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So, You Wanna Hike to Base Camp, Mount Everest?
Boom! This is how you're going to do it, mmkay? Firstly, woot! YOU'RE IN? YOU'RE IN! Excellent! Because for reals, I can not express enough how wonderful and great of an experience it was and how I really think you should do it.
But I know, I know, you've got questions first… but do not fret, my pretties, I am here to help.
Here some questions I'm sure (re: from comments/emails) you're asking, complete with random photos to try lure you in to save, and then, well… do it! :)
Wait, What was the first step you took?
Researched! The Internet is a brilliant place folks (obvs, you found me living in it, didn't ya?) and it should be put to good use. A quick Google of "Base Camp Tours" will lead you to a huge number of tour companies who offer guided tours. Some are better than others, but then some are cheaper and/or more expensive than others. So… research! research! research!
The other option is private tours. I'm not sure if they're found online, or not (probs are), but in Kathmandu there are advertisements for "private sherpas (guides) and porters (locals who carry your goods)" everywhere, and I heard they were really good too.
What Tour Guide Company Did you go with?
I went with Geckos Adventures Grassroots: Everest Base Camp tour. Would I recommend them? Absolutely. But, they were good for me, and maybe they won't be for you (so again, research!). Why were they good for me? Because their tour moved at a decent pace, but still gave me the adequate number of rest days. If you're festively-plump, fashionably-chubby or haven't-moved-your-bum-from-your-computer-in-years you may want to choose a tour that's a little longer in the number of days, y'know, to take it easy. My tour was 16 days total, which I thought was perfect.
Sadly I *think* Geckos is an Australian based company, which operates in Canada, Europe, Oz and New Zealand not the United States, in which case I would recommend GAP Adventures Base Camp Tour. As their group moved simultaneously with ours, and the people seemed pretty cool too. (Note: I only went with Geckos over Gap because it was cheaper, but I see now Gap is cheaper)
So… tell us the dirty deets, how much did it set you back?
US$1,145. Well, somewhat, that was the price of my tour.
But, it was SO worth it. I promise and then cross my heart and hope to die. This, of course, was not including my flights to Nepal, which weren't too bad, but obviously it'll depend where you'd be flying from (I flew Heathrow in London to Nepal for $798 ).
So, what did that US$1,145 get me? It got me a guide, three actually, who were WONDERFUL. Start (Kathmandu) to finish (Kathmandu) they took care of me. They were super organized, and I never felt like ohmygod-I-am-in-the-mountains-and-don't-know-what-to-do.
While hiking they always had a guide at the front, middle, and back, and the back guide went at the slowest person's pace. Generally, like my Mt. Everest video says, I was somewhere in the middle of the pack. It also got me 7 wonderful porters (people who carried my (and the group's) stuff up).
Yes friends, it's true, I did NOT carry my pack up, and nor will you if you do it. My pack weighed 7kg (15 pounds) and was carried up by a porter. I just carried my day pack up, which included water, my camera, and random stuff. (Note: 99.9% of people who go to Base Camp and/or summit Everest use porters, including professionals. Without Porters, it wouldn't be possible. (Side note: The porters are INCREDIBLE. The porters who carry hikers' packs are restricted to 30kg (66 pounds) each, whereas porters who carry items between little towns carry up to 120kg (264 pounds)!!! It's crazy. There were times when I was huffing and puffing, as it was so steep, and then a porter in crocs, carrying 50+kg and TEXTING would go past me.)
It also got me me a wooden bed each night to lay my pretty head on. Accommodation was the bare essentials (roof, wooden bed), but I rather enjoyed the whole cabin-wilderness thing.
Other costs. Food. It was not included. Know that. I skipped that little detail and somewhat got screwed. Food in Nepal is cheap. Very cheap. Except when you're 5,000 meters in the air, and a porter has carried everything you're eating to that spot (remember, no roads), then food in Nepal is expensive, very expensive. Equipment. Do not forget about the equipment. Hiking to BC is VERY nontechnical, but still, you need to get hiking shaz for it. Then there is tipping. People (your sherpas and porters) don't get paid that well, which means tipping is a huge part of their salary. Take tipping into consideration, because the recommended US$1.50/day adds up over 16 days with 10 people to tip. Electricity. You'll want to charge your cameras and they charge you per hour. Also, the higher up you go, the more it gets (for everything, esp. water and electricity), as they run off solar power. Quite a few places once the power is out, it's done for the night. Other. Lip balm when your lips are burning and other things your silly ass forgot such as winter gloves.
My Stats:
- Tour: $1,145
- Flights: $798
- Equipment: $600
- Food/Tipping/Cash/Other: $600 (I didn't keep detailed records, but this is the amount of cash I withdrew in Nepal)
- TOTAL: $3,143 roughly as this is CND mixed with US (ps. working this out now, it's way more than I thought it was, but still, I swear it's worth it)
Equipment?!? Gah! I don't know technical stuff!!?! Help!
Oh Lordy, I had no idea about this one either. Really, you just need yourself, a GREAT pair of hiking boots (don't. be. cheap.), and an excellent sleeping bag. Worst case scenario, you have to buy something there. EVERYTHING is sold in Kathmandu, everything, AND, it's way cheaper. If I did it again I'd buy all my stuff there (exception: hiking boots <— they gotta be worked in before hand) in the days leading up to it, to save money.
You can check out my KILLER (if-I-do-say-so-myself) packing guide here for some of the clothing things I took, but truthfully, I wasn't prepared (due to the fact I was doing such a big trip and didn't have the room in my main pack), but if you're heading to Nepal just to trek, it's all about LAYERS people. And scarfs. And hats. And mitts. And torches. And rain jackets.
However, don't worry about this, if you join a tour group they'll have a detailed list for you, just make sure you actually listen to their list, unlike me, who was all like, "oh… flashlight, eh? meh, that's too heavy to bring, pshh, besides I won't need it." FALSE LIZ FALSE.
But what if I'm too tubby and/or unfit?
So, here's a little interesting fact for you, person on the other side of my computer, I hiked to Base Camp Everest while I was technically considered "overweight," so know this, it's doable. YOU CAN DO IT!
But, I know what you're thinking, "but you ran a marathon 2 weeks before," which is true, but I still could have done it had I not. Promise.
Actually, the more unfit you are, the higher a success rate you'll have at not getting knocked in the face with altitude sickness. Fat/Tubby/Chubby/Unfit folks move SLOWER than fit/fast/gym-bunnies, and, when it comes to altitude, the slower the better. So WIN-WIN-WIN for people who like food.
Now, realistically, if you've been sitting at your computer for the last 4 years, and haven't moved much at all, you'll need to train or dance, or dance and train. But? Do it. It's worth it. Moderate walks are adequate training. There was one day where we hiked for 8 hours. That's a lot of hiking, but again, they allow a lot of time for the distance, so even if you're last solider, no worries!
Stairs are good too for training, I did no training, however, as I figured the running would be sufficient, and it was. And, because I don't want to get sued for this, of course, "see your doctor to confirm you can do it."
And… no, I did nothing to train for altitude.
Am I too old?
Pssh. No. Promise. There was a guy in my group who was 54, he was in super-duper-great-shape, so I won't use him as my example, but instead the other "old people tour groups" I saw. The two groups I recommended above are for 20-something to mid-30 something people. BUT BUT BUT, there are LOTS AND LOTS of older-retired-living-the-high-life groups who will take YOU to Everest's Base Camp.
I thought they were all so incredible too. We're talking 70+ years here folks. I'm sure they trained with walking and stairs too, but still, if they can do it, you can too!
I may actually do it again at some point with my mom. If I do it then, I'll make sure to do a 20+ day tour for her (she is 60), just to acclimatize better and be able to move slower.
Altitude Sickness?
It's a bitch, I won't deny that, and something that occurs on an individual basis. Every person, every situation, is different. You can get altitude medication, which I took, but really you have to take a chance and hope for the best. The best cure is water-water-water - we were drinking about 4 liters of water a day. When I dropped it to 2 I got a migraine. I think it's worth the risk though… but again, every case is different. Respective climbers will get it, and amateurs like me, won't.
Let's talk toilets and showers, shall we?
Oh me, oh my! If you were to ask any person on the tour they'd without a doubt say I had the biggest issues with the wonderful "toilets" (if we can even call them that). So I purposefully did NOT research this before I went, as I knew I'd be terrified if I did. But, now looking back on it, what did I expect? I was up in the Himalayas! sacrifices of pretty, white, porcelain toilets had to be made. Am I right? Or am I right? Most of the toilets were shed-type situations that were holes (squatters baby!), which terrified me, but eventually, I was forced (when my bladder was about to pop) to get used to it. Seriously (and yes, this is TMI) the first day I managed to pee in one, my group sang and danced for me as it was such a big deal.
And then there was the showers, or, lack there of. Firstly, I am not the needs-to-shower-everyday-type-of-gal, and actually, my hair does well when it's dirty (stop looking at me differently, yo), so it didn't bother me that much, especially as every morning we got warm "washing water" in a bowl for our faces, and I took copious amounts of sanitary towelette things, which worked their powers. You can buy showers, however, and on day 6 I did… because a lady can only go so long being smelly. However, the guys I was with had a competition who could go the longest without showering. Yes, it was disgusting and gross and they all did the full 16 days.
But please, don't let these two points stop you from going. Minor details people, minor details.
So… where ya get your super COOL sunglasses and/or super COOL hat?
People asked this, I swear! So…
Sunglasses = Claire's. I know, I know, but really, they are awesome and cheap and awesome, and by the end of the trip everyone and their mother was looking the other way when I took my usual "reflection" photos. But whatever, the embarrassment was sooooo worth it.
My hat, which I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE, I sadly can't tell you where, as my dear mom knitted it for me. I love it and have it in several colours. :)
More questions? Ask in the comments and god (ie. me, lover-of-all-things-food,-yet-runs-marathons-and-goes-to-BC ) will answer! :)


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Abstract. We present a case study of tropospheric aerosol transport in the eastern Mediterranean, based on airborne measurements obtained south of Greece on 7 June 1997. Airborne observations (backscattering lidar at 0.532 mm with polarization measurements, in situ particle counters/sizers, and standard meteorological measurements) are complemented by monitoring with Meteosat visible and infrared images and a ground-based sun-photometer, air-mass back-trajectory computations, and meteorological analyses. The vertical structure of the lower troposphere appears complex with horizontal variability and a superposition of several turbid layers from the surface up to the clean free troposphere which is found above 2 to 4 km in altitude. We identify the presence of depolarising dust from northern Africa in the most elevated turbid layer, which is relatively humid and has clouds embedded. The lowermost troposphere likely contains pollution water-soluble aerosols from eastern continental Greece, and an intermediate layer is found with a probable mixture of the two types of particles. The column optical depth at 0.55 mm estimated from Meteosat is in the range 0.15–0.35. It is used to constrain the aerosol backscattering-to-extinction ratio needed for the backscattering lidar data inversion. The column value of 0.017 sr−1 is found applicable to the various aerosol layers and allows us to derive the aerosol extinction vertical profile. The aerosol extinction coefficient ranges from 0.03 km−1 in the lower clean free troposphere to more than 0.25 km−1 in the marine boundary layer. Values are <0.1 km−1 in the elevated dust layer but its thickness makes it dominate the aerosol optical depth at some places.
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 you cant stop the marlboro man!!
HAH: good point killer
fu: ck you, at least we can drive
lol: i thought he was going to back off the cliff
yea,: its not like he was gonna fall of a cliff and its over, fukin get your ass back in the car and win that sht bech.
rally racing is a cool sport: but you got to admit sometimes its ghetto as shit
reminds me: Of the Toyota commercials,
Lol: Cheater, got what he deserved!!! :)
hell yeah: if it still runs race it
cool.: .
to bad: it landed on its side. that would have been a sick short cut.
Mr. Everything Fake!: You know nothing. I was that driver. Don't be Jealous on me.
dur: got back racing, but he was going the wrong way
They: better cut his time
Where did he finish?: good showing? LOL
haha: filme:p Belgium rules!
belgians: Filme filme filme filme !!! :D
:: See them do that in fucking Nascar.. rally racing is real racing..
dont see.....: the point of this, so what
BoredOver....: It's a PewJoe, those sissies drink wine spritzers.
Peugeot 307: This was during last year's WRC - and it's a Peugeot 307 driven by Marcus Gronholm. This year he's driving for the Ford team in a Focus.
shortly after that: it exploded!
I wonder: If he spiiled his beer during the rollover?
wow: can we stop with the people immatating sforce? he or she is the only true sticky one
Re-Read: BTW I didnt mean that the car in the vid isnt the 307 im just sayin i dont think that it won in 2003
Errr: Noone quote me on this but i dont think that car won it in 02/03 was it even realeased then? it was the 206 wasn't it? i dont understand Peugeot, it looks like they used the cabrio version of the 307 but wudnt tha the 307 CC be heavyer than a 307 ?? or is it NOT the cabrio version, even tho it looks exactly the same as it?!!!
Peugot: 307 WRC. This car won the world rally in 02 or 03.
So.....: I guess that shortcut wasnt such a good idea...lol
haha 3 point turn KING !: he got there eventually ... go Sforce don't let the man get you down !
no wonder: thats a toyota for ya
I admire Sforce: giving it his/her all for this long. It takes..... well I don't know but it takes something.
its cool: but not the best that break.com has to offer
Seriously: No one cares what you call a "Sticky situation" anymore.. If they ever did.. =\..
Sforce is a fag: You stupid fuck, get off the internet
people talk shit about nascar because it is boring and you cant appreciate the skill of the competitors as much as u do in other racing events... such as rally
Too fuckin true, more often than not. And people talk shit about NASCAR...
Norwegian: got told
No1 Listin To The Norwegian: Im a huge fan and follower of the WRC. Zaphod is right it happens all the time in rally i've seen @ least 20 of these before so norwegian can stick a shotgun under his chin and pull the trigger with his big toe
Are you: really serious? "happens all the time in rally" ??? NO it don't.. That was the old days.. From 1982, when Group B was introduced to the sport. In 1986 it was canceled. Because of many fatal crashes up among the years. In the WRC (World Rally Championship) and all the other undergroups.. There ain't alot of killing! Not now in these days! The cars are safer, the audience have limited moving area.. So they can't walk into the road.. And people have more respect to the cars now, than they had in the
ive seen videos...: ...of guys killing like 10 dudes and then just rips away like "o well, they'll walk it off..."
This shit: happens all the time in rally. It's what makes it so interesting.
Don't speak: unless you know what you're talking about. That's Marcus Gronholm driving, and he rolled off the edge because his co-driver gave him the wrong directions. The road that he fell onto was a completely seperate one. He didn't realize he was driving the wrong way because the roll dis-oriented him.
you're: a moron
lol: yeah the track bends around a little after he went over the side, he's going to correct direction
.: The track turned around, idiot.
Are you retarted?: Or do you have a short term memory/other mental illness?
i'd: like to see you roll your car down a hill and then continue a race.
lol: that's not a toyota it's a peugeot


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All 423 pages were about Seymour (the Swede) Levov, a strapping blond blue-eyed high-school sports legend from the Weequahic section of Newark. Masin, a white-haired 76, had also been a strapping blond blue-eyed high-school sports legend from Weequahic–where Roth grew up a dozen years later. "Here was this big writer writing about me," Masin said. "But I'd never met him, never spoken to him, and only read one of his books, 'Portnoy's Complaint'–it didn't thrill me. Some people said to me, 'You should sue-' Please. Roth portrayed me as a decent, good guy, which I think is unusual for him to do." Sitting with a visitor recently in the living room of the house in South Orange, New Jersey, where he has lived for 45 years, Masin proudly paged through the scrapbook that documents his unwitting qualifications for novelization: his selection as the state's best basketball player; his state shot-put championship; his numberless triumphs in football and the low hurdles; and his artless pluck… No wonder Roth describes Levov as "the household Apollo of the Weequahic Jews.". . . Roth's Swede continues in grace after high school as a rich burghar living in the rural suburb of Old Rimrock, until the '60s, when his only daughter Merry blows up the post office to protest the Vietnam War. She goes into hiding, and the Swede's life is suddenly smashed to bits. Swede Masin, meanwhile, worked as a liquor salesman for nearly 50 years and had 4 children, none of whom have blown anything up… "It's amazing, but almost everything in the book I would have done if I'd been in those situations." 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I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a dreamer. A big one, in fact. I dream of places that I've never been to, and imagine what life would like if I lived there. I have a running list of those must-visit spots tacked up on my fridge. Every morning, as I stumble to the coffeepot, I glance at that growing list, and think to myself, "Yes, one day. One day…"
I tell my friends all the time about the far-off destinations I dream to visit. India, Greece, Turkey, you name it, and I probably have that place pegged. Some of my friends smile politely and nod, knowing that eventually I will shut up. Others just roll their eyes, thinking, "Oh here we go again." No matter their reactions, they couldn't stop me even if they wanted to. I might sound ridiculous or a tad overenthusiastic when I talk about living abroad for a year or picking my shit up and just hauling ass to another state, but I mean every word. In fact, their nonchalant responses probably egg me on.
You see, my mind can't help but drift to foreign lands on the other side of the world. When the real world starts to get a little overbearing, a little tedious, I escape, dreaming about all the possibilities for the future. (I blame my incessant wanderlust on my father, as he seems to suffer from the same ailment). Maybe I'll spend on summer soaking up the sun in Greece. Or maybe I will spend a year eating pasta in Florence. I find myself scouring job classifieds and apartment listings in other countries just because. Ignore the obstacles because ignorance is bliss, right?
With graduating coming up in a couple of months, I keep daydreaming about all the places I want to go, all the people I'm destined to meet. All these endless possibilities keep me up at night, wishing for these next couple of months to pass by as painlessly as possible. But my daydreaming has hit me hard this summer, probably because my anxiety levels have been at a higher threshold than normal. A couple of weeks ago, after a fight with one of my friends, I had a full on panic attack. Now, I haven't had one of those in a while, so to have a full force panic attack that left me sobbing in my work's bathroom stall caught me off guard. I rushed home, unsuccessfully trying to focus on breathing.
Once I got home, I couldn't find any kind of relief though. I curled up in my bed, with my mom on the phone, trying to calm me down to no avail. Eventually, my shaky nerves forced me in to the kitchen. I had to do something with my hands to stop them from shaking. My mind needed a distraction so out came the cookbooks and without even thinking I hunkered down, reading Dorie's recipe for this sour cream chocolate cake. Melt the chocolate, fold in the sour cream, stir but not too much. These directions filled my mind and slowly the panic attack rescinded. A messy kitchen, dirty dishes, and an overflowing garbage was all that was left.
Honestly, I don't know how I even finished that recipe, but the cake came out beautifully. Firm but with a moist crumb, the cake was everything that I wasn't: strong, sweet, and lush. Sour cream is a great ingredient when baking with chocolate because it balances out the flavors and textures. Exhausted and drained, I collapsed on my couch, with a small chunk of cake waiting for me. I never knew the kind of power chocolate had over me until that instant because the minute I sank my teeth in to that slice, I was in heaven. I didn't care about any of life's petty drama; all I knew was that at this very instant, I was happy.
Instead of focusing on the bad, I whipped out my vacation list and reminded myself of all the fun and promising adventures that lie ahead for me. You can't change the past, but you can make your future, I told myself. I turned on my favorite movie, Amelia, and watched as the shy and well-intentioned girl scurried about Paris, and after the movie was through, I felt happy again. Things didn't look so shitty anymore. Amazing what chocolate and Paris can do for you, eh?
My point is that when the tough gets going, you gotta find a way to pick ourself up. The future is endless and it's important to keep your dreams and inspirations close to you in hard times. Because life will constantly throw you curve-balls. Arguments will always be raised. You are bound to fuck up every now and then. But that doesn't mean you should forget about all the good that is out there. In times like that, keep your dreams and simple pleasures close to your heart. Don't let anyone tell you it's not possible or that you aren't worth a damn because that's for you to decide and find out.
Sorry for the long post. I just had to come clean about how this cake got made. It's one of the best cakes I've ever made. There is something about the way chocolate and sour cream work together in cakes that make me swoon. Plus, the frosting isn't sugary sweet but more deeply rich and chocolatey. Right up my alley. I personally enjoy loaf cakes like this one because it feels more rustic, and simple. No one could pass up on a slice of this chocolate loaf cake with raspberry filling.
Now go bake yourself this damn cake. Okay?
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1 ½ cups all purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp baking soda
1 cup ( 2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/3 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup (8 fl oz) sour cream
1/3 cup raspberry jam (I used Trader Joe's Organic Raspberry)
1 teaspoon water
sour cream chocolate frosting:
5 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
½ cup sour cream at room temperature
Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 10 x 5″ loaf pan and dust the inside with flour, tapping out the excess.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda onto a large sheet of waxed paper.
In an electric mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together on a medium speed until very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping and scraping down the sides of the bowl a few times. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Reduce the speed to low and add the sour cream, then the sifted dry ingredients. Give the batter a last stir with a rubber spatula.
Scrape into the prepared pan, push down the middle a bit so that the edges nearest the pan are higher and bake for 60 to 75 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean. If after 45 minutes, the cake looks as if it's browning too quickly, cover it loosely with a foil tent. Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and let the cake rest for about 5 minutes before turning it out on to a wire rack. Cool to room temperature.
To fill the cake:
Bring the jam and water to a boil over low heat or in a microwave oven. Stir to smooth it and keep at hand. The top of the cake will become the bottom layer, so if it is uneven and your cake rocks a bit on the counter, turn it right side up and use a long serrated knife to level it. Using a serrated knife, cut the cake into 3 even layers. Put the first layer (originally the top of the cake) cut side up on a long serving plate and spread half of the jam over it. Cover it with the middle layer and spread that layer with the remaining jam. Lift the top layer into place, cut side down. Use a small pastry brush to chase away any crumbs on the stop or sides of the cake.
To make the frosting:
Fit a heatproof bowl into a pan of gently simmer water, add the chocolate and warm, stirring occasionally until the chocolate is melted. Still working over the hot water, stir in the sour cream. Don't be concerned if the cream tightens- just keep stirring gently and the frosting will become smooth and glossy.
Remove from the heat and cover the sides and top of the cake with the still warm frosting.
Frosted cake can be lightly covered and kept at room temperature overnight or refrigerated for up to 2 days. Bring it to room temperature before serving. It can also be frozen. Freeze unwrapped until firm then wrap airtight and keep in the freezer for up to 2 months. Thaw, fully wrapped, overnight in the refrigerator.
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Summary: A roundup of my favorite iPad apps de jour. I presented a few of these over the weekend at the Main Line Mac User Group but ran out of time. Here's the full list.
I gave a talk at MLMUG on Saturday on iOS 5 and my favorite iPad apps. After I demo'd iOS 5 and my favorite feature: AirPlay video mirroring I only had enough time for the first four apps below. But, as promised, I've included a full list of my favorite iPad apps below.
Gallery: Top iPad apps available now - images and brief descriptions
Emerald Observatory ($0.99) -- A desk clock that displays a wealth of astronomical data.
Solar Walk ($2.99) a stunning way to explore the Solar System and the Milky Way galaxy.
Star Walk ($4.99) A mind-blowing augmented reality app for astronomy. Just point your iPad into the night sky and see a live map of the constellations above. Star Walk is one of my all-time favorite iPad apps. Period.
Planetary (free) -- Creates a beautiful 3D universe from your music library that you can fly through. Artists are stars and albums are planets and tracks are moons. Touch an artist's star to "fly in" closer where you'll see their albums as orbiting planets. Touch an album to fly into the planet and you'll see its tracks orbiting as moons. Load up your iPad with a bunch of classic rock discographies (Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, whatever) and prepare to have you mind blown!
Following are a list of my favorite iPad apps that I didn't have time to present on Saturday (although a few were demo'd at lunch afterward):
- Jaws Revenge ($0.99) -- Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water.
- Dark Meadow ($5.99) -- Infinity Blade meets Silent Hill.
- Real Racing 2 HD ($9.99) -- Hyper-realistic auto racing simulator designed for the iPad.
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 (free) -- Tops in the golf category.
- Madden 12 ($9.99) -- Best football app.
- Flipboard (free)
- Pulse News Reader (free)
- Intellicast HD (free)
- Pages/Numbers/Keynote ($9.99 each)
- BlogPress ($2.99)
- LogMeIn Ignition ($29.99)
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- Art Rage 3 ($6.99)
- Inspire Pro ($7.99)
- SketchBook Pro ($4.99)
- Brushes ($7.99)
- iBooks (free)
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- The Wall Street Journal (free app, subscription fee)
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- WIRED Magazine (free+per issue fee)
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- Apple's Music & Videos apps - for movies, TV, audiobooks, podcasts, etc.
- HBO Go (free for subscribers)
- XFINITY TV (free for subs)
- TiVo (free, only works with Premiere TiVo hardware)
- Djay ($19.99)
- GarageBand ($4.99)
- Pandora Radio (free+)
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ARE WE BETTER OFF with Vatican II??? I remeber A CRY, when I visited a hospital with Eucharist to a seriously sick elder lady. She told me that it was the first time she receiving communion afterVatican II. She was crying! One of Abba at a monastery with la long history said that it's the best thing happened in our church history. His monastery removed all of pews and statues, arranged the church like Hindu meditation room. As matter of fact the majority people using his facilities are non Catholics. They give communion to everybody by knowing that they are not Catholics! They have a plenty of guest (get away), Yet their VOCATIONS are DYING! Isn't it the best of implication of Vatican II? Our beloved Benedict XVI said it was media's mispresenttion. I humbly think that we opened the door for them!
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The Crisis and the Promise
By Alan Schreck
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Editor's note: This is the last of three Register book picks on Vatican II, Vatican II: The Crisis and the Promise.
At the beginning of the new millennium, St. John Paul II pointed to the Second Vatican Council as "the great grace bestowed on the Church in the 20th century." And he saw the Council as "a sure compass by which to take our bearings" in the 21st century. Pope John Paul II worked tirelessly to properly implement the Second Vatican Council and make its teachings clear.
In the book Vatican II: The Crisis and the Promise, theologian Alan Schreck draws heavily upon John Paul II and Benedict XVI to wade through the waters of interpretation of the Second Vatican Council. Schreck warns his readers of the murky waters caused by the two extremes of interpretation: "There was something wrong with the Council itself or its teaching" or a focus on "appeal[ing] to the 'spirit' of the Council to justify going beyond its actual teachings and directives."
And he systematically points out the follies of the advocates for either hermeneutic by showing the Council's connection to the constant Tradition of the Church.
In my pastoral letter, Ecclesia Semper Reformanda (The Church Is Always in Need of Renewal), warning of false interpretations, I stated that "the so-called 'spirit' of the Council … is a ghost or demon that must be exorcised if we are to proceed with the Lord's work." Schreck proposes the "true spirit of Vatican II … is a spirit of openness and boldness in sharing the truth of Jesus Christ and his Gospel with others. It is the spirit of the 'New Evangelization, which originated precisely at the Second Vatican Council.'"
Schreck, who has taught theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville for the last 36 years, focuses in his book "on the true understanding of Catholic doctrine as found in the documents of Vatican II and on its proper implementation." He tackles the questions of the Council's authority, its pastoral nature and its "harmony with past Catholic teaching," while also being an "advancement or development of Catholic Tradition."
The book contains a question-and-answer format, a simple structure for laypersons to understand. It offers reflections and explanations of each of the 16 Council documents.
At the end of each chapter, the author connects the documents of the Second Vatican Council to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and recent magisterial documents. He also offers a selection of key quotations from the Council documents for further meditation.
Schreck also offers a sobering reflection on the context in which we are living currently in the Church, stating that "there has been widespread confusion over the meaning and nature of the priesthood," and "Catholics … do not attend Sunday Mass or frequent the sacraments."
He sees the New Evangelization as a means of combating these problems. And he proposes a return to the basics, reminding the reader: "God has chosen to reveal himself to the human race in order to invite us into a personal relationship of friendship and fellowship with himself."
I encourage all the faithful and people of goodwill to read Alan Schreck's Vatican II: The Crisis and the Promise, but not to stop there.
Go on to read the Vatican II documents — through the presentation of Scripture and Tradition found in them, the Holy Spirit invites us to imbue ourselves from the wellspring of grace. May the Lord bless your journey!
Bishop R. Walker Nickless
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Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa.


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In solidarity, Senate women help female candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's 20 women are determined to swell their ranks this November.
They're providing campaign help to the female candidates from West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa and Oregon looking to smash a few glass ceilings, and hopefuls from Michigan and Hawaii intent on giving their state an all-female Senate lineup.
More than just a presence, women see themselves as a force in politics six years after Hillary Rodham Clinton nearly captured the Democratic nod for president and Sarah Palin made Republican history as her party's vice presidential nominee.
In the Senate, Democratic women assumed the chairmanship of eight of 20 committees and two women — five-term Sen. Barbara Mikulski and four-term Sen. Patty Murray — helped engineer the passage of a sweeping spending bill and a long-sought budget.
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JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities. At least three nonprofit groups — Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Marijuana Policy Project and an anti-abortion group, Justice for All— say they believe that Chase disqualified them over concerns about associating its name with their missions. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters. "They never gave us any indication that there was any problem with our organization qualifying," said Micah Daigle, executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. "Now they're completely stonewalling me." Three days before the contest ended, Chase stopped giving participants access to voting information, and it has not made public the vote tallies of the winners. "This is a problem of accountability," said David Lee, executive director of Justice for All. "Simply publish the votes and let us see that the 100 organizations named as winners won."
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Silver, But No Silver Lining
By Robert Singer
The end of our consumer society is on the horizon, which should be no surprise to anyone who took Economics 101. Do we really expect to spend our way out of this mess by buying and selling each other useless cheap stuff from China?
As the financial collapse gathers steam, gold and silver oracles like Butler, Friedman, Morgan and Turk who have been predicting for years the launch of the price of silver to the moon will see their prophecy fulfilled, but a celebration is not in order.
Being wealthy during the last 60 years of unprecedented prosperity at the expense of the Third World and the environment is one thing, but profiting from a bull market in silver when millions of hungry Americans are living in tent-cities next door is quite another.
A default at the Comex that will ignite the explosion in the price of silver and gold is in progress.… Read the rest


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Our beds deflate overnight
And couch pillows press paisleys into reddened cheeks.
This basement has a sunset wall,
featuring gin, a border collie, and Hemingway.
Together we sleep!
United by soup and shared highway miles.
I wake to the beeping door,
counting us—
adding up our late-night cigarettes,
and semi-private porch conversations,
"the midwest is good for sounds," I hear,
and a cicada echos over a pool of chlorine.
At the wedding, we believe in dancing
but haven't decided about love.
If we don't cheer the cause, will the crickets cry out for us?
Slowly, slowly, we begin to scatter.
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A large country house and estate belonging to an aristocratic family.
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The reason I labeled this article "Grade The 2006 Draft…So Far" is for the simple reason that this draft class' grade could swing either to the plus or minus depending on this year. Page needs to take the next step at the safety position this year, he can't stay the same and be content. I think the drafting of DaJuan Morgan will put the pressure on Page and Pollard for that matter and either make or break them. What about Brodie? If he shows he can play quarterback at the NFL level his grade will go to an "A" in a heartbeat, if he fails however-F. Tre Stallings, can he win a starting spot this year? If so, maybe I can put a little more under his name, if not, then I'll have to erase what little I wrote.
This marks the first Herman Edwards draft-on with the grades.
Round 1, Pick 20—Tamba Hali, DE
Pretty good so far. I think the departing of Jared (sorry to hear about the bar Jared…kinda) will help Hali out a lot. Now he will be placed on the right side of the defensive line and be able to attack the opposing quarterback's blind side. I'm still not convinced Alfonso Boone can be even adequate holding down the vacated left end spot, but we'll see. I've said it a lot and I will most likely continue to say it-this is a make or break year for Hali, if he shows he cannot be productive from this positition, then look for the Chiefs to look for his replacement come next off season.
Grade: B+
Round 2, Pick 54—Bernard Pollard, S
Bernard has been a disappointment so far by what I can tell. Being drafted in the second round and he still hasn't been able to solidify a starter role on this team. This is a "make or get out of town" year for Pollard. He takes bad angles to the ball and so far his nickname "Bone Crusher" that he brought with him from college hasn't been needed in the NFL. I give both his play on the field, and his dancing in the locker room a…
Grade: C
Round 3, Pick 85—Brodie Croyle, QB
Here is the tough one. What grade do you give a man that has been given the chance to start, but has been destroyed by an awful, putrid, despicable, horrid, disgusting, nauseating (ok, I bet you get my point) offensive, offensive line. I would be tempted to give him an "incomplete" but some could argue that no matter how bad his line was, if he was a good quarterback he would have been able to overcome the circumstances and prevail (or some type of bs along those lines). To those people I would say you are crazy, but instead I will be fair and give him a C. If he succeeds this year, it will go to an "A", if he doesn't then an "F"…how about that?
Round 5, Pick 155—Marcus Maxey, CB
Drafted, released, picked up by the Bears, released, picked up again by the Chiefs before being released again in August of 2007. Yes friends, it has been a roller coaster of _________ (fill in the blank, don't be afraid to be creative) for Mr. Maxey.
Grade: D
Round 6, Pick 186—Tre Stallings, OG
Yes, he is still on the team, I checked.
Grade: C
Round 6, Pick 190—Jeff Webb, WR
Well, you can't say Jeff hasn't improved since becoming a Chief, but with the additions of Devard Darling via free agency and the drafting of two draft picks and the addition of cannon fodder at the WR position after the rookie mini camp, I would say that it is time from Webb to "crap or get off the pot" so to speak. Everyone, including Webb knows Herm won't hesitate to put him on the bench and leave him there and let one of the other young guys play if Webb doesn't play at a high level.
Grade: C
Round 7, Pick 228, Jarrad Page, S
Obviously Page was a pleasant surprise. No one, not even Herm I bet could look you in the eye and say "yeah, we thought he was going to be a starter from day one". He hasn't been the type of ball hawk I would like to see out of the free safety posistion, but he has been pretty darn good. As I mentioned earlier, Page needs to step it up a little bit this year. I think he along with Derrick Johnson will be counted on heavily this year to step it up on defense. I feel good about DJ being able to do just that, Page…I'm not convinced. We'll have to wait and see.
Grade: B
Final Grade: 2.14 = C
Now don't beat me up to bad over this, there are a few of these picks that can really step it up this year and this draft grade could be an A…easy. Remember, I said 3 years removed from the draft is the best time to grade them, this upcoming season will be the three years. Six of these players are still on the team, that in itself is impressive, however, I feel that is not enough to merit a higher grade…yet. I think a "C" is very fitting. What do you think?


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Tape straightens its tie, speeds away from villain's lair: I think I'll die another day
Declines in the sales of tape media are decreasing and the death of tape has now been postponed - indefinitely. The Santa Clara Consulting Group tracks the tape market on a quarterly basis and its latest release describes what happened in the third 2013 quarter. Total backup tape cartridge sales were $141.73m with LTO format …
Wow! Tape is not dead! Errr ... don't tell me, let me guess .... this must be The Register and it's Tuesday? Now how did old Winnie put it? Never in the history of one trade rag has so much been written by so many on one topic to be read by so few with such regularity .... Hmmm maybe not - after all, I read it, just as I read nearly all the other ones, so maybe you did too.
"What did you do on your days off, Granddad?"
"Read articles saying tape isn't dead yet, little apple of my eye."
"Oh. .... And what's a tape, Grandad?"
"I can't remember exactly now, dear one. Some dead computer bizo thingie, probably. there were lots of them."
"You mean like a rhino or a Minke Whale, Grandad?"
"Not really. Deader than that. Well, maybe close enough."
Statistics, Damn Statistics and That Graph
There is a clear downward trend on that graph and there's only one way to interpret that; that the sales are diminishing.
Secondly that chart is drawn on a linear vertical scale; draw it as it should be, on a logarithmic scale, and the decline, in percentage terms, is more pronounced.
What's the encore; spin on the US National Debt. I can't wait for this one?
Re: Statistics, Damn Statistics and That Graph
Why would you want to scale the chart logarithmically for such a simple chart?
Even if you did log it, the last 2 data points on the LTO plot are the same value. Surely a logarithmic scale would level out too?
I don't have the exact values to enter into a chart though so they could be wildly different I suppose which of course a logarithmic plot would reveal either an up or down trend.
Darn now I agree, give us a logarithmic chart.
Re: Statistics, Damn Statistics and That Graph
The log chart would show the proportional drop from 2011 for what it really is.
One can change all sorts with a chart by not starting from zero, by using linear or logaritmic and so on. As a rule if I am doing stuff like this and there's no negative values then a logarithmic chart is usually what I reach for.
It's the 1940s tech we love to love.
And what do we say to the god of death?
"Not today."
I can only assume that's being used by masochists who won't upgrade the ancient libraries because they love carrying a suitcase full of tapes when it's swap time.
Like, erm, a friend, yeah, that's it, I have a ... friend whose workplace still does that! *cough*
In related news: Mainframes still plugged in despite press reports circa 1990 and Cobol alive and well and running vast amounts of financial operations despite grumpy 1986-era CS graduate wishes.
Next up: wither three tier client server (the technology of tomorrow)?
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3-mendous night for racing at Salina Speedway
By LARRY LOWREY Jr.
Don't look now, but there is a common theme with this week's feature winners at Salina Speedway! It has to do with the No. 3 and no this isn't Sesame Street.
Late Models
Chris "Rocket Man" Kratzer, posted his third win of the season in the Late Models on Friday night and it couldn't have come at a better time.
Delbert Smith, who came in with the points lead, was plagued with problems on the night and suffered a seventh place finish. Darrick Klima, who is also in the top 3 in points, got a flat on the first lap and had to go to the rear. Kratzer was ready to pounce.
From the start of the A Main, it was all Kratzer. He shot to the front of the pack and would lead every lap on the way to his third win of the season. The win would move him into second place in the point standings just four points behind the leader Delbert Smith.
Daniel Smith marched from seventh to second, third went to Justin Kinderknecht, fourth was Kelly Dunn and Klima came back up through the field to finish fifth.
The Late Model heat race winner was Kratzer.
Mini Stocks
An enormous amount of Mini Stocks were on hand to compete Friday night. A total of 16 drivers were there to race after all the entries were tallied up.
In the end it was a familiar Salina Speedway competitor that was standing tall in victory lane, Russell Roberg.
Roberg started outside the front row for the Mini Stock main event. Two wins already to Roberg's resume, it would be tough to beat the youngster from the front row. At the drop of the green flag, Roberg got the advantage. At the point he would show why he is one of the best Mini Stock drivers in the area. Roberg led every lap on his way to win No. 3 of the season.
Stacey Huffman had a solid run going from ninth to second in the main, Elliot May started on the pole position but would settle for third, fourth was Amber Bird and rounding out the top 5 was John McNabb.
Mini Stock heat race winners were Roberg and Huffman.
Hobby Stocks
It was another exciting event for the Hobby Stocks.
Nathan Munhall and Clayton Shroer would bring them to the start of this shootout. Munhall grabbed the early advantage, but the movers and the shakers were working their way to the front of the field too.
Tommy Shoemaker would be the next driver to take over the front spot, but there were still more drivers coming to the front, and it was only a matter of time. One of those drivers was Mike Traskowksy.
Traskowsky, who entered the night with two wins, started in the 10th spot. Lap after lap he was moving his hot rod forward. Traskowsky, the current points leader, would not be denied. He sped by Shumaker and the rest of the competition to collect win No. 3 on the season.
Aaron McBride had a solid run finishing in second, third went to Tony Slothower, Shoemaker would hold on to fourth and Tommy Fose finished in the top 5 once again.
IMCA Hobby Stock heat race winners were Traskowsky and Travis Coop.
Street Stocks
Two classes that just couldn't get with the theme of No. 3 on Friday night still provided some excitement of their own.
Scott Miller has been the class of the Street Stock division in 2014. Heading into Friday night's event, Miller had posted three straight wins. After Friday night, you can chalk up No. 5 on the season for this hot shoe. The win makes him the winningest driver at Salina Speedway so far for 2014.
Bob Arnold took out to the lead on the start, but a caution on lap 3 would spell trouble for Arnold. As the race went back to green, Miller took the lead and wouldn't look back the rest of the way. Miller powered to another feature race win.
Starting seventh and finishing second would be Scott Granzella, Tony Steenson finished third, Bob Arnold came in fourth and Duane Toyne capped a fifth place run.
The Street Stock heat race winner was Miller.
IMCA Northern Sport Mods
One of the best races of the night was IMCA Northern Sport Mod Feature.
Daniel Gottschalk had to start outside of row number 5 for Friday night's feature event. Several top notch competitors were starting in front of him and last week's winner, Tyler Frye, would start in the row behind him. Gottschalk knew he had some work to do. He was up for the task.
Gottschalk picked his competition off one by one as he got to the front of the field. At the front of the field he still had Tyler Frye chasing him. Frye followed him up through the field.
It was Gottschalk's night as he kept it out front. He would take the checkered flag for his second win of the season.
The battle from second through fifth position was stellar. Drivers were all over the place trying to make moves, some were just trying to hang on to their spots.
In the end, Tyler Frye would finish second, third went to Nate Ginest, fourth went to Austin Carter and Clay Money would be the fifth place finisher. An amazing stat is that none of the top 5 drivers started in the top 3 rows. Every one of them started fourth row or further back in the A Main.
IMCA Northern Sport Mod heat race winners were Ginest and Jeff Olson.
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Since the Pereiaslav / Pereyaslav treaty of 1654, Ukraine has only enjoyed statehood independent from Russia at moments of extreme geopolitical dislocation, such as in the final days of the First World War, in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russian nationalists today appear to view Ukrainian independence as a similar aberration, the consequence of what President Vladimir Putin labelled the greatest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century: the collapse of the Soviet Union – a.k.a. the Russian Empire – in 1991.
The historical links between the two countries, ancient and modern, are manifold and profound. The Orthodox churches of Ukraine and Russia share a patron saint – St. Vladmir or St. Volodmyr.
For a long time, Russians saw Ukrainians as being little more than country bumpkin relatives. Theories of Slavic ethno genesis described the two peoples as siblings born of the same Slavic womb: the "Great Russians" (i.e. Russians) on one hand and the "Little Russians" (i.e. Ukrainians) on the other. Ukrainian literature, which began to emerge in the nineteenth century, was patronizingly viewed as the picturesque product of a peasant society, essentially subordinate to Russia's own literary canon, even when it produced such great poets as Taras Shevchenko. The fact that the flowering of Ukrainian national culture was strongest in western Ukraine, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, made some Russians dismiss the whole thing as an anti-Russian ruse sponsored by external forces, a familiar refrain to those heard today.
In the Soviet period the idea of Ukrainian nationhood was viewed with similar suspicion, now additionally freighted with suggestions it was intrinsically counter-revolutionary. In April 1918, as Russia imploded in revolution, a conservative German-backed regime was set up in Kyiv. Its leader Pavlo Skoropadsky revived the title of Hetman, an ancient Cossack military title, last held by a man who had died aged 112 in 1803, in a remote Russian monastery which the Soviets would subsequently turn into a gulag. Later, in the Great Patriotic War, some Ukrainians signed up with the Germans to fight the Soviets – some even joined the SS. Nationalist anti-Soviet actions continued into the 1950s – providing the basis in historical memory for the contemporary lumping together of even moderate Ukrainian nationalists with right-wing extremists as "fascists" and "bandits".
In the Soviet era Ukrainian national identity was never completely subsumed into Russian or Soviet identity. Sometimes, indeed, it could be useful to the Soviet state.
It is perhaps easy to see the Russian attempt to seize control in Crimea as nothing more than a cynical land-grab. But while the strategic and economic importance of the peninsula cannot be ignored, it is the issue of Russian identity that is at the heart of the Crimean crisis. As the Russian military has strengthened its hold over key sites in recent days, it has become clear that political leaders in both Simferopol and Moscow are acting on the belief that the troubled peninsula is culturally and ethnically a part of Russia. It was after hoisting the Russian flag above the Crimean parliament that de facto Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov appealed for President Vladimir Putin's help in securing the region against perceived threats from the new, pro-European government in Kyiv. And as large-scale pro-Russian demonstrations swept across Crimea, it was on the grounds of protecting "Russian citizens" that Putin himself asked the Duma for permission to deploy troops in the region. In the eyes of Akysonov, Putin, and their supporters on the ground, Crimea is Russian through and through.
Russia's claim to Crimea is based on its desire for territorial aggrandizement and – more importantly – on history. As Putin and Akysonov are keenly aware, Crimea's ties to Russia stretch back well back into the early modern period. After a series of inconclusive incursions in the seventeenth century, Russia succeeded in breaking the Ottoman Empire's hold over Crimea with the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774), before formally annexing the peninsula in 1784. It immediately became a key factor in Russia's emergence as a world power.
Crimea was absorbed into the Russian empire along with most of ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century. Russia's Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol was founded soon afterwards.
The process through which the borders of modern Ukraine were defined, both in the west and on the Black Sea, was part and parcel of Russia's own headlong expansion through three centuries of Eurasian history. In the 1700s and 1800s, as the Russian geopolitical imagination became obsessed with the idea of turning the Black Sea into a Russian lake – perhaps even going so far as to seize control of Constantinople/Istanbul – the Ottoman Empire was bloodily and repeatedly pushed back from its redoubts on the northern side of the Black Sea. The Ukrainian provinces were the territorial beneficiaries. The country became ever more tightly integrated into the economics and politics of the growing Russian empire, serving as its breadbasket, and as its route to the sea.
More than half a million people were killed in the Crimean War of 1853-56 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which was backed by Britain and France. The conflict reshaped Europe and paved the way for World War One.
In 1921, the peninsula, then populated mainly by Muslim Tatars, became part of the Soviet Union. The Tatars were deported en masses by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at the end of World War Two for alleged collaboration with the Nazis.
Russia's first appearance on the Crimean scene, peninsular society was nothing if not heterogeneous. Since the early Middle Ages, the greater part of the population was comprised of Tatars, amongst whom could be numbered Central Asian Muslims, Karaite Jews, and even a few Goths. Thanks to the Ottoman Empire's longstanding presence, there were also a large number of Anatolian Turks, Greeks, Wallachians, Armenians, and Moldavians. But in the mix were also Genoese left over from the days when the city dominated trade in the Eastern Mediterranean and a sizable number of Cossacks from the Don region.
The non-Russian population of Crimea was to suffer further even worse under the Soviet Union, and between 1921 and 1945, two broad phases of persecution devastated their position in the peninsula. The first was dominated by the fearsome effects of Stalinist economic policy. In keeping with the centralized aims of the First Five-Year Plan (1928-32), Crimean agricultural production was collectivized, and reoriented away from traditional crops such as grain. On top of this, bungling administrators imposed impossibly high requisition quotas. The result was catastrophic.
The second phase – covering the period between 1941 and 1945 – compounded the terrible effects of the Holodmor. On its own, the appalling casualties caused by the savage battle for Crimea would have decimated the peninsula. Some 170,000 Red Army troops were lost in the struggle, and the civilian population suffered in equal proportion. But after the Soviet Union regained control, the region was subjected to a fresh wave of horror. Accusing the Tatars of having collaborated with the Nazis during the occupation, Stalin had the entire population deported to Central Asia on 18 May 1944. The following month, the same fate was meted out to other minorities, including Greeks and Armenians. Almost half of those subject to deportation died en route to their destination, and even after they were rehabilitated under Leonid Brezhnev, the Tatars were prohibited from returning to Crimea. Their place was taken mostly by ethnic Russians, who by 1959 accounted for 71.4% of the population, and – to a lesser extent – Ukrainians.
The lesson of this terrible history is clear. If Russia's seizure of Crimea is predicated on claims that it is culturally and ethnically Russian, the peninsula has only acquired this character because of Russian brutality. Even setting aside the fact that few ethnic Russians want the Crimea to be subject to Moscow, the realization that Russia has systematically victimized its people over centuries must surely caution against any resumption of power in the peninsula. If he were to consider the past more closely, therefore, Vladimir Putin would see that atonement and not invasion is what is required.
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
Another Genealogy Show is on the Horizon
If, like me, you are addicted to WDYTYA on Friday nights, you will be pleased to know that PBS will be airing a genealogy show as well. This one is called Faces of America. It is a one hour format, and while the celebs won't travel to their ancestral homeland, genealogists and archivists will work with them to help them put their family histories together. Each episode will feature two celebrities. The series starts on March 25th at 8pm.
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