me with you."
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Shuddup. Just the idea of pimping the Nats should be good enough for you, you cynical bastard.
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Capps' wife is also close friends with the wives of Grabow and Gorzelanny.
Which strongly suggests to me that on the eve of Christmas Eve, Capps is not likely to tell his wife that he had every chance to fulfill her wish to go to Chicago, and still chose to go to D.C.
Any husbands out there disagree?
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I heard the same information from Capps' interview with Bruce Levine on Talking Baseball this past Saturday.
I usually hate speculation but I did notice that Capps ended the conversation with Bruce by saying "I look forward to meeting you guys."
Maybe he gave us his answer right there. It would be nice to have him...especially for the three week stretch that Marmol will inevitably go through where he overthrows his slider and can't throw strikes.
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Heard the same thing.
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FWIW Foxsports Rosenthal and MLB.Com's Ladson think Capps will sign with the Nationals.
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"If it's better suited for me to set up for the team in the seventh inning or eighth inning, that's what I'll do," Capps said. "If they sign me and tell me they want me to play shortstop, I'll play shortstop. I want to win. I want to be in an environment [where winning is important]."
-From Matt Capps in MLB.com's Ladson article (beat writer for the Nats). If anyone listened to the audio when he was on Bruce Lisspy Levine's Talkin' Baseball, he said the exact same thing about the Cubs.
He does add this tid bit "All signs are looking good with what they are trying to do so far."
The other interesting footnote is that he would still have to compete with Brian Bruney for the closer role (maybe competition to say its competition), but he still could end up playing for another team that ends up finishing last in that division and setting up, while making less money. The Braves and Phils have made upgrades, the Marlins are young and developing, and the Braves are trying to improve offensively. The Mets will do something, just a matter of time. But even if they just get healthy, I would not lock them in for last place.
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If we lose out to the Nats it just means the guy isn't motivated to win. How is that bad?
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Why was he holding a baseball bat in that photo? Was he supposed to have used that thing while he was here?
Did you catch this yesterday? Mesa, AZ says the Cubs have eliminated the Gila River indian reservation bid from consideration for the new spring training complex. The battle is down to Mesa vs Naples.
On the other hand, the Cubs have refused to tell Mesa which one or two of ~10 possible sites in Mesa they prefer.
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I feel pretty strongly that the Cubs should have spring training in a high crime neighborhood like florida.
Re: Did they choose a Florida site yet?
Nope. And, for that matter, the Naples group hasn't even figured out how to finance the project yet.
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Is Florida still murdering their tourists?
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mlbtr and rotoworld saying that Pirates, to replace Capps, are offering Octavio Dotel $3M, to sign as a closer.
...been awhile since Dotel closed and as I recall he had Hawkins disease (better in the 8th than the 9th).
starks' LVP of the decade
Stark only writes about his LVP, Juan Gonzalez, but lists 3 former Cubs as honorable mentions. #10 is Neifi. #7 is Bradley. And #3 is Corey Patterson.
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If Stark puts Pavano as #5, I'd suggest he consider adding the original 3/44 to his list. Also might consider Mike Hampton if you're talking value per contract dollar.
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Aaron Miles.
Yes, I'm still pissed about Aaron Miles.
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Randy was out in the sun too much if it took him 40 years to come to that conclusion.
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From the article.
"The Cubs had five regulars play over 150 games that season."
Of course the Yankees had over five regulars play 150 or more games this season, and the Phillips had six.
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and the Phillips had six.
Cincy's second baseman too?
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Levine has a new post re Capps; not much new here...
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Levine: the Cubs will contact Kinzer sometime Wednesday evening with either a proposal in hand or stating that they are bowing out of negotiations. Either way, Capps is expected to sign with a new team before midnight Wednesday.
This implies Hendry hasn't given Capps a proposal yet? But when he does get a proposal it will be an obvious decision?
Something smells here.
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What's taking Capps so long?! It's almost 4 PM in Washington D.C..
Damn drama queen.
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See the article above. The Cubs are supposedly going to send Capps an offer this evening or bow out. I think we're waiting on the Cubs, not Capps.
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He's picking up a Tiger scrap. Give him a few more seconds.
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Fernando Rodney now an Angel @ 2/11, see it's not that hard to sign a reliever.
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This is such an odd feeling that we have been exclusively preoccupied with Hendry cleaning up his own pile of shit, then, waiting to see what scrap-heap players he can sign to small deals.
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the "cleanup" was a distraction.
from the minute the season ended all the cubs were looking for was relief help, a milton replacement, and maybe a low-end SP.
it seems all of that is falling into place so far...2010's money is not only mostly spent, but the team itself is pretty much ready-to-go as-is.
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and maybe a low-end SP.
lowest end. nicely played...synonym for Carlos Silva
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seems that what the resolution is...
for those holding out hope silva can do something...the guy has 2 pitches, his sinker lost it's bite years ago, he throws everything in the zone, and it's not getting any better.
the guy had 3 things going for him...stamina to pitch, a ground ball pitch, and someone willing to pay him stupid loot to do it.
i'm not that thrilled about caridad, either. his stuff doesn't have much movement.
Coco Crisp migh have solved our problems?
I wonder how receptive the A's would be in trading Ryan Sweeney and/or Eric Patterson?
Both are cheap, under club control for at least 4 more years.
Potential upside is the answer for both CF and 2nd base.
Downside isn't much, other than what you'd have to trade to get them. Shouldn't be too high? Assume that a non-Castro SS prospect would be involved.
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cubs aren't looking any more OF bench help i'd imagine. patterson and 2nd base was a doomed thing even when he was a cub.
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Aren't we looking for someone to platoon with Fukudome?
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yeah, there is room for a RH bench OF'r...could see that happening. dunno about a platoon, though RF ability should be an attribute.
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Gee ROB G, perhaps my eyes are really bad, but all I saw was the Nationals were "closing in...". And, more so, I saw nothing on length, terms, etc.
That is read from the link you embeded.
How do you get "...Nationals ON a one-year deal", out of that?
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Sorry, but "closing in..." is a much different implication than, "Olney 'says its Nationals on a one-year deal'", so my eyes are bad missing the one year deal, yet you may be a bit presumptuous on the interpretation from what's written.
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Coco B Crisp's contract:
the deal with pay Crisp $4.75MM in 2010, with a $5.75MM option for 2011. The buyout for the 2011 option is $500K, making the one-year contract worth $5.25MM. (via MLBTraderumors).
:doesn't bode well for what we're going to give Byrd. I was thinking about a million a year less for Coco.
I am trying to ease the queezy feeling in my stomache I get whenever Byrd and the Cubs are linked... Come on trade or Ankiel!
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Funny, I get the same feeling whenever I see Ankiel and Cubs in the same sentence.
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I didn't get a chance to read comments about my Ankiel as CF idea but if you're making fun of me I wouldn't blame you. My gut tells me he is just a good hitting pitcher but my cubs side wants him to somehow pick it up and roll and beat the deadbirds down.
I wouldn't be a Cubs fan if I didn't have fantasies to roll with.
Re: just making fun
No, not making fun. Just the thought of Hendry signing another new outfielder makes me queezy.
He's so good at it, you see.
And.pass the dramamine, we could wind up with Ankiel.
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If Capps signs with the Nats - fuck him.
Same old same old - he states he wants to "Play for a contender." Yet, he'll sign with a last place team. Go figure.
Well, IIRC, they had the best "O" in the NL - or near the top, anyway.
And with MArquis aboard - they are guaranteed a Playoff spot.
He is the good luck charm.
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Would you blame him? At this point, all things considered... Nats, Cubs... meh.
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Nah i wouldn't blame him. Just, I find these guys hippocrates. Just keep your mouth shut and don't bullshit people on how, If they ask me to play shortstop, I will.".
That's the only thing that is just a fabrication.
Belly up to the bar and say, "I am happy to get the opportunity to close for a last-place team."
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You find these guys to be the father of western medicine?
I think you were looking for "hypocrites" . . .
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haha! very good! No doubt Cubster will get me on this! lol
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Nats Journal
Nothing official yet with Capps
[UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.] -- Just exchanged texts again with Kinzer. He said nothing new has solidified since we last talked. So deeper into the night we go...
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Missing out on Capps could prove crucial. Not to be one for the dramatic, but the Cubs bullpen is very much unproven. If this team thinks that going into the season and not getting a centerfielder is a problem, wait until the bullpen comes in.
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kiko calero's still out there and supposedly on the cubs radar most of the offseason.
per the Nats Carrie Muskat equivalent at mlb.com...shudders (Wm Ladson):
Matt Capps is not close to a deal with the Nats. His agent, Paul Kinzer, is still talking to GM Mike Rizzo.
same source says:
Capps may not agree to a deal until Christmas Eve or right after Christmas. Capps thought he was close to a deal early this evening.
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Brian Roberts and Jake Peavy have agreed to represent Matt Capps in concluding these negotiations
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Nats Journal again
Posted at 11:54 PM ET, 12/23/2009
Still waiting on Capps
So as midnight comes and passes, here's where things stand: The Washington Nationals are still waiting to learn if Matt Capps, their latest free agent target, will agree to a contract offer and become their next closer.
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from Ladson on twitter:
Matt Capps has agreed to terms with the Nationals, according to his agent Paul Kinzer. One year deal, no $$ disclosed yet.
Kiko Calero here we come...
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MAtt Capps, "Whatever it takes..."
Good luck on the last place team dude.
Hope you are able to make league average appearances.
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I see that the mlb.com writers have mobile web link pages...
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Levine has more details
The deal is for $3.5 million for 2010, with a chance to make another $425,000 in performance bonuses. The performance incentives kick in at 40-65 games finished.
The deal went down to the end between the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets and Washington, Capps' agent, Paul Kinzer, said. The Mets were a late entry into the Capps pursuit, offering a similar contract to what Capps signed for with Washington.
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the detailed Capps story from the Nats mlb.com writer
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Well, he would have been a good fit, but if your off-season hinges on signing Matt Capps, then you were fucked to start off.
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Agreed...of course, fucked is what the Cubs could be. It's gonna be a bumpy ride until the season starts...
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Nope..I have a feeling it might look a lot like last year...83-79..
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Honestly given the division, that might be enough to win it. The Cards are likely to lose atleast one of if not both Holliday and DeRosa. Their top 3 pitchers in the rotation (Carpenter, Wainright and Penny) while extermely talented are just as injury prone. Carpenter pitched like 95% of the season last year and I doubt he can repeat it. The Astros arent bringing back Tejada, did nothing to stregthen their rotation, though they did a decent job adding to their pen. Do you really think Randy Wolf is the cure to all of the Brewers pitching woes?
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The only good that will come out of 83 wins next year will be the firing of Jim Hendry. I don't even think Teflon Jim would be able to survive an 83 win season with no playoffs.
I hate to say it, but long term for the organization the best outcome for them might be the situation above and get a real GM in here to properly build this team.
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Agree 100%.
Can't blame Hendry on this one. Obviously playing for a contender was not that important to Capps. He wanted to stay a closer and hopefully up his value going into next offseason. It is a pretty bad sign for Cubs and Mets fans though that they couldn't land a guy like this even though it is not make or break.
I do give Hendry credit though, this offseason isn't as bad as last, mainly because he hasn't done anything really except unload his disaster from last offseason.
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I am not optimistic about this season at all.
There is no Plan B for Carlos Marmol, which I was hoping Capps would be.
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Well, there's still a chance that Valverde winds up being the man left out and we can get him cheap on a one-year deal like Alou wound up taking last year.
There's also a chance Hendry decides to say "screw it, we'll use Blake Parker" and puts the money towards signing Hudson, which is probably what I would do at this point. If the bullpen faulters, trade during the season.
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Capps would pitch more innings for the Cubs than he would for the Nats. Nevermind about CF our pitching is weak. Zambrano is streaky, Lilly is comming off shoulder surgery, Dempster isn't much more than a number 3, Lets see how Wells does now that hitters have faced him last year. The Bullpen is inexperienced and wouldn't strike fear in a AA team.
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I know that I have a biased opinion, but Capps is taking the Washinton job in hopes of closing. He signed a one year deal, so essentially he wants to close and then land a big deal the following year, and as we know, the market is soft for high priced closers (see Jose Valverde, but Capps will be 27 albeit). So, why not take a chance at setting up and have more innings pitched under your belt. We know that Hendry is not shy about tossing money to relievers (unless Capps knows something we don't about next year's offseason). I would like to see what the terms of Hendry's offer were. One year? Two years?
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"But I really like the decisions the Nationals have made this offseason and their commitment to winning beyond 2010. I'm excited about what can be."
- Matt Capps on Washington's offseason. he must be refering to the aging Marquis signing who is with his 5th team and will have a great 1st half. Marquis should look into the Clemens 3 month work program.
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Marquis is also on about a 8 year playoff run.
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Nationals | Capps to take physical in January
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:59:42 -0800
Bill Ladson, of MLB.com, reports Washington Nationals RP Matt Capps will take his physical during the first week of January. Until then, the deal will not be official.
It will be interesting to see if he passes. Capps hasn't been the same since this...
Pirates | Capps to miss at least eight weeks
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:14:14 -0700
Rob Biertempfel, of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports Pittsburgh Pirates CL Matt Capps (shoulder) was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, July 2, and will miss at least eight weeks with a right shoulder injury. Capps returned to Pittsburgh Wednesday to have a magnetic resonance angiography which revealed bursitis and internal rotation deficit in his shoulder and it seems the muscles in his shoulder are not allowing him to fully extend when he throws. Capps will not require surgery but will spend four weeks in a rehab program and another four weeks in a return-to-pitch program. He is expected to return to the team in early September. Manager John Russell said RP Tyler Yates, P Romulo Sanchez, RP Damaso Marte and RP John Grabow would be in the mix to close games while Capps is out.
In dealing with his shoulder it looks like he screwed up his mechanics because in May he was out over a week with a bad elbow.
Pirates | Capps dealing with faulty mechanics
Tue, 19 May 2009 11:26:20 -0700
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reports Pittsburgh Pirates CL Matt Capps has been over-rotating on the mound this year, according to pitching coach Joe Kerrigan. Capps' arm has been well behind his body and he is expending his energy way before his arm is fully extended and he is ready to release the ball. The problems with his mechanics may also be an explanation for his elbow bruising and discomfort.
Then, Mark Prior-like, he was hit in the elbow by a line drive(off Geo Soto's bat!) a few days after he returned to the mound.
Pirates | Capps exits after being hit by line drive
Mon, 25 May 2009 22:37:33 -0700
Jenifer Langosch, of MLB.com, reports Pittsburgh Pirates RP Matt Capps (elbow) left the game after being hit on the right elbow by a line drive. After acting in a reflex using his right arm to shield a liner hit by Chicago Cubs C Geovany Soto, Capps hunched over and eventually walked off under his own power after talking with Pirates manager John Russell and a team trainer. He was scheduled to be taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for X-rays. P Sean Burnett recorded the final two outs for his first MLB save.
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Heh, Heh...Ozzie on the replay playing cheecan and jelling the heff ward...
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If the Cubs really wanted Matt Capps at the exclusion of other free-agent RH relievers, they should have offered the Pirates a couple of minor leaguers (like the Cubs got from Arizona for Aaron Heilman) prior to the December 12th non-tender, so that the Pirates would have gotten something in return for losing Capps, and the Cubs wouldn't have to compete with other clubs to sign Capps.
That's why it's wsometimes better to give up a player or players to get a player who is going to be non-tendered instead of waiting until the player becomes a free-agent.
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Cubs get 100, KB gets 100, Hendricks gets below 2.00, Cards get absolutely destroyed by the Reds -- all good, other than some Rondon concern. Hopefully, he can get a few outings in this week and find his groove. Also, I guess Soler is still struggling with his right side. Hmmmm. Too bad Joe didn't let Addy bat with the bases loaded in the 7th -- great RBI opportunity.
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I saw the Gordon HR. It was like a funeral where the mourners were made to play baseball. So sad...
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Mount Goliath, the northern shoulder of Mount Evans, located within the Arapaho National Forest, takes my breath away each time I visit. Denver Botanic Gardens has been offering free guided hikes of the M. Walter Pesman Trail for many years.
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Forcing Hyacinth Bulbs in Vases
January 26, 2015 |
Ebi Kondo
Hyacinths are classic spring-blooming bulbs that have been popular for centuries, in large part because of their bright colors and fragrant flowers. The plant grows from large bulbs, typically planted in the garden in the fall. The upright cluster of flowers will come up in spring with beautiful...
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Protea fun in South Africa
January 19, 2015 |
Panayoti Kelaidis
Dwarf Protea at Drakensberg Gardens Resort Eighteen of us who are on Denver Botanic Gardens' trip to the Drakensberg are about half way through our adventure, and today was a stellar day. We encountered numerous plants of dwarf, alpine Protea dracomontana on a LOOOOOONG hike around the hotel where...
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"Until they think warm days will never cease"
October 30, 2014 |
Panayoti Kelaidis
Salvia greggii 'Wild Thing' Every autumn there are days that remind me of Keats' great Ode to Autumn , but I can never remember such a warm, interminable fall. The weathermen are predicting hard frost next week--so the next few days may be your last time this year to see Denver Botanic Gardens in...
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Majesty in our Nation's Capital
October 17, 2014 |
Panayoti Kelaidis
Capitol columns Even on a cloudy day, Russell Page's monumental garden at the heart of the National Arboretum resonates with me. I have been traveling for nearly two weeks through the Atlantic seaboard, giving talks in Connecticut and Philadelphia as well as Washington D.C. this week, the heartland...
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York Street Trial Garden Evaluation Day
September 23, 2014 |
Bridget Blomquist
On August 5, 2014, Denver Botanic Gardens conducted its second trial evaluation day for the York Street Trial Garden. Located right outside our main entrance gate, visitors can get a look at various plant entries participating in the trials. The purpose of Denver Botanic Gardens' York Street Trial...
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Hummingbird magnet...Red Birds in a Tree celebrates a birthday!
September 4, 2014 |
Panayoti Kelaidis
Red birds in a tree Native plants usually summon up images of wispy, finely textured grasses or suchlike--hardly a glamorous novelty like red birds in a tree ( Scrophularia macrantha ). This gorgeous native perennial is prospering in gardens across America and beyond, but is restricted in nature to...
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What in blazes?
August 15, 2014 |
Panayoti Kelaidis
Liatris ligulistylis I was born in Colorado, and have spent most of my life here--and lots of time poking around the plains and mountains--to the extent that I've seen and can identify most of the showier native wildflowers, and a good many of the less showy ones as well. A few have escaped me. You...
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ProZ.com community book: share your knowledge and stand out as a published author Reply
ProZ.com has launched the ProZ.com community book project, an initiative to help language professionals to spread useful information among potential clients and colleagues, while promoting themselves as experts in a given field or topic.
The ProZ.com community book will feature articles written by site members on topics of interest to the translation community that may range from machine translation, cloud-based translation tools and new translation technologies, to rates, training and work-life balance, among other topics.
The initiative does not only give language professionals the opportunity to promote themselves as seasoned professionals, but also to become published authors and enjoy the benefits this offers, including:
- Visibility: published authors become visible among peers and this creates an advantage for them, especially when time comes to attract the attention of clients.
- Credibility: book authors and collaborators get instant credibility and authority in connection with the field or topic in which they publish. This in turn translates into becoming not only a source of information, but also a resource for anyone in need of specialized information.
- Permanence: books are born to stay regardless of the format in which they get published and a book that goes around is also a book that keeps promoting its content and author(s) at no extra cost!
- Opportunities: many times names associated with books result in invitations to speak at events or offer training, and eve n to participate in further publications.
- Networking: the discussion of a book is a good way to break the ice! Published authors may be invited to participate in discussions with their readers via email, in social networks and at events.
- Clients: published authors know their field, a quality searched for by good clients. And because they are seen as experts, clients will rarely try to get discounts for their specialized services.
All ProZ.com members are invited to submit an article to be reviewed for possible inclusion in the community book until February 29th, 2016, 23:59 GMT. If you are not a ProZ.com member, become one today and start enjoying all the benefits the site has to offer, including the community book.
Are you a published author? Share a link to your material below.
'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive: thank you all who donated! Reply
From December 1st until December 3rd, ProZ.com, Dutch translator and copywriter Pieter Beens and the rest of the ProZ.com community joined forces in a 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive and collected over $1,800 USD to be donated to Books For Africa, Concern Worldwide and SOS Children's Villages. In turn, ProZ.com matched dollar for dollar the collected amount and over $3,600 USD will now benefit these three non-profit organizations.
Funds were collected through ProZ.com membership sales, training purchases, as well as from direct donations, and the translator community also shared their translated version of a very famous quote by Mother Teresa:
Click here to see translated versions or suggest your own.
Special thanks go to…
- Pieter Beens for proposing this initiative and spreading the word.
- ProZ.com professional trainers Claudia Brauer, Anneta Vysotskaya, Konstantin Kisin and Samuel Sebastian Holden Bramah for donating their time and knowledge.
- ProZ.com users and members who donated through membership and training, or by making a direct donation.
- ProZ.com users and members who proposed their translation of Mother Teresa's quote.
- Everyone who helped to spread the word!
Thank you all who joined ProZ.com's 2015 celebration of Giving Tuesday!
How did you celebrate Giving Tuesday? Share below.
Guest post: The importance of translators for charities 1
This is a guest post by Pieter Beens in promotion of ProZ.com's 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive. To find out more about this initiative and learn how to contribute, visit the drive's main page: http://www.proz.com/pages/drive
#GivingTuesday is an international phenomenon to raise funds for a host of charities. In the spirit of this event, ProZ.com is hosting the #ProZcomDrive, a special campaign to raise funds for three non-profit organizations: SOS Children's Villages, Concern Worldwide, and Books For Africa. All proceeds from the ProZ.com 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive will benefit these programs to help families in need, raise funds for emergency response programs, and support literacy initiatives.
Although fundraising within the translation community is a major aspect of the campaign, there is much more to say about the importance of translators for charities. In this article I will mention a few.
Translators often do not associate themselves with charities professionally. Of course many of us are involved in volunteer jobs, varying from caregiving to supporting political parties, but there are few translators and translation agencies that continuously support charities for free.
That is nothing to blame translators and agencies for: supporting charities is not the most obvious choice when it comes to sponsoring or even to corporate sustainable development. At the same time many charities do not ask translators and agencies to help them out with translations for free. One initiative to connect charities and translators for free translations is Translators Without Borders.
Translators can play an important role for charities. First of all, they can offer free translations (also outside Translators Without Borders), so charities can do their lovely jobs and reach their goals with a minimum of resources. However, free translations should not be the main objective for charities when collaborating with translators. Indeed, translators can offer much more than just financial help.
Language professionals, and in particular native translators who live in the countries where charities are active, have actual knowledge of the country and culture of the language in which they translate. They can be the "eyes and ears" of the charities they work for, and know how these organizations can be most successful in reaching their goals. At the same time, they can inform charities about local developments, and even point out new goals and locations where their efforts are needed.
Translators can also contribute their commercial knowledge to these organizations to help them better deliver on their mission. For example, they can share best practices in reaching out to the public or in translating different types of texts. They can help educate charities as to how they can be successful in motivating volunteers or raising funds. Translators can also apply their knowledge from particular areas of specialization, like healthcare or technology, in translating texts for non-profit organizations as well.
A final important role of translators in the non-profit sector is the role of networker. Charities often do not know where to find the right translators for a particular language or where to go in a certain country to get help, subsidies or support. Language professionals can guide them to local authorities or centers that can help the charities to realize their goals.
The #ProZcomDrive
All proceeds donated by the translation community from December 1st to December 3rd as part of ProZ.com's 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive will benefit SOS Children's Villages, Concern Worldwide, and Books For Africa. In turn, Pieter Beens is also donating 10% of his income for the entire month of December to a fourth initiative: Project Jedidja, a project to fight illiteracy and discrimination among disabled children in Guinea Bissau.
Learn more about Project Jedidja here: http://veldwerkers.kimon.nl/jedidja
Are you considering donating translations to charities? Read Pieter Beens' tips at http://www.vertaalt.nu/blog/tips-for-translators-when-supporting-charities/
Let's join forces in a 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive 1
Giving Tuesday is here!
After an entire year networking, expanding your business, improving your work and having fun, you now have the opportunity to give something back: whether it be through donations, fundraising, volunteering your time and expertise, or simply by calling others to support a particular cause or initiative.
At the end of October this year, one ProZ.com staff member was approached by Pieter Beens, a Dutch translator and copywriter, as well as a ProZ.com member since 2011, with the idea of a charity campaign to be promoted among ProZ.com community members. The result? A 'Giving Tuesday' year-end donation drive that starts today, Tuesday, December 1st, and will run until Thursday, December 3rd:
Join this #GivingTuesday movement and support the following non-profit organizations:
Books For Africa collects, sorts, ships, and distributes books to students of all ages in Africa. They remain the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent, shipping over 34 million books to 49 different countries since 1988.
Concern Worldwide implements emergency response programs primarily in the world's poorest countries, has been a leader in health and nutrition issues, and has been on the forefront of helping communities develop resilience to high-impact climate extremes.
SOS Children's Villages works to prevent family breakdown and care for children who have lost parental care, or who risk losing it. They work with communities, partners and states to ensure that the rights of all children, in every society, are respected and fulfilled.
ProZ.com will match, dollar for dollar, the first $10,000 USD donated to these charities.
Make an impact. Join this drive →
Special thanks go to Pieter Beens for the initiative, to ProZ.com professional trainers Claudia Brauer, Konstantin Kisin, Samuel Sebastian Holden Bramah and Anneta Vysotskaya for donating their time and knowledge in support of this drive, and to the members of the translation community who join ProZ.com and Pieter Beens in this #ProZcomDrive!
Do you have any other plans for #GivingTuesday? Share below.
Announcing the new ProZ.com service agreements tool Reply
Good Monday, everyone! The ProZ.com site team is happy to announce the new Service agreements tool designed for site members:
ProZ.com service agreements →
The ProZ.com service agreements tool allows members to:
- create and store standard service agreements that you can use in any working relationship,
- send service agreements to other parties, discuss terms with them and agree on conditions before any projects are assigned, and
- keep an online record of agreements you entered into to prevent potential disputes –or solve them quickly– or to simply use them as reference.
Any ProZ.com member can create service agreements. Site users can only be invited to review and accept them (not a ProZ.com member yet? Join now →)
You can check this new tool by clicking on "ProZ.com service agreements" above or by mousing over the site's "Tool" menu tab and clicking on "Service agreements".
More information is also available in the FAQs section.
Hope you find this tool useful and that it helps you to improve the way you work. Feedback below is welcome.
Happy translating!
What is ProZ.com membership? Reply
The usual ProZ.com mid-year membership campaign, "What is ProZ.com membership?", is about to end (June 30th, 2015) and, for the first time since I started working in campaigns, I have the feeling that an important part of the ProZ.com community is becoming more and more aware of the site's mission as well as of the benefits included in site membership.
As the staff member in charge of communicating the benefits of membership campaigns to the community, I was lucky enough to be the direct recipient of hundreds of messages from members who were kind enough to share with me their success stories and details on how their businesses grew thanks to ProZ.com. I also had the opportunity of showing interested users how to use site tools to their benefit and what strategies they can apply to get the most out of it, strategies that not only include membership, but also a nice-looking profile, KudoZ PRO points, specialization and membership in the Certified PRO Network (if you want to learn more about these strategies yourself, click here).
This lively awareness, this knowledge of ProZ.com as the world's largest community of translators, as a complete suite of tools and opportunities, and members' willingness to learn more about the site, how it works and what it offers to help them network, expand their businesses, improve their work and have fun is, in my opinion, what has made ProZ.com the leading translation workplace and what keeps the site in first place over fifteen years later.
If you still don't know what ProZ.com is about or what benefits site membership includes, check the mid-year membership campaign page for details. Those who decide to give ProZ.com membership a try before the campaign ends –yes, only one day left!– will get:
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And if you have questions or need help, feel free to contact site staff at any time. We are here to help you.
Special thanks go to site members who volunteered to have the campaign page localized into several languages so that many users can learn what the campaign is about in their own languages; to moderators, site guides and local contacts who made sure site users know there is a campaign running; and to all ProZ.com members, new and old, for making ProZ.com possible through their investment!
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The Adventures OF Ranald Bannermanby George Macdonald
A son of a Scottish clergyman describes his childhood during the early 1900's. As an author, George MacDonald often wrote about himself, though he disguised his own thoughts and feelings and experiences by putting them into the lives of his fictional characters. Then he mixed in all sorts of made-up incidents in order to create a story, so you can hardly tell what actually happened to MacDonald and which things are pure fiction. This is an especially good example of what we might call "autobiographical fiction." Right from the first page MacDonald tells Ranald Bannerman's story through the voice of Ranald himself-in the first person. This adds to the sense the reader has throughout that the events recorded here are real. During this particular period of George MacDonald's life, when he was in his mid-forties and most of his eleven children were between five and nineteen years old, he did some of his finest writing for young people. I'm sure that's not by accident, for he was often thinking of his own sons and daughters, as well as his own boyhood, when telling stories on paper. Therefore, we can conclude that many of the incidents in this book, The Adventures of Ranald Bannerman, are things that probably happened. Not everything, of course-but much of it-because this is, after all, a story MacDonald told. And realizing this makes Ranald all the more a personal friend. Because in a way, he's a picture of young George MacDonald.
At the Back of the North Windby George Macdonald
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.
The Complete Fairy Talesby George Macdonald
George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. The Complete Fairy Tales brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination. " The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: fairies good and wicked, and children journeying into unsettling dreamworlds or undertaking life-risking labours. But though they allude to familiar tales such as "Sleeping Beauty" and "Jack the Giant-Killer," MacDonald's stories are profoundly experimental and subversive. By questioning the concept that a childhood associated with purity innocence, and fairy-tale "wonder" ought to be segregated from adult skepticism and disbelief, they invite adult readers to adopt the same elasticity and open-mindedness that come so naturally to a child. Enlisting paradox, play, and nonsense much like Lewis Carroll's Alice books, these fictions challenge us to question and rethink our assumptions, and offer an elusive yet meaningful alternative order to dubious certitudes of everyday life. .
David Elginbrodby George Macdonald
A novel of Scottish country life, in the dialect of Aberdeen. A story of humble life, centering in two saintly personalities, a dignified and pious Scottish peasant, and his daughter. A vein of mysticism runs through the story, and mesmerism and electro-biology are introduced.
Donal Grantby George Macdonald
Donal Grant is the story of Donal, a man who has just finished college and sets out on a journey to a nearby town. There, he finds a spiritual mentor and several of his family members. The story is filled with supernatural occurrences - ghosts, legends, and somnambulism. MacDonald, per usual, incorporates many "sermonettes" into the novel, and topics like evil and secrets and discussed with a religious bent. This is one of MacDonald's more challenging novels due to its 800 print page length and the realistic Scottish dialect he uses for dialogue, but the story is well worth the struggle. Fans of MacDonald will enjoy this less well-known work.
The Flight of the Shadowby George Macdonald
The young orphan, Belorba Whichcote, struggles to uncover the mysterious secret, which her uncle attempts to keep hidden from her
The Light Princessby George Macdonald
A princess is cursed to a life without gravity in George MacDonald's whimsical fairy tale After years of being childless, the king and queen finally welcome a beautiful daughter into the world. But at the young princess's christening, the king's wicked sister curses the girl to a life without gravity. Doomed to float above the ground, unable to bring her feet to earth, the princess grows up unlike any other child. Inspired by "Sleeping Beauty," The Light Princess is George MacDonald's "lightest" fairy tale, indulging in skillful wordplay and unrepentant puns--the kind of story made to charm children and delight adults. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Talesby George Macdonald
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by George MacDonald is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of George MacDonald then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.
Lilithby George Macdonald
In Lilith the aptly named protagonist Mr. Vane follows a specter through a mirror in his haunted library into a fantasy land of the past where he meets Lilith, Adam and Eve, and a host of others. He explores the nature of original sin and redemption. An epic fantasy adventure that shows us what it means to be human.
Lilith: A Romanceby George Macdonald
The classic fantasy about a young man who travels through a mystical reflecting glass into a hidden world Mr. Vane spots the mysterious old man while reading in his family's expansive library. His interest piqued, he follows the man up to the attic, where he finds a tall and dusty mirror. In its rather unremarkable glass, the reflection of the world behind him slowly melts away to reveal a sweeping country of moors and hills framed by the tops of faraway mountains. Enchanted by the sight, Vane steps through the mirror and is transported to a dreamlike land where myriad perils and adventures await. With the old man, Mr. Raven, as his guide, Vane travels through the Evil Wood, where innocent children frolic in the day and dead men battle at night. He visits the ominous city Bulika, whose people live in silent fear of a menace roaming the streets. Each chapter building on the last, Lilith follows Vane to a final and universal truth in a stunning allegory of life, death, and redemption. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
The Lost Princess: A Double Taleby George Macdonald
A wise woman kidnaps a spoiled Princess. As a result the Princess and her parents learn what is truly important. A story that asks whose fault is it when a child grows up to be selfish adult.
MacDonalds' Fairy-Tale Treasure Chestby George Macdonald
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. The mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll, his writings have been cited as a major literary influence by authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,[1] Walter de la Mare,[2] E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. This collection contains six of his finest fairy tales, including 'The Princess and the Goblin,' 'The Princess and Curdie,' 'The Light Princess,' 'Phantastes,' 'The Giant's Heart,' and 'The Golden Key.'
Phantastesby George Macdonald
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women was the first work of fiction by MacDonald. Phantastes exerted a strong influence on fantasy authors of later generations: for example, C. S. Lewis claimed that his imagination had been baptized by reading it. The story concerns a young man, Anodos, who is pulled into a dreamlike world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embodied by the Marble Lady. Anodos lives through many adventures and temptations while in the other world, until he is finally ready to give up his ideals, and only then does he learn the truth about what he has been searching for.
The Princess and Curdieby George Macdonald
The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Princess Irene and Curdie are a year or two older, and must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother is also back and she gives Curdie a strange gift and a monster called Lina to help him on his quest. A wonderful tale of adventure and courage.
The Princess and the Goblinby George Macdonald
A mysterious silver-haired woman and a brave young miner help prevent a mischievous pack of subterranean creatures from kidnapping a little princess and flooding the passageways of a mine. An unabridged classic of juvenile fiction from a master storyteller offers youngsters thrill-packed entertainment along with valuable lessons about bravery and loyalty.
The Princess and the Goblinby George Macdonald
The Princess and the Goblin is a beloved children's classic written by George MacDonald. C. S. Lewis sites Macdonald as one of his inspirations. This gentle story takes us to a simpler time and place where Princess Irene and her best friend Curdie must save the kingdom from a evil Goblin plot. Join them as they outwit the Goblins and save the day.
The Princess and the Goblinby George Macdonald Jeanne Duprau
The classic tale of a young princess and a miner boy who outwit a colony of goblins in an exciting adventure set in a maze of underground caverns. When Princess Irene discovers a secret staircase at the top of the castle, she enters a world so mysterious she doesn't know whether to believe it is real. For, hidden in the highest tower, is a beautiful old lady who lives among the pigeons, spinning magic thread beside a fire made of roses. But when strange cat-like creatures are found prowling the palace gardens, and Curdie the miner boy encounters a band of embittered goblins plotting revenge on the royal household, the princess must place her trust in the old lady if they are to save the palace from destruction.
The Princess Treasuryby George Macdonald
Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of George MacDonald's princess stories. These wonderful fantasy stories have captivated children for more than a generation. Included here are The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Light Princess, and The Lost Princess: A Double Tale. These stories came before, and clearly influenced, today's popular princess stories. Wonderful children's stories from a kinder, more gentle time.
Robert Falconerby George Macdonald
George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish writer, poet and minister. He is best known for his fairy tales and fantasies. His most popular works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith. Gutta Percha is a plant that acts like a latex substance. It was used for cables, furniture and in dentistry. Willie's father gave him the nickname because, "In his Latin sentences he found the parts fit into each other like dove-tailing; finding the terms of equations, he said, was like inventing machines, and he soon grew clever at solving them. It was not from his manual abilities alone that his father had given him the name of Gutta-Percha Willie, but from the fact that his mind, once warmed to interest, could accommodate itself to the peculiarities of any science, just as the gutta-percha which is used for taking a mould fits itself to the outs and ins of any figure. "
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In the Footsteps of John Paul II from Krakow
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In the Footsteps of John Paul II from Krakow information and booking
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While in Poland don't miss your chance to visit Wadowice - childhood home of John Paul ll. Travel through the stunning Beskidy mountain range, pay homage to the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy and visit the Archbishop's Palace on this intriguing tour from Krakow.
Travel from Krakow and through the Beskidy mountain range with a visit to Wadowice, childhood hometown of John Paul ll, previously the Krakow archbishop Karol Wojtyla. You will see the house where the he was born, pass the parish church, where he was baptised, and places of interest that had an effect on him during his childhood and adolescence years.
Before you return to Krakow you will stop at the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki. The sanctuary is situated some four kilometers south of Krawkow's central Old Town historic district and is a developing place of pilgrimage that you can pay homage to the holly relics of St. Faustyna Kowalska, who was canonized as the first saint of the Third Millennium by John Paul II, and admire the impressive modern basilica consecrated by the Pope in 2002.Then travel to the foot of the Royal Castle to visit the Archdiocese Museum located in the most picturesque street of Krakow. In the museum you can see the flat where Karol Wojtyla lived while working as a lecturer of theology.Finally, visit the Archbishop's Palace which is Wojtyla's last residence before leaving for the Vatican in 1978. See the famous "papal window", where thousands of people lit candles and prayed during his last days. Tour ends with drop off at Krakow city center,
What's included
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Entrance ticket to the archdiocese museum
- Hotel pickup
What isn't included
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Hotel drop off