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The best time to climb Kilimanjaro is during the months of January, February, June, July, August, September, October and December. All of the above months tend to be the busiest times on Kilimanjaro. It is the high season for tourism.
Because Tanzania lies near the equator, the area does not have four seasons like most other countries. Instead there are two seasons – wet and dry. The temperature does vary but does not have the large swings that most people are accustomed to.
The only times that should be avoided are during Tanzania's two rainy seasons. The long rainy season is from the end of March to the beginning of June and the short rainy season is from November to the beginning of December. Even during the "dry" seasons, climbers may still experience heavy rains. The mountain's weather is unpredictable. Always be prepared for cold and rain.
The appropriate gear and equipment are required to climb Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro treks have a wide range of temperatures so the best clothing is a lot of layers. Such clothing is easier to adjust as the temperature fluctuates and is more effective than a few thick items of clothing. Special attention should be made to the fabric of base and middle layers; these garments should be constructed of moisture wicking material that effectively pull sweat away from the body to keep you dry. Cotton is a very poor fabric for trekking and should not be worn.
Down jackets, sleeping bags, sleeping pads and trekking poles are available for rent. For more information, please visit the rental gear page.
Porter loads are limited by our standards of porter treatment as well as by Kilimanjaro National Park authorities. Each client should bring a maximum of 15 kg of luggage for porters to carry onto Kilimanjaro, so please choose your gear sparingly. The luggage, which should be contained in a duffel bag, will be weighed prior to departure.
As noted previously, clients will only carry a medium-sized daypack, containing items that you will need during your daily walks. Accordingly, your duffel bag should contain the items that you will not need between campsites. The porters will carry your duffel bag inside another heavyweight client bag to give it further protection from dust, water and abrasions. Any items that are not needed for the climb at all can be be safely stored in the hotel.
1. Use Layers of Clothing
The best way of regulating your core temperature is by using layers of clothing. At the most basic level, the layering system consists of three different layers. Each layer serves its own purpose. These layers include a base layer, mid layer, and outer layer.
a) Base Layer – the base layer works by keeping your skin warm and dry. It also helps by wicking away moisture from the skin as it develops. This layer usually consists of a semi-snug fitting shirt such as an Under Armour type shirt or a Nike Dry Fit shirt.
b) Mid Layer – the mid layer is used to keep the warmth that your body naturally generates. This can be a fleece jacket or a soft shell jacket. Depending on the weather outside, this layer can be thicker or thinner.
c) Outer Layer – the outer layer protects you from wind, cold, or sometimes rain. On Kilimanjaro, you will need to bring a full compliment of rain gear – including a rain jacket and rain pants. Also, a warm down jacket is essential. Lastly, clients should opt for a pair of gaiters and also get a rain cover for their day pack.
2. Protect Your Head and Face
Protect your head from wind, sun and cold by wearing something on your head at all times while trekking. This can be a cap or wide-brimmed hat when it is warm, or a knit hat when it is cold. You may also want to get a balaclava or a scarf for your face to shield you from wind and dust.
3. Keep Your Extremities Warm
Your hands and feet happen to be one of the hardest parts of your body to keep warm, as the human body decreases the blood supply to your extremities when the body as a whole is cold. Climbers should bring warm, waterproof gloves and boots.
Achieving a reasonable degree of physical fitness should be a goal in your preparation. Being in good shape will increase your chances of having a safe climb, successful summit, and enjoyable experience.
The main reason that climbers fail to reach the summit is due to the inability to acclimatize to the high altitude quickly enough. Short of going to high altitude, there is little that one can do to pre-acclimatize before the climb. Being physically fit does not guarantee that climbers can overcome altitude issues, but it does reduce the strenuousness of the climb on the body, which in turn, makes acclimatization more likely.
Ideally, your training should simulate actual conditions encountered on Kilimanjaro. Performing day hikes on local trails is the recommended form of training. The trails should include uphill and downhill sections, and you should wear the clothing, boots and daypack (weighted) that you intend to climb in. Try to hike a few times a week, with a mixture of short hikes and hikes that last for several hours. Your hikes on the mountain will on average be between four to six hours, but can be as little as two (easy days) and as high as 14 hours (summit day).
If it is impractical for you to train outdoors, you may exercise at the local gym. The goals of the training program are to boost your aerobic fitness and to increase your endurance. The staple of your training should be walking on a stair climber machine, supplemented with weight training for your legs.
A minimum of three days a week, perhaps shorter sessions during the weekdays and longer sessions on the weekends, for three months, is suggested. Sometimes, try hiking on consecutive days. With proper training, you will develop the leg strength, endurance and confidence necessary for Kilimanjaro.
Here is a sample Kilimanjaro training program.
For those who cannot train at high altitude or want an added advantage, there are in home systems that may help you acclimatize to the high altitude prior to arriving in Tanzania. Usage of a high altitude system can reduce your symptoms of altitude sickness and increase your chances of reaching the top.
These high altitude training systems by Hypoxico can be rented for home use just prior to your trip to Kilimanjaro.
To gain entry into Tanzania, US citizens and most other nationalities will need a passport and visa. The passport must be valid for 6 months after the intended length of stay. Visas can be obtained prior to departure from the USA or at your point of entry into Tanzania, including Kilimanjaro International Airport. To obtain the visa upon arrival at the airport, you will need your passport, the flight card (given to you on the plane), and US dollars. The visa cost for US citizens is $100 and $50 for most other nationalities.
There are various recommended vaccinations for travel into Tanzania. However, there are no required vaccinations.
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) recommends the following vaccinations and medications: Malaria, Yellow Fever (required if entering Tanzania from an 'infected area'), Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, and Rabies. Additionally, the CDCP recommends routine vaccinations for measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus (DPT) and polio, if you are not up-to-date.
You may also want to bring Diamox, an FDA approved prescription medication used to prevent and treat altitude sickness. Consult with your health care professional.
It is prudent for every client to have a medical check-up to see if you have any medical conditions that put you at increased risk when trekking at high altitude. The minimum age of participants of our climbs is 16 years old. All clients 65 years of age or older are required to bring a doctor's certificate stating they are fit to climb Kilimanjaro.
Travel insurance is mandatory. It is a mandatory requirement to have travel insurance to participate on our climbs. Travel insurance should cover high altitude trekking, medical and repatriation costs, and trip cancellation.
We will verify that you have the appropriate insurance prior to the climb. No refunds are given for clients turned away due to failure to obtain the proper coverage
Travel Guard
We recommend Travel Guard for travel insurance. We recommend purchasing Travel Guard's Silver Travel Insurance Plan. Travel Guard is only available to US residents.
World Nomads
World Nomad's Explorer Policy provides travel insurance for many countries including the USA and most or Europe.
US Dollars are accepted almost everywhere in Tanzania. There is no need to exchange your US Dollars into Tanzanian Shillings while in Tanzania. However, by paying with US dollars you will experience slightly less buying power. Most merchants will round up to the nearest dollar when doing a currency conversion. For example, if a bottle of water is 1700 shillings and the current conversion is 1900 shillings to one US dollar. They will charge you one full dollar for the bottle of water.
Please note that your US dollars must be dated at least 2006 or newer. Many merchants will not accept US cash that is older than 2006. You can find out the date of your dollars by looking for the Series date on each bill.
ATMs are not very plentiful in Tanzania so we suggest that you bring all the cash that you think you may need. Do not rely on being able to find an ATM while you are in Tanzania.
Large hotels and restaurants will take credit cards. However, many will impose a fee of up to 5% for using a credit card. Smaller merchants and street vendors do not accept credit cards.


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Too bad the article doesn't provide solutions to the question. My foster kittens nibble and let big chunks drop into the bowl, and the moms don't like the food after that. They also like to dump their lightweight toys (round pompoms) into the water bowl. That's fun, when you get home from work and find a drenched toy.
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I have found that different breeds of cats have different eating habits. My prissy Siamese were extremely neat never any food out of the dish. Now as for the Norwegian Forest cats yes they are for the most part messy eaters and I have seen all of the behaviors you have described, food on the floor, toys in the water dish, I even has one that washes his paws in his drinking fountain after he uses the litter box. All of them however do make an attempt to cover the food up after they are finished eating. This is actually a wild behavior as the big cats will cover their food not only to save it but to keep it out of the sun and heat and it also covers up the odor so other predators will not find it.
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Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
- Rain Delay. Game pushed back 85 minutes, to 2:45 start time.
- Game starts with Harden firing a strike to Jamey Carroll, fastball. Another, 89 mph, outside. Changeup over the corner, 1-2 count. Fourth pitch, Carroll hits an outside fastball to shallow center, and Johnson makes a nice diving catch on the sinking liner.
- DeRosa gets a stnading ovation from the Cubs fans. Very classy.
- DeRosa with a much easier fly-out to Johnson.
- Victor Martinez with a lazy fly out to Soriano. Easy inning.
- first pitch swinging, Soriano flies to just short of the warning track in Left.
- And we see video of the bleacher bumbs and babes cheering DeRosa as he takes left field.
- Full count to Theriot, he pulls off of a changeup on the outside corner, striking out.
- 2-2 count to Bradley, looks at a slider for strike three.
- 89 mph fastball, low, to start Choo. Comes back to 1-2 count, and K's choo on a check swing at a splitter.
- Peralta with a fly out to center, Johnson gets a bad jump, then takes a bad route, and it tips off the edge of his glove on the over-the-shoulder effort. They give Peralta a triple, not so sure about that.
- Fastball on the low outside corner to Shoppach on a 3-2 count, and Marsh calls it a ball.
- and on the next pitch, Luis Valbuena (who?!?!) hits a three-run homer. Ouch. First row in straight-away right.
- Francisco bounces to Fox, who handles the play at third. 0-3 Cleveland.
- And Lee grounds out to Blanco at second.
- 2-2 count to D. Lee, strikes out looking at a fastball on the outside corner. 3 Ks in a row for Cliff Lee.
- Pretty much the same thing to Soto. Called strike 3 to Soto, fastball down the middle. Not sure what Soto's doing taking that one.
- and Fox bounces out to third.
- Leadoff walk to Carroll. Missing with the fastball.
- DeRosa again gets a nice cheer.
- Fastball outside and it's a 3-0 count. A fastball high for ball four.
- 1-0 count to Victor Martinez, fastball down the middle and Martinez launches one deep to straight away right for a no-doubt 3-run homer. 0-6 Cleveland
- Choo with a solid single to right.
- David Patton warming up in the third: never a good sign.
- Peralta lines out to Soriano.
- Shoppach with a fly ball that drifted alarmingly close to the ivy in left. Soriano with the catch.
- Valbuena with a sharp liner down the first-base line, Lee makes a nice spinnig grab to snag it.
- Johnson K's looking
- Blanco, hitting right-handed, lines sharply out to Francisco in center.
- Len announces that Lee "has no-hit stuff today."
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- DeRosa stays in, and Harden breaks up the no hitter, taking a high fastball opposite field into left-center, dumping it in.
- Soriano rolls one into the left-side hole, Valbuena gets to it and makes a strong throw to easily get Soriano. Valbuena is ruling our world.
- Francisco singles to center
- Lee with a nice bunt towards third, Fox makes the play at first.
- Carroll flies to right, Francisco advances to third.
- 2-2 to DeRosa, inside-outs a single to right, scoring Francisco. 0-7 Cleveland
- Martinez flies out to left.
- Theriot flies out to right.
- Bradley grounds out to Carroll. Two first-pitch outs to start the inning.
- 1-2 to Lee, he drops one just fair by the left-field bullpen, for a double.
- 3-2 to Soto, fastball high and outside for the walk.
- Fox with a sharp bouncer up the middle, Carroll makes a fantastic stop directly behind the bag. Flips to Valbuena, who gets to the bag just before Soto. At first it looked like Soto was in there, but his feet-first slide seems to have seriously slowed him down. Inning over.
- Something of a high change-up, but it's a called strike three to Choo.
- Peralta sneaks a single between short and third.
- Shoppach bounces one at Harden, who misses it, perhaps on purpose, and it becomes an easy 4-6-3.
- Reed Johnson swings at a first-pitch fastball down the middle, and hits one to the top of the bleachers just left of center. 1-7 Cleveland
- Blanco bounces out to second.
- Hoffpauir in to hit for Harden. Bounces one wide of third, Peralta cuts it off and makes the play.
- Soriano walks.
- Theriot pops into shallow left, Valbuena makes a nice over-the-shoulder running catch.
- Patton in for Harden.
- Valbuena bounces out to Blanco.
- 3-1 fastball misses inside, and Francisco walks.
- Lee bunts right out in front of the plate. Soto might have gone to second, but doesn't pick the ball up cleanly. Instead goes to first for the out.
- Nice curve from Patton to K Carroll, swinging.
- Bradley hits a big chopper up the middle, and Carroll makes another nice play to get to it, get the big second-hop, turn and throw. Really nice game by Cleveland's middle-infield. Bradley running hard, fwiw.
- Lee hits a line drive that just does get into the bleachers right of center-field. Cliff Lee seems amused that the ball got out, thanks to the wind blowing straight out. 2-7 Cleveland
- 3-2 to Soto, and ball 4 is a fastball high and outside
- and 2-0 to Fox. Pops up a 2-1 to Valbuena.
- Johnson rolls into a 6-4 force.
- DeRosa ahead 3-1, Patton comes back to K him on a sharp breaking pitch out of the zone.
- Martinez K's on three straight, looking at a nice curve for strike three. Patton pitching quite well.
- Choo bounces to Blanco
- Matt Forte, Bears running back, does the stretch. Mlb.tv is kind enough to let me watch it. Tone-deaf, but a workmanline effort.
- Blanco with a nice inside-out line-drive single to right field.
- Miles up to hit for Patton. Flies out to center
- Slider, I think, in the dirt, Shoppach with a weak effort at blocking it, and Blanco goes to second.
- Soriano pops one into shallow right, and eventually it's the right-fielder, Choo, who makes the sliding catch.
- Theriot lines out to Valbuena.
- Heilman in to pitch.
- Peralta with an easy grounder to Theriot.
- Shoppach grounds an inside fastball to third, Fox makes a solid play to his left. Hasn't realy been challeneged at third, but has made all the plays.
- The first 10,000 men 14 years and older get free golf club covers at some upcoming game. Because women and kids don't golf.
- Valbuena flies out to Soriano.
- Lee starts the inning at 107 pitches thrown. Bradley takes a 1-0 fastball and bounces it up the middle for a hit.
- and that brings in Joe Smith (seriously?!?!) to relieve Lee.
- Lee K's on three straight, struggling with these sidearm stuff.
- Soto lines one just out of the reach of DeRosa, getting to the left-center wall. Bradley to third on Soto's double. Two walks against Lee, now a double against a side-arming righty, good signs for Soto.
- Fox chases one and K's. Smith looks like he could be a decent ROOGY.
- Johnson walks, bases loaded for Blanco, some confusion on the Cubs side about who is going to take this at bat. Looks like it will in fact be Blanco hitting from the left side against Smith.
- Smith taking his sweet time with Blanco, gets a very, very generous strike-2 call on a slider outside. 0-2 count. Blanco fouls one off, then a pitch sails way wide of the right-handed batters box. another wide, and it's 2-2. Fastball inside, Blanco breaks his bat and drops a single down the right field line. Two runs score, Johnson to Third, and it's 4-7 Cleveland
- Fontenot in to hit for Heilman, and Rafael Perez in to counter.
- and Hill in for Fontenot.
- Fastball, strike one to Hill. Pitch in the dirt, inside, Shoppach with a nice save. Weak chopper foul, 1-2 count, and another weak foul chop.
- Hill hits a hard liner right at Peralta at third, short-hopping him. It bounces off Peralta to Valbuena, who throws to first, but Hill beats it. Error on Peralta, run scores, runners at 1 and 2, 5-7 Cleveland.
- 2-0 on Soriano, a broken-bat hit to left-center, and it's 6-7 Cleveland.
- Herges in to pitch to Theriot. 2-0 on Theriot. Looks at a sinker for the strike. Chopper to third, just foul, 2-2. Theriot reaches to protect, and hits a fly to center, ending the inning.
- Marmol in for Heilman.
- 1-2 count, Francisco pops to Lee.
- Hafner pinch-hits for Herges, swings at a slider that hits him in the shin. Moves to a full-count, and he walks on a slider that doesn't break. Josh Barfield (he's still in the majors?) runs for Hafner.
- 0-2 to Carroll. K's swinging on a 2-2 fastball, low and outside corner.
- 3-0 to DeRosa, Sean Marshall warming up. 3-1, and a walk to put a RISP for Victor Martinez.
- 2-0 on Martinez. Comes back to 2-2 with a nice called slider. K's Martinez on a check-swing, may ahve foul-tipped.
- Trever Crowe to center, Ben Francisco to left, DeRosa out, and Kerry Wood in to a modest cheer, given that he's protecting a one-run lead for Cleveland.
- Fastball in to Milton, he takes a big rip and fouls it off. three straight balls, 3-1 count. Another big swing at an inside fastball, fouling it off. Kerry hitting 96 mph.
- Wood challenges him with another fastball, and it's popped to Peralta, who makes a nice catch going into the outfield. Bradley running hard, again, as it looks like it might drop.
- 1-0 count, inside fastball to Lee, and he squeaks a home run just inside the left-field line, a few rows into the bleachers. Very quick swing on a fastball for the line-drive home run, and the Cubs come all the way back, 7-7 tie game.
- Soto with a well-hit ball into the right-center gap, Choo makes a fine sliding catch.
- We see Wood's reaction to the HR, he's pretty ticked.
- From 0-2 to a full count on Fox, Fox walks on an outside slider.
- Johnson misses getting hit by a soft curve, should have leaned in to it. Instead, pops out to center.
- Gregg in. Fukudome to center for Johnson on a double-switch
- I miss it, but Choo singles to center.
- Peralta smashes one to Blanco's right, he makes a fine diving, spinning catch, gets the force at 2nd, but Theriot can't turn the DP in time. Nice snag by Blanco
- Shoppach pops foul, near the visitor's dugout, but Lee thinks Soto might be going to take it, and when Soto doesn't, Lee misses the basket catch. Shoppach given another gift, as he hits a sinking liner just in front of Soriano. It bounces out of the heel of Soriano's glove, and Shoppach reaches, thanks to two errors.
- Full count to Valbuena, Gregg blows a fastball by him, swinging strike out.
- 2-2 to Francisco, and a fastball gets away, getting him on the elbow. Bases loaded
- Garko to hit for Wood.
- Nasty slider, Garko tries to check his swing, but it's strike 2, 1-2 count. Another slider outside in the dirt, solid block by Soto, 2-2.
- It's getting very dark, stormy looking at Wrigley
- Garko hits a liner into center, Fukudome overruns it, has to make an awkward adjustment to catch it, saving what would have been a catastrophe. Inning over, no harm done.
- Luis Vizcaino in to pitch.
- Blanco tries to bunt toward second base for a it, but it's not far enough to Vizcaino's left, easy out.
- Fukudome hits a fastball towards left, and Francisco makes a fine leaping catch as he crashes into the vines.
- Soriano's showing some patience today, and takes the walk.
- Soriano gets a two-step running start on Vizcaino and steals second easily. 2-1 count to Theriot.
- Generous strike 2 call on an outside fastball. Nuts. A foul, a slider outside, and it's 3-2.
- Theriot inside-outs a sharp grounder right at Martinez at first. It bounces off of him and scampers into shallow right field. Soriano comes around and easily beats the throw home. The game ends, 8-7 Cubs, and everyone piles out of the dugout.
- Parachat consoles and advises me as I experience my first glitch on the new computer: firefox won't establish a connection to to today's game on mlb.tv. Thanks, Parachat, for the support.
- Waiting. and Waiting....
- Operating Systems.
- And it looks like I'm watching Len and Bob via Safari, while everything else is in firefox, including a Pat and Ron mlb audio broadcast. We'll see how this goes.
- Rob thinks he saw some fans (guys) flash their chests at DeRosa.
- Fantasy trade offers
- Fox would've caught it.
- How wasn't that a strike to Shoppach?
- The Joe needs to exfoliate.
- How often is Carlos having birthdays?
- Did the homer clear the fence, or did Bradley throw it over? - CT Steve
- Rob quits.
- Whip greets us, we greet Whip.
- Whip uses an emoticon.
- Me and the spy. Accusations of whom I might resmeble.
- A love-fest breaks out between Whip, Carlos and Me. Those jackasses.
- The Daily Show's reports from Iran.
- A very, very good day for hot-babe shots at Wrigley.
- Sascha Baron Cohen
- Do born-again Christians get to celebrate two birthdays?
- Birthday suits.
- Where Are They Now? TCR Edition.
- Female Versions of Me
- Sadly, there are none.
- Soto's approach last year compared to this.
- BJB tells us that the Cubs have "no straight right-handed hitters" on the bench. Oh my.
- What's YOUR sorry excuse for not being in parachat yesterday?
- hitting back-to-back three-run homers.
- Jesus Gotter Did.
- I hear my first Johann's Mom joke since my return. It's a pretty good one. And it won't be reprinted, here.
- 5, 6, Bobos and Bees
- Sickness, health and prayer.
- Gardner Jesus.
- Get well, you jackass.
- Pauline theology and tattoos.
- and Baconaise
- and shellfish and homosexuality
- and gay mollusks
- and Witch Christians.
- and Gay Witch Christian Mollusks.
- and Witch Christians.
- and gay mollusks
- Oral Torah
- Gay pig-fucking.
- That, right there, is why I still insist on using a pseudonym at TCR.
- More theological discourse at a level beyond my ability to recap. Midrash and Tanakh and Bees, Oh My.
- Other rashes.
- Pshat, remez, drash, or sod. This wins for both the most profane and profound inning of parachatter in quite awhile.
- People who need to pee, but don't want to miss a rally.
- The Joe prays to Jesus that Whip won't wet himself. Whip doesn't. Jesus, power of prayer, proven to be real.
- Jokes about the second coming of Jesus.
- and further demonstration of why I keep my pseudonym.
- Cheering on the rally.
- I say very mean things to Whip. Lova ya, Whip. You jerk.
- Where's Wood?
- More on Tattoos, and a bizarrely thoughtful conversation on this.
- Cheering for a rally. Observing Wood's cheers compared to DeRosa's.
- Going nuts for the Lee HR. Mocking my mlb.tv lag.
- Trade Wood.
- How Hot is Lee?
- The Cubs' sad D.
- I get caught up.
- Things dramatic and complex.
- Recipes
- Sexual Identity
- Women problems.
- Sosa
- 555.
- Cub player most likely to listen to Moby?
- eh.
- Carlos tries to feed me recap lines.
- Hollywood Rob knows all the big stars.
- Big Birds
- Gassy the Clown vs. The Day the Clown Cried.
- Bad called strikes.
- Wild celebration.
Cubs' record in games recapped since Rob G let me out of re-education camp moves to 2-1.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
In the 8th inning when we were coming back once again, it finally felt like we are officially out of the weeds and starting our roll now. Good things to come.
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The savior is back!
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Are they FINALLY getting something going? Maybe. 6 and 8 runs in back to back games and comebacks to boot. Keep it going!
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
Those sons of bitches...
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Gassy the Clown. This is why I use a pseudonym here. Wow. Sometimes I even shock myself.
For those that don't know "The Day The Clown Cried," it's apparently an unfinished movie starring Jerry Lewis about a clown imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp.
Gassy the Clown.
{shakes head at self}
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
While I do enjoy making you say "Oh, dear God" at my humor, I'm still rather ashamed of myself. It's like I don't have any filter when I'm in Parachat.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
We all use pseudonyms, but crunch can break them. Saw him do it to an angry, drunk eatmus-catuli in a parachat. Crunch = CIA.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
He can't break me. My alias is airtight.
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Not a chance he can figure out who carlosrubi is either.
My guess is that he's a 55 year old school teacher in Rockford.
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I'm really sad that you didn't use a Google feeder on this recap. Shame on you.
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It's that thin slot on the front of your new Mac. You need to force a slice of American cheese in there every once in a while.
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I am still wondering why Derrek Lee isn't benched. I thought he was finished, career over, time to move on to Hoff or Jake Fox.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
Well, he HAS been dropped down to #4 in the lineup.
And, lo and behold... PRESTO!
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Man, it was so refreshing to see the team show some grit tonight. They were sorely lacking of any kind of grind this season so it's good to see it, finally. And I know they're not that far out of first place, but I'm convinced that good teams: teams that win divisions don't play like the Cubs played this last month. I'm resigned to that fact. Still, I wouldn't mind seeing some good Cubs baseball the rest of the season.
Milton Bradley is still pressing like crazy. Every swing he puts on the ball is ridiculous hard. When you're pressing you grip the bat tighter and pull the top hand a little too much. If he ever starts making contact, watch out.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
It is Lee's first two-homer game since September 11, 2006.
All Cub fans like Derrek Lee and would be happy to see him flash his old form, like he did when he got around on that inside fastball.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
Tyler Colvin seems to have given the Tennesee Smokies a lift. Colvin hit a 3-run homer last night in their second straight win against first-place Carolina. It was Colvin's third homer in four at bats.
Tennessee was a bat short when Brandon Guyer was playing center, hitting in the .170s.
AJ Pollock signs
with DBacks at $1.4M...supposedly below slot.
Charts and Graphs
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Those are really cool!
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I don't how the hell you're going to tell me Springsteen walks 5 members of the Wu Tang Clan in 9 innings. Did induce 3 GIDP's though.
Master Killa went nuts... 2-4 HR, BB, SB. I get that's it a joke, but I'm still amused that Springsteen's line does not match the box score for the Wu Tang side. Wu Tang accumulated 11 hits, but the Boss only allowed 4 hits in his 9 innings.
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What I find ridiculous is Method Man in center. Meth is definately a LF/1B. I could see Chef at 1B or Catcher (I'm thinking catcher). I'd go with GZA at 3rd, MK at 2nd and ID at CF.
Re: Charts and Graphs
I'm already addicted.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
Jamie Carroll arguing with ump = Me swatting at a fly.
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Fukudome's swing has really looked a lot better today. I sure hope that continues.
Cubs Win!!!
Poor Kerry, you can't escape your Cubbery.
So what they gonna do with Freel?
Blanco is out out options and as much as I don't care about the guy, great glove and doing the fundamental stuff for now, probably not gonna cut Miles...leaving either optioning Fox or cutting Freel.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
things are getting epic lately. nice.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
It'll clearly be optioning Fox, since they've done that already this year. I expect Freel to be released by August though, assuming ARam comes back close to 100%.
Poor Woody. If last night's meltdown brought a sidebar picture of some logs on the fire, tonight's should get us one of a burning forest or a giant bonfire.
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ah bert bly...speaking his mind.
announcer 1: Tejada went "160+" ABs without a HR blah blah blah... How surprising is that?
bly: Well, it's not really. He's off the juice.
announcer 1: *silence*
for reference...most ex-players and ex-player-announcers just want the whole thing to chill out and go away. bert wants this, too, but he want everyone outted on these "lists" going around instead of hearing about this for the next 1-5-10 years.
also of note...bly is IRL friends with adam piatt who "allegedly" supplied tejada with PEDs.
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he want everyone outted on these "lists" going around instead of hearing about this for the next 1-5-10 years.
The selfish part of me that's just sick of hearing about all of this really sympathizes with this idea.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
How much scrapity, clutchity goodness does Andres Blanco have in him? Crazy!
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I dont know about a carlos rubi living in rockford,but there is a ruby tuesday there.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
There are prospects, and then there is Starlin Castro.
Castro was FSL all-star game MVP yesterday with four hits including an inside-the-park home run.
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
It's more fun if we don't hype him too much.
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Farney is really liking AAA. Freel was 2-5 with 2 steals and 2 runs scored yesterday.
After a week where the bullpen needed every live body it had...I'm not sure who is the odd man out when they bring Freel up. I thought it would be Ascanio (since they obviously aren't losing Patton) but now, who knows. Fox probably will stay at least until after the AL road trip with the DH. So Farney gets another week in AAA?
Re: Game 63 Recap: Cubs 8, Indiginous Persons 7
I hope Freel stays down. Fox & Blanco should both stay up, even with Miles back. Freel doesn't really bring anything to the team now that Miles is healthy again
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Odds on "cut" date?
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soler + hammel for mike trout is pretty much a sure thing. *nods*
Not an inspired outing by Rondon. Seemingly got ahead of every hitter but had no swing and miss pitch today, slider had no bite.
Somebody give Soler some smelling salts - yeesh
And...now that runner scores on a single...
So where do you think Soler will be traded to this off season?
And right on cue he throws to third with no chance to get runner on 2nd so the batter takes 2nd easily. How long has he been playing baseball??
Man you cannot put Soler out there late in games for Playoffs. Yuch...
Such is the life of a fatted calf...
fowler with a triple in the 4th...he's a HR away from a "natural" cycle
...and contreras takes one off the hand and he's in obvious pain. sigh.
he's staying in the game, though he's wringing his hand out during breaks in the action. aside from that he seems to have no issue giving signs or tossing back to the pitcher.
...and he's batting in the cubs half of the following inning. sweet.
his collapse started on august 21st this season...so it's a slight improvement.
but wow, what a collapse since then...only 2 out of 7 can be considered good/decent.
I'm really going to enjoy watching Hammel watch the playoffs.
The always combustible Jason Hammel
Hammel :(
That was fun.
"home field advantage through the playoffs?"
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'Guess who's coming tonight!'
Emma smiled at the excitement in her mother's voice as Lydia Hayes replaced the phone receiver.
'Half of Melbourne are coming!'
The party was all her mother had spoken about for the past few weeks, Emma's father's sixtieth birthday, and the intimate dinner they had initially planned had swelled to marquee proportions! Every inch of their sweeping bay view home had been commandeered to maximum effect, with the marquee open to reveal Port Phillip Bay in all its glory, and even the weather had obliged, with a clear sky allowing for city views. The dance floor had been laid, the band was setting up, caterers were milling, and Lydia was rattling with nerves as the hour approached. But the telephone call had, momentarily at least, halted her nerves.
'We've got an unexpected guest!' Lydia clasped her hands in delight. 'Go on, Emma, guess who.'
'Mum…' Emma wailed, wrapped in a towel and painting her toenails. Having spent the day helping her mother prepare, she was already racing against the clock to be ready.
'Just tell me.'
A smudge of red nail varnish streaked across Lydia's little toe. Pulling out a cotton bud, she dabbed at the area, refusing to let on that it mattered a jot that Zarios was coming tonight.
Oh, but it did.
Zarios—the single word that sent a tingle up every woman's spine. A man who didn't need to use his high-profile surname to be instantly recognisable.
His scowling but effortlessly beautiful face often appeared in the gossip columns. His reputation with women was appalling—so much so that it was a wonder, after so many blistering articles written on the man, that any woman might even consider getting involved with him.
Oh, but they did—over and over they did. And without fail it always ended in tears—or, to be more exact, the woman's tears.
'Why?' Curiosity got the better of Emma, and, screwing back the top on her nail varnish, she just couldn't stop herself asking.
Their fathers might be best friends, but why would Zarios D'Amilo even entertain the thought of coming to her father's celebration? Shouldn't he be sleeping with some supermodel on a Saturday night? Or crossing the equator on the way to some exclusive star-studded function? Certainly not on his way to celebrate Eric Hayes's sixtieth birthday.
Rocco D'Amilo had arrived in Australia nearly half a century ago, at eleven years of age. The son of Italian immigrants, he had been teased and goaded in his first hellish days at school. Unable to speak English, his lunchbox full of smelly meat, he had been an easy target, until Eric Hayes, who had suffered his own share of teasing in his time, had blackened the eye of the ringleader. The unlikely pair had been firm friends ever since.
Rocco had started out his working life as a builder, Eric as a real estate agent, and they had remained in touch even when Rocco had taken his young bride and new baby son back to Italy. They had been best man at each other's weddings, godparents at christenings, and their friendship had been the support Rocco needed when his young wife had walked out on her husband and four-year-old child.
Eric had done well for himself over the years and a few wise property investments meant his family lived comfortably. He had followed the 'worst house, best street' rule, and had bought a rundown home on a rundown acre in an exclusive beachside suburb, refurbishing it slowly until it gleamed with the same majesty as its view. Rocco, too, had achieved success, both here and in Rome, yet it was his son Zarios who had turned the family business into the empire it was today. His father's strong work ethic, combined with a private school education and a brilliant brain, had proved a dizzying recipe for success.
Zarios had emerged from university with big plans, which he had rapidly implemented, turning the modest but successful building company into a global property and finance company. D'Amilo Financiers had multiple branches throughout Europe and Australia and was stretching its golden fingers ever further across the globe. Now, with Rocco's retirement imminent, Zarios was expected to officially take the helm.
If only he would behave!
'He's on a final warning!' Even though there were only the two of them in the room, Lydia spoke in a loud whisper. 'Your father was telling me that apparently the board are sick of Zarios's caddish ways. They're uncomfortable with the prospect of him being the majority shareholder…'
'That's up to Rocco, surely…?' Emma frowned.
'Rocco's fed up with him, too. He's given that boy everything, and look how Zarios repays him. If the rest of the directors band together…' Lydia's voice lowered another octave '… and it sounds as if they might now. If the rumours that Zarios has split up with Miranda are true—she was his one saving grace.'
'They were only going out four months!' Emma pointed out.
'Which is a long time in dog years!'
Oh, how they laughed at that.
Emma's parents infuriated her at times—most of the time, in fact. The blatant preference they had for Emma's brother Jake, the way they repeatedly dismissed her career choice, as if by being an artist she didn't have a real job, and yet she adored them. Her mother was, and always had been to Emma, the funniest woman she knew.
And wrapped in a towel, doubled over in laughter as her mother hooted with mirth and the early evening sun dipped lower over the bay, drenching the living room in gold, somehow, on some level, Emma knew that this moment was precious.
She could have had no idea how precious, rich and good life was that gorgeous summer evening. No idea how many times she'd find herself playing it over and over again.
'Come on!' Dabbing her eyes, Lydia hurried her daughter up. 'Where on earth can I put him?'
'He's staying the night?' Emma's eyes widened at the very thought of Zarios D'Amilo sleeping here in this house.
'Yessss!' Lydia hissed, the joking well and truly put aside now, as her already high stress levels rocketed. 'I knew Rocco was—but Zarios! He'll have to have your room!'
'He jolly well won't.'
'We can hardly give him the trundle bed in the study—Jake's squeezed into his old room, Rocco's in the guestroom… Zarios will have to have yours. Come on, it's time to get dressed,' Lydia said, refusing to debate the point, buoyed at the prospect of having such a high-profile guest. 'My friends are going to simply die with jealousy—can you imagine Cindy's face when she finds out? You did buy something nice for tonight, I hope?'
'Like a bridal gown?' Emma said, firmly tongue in cheek.
'Well, he has broken up with Miranda!'
Emma's sarcasm was entirely wasted on her mother. Lydia Hayes had spent her married life clinging on to the middle rung of the social ladder, and was determined that her children would rise to the heights she had never achieved.
'Australia's most eligible bachelor is joining us to celebrate your father's sixtieth birthday, Emma. Surely you're just a little bit excited?'
'Of course I'm excited.' Emma smiled. 'About Dad's birthday…'
'Get ready, then,' Lydia chided, and then, wincing slightly, massaged her temples. 'They'll be arriving soon…'
'Mum, calm down.'
'What if they're expecting something spectacular?'
'Then we'll wheel out Zarios!' Emma smiled again, but her mother was past jokes. 'They're expecting a birthday celebration, which this is,' Emma said, walking across the lounge and taking her mother's hands from her temples and holding them. 'They're coming to see you and Dad. That's all that matters.'
'Jake's not even here yet!' Lydia trilled. 'My own son can't make it on time. Do you think he'll have remembered to order the pastries for breakfast?' Emma could hear panic once again creeping into her mother's voice and moved quickly to avert it.
'Of course he'll have remembered. You go and sort out fresh sheets for my bed, and I'll go and get ready. And,' she added with a wry smile, 'I'll give my room a quick tidy!'
Her bedroom was exactly the same as it had been seven years ago, when she'd left home to go to university to study art. Emma loved coming back and staying in her old room, amongst her old familiar things, but this evening she eyed it somewhat critically, wondering what Zarios would make of the paintings that adorned the walls, the curtains she had tye-died herself when she was twelve, the tatty overfilled bookshelves and the dressing table laden with childhood photos.
Emma had always intended to wear something nice for her father's special night. Her tiny broom cupboard of an art gallery was in Chapel Street in Melbourne, and as well as her gallery the street boasted an array of designer boutiques. Slipping on the cerulean blue dress, Emma wondered what on earth had possessed her. It had caught her eye in the window—the shade of blue almost a replica of the view of the bay from her parents' balcony. The price had been an instant dissuader, yet the assistant had suggested Emma at least try it on. Staring at her reflection, Emma let her teeth worry away at her bottom lip as she wondered if it wasn't just a bit too much.
Or too little!
An inch shorter than she would have preferred, it clung provocatively in all the wrong places. Her bottom surely appeared massive, and her breasts as if they had instantly gone up a size, where the feather-light wool caressed her figure, only loosening its grip at mid-thigh, then hanging innocently, yet flaring as smoothly as a trumpet bell as she walked.
It was, quite simply, divine.
Worthy, Emma told herself as she pulled a shoebox from her case, of the horribly expensive strappy sandals she'd bought to go with it. Worthy of the hours of buffing and polishing her body had endured—and her first visit to a tanning parlour.
Running her ceramic straighteners for the final time over her long blonde hair, she stopped worrying her bottom lip and applied a final layer of lipgloss instead, thanking the gods who had looked after her these past days, who must have known that Zarios D'Amilo would be coming tonight, and had, unbeknown to Emma, insisted that she look her best for the embarrassing task of facing him again after all these years.
Emma picked up one of the photos on her dressing table and stared at the wedding group. Even though it was ridiculous, even though it was only a photo, still she blushed as she looked into Zarios's serious dark eyes.
She'd been nineteen…
A young and extremely naive nineteen-year-old, she had been dressed up like a vast pink blancmange, as bridesmaid at Jake's wedding.
Zarios had been invited. He'd only been in Australia a few weeks back then, and his accent had been so heavy and rich Emma had struggled to understand his words—except she could have listened to him talk for ever. Put simply, he had been the most stunning man she had ever seen. The whole wedding had passed in a dizzy blur until finally, dutifully, he had danced with her. And because it had been Zarios D'Amilo holding her, and she'd had rather too much champagne, Emma had promptly fallen in lust.
Shoving the photo in a drawer, she turned it face-down and covered it with the drawer's contents, then slammed it closed. The last thing she wanted was for Zarios to see it—for Zarios to recall her exquisitely embarrassing mistake. But even with the photo safely tucked away Emma was struggling to beat her blush, struggling to banish the image of the two of them dancing that night. Zarios had lowered his head to say something and stupidly, blindly, she'd misinterpreted the action, closed her eyes and, lips poised, waited expectantly for him to kiss her.
Even six years on she burnt with the shame of the memory.
Could still hear his deep, throaty laugh as he'd realised what she thought he had intended.
'Come back when you're all grown up…' He'd smiled at her and patted her bottom as the music had ended, merrily sending her on her childish way. 'Anyway, my father would never forgive me.'
He'd probably forgotten, Emma consoled herself.
With all the women he'd dated, as if he'd remember a teenager's clumsy attempt at extracting a kiss. Anyway, she was six years older now and light years wiser—she could see a man like Zarios exactly for what he was: a player.
She certainly wouldn't make the same mistake again; she'd be aloof and distant, Emma decided, practising an aloof and distant look in the mirror. Maybe she should wear her hair up? Emma thought, piling her long blonde hair on her head and seeing if it made a difference, then deciding against. Maybe she should just make a joke about it, laugh the whole thing off…
Maybe she should tidy her room!
Her mother joined her, and the embroidered quilt was hastily replaced with crisp white linen as Lydia ran around the room removing stray bras, mascara wands and tampon boxes. Folded towels and washcloths were placed at the end of the bed, along with a little bar of Lydia's expensive soap, and a jug of water and a glass was put beside the bed, covered with a little linen cloth.
'It's mineral water,' Lydia assured a bemused Emma as she arranged the jug with precision. 'Should I put out a little snack for him?' she worried. 'Is there anything else you can think of?'
A box of tissues?' Emma nudged her mother, making Lydia giggle again. 'Legend has it he can't go twelve hours!'
But even if she could make her mother laugh and relax just a touch, as she stared out at the bay Emma felt her throat tighten when she heard a helicopter approach and knew it was him. As comfortably off as her parents and their friends might be, only the D'Amilos would arrive for a party in a helicopter. She watched it hover for a moment, could see the marquee flapping, the grass flattened by the whirring blades, and then…
She knew she was holding her breath, because the window had stopped misting over, and she knew as one well-shod foot appeared, followed by an impossibly long leg, that it was him.
The view only improved from that point.
Zarios helped his father down, then, having ducked under the blades, they strolled across the lawn, too used to their mode of travel to give the helicopter even a backward glance as it lifted off into the sunset.
He was wearing black dress pants and a fitted white shirt, and like a prize thoroughbred being paraded before the race he had a restless energy, a glossy, groomed appearance, that had Emma's stomach fold in on itself as he tossed his head back and laughed at something his father said. For just a moment, an embarrassing twinge, Emma was sure he saw her. Those black eyes had glanced up as if he knew he was being watched, and Emma stepped quickly back, as if burnt.


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These came out like 2 weeks ago seriously. Still fresh though
JUST COPPED!! Ayo, if you wear larger sizes(sz.10 & up) then DON'T SLEEP-GO COP TODAY!!! Especially all my West Coast Brethren-go get them shits BEFORE all them Asian Hypebeasts take em & put em on ebay......
Why you gotta be racist with the asian sh*t?? not only asian's mother effin resells my dude. Know your facts..
funny...these are $120 same price they were when they came out 4 yrs ago....#thingsthatmakeugohmmmm
I'm glad everything at Nike hasn't gone thru the room. Clocking out early to go pick these up
Copping this ...gotta be matching when I go watch the niners at the stick this year ...fck haterz ...motha cock sucka biotches
Why u fags disliking huh ..hahaha if u hating ma comment then u ain't a true niner fan Or u a hypebeast...so don't even buy the show ...u r not worth the shoe
I want them soo bad
Fire cant wait to cop this
Diamond turfs are beginning to become the Adidas Samoas of NIke.... everybody and they mama got em smh
Robo copped already.
OG Colorway perfect for the summer!
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text: Here's the fine print from my reservation confirmation from a specific section: Cancellation Fees Prior to Guest Arrival Cancellation of Reservation - If the reservation is cancelled amounts paid, minus cancellation fees, vacation insurance premium, and other amounts owed, will be refunded. For cancellations made 44 days or less prior to guest arrival, there is a cancellation fee of $200 per package, plus any cancellation fees assessed by third party hotels or other suppliers. No refunds are given for cancellation of a Grand Gathering experience made 6 days or less prior to the experience date. Guest will be responsible for any cancellation fees assessed by an airline. In the case of a non-refundable airline ticket, the cancellation fee is equal to the entire ticket price. Cancellation of a refundable airline ticket must be made at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled airline departure time. Vacation insurance is nonrefundable if not canceled within 14 days after booking reservation. Upon any cancellation, the charge for vacation insurance will be added to the other applicable cancellation fees. For reservations made 14 days or less prior to guest arrival, vacation insurance is nonrefundable if not canceled at least one day prior to guest arrival. Change Fees and Changes to Reservations Made Prior to Guest Arrival Changes to Reservation - For a change made 44 days or less prior to guest arrival that results in a change in the package price, a change fee of $50 per package, plus any change fees assessed by hotels or other suppliers, will be charged. Such change fees must be paid in addition to any increase in the package price resulting from the change. If air travel has been ticketed, guest will be responsible for any increase in airfare as well as the change fee assessed by the airline. Changes to reservations which affect outbound flights or first night's accommodations must be made at least 7 business days prior to guest arrival. Land portions of the reservation cannot be canceled without also canceling the air portion of the reservation booked through Disney. Airlines/hotels/suppliers do not permit changes in certain situations. All existing travel documents must be returned to Disney via overnight delivery service and revised travel documents will be delivered to guest via express service, both at guests expense.. Disney reserves the right to restrict changes to any reservation. Refunds No refunds will be given to no-shows. No refunds will be made for unused admission tickets, options or features, including meals. No refunds for airline tickets will be made after travel has commenced or if a flight is missed/delayed. Any refunds allowed by Disney in its sole discretion after arrival must be requested in writing within 60 days after departure and will be assessed a $25 processing fee. All travel documents (including paper airline tickets) must be returned to Disney in order to process any refund. Disney reserves the right to make refunds in accordance with the method that payment was received. All appropriate refunds will be made through the guests travel agent if the reservation is made through a travel agent. Disney is not responsible for the receipt of refund monies by guests from their travel agents. Disney CRO told me that if we cancel at 44 days or less we lose EVERYTHING. Every cent we had paid towards the package...thousands...everything. As I read that fine print, I feel like I was told wrong. It looks to me like I lose $200 for a cancellation fee if we cancel altogether or $50 for a change fee if we resschedule. But the rest is either refunded if we cancel or applied to the new travel dates if we reschedule. Am I reading that right? We are debating about the travel insurance...which would be $140...but if we are only going to lose $200, then I'll take the gamble on losing the $60 difference between the two...KWIM? Someone please help me interpret. I am feeling stupid today and my brain hurts.