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Apart from sightseeing and enjoying the delicious food in Graz, this is definitly a great place for shopping. Worth knowing for ladies – this is a shoe-shopping paradise!
Kastner & Öhler
Recently totally renovated this department store was awarded "Departement store of the year 2011". They offer the latest fashion trends of internation labels on 6 floors, as well as a beauty shop and a supermarket. Tip: have a glass of sparkling wine at the Cafe Freiblick and enjoy great views of the city.
Shopping in Herrengasse means sightseeing at the same time. Most of the shops are located in historic buildings, they tell stories of the past. While shopping watch out for the "Painted House", the Armoury Museum or the beautiful Landhaushof. Shop for shoes, fashion, jewellery.
KNILLI Ladies & Gents
For more than 75 years Knilli Men & Women is one of the leading clothing stores in Graz. Knilli is positioned in the high-end segment for men and women and offers a wide selection of international top brands ranging from Ermenegildo Zegna, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana, Moncler, Boglioli, Brunello Cucinelli etc. Beside such well-known brands, Knilli continuously keeps an eye on new trends and promising new labels. While sipping a drink in the own bar you will enjoy a shopping trip for all senses.
Just off the Herrengasse, the Stempfergasse is home of known brands and local designers. This quaint little street offers a dramatic sense of fashion. Very trendy: make a stop at Frankowitsch Delikatessen and have a glass of sparkling wine and the famous Frankowitsch sandwiches.
CLOSED by KNILLI
In 2012 the first Austrian Closed Shop was openend in Graz. Closed is an international Denim-Fashion brand which cultivates a young, fresh look at everyday life. Its effortless style results from a harmonic mix of sportswear, denim, utility and fashion codes. Founded in 1978 in Italy today Closed is based in Hamburg. Apart from the Jeans and Chino lines the Closed-shop in Graz features 4 women and men collections every year.
This very old street of Graz is the first address if it comes to antiques. In former times, this street marked the end of the city. Today it is leading to the Schloßberg funicular. Watch out for antique shops, ateliers, galleries and art shops.
Lendplatz & Mariahilfer Straße
Around the "Kunsthaus" a new design scene has been established. Great shopping for those who are looking for something extraordinary, partly produced by local designers. Fancy shop concepts in a thriving urban area. Find there brands like Heidenspaß, kwirl, Tagwerk.
Farmer's Markets
The best way to discover the lifestyle of the locals is a visit to the farmer's markets on Kaiser-Josef-Platz and on Lendplatz. These two markets are open daily except Sundays from 6 AM to 1 PM and showcase the variety of local vegetables, fish, meat, flowers, breads etc. Everything is produces locally and partly organic. Stop there for the famous pumpkinseedoil!


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Road-kill. I wasn't exactly sure what this was. I cant spot the tail and didn't want to poke it! The only think I can think of with the size and body shape is a bandicoot - but the nose might be too short?. It was about 25-30cms long.
2 Southern brown bandicoots (quenda) seen separately in long grass at edge of path around Bibra Lake, at about midday. Photos of the second individual.
Saw several around at night, but not a good enough look to tell if Northern Brown or Long-nosed.
found dead
Female bulging with pouch young.
Long ears.
Yes there is one in there but couldnt get a shot of it! Also known as a Quenda which is a better name than Bandicoot - which means something like pig footed rat!
We took my niece and nephew for a guided spotlight tour http://www.australianwildlife.org/AWC-Sanctuaries/Karakamia-Sanctuary.aspx
They have re-introduced a number of marsupials in a fox and rabbit free area.
The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies: it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores. All members of the order are endemic to the twin land masses of Australia-New Guinea and most have the characteristic bandicoot shape: a plump, arch-backed body with a long, delicately tapering snout, very large upright ears, relatively long, thin legs, and a thin tail. Their size varies from about 140 grams up to 2 kilograms, but most species are...

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Sweet Tangerine Cake
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A not-too-sweet single-layer cake that's a perfect take-a-long to book club meetings, potlucks and casual gatherings.
Tangerines are sweeter than oranges, with a more concentrated flavor in both the juice and the zest. Serve this single-layer cake with a dusting of confectioners' sugar or a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream.
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons grated tangerine or orange zest
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed tangerine or orange juice
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter and flour a 9-inch round baking pan, tapping out the excess flour, and line the bottom with parchment paper, or butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Working with a stand mixer, preferably fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer with a large bowl, beat the butter, granulated sugar, and confectioners' sugar on medium speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the zest. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add one-third of the flour mixture and half of the juice, scraping the sides down as necessary; repeat once more, ending with the flour mixture (do not overmix). Scrape the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes on a wire rack. If using a cake pan, invert the cake onto a plate, remove the parchment, and invert again to serve top side up. For the springform pan, remove the ring and use a spatula to slide the cake onto a plate. Let cool completely before dusting with confectioners' sugar.
Cook's Tip: Always be careful not to overmix cake batter once the flour is added, as doing so will strengthen the glutens in the flour and result in a tough cake.
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Trails Maps Available From:
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Trails are well marked
Toilets at trail head
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The Melrose trails are narrow off camber and exposed with some decent side slopes to draw your eye away from the trail! Whilst the trails are flowing and fun they are more old school technical than bermed with rollers everywhere.
Recently we have added a super d out at the Bartagunyah trails, 5km from town.
The countryside is beautiful with the trails sitting at the foot of Mt Remarkable. You can definitely ride all year round but the summer months need a little planning. Spring and Autumn are best, however Winter riding is never too bad due to the good drainage.
Melrose township is very hospitable and welcomes cyclists to their community. When you come to Melrose drop into "Over the Edge" bike shop for a map and any advice, the trail head is 100m away from the bike shop. We highly recommend grabbing some advice about the best ways to enjoy the trails before you begin riding, so you can put together the best possible loop.
For more information on Melrose, check out Flow's story on the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival here.
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There are two main ways to head into the trails from town itself. You can head directly across the road from Over The Edge (down the small side street that runs next to the caravan park) and into the trails, or you can access them from the end of Brewery Rd. Either entrance is just a moment's ride from the main street.
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The point guard went to the bench at the end of the third quarter with a strained hamstring, but it doesn't seem to be too bad.
The organization wouldn't comment on the injury, but Paul said:
"I told Doc, 'If you need me, I can go.' It's a little tight, but I'll be all right. I'll be ready Friday. I know my body well enough now to where if I feel something , I look over at our trainer and I was like, 'Get me out for a second. Let me see what's going on.'"
Coach Doc Rivers echoed this, and said:
Darren Collison stepped in and put up nine points in 22 minutes, and helped the Clips get the win.
"I think he's doing good. [Clippers trainer Jasen Powell] said he could have come back in but there was no chance he was coming back in. Chris has told me already twice that he'll be ready for Friday but that doesn't mean that that's true. That's just what he said."
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The Hope Clinic of Pike County will be a free clinic for the uninsured residents of the surrounding community of Pike County, Ohio. Our county is a medically underserved community, which means there aren't enough doctors to provide medical care for the people who live here. As Christians who understand this need, we desire to live out the Gospel of Christ by working to meet the healthcare needs in our community.
If you're interested in getting involved with this endeavor, please click on the 'Volunteer' link, and fill out and submit the form.
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I'm upset about this DSK issue. Obviously if this woman is lying about the encounter it has the potential to make sexual assault victims look less credible in the eyes of the public…and jury. But on the other hand–if she's just confused about the story and has a cagey past–that doesn't mean she WASN'T assaulted! [...]
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Bay Area Airports Rank Best, Worst for On-Time Performance
The federal government has declared the South Bay's Mineta San Jose International Airport the most on-time airport in California.
Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Oakland International Airport
A Southwest Airlines flight was diverted to Oakland International Airport Tuesday morning after the pilot expressed concern about the plane's pressurization, an airline spokeswoman said.
Tech Watch: Reconsidering In-Flight Ban On Electronic Devices
The Federal Aviation Administration has announced it will reconsider the current regulations that ban the use of electronic devices during takeoff, landing or sometimes the entire flight.
SFO Baggage Screeners Claim Security Breaches Covered Up By Private Company
Is the private company responsible for baggage screening at San Francisco International Airport covering up security breaches and retaliating against workers?
Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing At Mineta San Jose
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle from the Los Angeles area has made an emergency landing at Mineta San Jose International Airport Wednesday morning.
Southwest Plane Lands At Mineta SJ After Smoke Reported Onboard
A Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at Mineta San Jose International Airport Tuesday morning after people on board smelled smoke in the cabin, an airline spokesman said.
Block Of Ice Falls From Sky, Damages Fremont Home
A basketball-size block of ice fell from the sky and hit the roof of a Fremont home on Sunday evening, Fremont police said.
3 Walk Away From Small Plane Crash Into NorCal Yard
The small two-engine plane was headed to McClellan Airfield when its left engine failed. The right engine then failed, forcing the pilot to land the plane in a field located four miles northwest of the airport, said FAA spokesperson Allen Kenitzer.
TSA Investigates Pilot Who Criticized SFO Security
Federal authorities are investigating a pilot who posted videos on YouTube critical of security at San Francisco International Airport.
Leslie Nielsen, 'Naked Gun' Star, Dead At 84
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Obama's New Economic Plan: The Good, the Bad and the Weak
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On Wednesday, after weeks of the requisite press leaks and prefabricated spin, the Obama administration released details of its new "rules of the road" financial regulations, which had been billed as the most sweeping overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression.
Obama, alas, is no FDR. Roosevelt's New Deal reforms included the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which split complex financial institutions into commercial banks (for consumers) and investment banks (for speculators). This enabled government to safeguard the boring, conventional activities of consumer banking without insuring the dice-rolls of high-risk investors. His reforms also opened the banking sector to independent audits to ensure financial soundness -- as opposed to just taking the banks' word for it, as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's recent stress tests effectively did -- and established the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, which helped people at risk of foreclosure cover their mortgages.
The administration's new 88-page white paper, titled "Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation," focuses more on alterations than true reform. Some of them are useful, like requiring lenders to keep a stake in the loans they make, and requiring banks to keep adequate capital on hand. The bill would also regulate a portion of the problematic financial instruments known as over-the-counter derivatives. But other aspects are ill advised, like giving the Federal Reserve more oversight, creating an uber-regulator, and allowing Wall Street's biggest players to keep their hands in every pot imaginable.
Let's break it down:
The Good
Obama's plan consolidates certain regulatory functions and imposes restrictions on certain securities. The Office of Thrift Supervision, which monitors thrifts and S&Ls, including AIG -- which was misclassified as an S&L even though it operated an insurance company hedge fund -- gets the axe. The duties of OTS and another regulatory body, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, would go to a new agency called the National Bank Supervisor. Now OTS was an easy target, since few who aren't employed there really care one way or the other. Still, it'll be a while before we know whether the move really does anything to streamline the regulatory system.
A stronger provision of the Obama proposal gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation wider authority over banks on the brink of failure. So far, the FDIC has done an excellent job resolving failed banks -- selling their assets, renegotiating loans with consumers -- and bringing them back to health. So giving it additional responsibility makes sense.
Obama's plan would also establish the Consumer Financial Protection Agency to oversee mortgage- and other credit-related consumer products, and to enforce the Community Reinvestment Act, which encourages banks to make loans in disadvantaged areas. If the CFPA is given the enforcement and indictment power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and actually uses it (unlike the SEC), then so much the better.
Other winners include a proposal to weaken the influence of credit ratings by agencies like Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which helped drive the crisis by downplaying the risk of subprime and other risky securities. Then there's Team Obama's requirement that lenders keep 5 percent of their loan risk on the books rather than selling all of it to Wall Street -- a move that will make lenders think twice before handing half a million bucks to some McDonald's cashier, but one that Wall Street is already fighting.
Another nice idea, though it doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell, calls for bankers in these complex securities deals to be paid based on the long-term performance of the product, as opposed to simply taking their cut as soon as the deal closes. In practice, though, this would be a bureaucratic nightmare -- policing it would require almost as many regulators as there were bankers involved.
The Bad
To oversee big insurers, the Obama team wants to create an Office of National Insurance within the Treasury Department. Now, if it weren't for the fact that many insurance companies, notably AIG, had themselves classified as S&Ls, while others are housed within the bank holding company complexes of firms like Citigroup -- thanks to the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999 -- this plan might even work. But this isn't the case, and since the plan makes no mention of reconstructing the financial system, this part of it is unlikely to help matters.
Establishing a Financial Services Oversight Council chaired by the Treasury Department seems redundant; slapping a new layer of regulatory bureaucracy on an increasingly complex banking system seems more an exercise in appearances than action.
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Conclusion of new WHO report: Global alcohol companies use unethical marketing instruments in Africa
23 June 2011
International alcohol companies misbehave in the African continent. The dominating and unethical character of alcohol marketing of these companies in African countries strengthens the urgent need to increase legislation on alcohol advertising in the African continent. That is one of the main conclusions of a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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Serena is sharing her workout secrets with the masses
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I,Retool: 5 Movies We Want to See in 3D
Fox's I, Robot spearheads a new process for post-conversion 3D
Starting tomorrow, fans of I, Robot will be able to see the movie in a whole new way as Fox is releasing it on Blu-ray in 3D. Why is that a big deal? Because I, Robot wasn't made or released in 3D when it originally came out in 2004. I, Robot is the first feature film from a major studio to be converted to 3D for a home entertainment release. Fox was able to justify the cost by doing some R & D to streamline the process to create a cost- and time-saving post-conversion 3D workstation with their partners at JVC. They are essentially the Henry Ford to 3D movies' automobile. The process is admittedly not designed for theatrical projection, so don't expect to see any films (like Aliens or The Abyss) where the director would want to oversee the conversion themselves (we're looking at you, James Cameron.) But now that we can convert anything specifically for our home theater, here are 5 movies we'd love to see in 3D without the need for a fancy theatrical re-release. If 3D was good enough for Hitchcock, who are we to argue?
Hellraiser - Hooks and chains coming at'cha. S&M puzzle-box demon Pinhead has been reused so many times that he doesn't necessarily scare the kids today any more, but giving his flesh-ripping telekinesis a tactile boost just might do the trick. Scene we're most excited for in 3D: Frank finally getting his just desserts while speaking aloud the shortest verse of Scripture.
Metropolis - The adventures of Freder and Maria in Fritz Lang's fascist future might find an audience in theaters if it were to get a bells and whistles re-release in 3D, but a limited, esoteric audience is not going to justify the cost. Silent doesn't sell - even The Artist had low grosses, though the finale of Hugo showed silent films can look great in the new dimension. Scene we're most excited for in 3D: Any of those sweeping cityscapes that inspired Blade Runner, Star Wars and pretty much every subsequent sci-fi epic ever.
Monterey Pop - What on earth is a concert film doing in a 3D nerdout? One only need look at Justin Bieber and Katy Perry to see how much 3D can bring to a celebration of sound. Okay maybe those are bad examples. While many would argue for Woodstock to be the concert film destined for inclusion, Monterey Pop was the movie that captured the amazing moments that went on to define acts like The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Scene we're most excited for in 3D: While The Who kill it when they destroy their instruments, Jimi Hendrix's seminal performance would be dazzling. That guitar wasn't set on fire for nothing, you know.
Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow - The Jude Law starrer was one of the earliest "All Green Screen" movies. Shot on a tiny budget and with most of the visuals being done using CGI in post, Sky Captain is one of the most natural fits for a 3D conversion. The Max Fleisher inspired robot designs, cool battles across the sky and in the ocean, this movie has everything you'd want to see in 3D, including Nick Fury-esque Angelina Jolie. Scene we're most excited for in 3D: The downtown giant robot vs Sky Captain aerial battle.
Mission: Impossible 1-4 - From a giant wall of water rushing at the screen in part 1 to the climbing of a Dubai tower in Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible series has plenty of scenes that would look awesome in three dimensions. Ethan Hunt and company were flashy in every movie, but Mission: Impossible 2 and Ghost Protocol would be the epitome of "must own 3D home entertainment." Scene we're most excited for in 3D: Four words, "John Woo Motorcycle Chase."
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You say to remember history and then clearly ignore the most important decade which saw passage of the Voting Rights Ac and the Civil Rights Act. After their passage the Dixiecrats within the Democratic Party began to migrate over to the Republican Party having felt betrayed by their brethren and feeling a kinship with the Republicans who had a higher majority percentage voting against both Acts. Having lived my entire life in the south I can honestly say that the Dixiecrat racists didn't suddenly lose their hatred overnight , they just switched parties and shifted everyone to the left and that's why everyone on the extreme far right are all Republican racists. Jeb Bush is a moderate Republican and he's not racist.
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I have a new fitness goal, not a weight goal, but instead a focus on fitness, particularly improving my lean mass and reducing my body fat percentage to 15%. In the past, I've focused on weight loss and have done just that. But I have hit a wall and been needing inspiration to take myself to the next level and keep from gaining that weight back! My parents were always into bodybuilders and my Mom thought I'd be a great bodybuilder. I never thought about it seriously. Lately, in researching how to reduce my body fat, I have become infatuated with figure competitors. At 6ft tall I dont fit the model of most female figure or bikini competitors. Most are around 5'5". But I have liked the build and fitness careers of Monique Minton-Ricardo (5'10") and Erin Stern (5'7"). Monique is a "cover girl, fitness model, IFBB pro bikini, MuscleTech Athlete and Brazilian Jiu jitsu World Champion." I like that she is doing something with her physique. She is applying it to a sport, a skill that can be part of a lifestyle. I have a crush on Erin Stern—her thighs and her strength! I want them nao! I have watched her YouTube channel. Stern flips over tractor tires like they are donuts! She hang snatches as if it was nothing. She conquers. I want that strength and that physique. Of course, I have a different body type than Monique or Erin. But looking at them both, I am excited to see what I have in me.
Krishna "Billy Ocean" Brown's #30DayPrimer Day4. The body you'd like to have and why.


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You ever have one of those nights when you just hate everything and everyone?
When you know that nothing is right, but you can't even quite place why?
When you want to hop in the car and just drive until your gas runs out, run until you collapse, and lay there until the world ends?
When you want everything to be over, but not really, but yeah, sorta, but no, not now, not for a while?
When sleep would be an impossible blessing, but only if it lasts for a few years?
When you're utterly convinced that nothing will work out and it's all just a long, slow, painful downhill from here?
When you just want to run around screaming "FUCK!"?
Oh, okay. Never mind.
Dear allergies,
Fuck you.
I should stop reading comments on political/religious articles.
The guy in front of me is playing Pokemon on his computer during our three-hour Psychopathology class.
I like him.
I've played a couple Elder Scrolls games (Oblivion and Skyrim), Guild Wars (WoW for cheap people), Runescape (WoW for cheap middle schoolers), all the Halos, Modern Warfare, Dragon Age, The Sims, Minecraft, Age of Empires, Civilization, and so many other games.
But nothing will ever be as addicting as a Pokémon Gameboy game.
Fucking hell. I keep picturing spiders whenever I close my eyes, so I've been laying awake in bed for the last hour and a half. Perfect for the night before a hard midterm.
They really are. They're some of the few places in the world where you can go and find the best and brightest the world has to offer (with some notable exceptions, of course). They're places full of thousands of (primarily) young people who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of higher learning in dozens of different areas. And they're places where innovation and experimentation are encouraged more so than in any previous schooling or most future places of employment.
Now, that's not to say colleges are perfect; they're far from it. There will always be the professors who assign arbitrary and meaningless drivel, administrators who will make unpopular and foolish decisions, and students who won't take their education seriously. But there will also be professors who will have meaningful impacts on your life, administrators who expand the number of possible majors to include some of the more esoteric interests, and students who will go on to make breakthrough discoveries or write powerful novels or do something meaningful with their lives - and that can be incredibly different for different people.
Colleges are truly remarkable places. You may look around and say, "I see a bunch of slackers mooching off their parents' money, just trying to pass their classes so they can do something other than flip burgers at McDonald's." But I look around and say, "I see a bunch of future chemists, editors, historians, artists, managers, psychologists, lawyers, doctors, authors, linguists, pastors, biologists, teachers, philosophers, and a whole lot more, all together in one place, learning, living, making life-long relationships, and figuring out who they are."
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Clint Barton/Hawkeye appreciation post for skyfallat221b
thank youuuuuuu ♥
#comforting and praising a bird as he's dying so it doesnt feel bad #how do people hate you bb
People who hate Harry Potter missed the a giant part of the story. Despite being abused by his aunt, uncle and cousin his whole life Harry was kind, compassionate, loyal, protective and honest. He defended those who needed it and stood up to those who deserved it. He didn't become bitter or hateful. And he spent his life trying to protect others. You can't hate him because people chose to stand by him even if it meant they'd die. He didn't want that, he wanted everyone to live even if it meant he couldn't anymore.
do you ever just sit around and think I'm in my twenties.
# it's a movie about five people in detention and the scenerio never changes # but it's fucking brilliant # a good script is what makes a good movie # not millions of dollars on special effects
When I was a kid, I was really tall for my age. And everyone kept saying, "You're going to grow up and be a WNBA player!"
But I was really afraid that I'd go to high school and be taller than all of the boys and wouldn't be able to dance with them at prom because it would look funny. So I wished really really hard that I would stop growing.
And then I really did stop growing at the age of 12 and proceeded to believe that I wished myself short for the next four years
There's nothing like home
David Tennant Face Appreciation
"He's just perfect. He's got range, he's got lightness. He can do anything – light, dark, funny, farce." - Russell T. Davies
Happy Birthday tennantmeister!!
The real world.
This is from That's So Raven, where Chelsea and Raven apply to work at the same clothing shop. Chelsea is white; Raven is black. Chelsea gets the job, despite being utterly horrible at it, while Raven, who has a deep interest in fashion and knows how to handle clothes, does not. The girls find this deeply suspicious, so Chelsea wears a hat with a camera on it and questions the employer. The employer admits what she does in the gif above and Chelsea and Raven submit the footage to a news station.
And THAT is why That's So Raven is the best TV show ever.
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Why only 28 days in feburary ?
Tags: money, pregnancy & parenting, 28 days
Asked by good boy, 28 Jan '13 10:08 pm
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So that there could be less gossips than those of other months...!Answered by Dil Se, 28 Jan '13 10:24 pm
For less work to get more work for marchAnswered by Ramesh Agarwal, 28 Jan '13 10:21 pm
It is also 29 days in a leap yearAnswered by jameel ahmed, 28 Jan '13 10:15 pm
It is happy to have the least leaving others to enjoy the extra days :-PAnswered by Annes, 28 Jan '13 10:14 pm
The year is 365 1/4 days when it's not a leap year. In February, on leap years, the total number of days is 29 days. On regular years February is 28 days. Every four years there is a leap year because all the one forth of a day on regular years add up to a full day! That's why on leap years February has 1 extra day. On regular years February has only 28 daysAnswered by sur, 28 Jan '13 10:12 pm
He is younger one among all 12 brothers, so he got less share :PAnswered by MAdhavan Avadhany, 28 Jan '13 10:12 pm
Actually 28.25 days for 3 yearsAnswered by sigma, 28 Jan '13 10:11 pm
Then 4 th year ( leap year) it is added and 29 th day firmed
Then 4 th year ( leap year) it is added and 29 th day firmed
No as all months have 28 daysAnswered by rekha agarwal, 28 Jan '13 10:10 pm
Yes why.........:-(Answered by Bhuvana, 28 Jan '13 10:09 pm


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Camp Rising Sun
Camp Rising Sun is an invitation-only, international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16. Operated by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization, the program lasts for seven weeks. There is a boys' facility in Red Hook, New York and a separate girls' facility in Clinton, New York, about 90 miles (140 km) north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley. Participants come from all over the world and are chosen by merit. Instead of being asked to pay for tuition, campers are requested to pass along to someone else the benefits they gained.[1]
There are alumni organizations in numerous countries[2][3][4][5][6] with more than 5,000 alumni around the world. Camp Rising Sun alumni include a United Nations Under-Secretary General, a president of Harvard University, a winner of the Intel Science Talent Search, a Foreign Minister of South Korea, two former Israeli ambassadors, an Under Secretary of State in the Carter administration and folk singer Pete Seeger.
In 1996, a group of Danish and other European alumni founded Camp Rising Sun Europe for young women. Organized and maintained by the George E. Jonas Foundation and the Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Denmark, the program was located in Stendis, Region Midtjylland, Denmark.
Located on 176 acres in upstate New York,[7] Camp Rising Sun (CRS) is one of the longest continuously running summer programs in the United States. It was founded just after the stock market crash in 1929[8][9] by philanthropist George E. Jonas with the mission to "develop in promising young people from diverse backgrounds a lifelong commitment to sensitive and responsible leadership for the betterment of their communities and world."[7]
The son of a successful businessman, Jonas grew up in privilege and wealth, but was troubled about the advantages he had in comparison to others.[10] He grew dismayed at the world. Pondering what he could do to bring a measure of stability and peace to the world, he reasoned that hope rested in the youth of the world and he began to consider what might encourage, stimulate and motivate them. He got the idea to start a camp, one that "is interested not merely in the boy, but in the man the boy will become."[8] He set up a foundation, naming it after his father; the foundation runs the camp. For decades, Jonas personally interviewed many prospective campers[9] and he was fondly called by all by his nickname, "Freddie".[8][10]
After World War II, the program was expanded to include youth from every region of the world. In 1947, the first two African American boys were invited to attend[11] and 1989, a girls' program was established. Jonas remained closely associated with the program until the time of his death in 1978.[12] Campers from outside the United States have an opportunity to stay with an American family or with US campers or alumni, enabling them to experience what it's like to live in America.[8][13]
The selection of participants is highly competitive[9][14] and is based on a candidate's potential leadership ability,[15] intellect (demonstrated academic achievement and ability to think critically), character, and individuality (developed abilities and interests).[16] Camp alumni are generally responsible for selecting new campers from their countries, but in some cases, government officials such as the Minister of Education or an ambassador, do the selecting (or did, in decades past).[8][17][18]
The program is neither religious nor political, but with campers coming from all over the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and elsewhere, politics and religion are just two of the many topics that come up for discussion.[8][9][19][20]
Camp Rising Sun's reputation is built on the conviction that there is much to be learned through experience and interaction with those from other cultures and nations. A boy from Nigeria may ask a boy from Alabama about racism in the United States[8] or while working together in the kitchen, someone from Palestine may share personal experiences of life in the midst of the Middle East conflict. Campers help with all aspects of the camp, including meal preparation[19] and maintenance, and work together on intellectual or cultural projects of their own choosing. They also conceive of and carry out landcaping projects to improve the camp, such as building a Finnish sauna or a Japanese rock garden.[8][9] The eight weeks at CRS become a life-transforming experience.[1][9][20][21] Alumni often choose professions of service and stay involved with the camp for decades after, if not the rest of their lives. One CRS alumnus, Herbert Hall (b. 1923), wrote in an unpublished memoir,
|During the spring semester [of tenth grade at Boys High School], completely without my knowledge, I was recommended to an organization called the Walden Foundation, which operated a boys' camp in upstate New York called Camp Rising Sun. Its founder, George Jonas, visited us at home and spoke with Aunty and me about attending the camp, whose charter was to provide a broadening experience for boys aged 12 to 17 from varied backgrounds and cultures. I became a camper for the summers of 1936 and 1937, and the experience had a marked influence on the rest of my life.
Nurturing tomorrow's leaders[edit]
|The world desperately needs men of good will, men with vision, men who will not be daunted by heavy odds against them."
With understanding adults outside the family circle, a boy can learn to stretch far.[8]
The Louis August Jonas Foundation is guided by the philosophy of the founder. The camp's mission is to "develop in promising young people from diverse backgrounds a lifelong commitment to sensitive and responsible leadership for the betterment of their communities and world."[7] In following Jonas' mission, the camp nurtures leadership skills and the training comes with practical experience.[13] Each camper gets the chance to be camp leader for one day.[22] Called the sachem[7] (a word that means an Algonquian "chief"), the camper is in charge.[7][20] Feedback, both from the staff and peers, is given to further gain from the experience. Staff members, typically graduate students or teachers, provide support.
The goal of the program is that participants will integrate what they learn at Camp Rising Sun into their lives and pass it along to others.[1][8] After the two months of sharing and working together, Jonas wanted campers to return to their communities the benefits they had gained. He said, "We ask that the boys return to life, some day and in some way, the good they have received from it. So, we do ask a price, and its a rather high one."[8] One sophomore in Charleston, South Carolina came home with an idea to improve race relations that he wanted to propose to the Youth Services agency in his city.[7]
Creating a community[edit]
An international community is created with one or two teenagers each from a range of countries as disparate as Finland, Poland, Ethiopia, France, Japan, Ecuador, Hungary, Australia, Italy, Nigeria, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Lithuania, Germany, Bulgaria, Ghana and Malaysia with youngsters from all across the United States. Campers live together in tents[9] (at the US camps) and in rooms at the European camp. Bunking assignments are changed every two weeks, so that each student shares accommodations with 16 different young people over the course of a summer, during the course of which, he or she is exposed to many different cultures and individuals. Dining hall table assignments are changed weekly, further supporting the opportunity to learn about others and make new friendships. By the time the campers leave, they have friends all over the world.[7][20]
After two months of exposure to many other nationalities, international issues became personal concerns. "It's not just Iran anymore. It's my friend, Sepideh, who lives in Iran," said one camper after her summer at CRS.[22] Many of these friendships continue through the decades and there are periodic world reunions, each time meeting in a different country.
Camp activities[edit]
Jonas said, "Schools give you technical training, but they don't necessarily teach you how to think" and set up his camp to supply that need.[9]
While CRS includes swimming, boating, hiking, ping pong, soccer, basketball, tennis and other sports, its focus is providing opportunities for intellectual growth, for development of leadership skills, and appreciation of the value of diversity. The program challenges campers to try new things, but also offers them the option of participating or not, a freedom some have never experienced before.[20] Campers work together in peer-led teams to take care of the daily maintenance needs of the camp. Counselors are skilled in a variety of disciplines from lifesaving to Japanese wrestling to filmmaking.[8][9] There is instruction by staff, visiting alumni, guests, or other students on subjects like international affairs, poetry, theater, microscopes, filmmaking,[9] creative writing, landscaping,[8] history, music, art, drama,[7] philosophy, ethics, and nature. Three weekly newspapers, written and produced by campers, document the comedic, artistic, and overall progress of the camp.
Students work on projects they conceive, plan and manage, both individually and in peer-led groups. There are evening artistic and intellectual programs, most often planned and executed by campers. At the end of July, there is a dramatic or musical production, involving the entire camp community. Each Saturday evening, there is a large campfire, at which campers discuss their different countries and cultures, about global issues, prejudice and hate and hear presentations, sometimes by outside lecturers.[7][8]
There is also time available each day for campers to pursue their own activity, be it sports, the arts, reading, an educational pursuit, swimming in the pool or just talking with other campers. Campers are encouraged to keep a journal and prepare other written material that is kept on file and sent to the camper at his[8] or her twenty-first birthday.
A camper's journal from 2006 offers a glimpse of a typical day at Camp Rising Sun.
|After waking up at 8 a.m., I had breakfast, attended morning assembly, and worked in the kitchen during teamwork time. For project time, a few campers and I mapped out a plan for a garden that we hoped to plant on cabin hill. After lunch and rest hour, I went to an instruction called "Words Words Words" where a counselor Amy (Utah) and about seven campers practiced creative writing and poetry.
During free time I went swimming with a bunch of other campers. It was Hester's (The Netherlands) birthday, so dinner became a celebration. I received five letters, and since it's camp tradition, I had to sing to receive them. For the evening program we did Scottish dancing. It was a fun-filled day! After tent check at 10 p.m., I stayed awake and talked with Sepideh (Iran), Anissa (New York), Su Bin (Korea) and Annalisa (Utah), the hiking counselor.[22]
Effects of the current financial crisis[edit]
Because of the worldwide financial crisis that began in 2007, there was no camp program held in 2009 in the United States and the European program was cancelled for 2010. Since then, the two campuses in upstate New York have resumed summer programs and the organization has undertaken a new strategic plan to ensure the Camp Rising Sun legacy. [23][24]
CRS Alumni[edit]
CRS campers become members of an international alumni association that is supportive of their evolving interests in college and careers. The LAJF Web site has a College Roster that connects young alumni with older alumni who are attending or have attended a broad range of colleges, universities and professional schools. Many alumni later speak of their experiences at CRS, such as when writing their college essays.[1][9][25] LAJF also supports a college scholarship program. While the Rising Sun experience is measured in weeks, the effects of the experience continue to develop and to play out over decades.[1]
Notable CRS alumni[edit]
- Clifford Alexander, Jr., 1947, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Secretary of the Army
- George Ames, financier; senior partner, Lazard Freres
- Darren Aronofsky, filmmaker
- Eli Attie, writer, television producer, former aide/speechwriter for Al Gore and Bill Clinton
- Norberto Barba, filmmaker
- Richard J. Baron, 1967, President and CEO, American Board of Internal Medicine
- David Botstein
- Francis F. Chen, 1944, plasma physicist, pioneer of ultra-cold physics
- Samuel R. Delany, 1957, author, professor, literary critic, member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame
- Dick Dolman, 1951, former president, Dutch parliament
- Sandi Simcha Dubowski, 1985 and 1986, filmmaker
- Greg Giraldo, comedian
- Ulric Haynes, 1947, former U.S. ambassador to Algeria
- Anselm Hollo, 1950, Finnish writer
- Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, 1962, private secretary to the queen of England
- Robert Jastrow, chief of theoretical division of NASA; founder, Goddard Institute for Space Studies; author
- Ji Chaozhu, 1944, former Chinese ambassador to Britain, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, author
- Ashok Kamte, Mumbai police commissioner (killed in the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai)
- Kai Lee
- Sidney Lumet, filmmaker
- Michael Lunn, 1960, former Danish Minister of Justice, former Minister of Climate and Energy
- Joshua Muravchik, 1962, scholar, American Enterprise Institute; public policy analyst
- Matthew Nimetz, American diplomat
- Frank Ochberg, psychiatrist, expert in post-traumatic stress disorder
- Jeff Orlowski, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, documentary filmmaker
- Pertti Pesonen, 1948, Finnish professor of political science; former editor-in-chief of Aamulehti
- Michael Pressman, 1964, television director and producer
- Itamar Rabinovich, 1959, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States; President of Tel Aviv University
- Gunnar Riberholdt, 1949, Danish ambassador to France; director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Neil Leon Rudenstine, president emeritus, Harvard University
- Pete Seeger, folk singer, songwriter
- Heikki von Hertzen, Finnish lawyer, banker, social activist, and Tapiola urban planner
- James Yannatos, 1943, conductor, San Antonio Symphony; professor of music, Harvard University
- Juliane Henningsen, 2001, politician
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Melinda Williams, "'We stand on the shoulders of those who came before'" Davis County Clipper (June 3, 2010) Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ "Tervetuloa" Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Finland, official website. Retrieved June 21, 2010 (Finnish)
- ^ "Üdvözlünk a CRS Magyar Táborozók honlapján!" Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Hungary, official website. Retrieved June 22, 2010 (Hungarian)
- ^ "Strona Stowarzyszenia Polskich Wychowanków Camp Rising Sun" Camp Rising Sun/Poland, recruitment and alumni website. Retrieved June 22, 2010 (Polish)
- ^ "CRS Nederland" Camp Rising Sun/Netherlands, recruitment and alumni website. Retrieved June 22, 2010 (Dutch)
- ^ "Camp Rising Sun キャンプ・ライジング・サン(CRS)とは" Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association Japan, official website. Retrieved June 22, 2010 (Japanese)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Julie Brickle, "Not your ordinary summer camp" The Catholic Miscellany (November 11, 1999) Charleston, SC. Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Eugene W. Moss, "Camp with international horizons," Christian Science Monitor (May 16, 1972) Page 17
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Eleanor Flagler, "Camp Rising Sun Seeks Fishers for Ideas" The News and Courier Charleston, SC (Feb. 7, 1977) Page 1. Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ a b Carey Winfrey, "Columbia Hails a Boyhood Friend" (Fee or subscription required.) The New York Times (November 22, 1977) Retrieved June 24, 2010
- ^ Ulric Haynes, "A Mixed Bag of Memories of CRS from Some Sixty Years Ago" (PDF) Sundial (December 2007). Retrieved June 29, 2010
- ^ "Spotlight on Global Organizations: Camp Rising Sun" (PDF) Alpha Vision, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2003). Retrieved June 21, 2010
- ^ a b "Camp Rising Sun – USA" IGRISE: Student Exchange, official website. Retrieved June 21, 2010
- ^ "History" NPO Pacific Rim International Student Camp, official website. Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ "International Summer Camp" (PDF) Scribe, Students of Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, NY. Vol. 1, No. 9 (June 16, 1960) Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ "Students awarded international camp scholarships" (May 28, 2010) Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ "Students asked to be guided by discipline, tolerance and honesty" Modern Ghana, official website. Ghana News Agency (March 5, 2004) Retrieved June 23, 2010
- ^ "CRSAAF – Briefly in English" Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association Finland, official website. Retrieved June 23, 2010
- ^ a b Holly Harris, "i'm off to red hook" Holly Harris, personal blog (June 10, 2010) Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ a b c d e "Camp Rising Sun (CRS)" Personal website of Japanese CRS alumnus. Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ Testimonials from CRS alumni from the 1950s through the 1990s Louis August Jonas Foundation, official website. Retrieved June 22, 2010
- ^ a b c Eva Amessé, "Summer vacation? Life changing" Reprinted from the Staten Island Advance (September 10, 2006). The Louis August Jonas Foundation, official website. Retrieved June 23, 2010
- ^ Sundial (PDF) Louis August Jonas Foundation publication (December 2008) Retrieved June 24, 2010
- ^ "A special message from GEJF chairman, Torsten Enemærke" Camp Rising Sun Europe, official website. Retrieved June 24, 2010
- ^ 2005: Wes (James W) Johnson Presidential Scholars Foundation, official website. Retrieved June 22, 2010
External links[edit]
- Camp Rising Sun, The Louis August Jonas Foundation
- Camp Rising Sun Europe
- Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Finland
- George E. Jonas Foundation
- CRSConnect networking website for alumni
- Camp Rising Sun Alumni Home Page
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Hi guys and gals!
I'm brewing my first ever batch of beer in a fancy brewer's best kit. So far, everything seems to be going alright. I got a little nervous when my airlock stopped giving me bubbles, but some sleuthing around on here has proven that apparently I have nothing to worry about. But I DID have some questions I'm hoping one of you kind folks can help me out with.
1. I'm going completely off the kit instructions, which are a bit lacking. One of the first discrepancies I'm finding between the kit instructions and what forum posters say is the time. My kit says to ferment the beer for 4-6 days. Is that enough time? Seems like I'm seeing a couple weeks at least on here.
2. oh my god, what the heck do I do with the hydrometer? I THOUGHT I understood it, but the first reading I took made no sense to me, and I'm really not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for, other then a pretty drastic change from my first reading o_o
3. I have a secondary carboy that came with my kit. I'd like to try it out, if that seems like a good idea, but how do I know when I should switch over into it? My manual says 5-7 days before you are finished. The same one that says fermentation will take 4-6 days @_@
your expertise would be greatly appreciated!
1) 3 weeks
2) Take a reading before ptiching yeast, take one before bottling.
3) Most people only use their secondary when adding dry hops, fruit, etc. If you aren't doing one of these use it to ferment another beer.
You take a reading of the unfermented wort. Then you take readings when you think it is done and when they are the same reading for at least two days you subtract the first (Orignal Gravity) from the second (Final Gravity).
It probably means 5-7 days in the primary and 4-6 days in the secondary. But just do 3 weeks in the primary. It will be cleared up.
You're going to need to find one of those nifty charts that converts Hydrometer readings to actual gravity numbers for you, based upon temperature. I believe as the temperature fluctuates, the gravity readings do as well... so if you use a chart, you can figure out the baseline gravity numbers.
Here's a good explanation of hydros (nifty chart included).
and I'm in the primary only camp for what it's worth. Give it 3 weeks-ish, then another 3 or 4 weeks in bottles if you're bottling.
I like a little more beer in my beer.
thanks for the advice! I'll just let it sit here then and stare impatiently at the fermenter. That should make it go faster...
... and always remember that answers to your questions here are likely to be correct, but not necessarily the ONLY correct answer (ie... everything is subject to opinion)
1)Fermentation time: Depending on the beer, the fermentation conditions, and personal preference for aging it, this can vary. The shortest possible time is about 2 weeks before bottling, however, count on a month and your beer will generally taste better by then.
2) Oh my god, what the heck do I do with the hydrometer?
- did it come in a little package or storage container? Leave it there.
3) primary/secondary: also a matter of opinion. A few threads can be found on the subject.
- The argument for using a secondary is that it gets your beer off of the trub (the yeast and beer by-products that settle out into a gunk on the bottom), which some believe results in a cleaner tasting beer. Also, if your primary is plastic and secondary is glass, some believe they get less exposure to air in the glass secondary.
- The argument for NOT using a secondary is that it is less work, and you eliminate the chance of oxidizing or contaminating your beer during transfer.
those are all awesome points as well I'll be delighted if the beer turns out beer-y. if it doesn't taste vile, I'll be even more elated ^_^ I'll be sure to post how it turns out tho, if anyone is still interested in a week or so!
I would like to mention the value of using a blow-off tube rather than trusting the airlock to withstand primary fermentation.
My very first batch was a kit, and the airlock worked just fine. My first original batch on the other hand. I'm glad I opted for the blow-off tube from the start. As by the next day the batch was bubbling right through the hose. British Ale yeast is very active. At least it is for me. hehe
so far so good! i took everyone's advice and let the beer sit for 3 weeks. I've since opened up the fermenter with great trepidation only to find...beer! tada! I added in the sugar that came with my kit and have since bottled it up, with 1 week to go until it is hopefully carbonated. I ended up losing almost a gallon of beer in the process however, as I did not have enough bottles. I tried to accumulate the remaining 20 or so that I needed before bottling, but that's just way too much beer for me lol. Anyway, i just wanted to say thanks to those of you that gave me advice, it looks like in a week I'll be able to sit back and toast you guys! Cheers!


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Then, of course, there were the obvious negative comments on Twitter, as always.
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This is a rather tricky and complicated issue, since Collins was already a fringe NBA player to begin with. Last year, he was one of the last men off the bench for a bad team. He's currently a free agent, and it's quite likely that he wouldn't have been signed for next year, whether he came out of the closet or not.
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Some of you may already be familiar with our previous 125cc adventures - one of the better, more scenic rides is elsewhere on the forum. Here:
We've spent the last few years getting to know a couple of old 125cc motorcycles by touring around the British Isles, loving (and hating) all their foibles.
This time around we thought we'd try to set a real challenge and take the bike abroad. Not too daunting a challenge to most motorcyclists.
But on these machines the thought of having to rely on them totally for weeks, whilst having to cover 1000s of miles of ground at very modest speeds with no weather protection suddenly departs from an ordinary ride, and into the realms of something like an adventure!
It's been said many times that it's not the destination that's important, but the journey.
That said, we usually like a goal or destination, somewhere to reach or see to plan our tours around. But after much deliberation and indecision, we settled on the idea of simply stranding ourselves and the bikes as far as reasonably possible, and riding home.
Living in the UK - the southern ports are ideal for hopping into France, but this felt like we'd ride into Europe for a while, before turning around and going back. It didn't really have a goal.
So instead we bought two single ferry tickets to Santander in Northern Spain, the idea then being to call this the 'Start' and ride north over the Pyrenees Mountains into France, then ride the whole length of France, South to North, and ferry back across the English Channel and home.
Simple enough. Then we started to think about what we'd done.
Unlike most folks who'd sit there Pan European or 1200cc BMW on the motorway to the ferry port and start the holiday in a few hours, we were on 125s and could barely crack 45mph. As a result, one of the rules we set on our tours is that we don't use motorways or A roads, but instead pick our route along quiet back roads and country lanes.
This had the unfortunate implication that it would take us 2 days just to get from the north of England to Plymouth in the south! What hope was there for getting back home through two other countries?
Anyway, sod it. The tickets were booked now - so off we went. Maybe we'd get back in time for work. Who knows? We reckon 2 weeks should do it .
First things first, we needed a trial pack and a test ride a couple of weeks before the departure to see how the bikes faired with all the gear we'd be taking. Usually a tank bag and some bungees work fine, but with extra gear needed for this trip we added a set of throw over panniers to the mix.
Then queue Northern England for some miserable, wet test riding...
It had better be warmer and drier than this in Spain!
The bikes seemed to cope nicely with the gear, losing about 5mph off the max 50mph we usually got from them. Though pulling up hills for any length of time really became a struggle. Should be OK, it's not like Pyrenees are that hilly, right?
Day 1 was to be a mammoth slog down south to a B&B, which would set us up with a short second day in England to catch the Ferry. As usual it was freezing cold and raining in England. After 13 hours on the back roads, aching all over and wet, we decided we needed to warm up and got the camping stove out at Dartmoor National Park.
Day 2 was even wetter, though we only had a short journey to make to the ferry. We arrived wet through once again, though with the prospect of drying off on the boat and starting the first real leg of the trip the mood was upbeat.
We were outsized in terms of CC by every bike in the queue! usually about 10 times. Though we did get a lot of folks coming over to yarn about the bikes. Mostly wishing us luck with a puzzled look in their eyes, but also, I like to think, secretly jealous of our fuel economy and predicted fuel budget for the trip.
So long rain
Just the small matter of killing the 20+ hours sailing now:
Hanging around on deck
Taking pics out the windows
And making new friends
Day 3. Finally we arrive in Spain. And finally we see some sunshine. Lovely and hot.
After a quick stop in the suburbs of Santander to try to find some oil for the squeaky chain (we forgot to pack any chain lube in our tool kit) we finally start to proceed into the Spanish countryside.
Chain oiled, time to leave the city
Up into the gentle foothills before tomorrow's Pyrenees
The mountain passes were absolutely sublime to ride
We finished the first day still in Spain in the town of Vitoria. Right on the edge of the Rioja and Navarra wine producing regions, we had to go out and sample the tapas bars.
The main square in Vitoria
The tapas bars
Day 4, and the day we see how these bikes cope with the Pyrenees.
We set out on some fantastic Spanish tarmac
And some roads that were not so great
We were steadily gaining altitude, and fining some good twisty sections to ride on the way
The day continued over roads like these until we got to the Pyrenees themselves. Hot were we were, snow-capped still on the tops, and a hell of a long way up.
The bikes really struggled to maintain any speed or momentum going up. But we were in no rush, and there wasn't a single car or lorry to be seen so it was just a case of putting the bikes into 1st or 2nd gear, slowly making our way up on half throttle and enjoying the view.
We soon got used to the idea of this 'forced pace' and learnt to keep the throttle only part open and slowly creep up. There was no point revving any harder to change gear as these bikes couldn't pull up in 3rd gear.
No need to rush, as the scenery was amazing
1,700m at the top. Amazed these little bikes made it
Day 5 onward. The next 2 weeks merge together. But by now, we've crossed the Pyrenees, left the Spanish border behind, and are well into France. The north coast of France, and our ferry home, still seem a long way off.
Coming into one French village, just under the Pyrenees, we see this man herding his sheep down the road.
Whether he was bringing them off the mountain because he had seen the weather forecast, I don't know. But the next day was solid, driving rain all day. As we were still very far South we thought it best to continue and get some miles covered, as we were still unsure how long this trip was going to take.
The exposed nature of these bikes meant that the weather took it's toll on both the bikes and the riders, and after a full day we were forced to seek shelter.
Luckily we stumbled on a lovely French couple who could put us up for the night indoors, but also had room to store the bikes out of the weather.
Just as well, as the rain had got into Alec's headlight and kept blowing his bulbs
Though nothing a bit of gaffer tape couldn't fix
The following day was total contrast.
We woke up with our gear dried and the sun back out.
This was where we'd been staying
And on the way back to the shed to pack our bikes up for the day ahead, we saw this.
A timely reminder that, although our bikes were small and didn't offer a lot of protection from the elements, it could have been a lot worse!
Some pretty nice panniers, though!
With the sun back out, we could now do what we came to France to do: Ride bikes and find some local food!
Just about every town or village we stopped at had a local market on every day.
As we were still quite far south, this one had a very Iberian 'feel' to it.
We kept picking up produce like this as we travelled through various towns and villages, stashing it under bungees for when we stumbled upon a campsite. More of this later.
Another thing every French village has is a thriving cafe.
There was nothing better than to pull up outside on the bikes, sit down with an espresso and the map to plan the next section of the route whilst admiring the bikes...
Another day over, we now headed into a more architecturally-rich area of France.
You couldn't move without tripping over castles like these, littering up the place.
By late afternoon, we seemed to get that sinking feeling again that the weather was about to take a turn for the worse - seemed to have fallen into a pattern of one day being hot and sunny, the next day cold and wet.
Optimism can only go so far, I suppose. Not a happy camper.
But then, who likes putting up tents in the pouring rain?
You have to smile That's the spirit
But the food and wine we got earlier really helped lift the spirits!
The following day we woke up to more blazing sunshine.
The town certainly looks a lot nicer like this.
And we kept on tripping over all those castles...
Cruising lazily through the tiny village streets was amazing
It was now so hot that we were on the hunt for trees to shade us rather that shelter us from rain.
The weather stayed good all day.
We found a fantastic campsite in the middle of nowhere, in a tiny village with just a few houses, 1 tiny bar, but for some reason it's very own massive chateaux.
The view from our tent
We had the place to ourselves
And, with the weather so good, decided it was washing day!
Some more of the fantastic market stalls that kept feeding us throughout the trip
We were closing in on the north coast of France by now.
Before hopping up to the north coast to catch the ferry, there was just time to trip over one more castle
Other than a dull ride back home through England, that was our trip finished.
The past 2 weeks had been phenomenal. We had no plans at all for the whole trip. Hadn't booked any accommodation or planned any routes. We'd packed everything we could think we might need and arrived in Spain with just one, rough aim: head north.
Looking back, the way we travelled made this trip so amazing. The bikes we took forced us onto the tiny country roads, which allowed us to move slowly through the country and really experience it.
Getting on a motorway and 'missing' 200 miles of scenery just wasn't an option for us, and I'm really glad.
Ditching Sat Navs for good old maps forced us into cafes and bars 2-3 times each day so that we could get the maps out and plan the next phase of the route. We tended to do this at breakfast, lunch and then in the afternoon with an espresso. Just doing so allowed us, again, to experience the country we were in. We got talking to people, yarned about what we were up to (as best we could in a foreign language anyway).
As a final note. It's always good to think about a trip in hindsight, to think about what you've learned from it. What worked well. What Didn't. How it's changed outlook on things in general.
I think we did it right on this tour. in terms of gear we didn't take too much, or too little.
It all packed neatly on the bikes, though one thing to do better next time is find a better way to transport all that french bread
So that's that.
Time to start thinking where the bikes will take us next time.
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Marvelous stuff.
Great photos, particularly the black and white one of the sheep in the road and on the pavement.
Interesting article in MCN recently about about a fella, Nick Jones, who rode 5 years, 100,000 miles around the world on a Yammie YBR and an XL125. He said that his five-year trip cost less than the price of a 'big' motorcycle.
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Very cool!!
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Well done. And nicely documented also.
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That's a very attractive trip. The food looks wonderful, as well as the routing.
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great trip. I was looking at doing similar but the fuel cost down to the ferry is the same as the rest of the trip abroad!
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Lovely images and descriptions of your adventures.
I can almost taste and smell the delicacies you discovered!
Thank you for sharing and inspiring.
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Nice RR. Now I have to slog to work, can I have some cheese with my whine!
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Very cool trip. Where is picture 3? The yorkshire dales?
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Aye, where are you two from?
it looks like the Pennines to me, & could be either side (The Lancs side being the best!)
Great write up mate, & you should seriously think about starting up a 125cc travel around Europe type company.......I'll be your 1st customer!!!
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That looks like a great trip and thanks for posting a very enjoyable ride report.
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It was a great report to read! Thanks!
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Great report and an even better trip. I dream of getting to Europe and just riding around for a month but think it will remain just a dream. Our economy has eaten big holes in my funds.
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Brilliant trip. Well done.
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Markets and castles ride, where can I get that round here...love the food on those big wok and the Iberian food display.
Postcard pic would be the castle with the bridge's arch reflecting in the moat like a whole circle.
Don't worry about the rain as long as you have the rain gear and not getting wet, it's like beating the system (nature), riding or not.
Thank you for sharing
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