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The American dub version of ''Sailor Moon'' is notoriously toned-down for content, mostly [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking violence, death, and anything concerning Japanese culture]]. Sex and nudity are cut/toned down too, but it's blink-and-you'll-miss-it (unless you count the "Let's turn two unrelated lesbians into ambiguously incestuous same-sex cousins" editing job they did for Amara and Michelle on ''Sailor Moon S'' or you know so much about the original version that you can tell what the dubbed version changed).
Fortunately, the censors didn't catch everything...
* The Creator/DiC English dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' accidentally created innuendo out of a toned-down line on the season two episode "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall". The girls are arguing about who should be cast as Literature/SnowWhite in a play. Each girl gives various reasons why she should be the lead. In the original Japanese, Makoto (Sailor Jupiter) says that she should be Snow White because she has the biggest breasts. In the English version, she says she should get the part because she has "the most acting experience and talent." The English line ends at the same point the original Japanese line ends, with a ''sting'' at the visual, suggesting to the audience that when Lita means "talent," it doesn't refer to her acting. Naturally, as one might expect, the fandom gave this the expected MemeticMutation.
** In the German dub, she says, that she should be Snow White, because she's the oldest and therefore [[DoubleEntendre a real woman]]. Close enough.
* The [[HideYourLesbians hidden lesbians]] (Haruka/Amara and Michiru/Michelle) that were rewritten as cousins -- that apparently have an incestuous, homosexual attraction to each other. Though, [[DubText that was an accident (or not)]] as the localization crew only managed to get rid of the obvious signs that Amara and Michelle are lesbian lovers (i.e., dialogue that makes it clear that they're more than just friends). All others were left to open interpretation by the more eagle-eyed and perverted fans of the show.
** Eagle-eyed? Watch Episode 110 in the dub. No matter how close they are, cousins do not look at each other like that. Unless they are, of course, KissingCousins. But that only makes it worse, Cloverway.
** Even the Japanese anime tried not to be ''too'' overt about the nature of Haruka and Michiru's relationship. However, in the first episode of ''Sailor Stars'' when Neptune is holding on to Uranus over the edge of a roof top, we get this exchange:
--->'''Neptune''': You seem to be putting on some weight.
--->'''Uranus''': I refuse to listen to that kind of talk outside of a bed.
* There's the obligatory transformation scenes: although BarbieDollAnatomy is very much in play (at least in the [=DiC=] dub where the outlines of breasts and crotch had to be airbrushed out), the girls are still naked.
* There's a scene during the ''Sailor Moon S'' series where Mimete is moaning in very suggestive way right off screen while lifting one of her legs. It turns out that she's playing Twister, but before it's revealed that it was very easy to mistake for very gymnastic sex. This is one of the scenes considered to be even ''saucier'' via DubText - the sultry moans were cranked ''up'' for the U.S. version.
* In one episode of the ''Sailor Moon S'' arc (the arc with Sailors Neptune and Uranus), Lita (Makoto) is being stalked by a MonsterOfTheWeek who wears a long cloak wrapped around her body and when she runs, no hint of a skirt or shorts can be seen, implying that the cloak is the only thing that's covering her. When the monster confronts Lita (who's out with Amara and Michelle), the monster throws open her cloak and Lita reacts as if she's been flashed. Turns out the MonsterOfTheWeek was just wearing a dress with a really short skirt.
* During the manga version of the Black Moon arc (and its equivalent in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal''), Usagi visits Mamoru's apartment, wearing a cute dress with a blouse underneath. The couple have a romantic scene, he lowers her to the floor, kisses her, end of scene. The next scene takes place the day after... with Usagi in the same dress but no blouse.
** Later in the arc, Sailor Moon is fighting and she summons mental images of her loved ones to strengthen herself. When she thinks of Mamoru, he's shirtless, and it's strongly implied that she's recalling the moment mentioned above. This was also included in ''Crystal''.
* The second time Usagi got drunk in the anime (in the ''S'' season) happened when she picked up what she thought was a glass of juice while nervously studying English to be able to speak with foreign students at a fancy party. [[IntoxicationEnsues She ended up giggling and chatting hyperactively with Mamoru's old colleagues about the "pudding of relativity"]], nearly punched Mamoru's lights out in excitement and took up [[{{Bifauxnen}} Haruka's]] offer for a dance, mistaking her for an actual man. All the dub did was change the Japanese-English language conflict [[KeepItForeign to English-French]], the alcoholic drink to [[FrothyMugsOfWater actual juice]] and Haruka's request for a dance to [[DubNameChange Amara]] [[HideYourLesbians offering to give Serena a lesson]] before Serena dances with Darien, but the dialogue was otherwise as intact. Linda Ballantyne's voicework even made Serena sound ''more'' drunk than Usagi sounded in the original.
** Also, in Japan, Haruka is often mistaken for a boy and uses male pronouns when not suited up; the idea with the EvenTheGirlsWantHer bit is that she just makes ''such'' a cute one. Removing this for the dub means there's no chance of "ah, forgot for a minute that the cute boy is actually a girl" when moments like this - dialogue changed but all blushing and such intact, similar to the way lesbians became lesbian KissingCousins - appear in the dub. So, while on the surface, we remove booze and gay-ness, we actually change the situation from "Usagi, when drunk, forgot the that girl who is so boyish some can't tell the difference wasn't actually a boy for a moment" to "Strong but feminine Amara offers Serena the HandsOnApproach of dance practice. Serena ''really'' seems to approve."
* Usagi's [[http://sailorgalaxy.de/tl_files/gallery/anime_secrets/090_1.JPG English test]] in the first episode of ''Sailor Moon S''. ''Very'' appropriate to give to 15-year-olds... (for those of you who don't know, "new-half" is a euphemism for a MTF transsexual).
** But what's funnier is that the name of the man on the test is [[KunihikoIkuhara one of the creative staff]], and when you translate "nanpa" and pair it with the reputation Roppongi has... it's basically describing one of the directors going to Tokyo's RedLightDistrict to pick up a prostitute and getting a shock upon finding out they're a {{Transsexual}}! [[SarcasmMode Oh yes, what a perfectly suitable thing to include on schoolwork!]]
*** The above example isn't the only time there were some slip-ins like this, most especially closer to ''[=SuperS=]'' and ''Stars'', while in ''Stars'' Seiya is a little provocative and seemingly in love with Usagi (let's just forget that whole 'disguised as males' thing, it was a lesbian love and you know it!) to the point of showing jealousy of Mamoru in each and every episode (under the mistaken belief that he had dumped Usagi, though to her credit nobody knew [[BusCrash what truly happened]]), trying to kiss Usagi at least twice, and making her think she was going to get raped at one point. (She cornered Usagi, seductively told her she'd show her something "new" and "exciting" which sounded a LOT like she was about to ask Usa for sex... and it turned out to be a dance club date.) Totally appropriate for the 16- to 19-year age groups.
* In "Dog Day For Artemis" when Lita/Makoto is stroking a dog she says, "I think he looks like my old boyfriend...but hunkier." She says this with a completely straight face and Rei gives her a magnificent "WTF" look.
* Though in the first anime Usagi and Mamoru's relationship was treated in a much more chaste manner than manga with nary a hint of anything more mature going on than kissing, perhaps due to the fact that the age gap was 14/21 in the anime rather than 14/17 in the manga... Haruka and Michiru's was ''not''. Similar hints that appeared in the manga peppered the anime about them distinctly implying the two did have sex, for example in the ''[=SuperS=]'' movie Sailor Neptune chastises a villain who is turning adults back into children saying that there are "some fun things only an adult can enjoy!" and Sailor Uranus [[FascinatingEyebrow raises her eyebrow]] and coughs; Michiru teasing Haruka by flirting with Seiya asking him to undress her and when Haruka complains extending the offer to Haruka instead, and this exchange:
--> '''Haruka:''' (as Michiru is holding her back from a confrontation) You're hurting me.\\
'''Michiru:''' (softly) Am I?\\
'''Haruka:''' I want you to touch me gently.\\
'''Michiru:''' Later, when we're alone.
** One of the first ''Stars'' episodes had a similar conversation going.
--> '''Michiru''': (holding onto Haruka who is dangling off a roof) You're heavy.\\
'''Haruka''': I don't listen to that sort of talk outside of the bed.
** And again near the end when they're facing [[BigBad Galexia.]]
--> '''Haruka:''' [[NoSell Damn, not a scratch.]] Has [Her space sword] gone dull already?
-->'''Michiru:''' You're blaming the sword?
-->'''Haruka:''' I don't think I've lost my edge.
-->'''Michiru:''' You want to try it?
-->'''Haruka:''' Later, when we're alone...
* The whole deal with the [[MindRape "Dream mirror catching"]] in the first part of ''Super S'' [[SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes reeks of sexual allusions.]] The member of the Amazon Trio who's on the hunt first tries to befriend/seduce his victim... when rejected by her/him he gets her/him immediately restrained with handcuffs onto a horizontal surface... and once the aggressor gets his head inside the mirror, the victim starts ''screaming''...
** Not to mention that one of the Amazon trio dudes, [[CampGay Fish Eye]], [[HoYay specifically looks for]] [[PrettyBoy pretty guys]] and [[DisguisedInDrag crossdresses]] to approach them. Related to this -- there was one time when Fish did NOT crossdress for his work... when he was targeting a PrettyBoy who was implied to ''actually'' be homosexual, and probably [[SubordinateExcuse in a relationship with his male assistant.]]
** Even more so! When Tiger's Eye and Hawk's Eye looked inside Minako's Dream Mirror not only their reaction about her 'amazing dream' implies [[EroticDream her life dream has a pornographic nature]], but, differently from anyone else, [[TooKinkyToTorture she was apparently excited by the experience.]]
-->'''Minako''': [with shiny eyes and a rather unsubtle blush on her face] "Please be gentle... my heart... it could break!"
** Tiger's Eye's EvilLaugh whenever he looked in a Dream Mirror. He seemed to enjoy it a bit too much. Especially in one episode where he flat out ''chases'' his target to a balcony - and says that someone like her should have some loud dreams.
** One episode has Hawk's Eye target Usagi's mother Ikuko, and of course Hawk's eye tried to hit on her (Despite that she's married.) The English dub makes it arguably even worse with the talk of Lemon Pie, as well as when he does the famous count...
** Oh, and to further hammer it in... the targets included teenage girls and a nun, and in the case of Fish Eye there was ''an 8-year-old boy''. Tiger's Eye even ''goes after a girl''. And he tells her to close her eyes.... Yeesh, it's amazing the editors got away with this.
* In one of the early seasons, Moon, Mercury and Jupiter are in a tight alley watching the monster of the week, when Mercury tries to use her abilities, but due to tight alley, falls face first, sticking her rear up in the air. If you watch those few frames, [[http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/9086/sm31.png Jupiter blatantly looks down at Ami's upturned rear end]], [[http://powet.tv/powetblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sailor_moon_episode_31_sailor_jupiter_stares_at_sailor_mercurys_butt.jpg and even bites her fist for a second]], blushing furiously. At least one such moment remains in the dub, even getting a "hey, do ya ''mind?!''" reaction.
* Just why was Luna being chased by a group of cats? This scene has some UnfortunateImplications about what they would do to her had she not been saved by a large cat. And if we remember the anatomy of a male cat, it was going to be a very painful experience for Luna.
** The Viz dub suggests she wandered into the middle of a turf war between stray cats and they were trying to kill her for it- remember that one kitten that was trying to eat her tail? The gigantic Max-style teeth grins the cats had collectively didn't really help hide the fact they were likely going to kill her.
* In episode 34, Zoisite challenges Mamoru to a showdown for the Rainbow Crystals. In the original, his line is "here are my Crystals. Now, present yours". In the dub, Zoycite says "I'll show you mine. Now, you show me yours." Without context it sounds like she's asking for something ''other'' than Crystals.


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Trevor Crowe: Switch hitter has batted already 15 times and looks to be a viable candidate for the fourth outfield spot. Needs to show consistency at the plate, but covers a lot of ground in center and in left.
Beau Mills: Hit his first Cactus League home run Wednesday off of Chad Gaudin which was described as a moon shot. .357 batting average in 14 AB's, driven in four runs to go with a double and a triple. Mills has had some issues with the flip play with the pitcher covering first. Definitely needs to refine his fielding skills, but his bat looks almost ready.
Michael Brantley: Played a decent outfield, has three hits in 12 AB's, seems to be a slap hitter know so he should fill out his lean frame. Hopefully AAA won't be a major adjustment for him as he is only 21 but the coaches seem to feel his work ethic will allow him to progress smoothly.
Here is some footage of Brantley in the cage...
Stephen Head: Cranked a home run in first cactus game against the Giants, looks good at first base and besides his error in right seems to be a future fourth outfielder/utility guy of value.
Matt LaPorta: Four hits in 11 at bats, hit a home run off of Dan Haren, and seems to be playing ok out in left field. Future Tribe slugger should see action with the big league club sometime this summer.
Wes Hodges: 3 for 11, going to be playing a lot with Mark DeRosa in the WBC. Needs to work on all facets of his defensive game but still seems to be the Tribe's future third baseman.
Jordan Brown: 3 for 9, with a home run and two runs batted in. Seems to be the forgotten man this camp as he was left off of the 40 man roster. Jordan has something to prove and I believe can be an everyday first baseman somewhere in the league, just probably not in Cleveland.
Chris Gimenez: Has played all over the field this spring (Catcher, 3rd, Outfield), while two of his three hits have been doubles. Gimenez will be seen up with the Indians sometime this year as his versatility is outstanding. OBP is .538, a stat he has excelled in at every level.
Carlos Santana: Shown a rifle for an arm, is gaining a lot of valuable experience working with the big league club. Santana has looked over matched at times, but has drawn 3 walks in 11 plate appearance which shows he is staying patient and not trying to over impress.
Nick Weglarz: 21-year-old Canadian is 0 for 4 but gained some important time watching the studs of the big league club. It will be interesting to see how many at bats he gets in the WBC for Team Canada.
Here is some game footage of Weglarz in action...
Carlos Rivero: Soon-to-be 21 year old went 2-3 with a double and an RBI in his first game playing in a Major League game with the Indians. Top 10 Tribe Prospect will start the year in Akron and may be a name to watch.

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"My credibility is not on the line. The international community's credibility is on the line," Obama said Wednesday at news conference in Stockholm.
While insisting Obama has yet to prove his case, Putin appeared to temper his rhetoric slightly in a pre-summit interview with The Associated Press, saying he wouldn't rule out backing a U.N. resolution if it can be proved Assad gassed his own people with chemical weapons, as the U.S. has alleged.
He also played down any personal tensions with Obama while acknowledging the parsing of the body language that's become a geopolitical parlor game every time the two leaders meet.
"President Obama hasn't been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia," Putin said. "And your humble servant hasn't been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either."
Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, cast doubt on Putin's softer tone, adding the U.S. was "highly skeptical" that Russia would act differently if the Security Council were to take up the Syria issue again. And Putin, speaking to his human rights council a day after the AP interview, minced no words about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he accused of whitewashing ties between al-Qaida and some rebel groups in Syria.
"He is lying and he knows that he is lying. This is sad," Putin said.
Such comments reflected a serious deterioration of relations since the summer of 2009 when Obama, on his last visit to Russia, trumpeted a "reset" in relations between the former Cold War foes.
"This will not be easy," Obama said in Moscow. "It's hard to change habits that have been ingrained in our governments and our bureaucracies for decades."
Indeed, it hasn't been easy. The crisis in Syria joins a long list of contentious issues that have made cooperation between the countries a trying endeavor, even though Obama points to successes early in his presidency on nuclear stockpile reduction and trading regulations. More recently, the two have butted heads over missile defense, human rights and other issues.
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Corporate Profile for Uniloc, dated Dec. 4, 1999.
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Published Date: Dec. 4, 1999 Company Name: Uniloc Address: 2134 Main St., Suite 260 Huntington Beach, Calif. 92648 Main Telephone Number: 714/960-7850 Internet Home Page Address (URL) www.uniloc.com Chief Executive Officer: Ric Richardson Chief Financial Officer: Jack A. Carr Public Relations Contact: Les Goldberg, APR Business number: 714/960-0628 E-mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com Industry: High-technology (software)
Company description: The Uniloc Co. was founded in 1992 in Australia with international patents for a unique new electronic software distribution technology that encompasses all of the advantages and power of electronic distribution and transaction management, and solves many of the problems faced in the high-tech market today.
The Uniloc solution applies to all market participants -- the software publisher or independent software vendor (ISV), the PC supplier or original equipment manufacturer (OEM), the resellers who include distributors and retailers alike and the consumer.
With patents already granted for the U.S. market and pending in several countries, Uniloc owns the rights to the technology that allows for software to be locked by the ISV and unlocked by the potential consumer. Software serialization is not required and communication between the client and license management server is greatly simplified. This provides advantages to all parties:
-- Publishers are assured payment for their products, and they have
easy access to information about every sale. -- Publishers are provided a new level of piracy protection since the
software is tied to the PC on which it was unlocked and installed. -- Because the software is distributed on new PCs or through the
software distribution channel, inventory costs are minimized or
eliminated. -- Payments are made and verified with the use of access numbers,
giving resellers or distributors an easier, more efficient way to
complete the sale. -- Customers can try the full software programs for up to two weeks
at their convenience before deciding to purchase them with their
credit cards from any of several participating retailers. Shortly
after the transaction, they receive the shrink-wrapped,
off-the-shelf software package, complete with documentation, to
supplement the program already unlocked and installed in their PC.
Since the patents were applied for in 1992, Uniloc established a three-year exclusive marketing agreement with IBM and later produced non-exclusive campaigns with many of the leading PC industry companies and publications, including CompUSA, Egghead, Software Etc., Commence, Ziff-Davis and others.
Based on its early success, Uniloc moved to the United States in 1996 and a year later established its headquarters in Huntington Beach.
The company's initial product offering is called "TITLEwave," a library of up to 120 top brand software titles to be distributed beginning early in 2000 through Uniloc's partners.
The Uniloc Co. and Uniloc PC Preload Inc. are privately held companies. However, revenues are expected to reach $30 million by 2001.
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Today's cherry picked numbers of the day belong to top prospect, turned middle relief star, Brian Matusz of the Baltimore Orioles.Brian Matusz 2012 Split Stats Split G R H BA OBP SLG as Starter 16 59 107 .305 .370 .504 as Reliever 18 2 5 .114 .170 .182Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 2/5/2013.Including Games, Runs, and Hits is absurd, but it gets me thinking of which pitchers have the greatest discrepancy in role split stats.*Brian Matusz, who turns 26 next week,could be a crafty LOOGY past 2030.*stay tuned
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Maoists now a normal, legitimate party: official
Maoist victory not the product of fear
India, Nepal entering uncharted territory
New Delhi: Seeking to dispel the impression that India was worried or shaken by the victory of the Maoists in Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections, senior officials said on Tuesday that the government not only accepted the electoral verdict in its northern neighbour but also welcomed it.
India's policy towards Nepal in recent years had two broad aims, the officials said. The first was the strengthening of democracy and the second the 'mainstreaming' of the Maoists. "Now you can't get more mainstream than forming the government," the official, who briefed a small group of journalists on condition of anonymity, said. As for democracy, the elections had finally brought into place a structure with greater legitimacy than the outgoing parliament which was elected nine years ago, he added.
The official rejected the view that the Maoist victory was the product of 'fear' and said this explanation was something the 'Kathmandu elite' was putting out. "You do not get a 67 per cent turnout with fear. The electorate has spoken clearly." India, he said, saw the elections as "a clear, solid vote for change, and, ultimately, this is also what we want."
The Nepali people, he added, wanted a "clean break" from the past and this offers India an opportunity to also re-examine the bilateral relationship to see how it could be taken forward. At the same time, the official admitted the two countries were entering "uncharted territory."
Asked about India's comfort level with the Nepali Maoists, the official said continuous contacts had been maintained over the past two years. The Maoist leader, Prachanda, had himself acknowledged the positive role India had played in pushing the peace process, he said.
The elections had made it easier for India to work with them, he added, since the Maoists were now a "normal, legitimate party." Denying India was a 'status quoist' power, the official said the "Old Nepal was not working for us either so why should we be attached to it?"
India, the official said, was also in favour of the U.S. withdrawing its designation of the Nepali Maoists as a terrorist organisation. But New Delhi has yet to take a view on how hard it should press Washington on this point. "This is going to be difficult for them," the official said. "So far they have welcomed the election without saying who or what. I think they will sit and wait on this for some time."


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I'm riding a second-class train up the Nile valley when a boy in an official-looking blue jacket beckons me to the other side of the carriage.
"Look," he whispers, pointing outside. "Beautiful!"
I look out the window to see a red sun streaking the sky with bands of pink and yellow. Beyond the train tracks, the mighty Nile glitters with orange spangles of light. It truly is beautiful.
As I soak in the colors, I wonder why the boy has taken the trouble to show me such a simple moment.
It's not long before I get my answer.
"Please," he says giving me a solemn look. "Baksheesh."
For a moment, I'm not sure how to react. After all, baksheesh may be an accepted Eastern form of tipping — but this is the first time I've been asked to pay for a sunset.
When Mark Twain visited the Pyramids in 1866, he reportedly suffered "torture that no pen can describe" from the various Egyptian pleas for baksheesh. One hundred years before that, a French visitor complained bitterly about the amounts of baksheesh it took just to dig up and steal a decent mummy.
These days — while its no longer legal to climb the Pyramids or rifle through mummy pits — baksheesh is still a thriving racket wherever tourists are found.
Take my recent visit to Luxor. Whenever I took out my map, some enterprising soul would hustle over and offer me directions. Whenever I entered a tomb, children would fight over who got to fan me with a piece of cardboard. Had I been eating corn on the cob, I'm sure one of them would have produced some dental floss.
If there is any saving grace about baksheesh, it's that Egyptians use it among themselves as well as on tourists. Most Egyptians earn low wages, so tips and payoffs are seen as a way to provide incentive and supplement an income. Nobody in Cairo, it is said, can get basic services such as mail or electricity without slipping a little baksheesh to the right people.
So, as with any local custom, the best way to get the hang of baksheesh is to watch how the natives do it. Thus, I no longer hesitate to plunk down a few piasters when I get fast and friendly service in a coffee shop, or when the baggage-handler climbs on top of the bus to fetch my bag.
In the end, the baksheesh ritual becomes a matter of trusting your instincts and acting like you know what you're doing.
And this is why I reach into my pocket and give the boy in the blue jacket 50 piasters.
After all, 15 cents isn't such a bad price to pay for a sunset — and I might have missed it otherwise.
To hear the audio version, read by Rolf, visit Savvy Traveler
I read with interest a recent study by the Trans-Global Association for Travel and Tourism Commerce, which rated the behavior of tourists from all the world's industrialized countries. Consistently ranking last in the study — bottoming out in categories ranging from airline etiquette to podiatric hygiene — were travelers from Great Britain. "This settles it," a TATTC spokesperson was quoted as saying. "The British are the worst tourists in the world."
Actually, I'm just kidding. There is no such thing as the Trans-Global Association for Travel and Tourism Commerce. I made it up just now, because I know that people like to obsess over international rankings, and I've been looking for a chance to poke fun at the British.
Mind you, I don't really think the British are bad tourists. To the contrary, I've usually found travelers from the U.K. to be friendly, well read, and quite prolific in their wanderings. You can find Brits in all corners of the world, from Valparaiso to Vladivostok, and they most always make good travel companions.
The problem I have with the British, however, is that — to a bigger extent than other travelers I've met — they seem to be obsessed with stereotypes of national character.
I used to think that British travelers were just disproportionately gung-ho about bashing Americans (apparently, we're noisy, over-religious, and we're supposed to use a "u" when we spell "color"). Over time, however, I've discovered that Brits also hold strong preconceptions about nearly every nationality in the travel milieu, from the Swiss (officious and dull), to the Japanese (unimaginative and over-polite), to the Argentines (narcissistic and sex-obsessed).
In fact, were I to base my perceptions entirely on the basis of Britannic generalizations, I could very well conclude that the world's worst tourists are roughly categorized as follows:
Before I go any further here, I will admit three things. First, I realize the circular logic inherent in making generalizations about the generalizations of British travelers (and I apologize if you happen to be one of those Brits who isn't a nationalistic busybody). Second, I realize that half the readers who've stumbled across my column this week have skipped straight from the headline to the above list, and are now typing angry things in the comments section below (especially if they happen to be American, French, German, Israeli, or Canadian). And, third, I'll concede that the British fixation with national character reveals an impressive knack for world geography (in contrast to us Americans, who associate "Vienna" less with a European city than with canned snack sausages).
Were I a more meticulous analyst, I might posit that this British tendency is the cultural residue of Victorian-era self-superiority (vivid examples of which can be found in most any 19th century British travel guidebook, one of which described Valencian Spaniards as "perfidious, vindictive, sullen, mistrustful, fickle, treacherous, smooth, empty of all good, snarling and biting like hyenas, and smiling as they murder"). Since I'm no scholar, however, I'll just point out that the British affinity for stereotyping their fellow wanderers is a mostly harmless amplification of what all travelers do from time to time.
The problem here is that assessing your travel companions by nationality is rarely an earnest inquiry so much as it is a dull parlor game — an empty exercise in rhetorical one-upmanship. The worst travelers in the world are, after all, the rude, small-minded ones — and rude, small-minded travelers can hail from any nation.
Moreover, most hostel-lounge arguments about which countries export good or bad travelers fail to take in the local perspective. A few years ago, a survey conducted by international tourist offices found that the oft-disparaged Germans and Americans were rated most favorably by host communities around the world. This rating didn't hinge on cultural or aesthetic opinions, but the simple fact that Germans and Americans spend money more generously than their tourist counterparts. Economic benefit, it would appear, was more important to local hosts than the common traveler obsessions with fashion, geopolitics, and collective behaviors in tacky backpacker nightclubs.
My point, then, is a simple one: The next time you find yourself in a heated argument over which nation produces the best or worst tourists, this is probably an indicator that you've been spending too much time yapping in hostel lounges and not enough time outside having engaged adventures.
And that, in its own way, means you're a bad tourist.
Get to know something about a place before you go there. Read novels and travel books about the region, and study guidebooks to learn about customs, manners, and cultural norms. Learn a few phrases of the language (such as greetings, thank yous, numbers, and food terms). Keep in mind that culture expresses itself at an instinctive level — not an intellectual level — and that different standards of time, courtesy, and personal service may apply in far-off lands.
2) Listen, and ask questions.
On the road, make it a habit to talk less and listen more. Travel is hardly the time to extol the virtues (or shortcomings) your home country; instead be curious about how people think in the place you're visiting. Ask follow-up questions. Seek to maintain open-mindedness, which is a process of listening and considering — of muting your compulsion to judge what is right and wrong, good and bad, proper and improper, and having the tolerance and patience to try and see things for what they are.
3) Avoid arguing politics.
Avoid political proselytizing, regardless of which end of the political spectrum you think you represent. At home, political convictions are a tool for getting things done within your community; on the road, political convictions are a clumsy set of experiential blinders, compelling you to seek evidence for conclusions you've already drawn. If you really are liberal and enlightened (or conservative and informed) you will stop yammering about politics and learn something about the culture you're visiting.
4) Avoid traveling in large groups.
If your sorority or church group or wiccan pilates club decides to travel to Paris or Quito or Bangkok as an eight-some, do everyone a favor and split into groups of two. This will make you less noisy, less self-enclosed, more approachable, and more open to what's going on around you. If nobody wants to split off from the group with you, tackle the day solo. I guarantee that you will have more memorable adventures on your own than with a big group of travelers.
5) Give respect and you get respect.
Having rigid stereotypes about individuals you haven't taken the time to know is silly in all contexts. As a representative of your own country, the best way to win respect is to show respect to everyone you meet. Odds are, your hosts will return the favor.
We spent a couple of weeks researching Sulawesi and found very little information for independent travel on the island. Then, I lucked into Dodo Mursalim's contact details on a TripAdvisor forum.
Dodo turned out to be a gold mine of information and he bent over backwards to help us do Sulawesi our way.
He rented us his little house behind the mosque for a fraction of what the cheapest hotels in Makassar could offer, and it has a kitchen and washing machine! He arranged an 8 seater van rental for us for the price of a much smaller car through any of the agencies we'd contacted on the island (car rental on Sulawesi can be expensive!) and he was willing to let us self drive, which is not commonly done on this island, with terrible roads and questionable signage. He taxied us all over Makassar for three days out of the goodness of his heart, helped arrange our three days on Samalona island, and sent us off on our road trip armed with his recommendations for hotels in various towns and a list of phone numbers of contacts in different places.
Dodo has an almost uncanny network of friends and cohorts on Sulawesi.
Four separate times during our very unplanned journey around the island, complete strangers would walk up, shake our hand and say, "Mr. Dodo says, "Hello!" He wanted me to make sure you knew that his recommendation for a certain hotel is full… or can I help you with a guide… or do you need help finding…." He was attentive to the highest degree, calling to check in with us, calling ahead of us to be sure that the arrangements we had made (independent of him) and just mentioned in passing, were properly sorted and awaiting us suitably. We have never encountered a tour guide of his calibre anywhere in the world, but certainly not in the developing world, where we expect things to go a little haywire.
Nothing goes haywire on Mr. Dodo's watch; nothing.
He also does magic tricks, tells jokes, and speaks nearly perfect English. If you're inclined to an adventure on Sulawesi, have Mr. Dodo be your man on the ground in Makassar. He can arrange any journey you want, guided, or solo, and he'll take care of you like you've never been taken care of before.
Contact info for Dodo Mursalim
http://dodopenman.blogspot.com (visit this page and you'll see our picture and entry in his guestbook!)
Last week, I heard that a friend of mine had been in a serious motorcycle accident in Bali. A serious accident – broken ribs, fractured pelvis, collapsed lung. He wrote about the experience – about his injuries, about being restricted to the fetal position in the hospital and now, 2 weeks later, being able to finally stand up for the first time. All amazing things to hear for someone that you care about, but what really struck me about his story was the stranger who helped save his life. A Balinese man, Kung, dropped everything and drove him to the hospital. He then stayed by his side, even skipping meals, to update friends and family, to contact the right people and to translate.
This isn't a one-time occurrence, not even just once this year. In February, while several of us were riding Urals across the ice roads of Siberia, another friend of mine was in an accident and suffered a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula. Blood everywhere – rushed to the hospital. Many of us were spread across Siberia and weren't even aware of the accident until days later. Again, a near stranger – in this case a mechanic we had met in a town many kilometers away, dropped everything and rushed up to meet him at the hospital. He then helped translate and ensured things were taken care of.
From my own personal experience, we wouldn't have been able to make it through Mongolia without the help of strangers. Our ambulance (Volga) just wasn't the right vehicle to tackle that type of terrain (surprise, surprise) — especially after a freak storm turns the Gobi Desert into an enormous mud bog. We were pulled out of the mud several times by passing truckers and had locals pitch in and help us locate parts to fix our failing steed. After one of our toughest days, and after I plunged off the road and crashed the ambulance into a huge steel pipe, we were taken in by a kind man named Bolt. He gave us a warm meal and a safe place to stay for the night. The next day, when one of our team members decided that he'd had enough, Bolt helped him make arrangements to make it to Ulaanbaatar and fly out.
Again and again, I'm struck by the incredible kindness of strangers and how I, or my friends, may not be here without their generosity. And then I think about whether I live up to these ideals. If I'm honest – sometimes I do, and other times I don't. I'm generous with my friends and I try to help strangers out when I can, but too often, I pass people and think, "Someone else will help them out." I want to help, but usually I'm late for X or have Y many things to do. I let my urgency overpower their need. But, I'm making progress. Over the last few years – especially since my trek through Mongolia, I do that less and less. I realize that it's more important to push back on my "urgent priorities" and focus on the importance of helping someone truly in need. I am beginning to live up to the examples that these strangers have set.
While I don't look for anything in return, I these actions often pay dividends. I'm reminded of another story from Siberia. After an incredibly hard and frustrating day, we were forced to backtrack many kilometers. We were disheartened and incredibly cold. Along the way back, we saw a man walking in the darkness with his son. We learned that their snowmobile had died and they were trying to get back to town. We gave them a lift and when we arrived at their home, they invited us in. Trust me, after freezing all day, the thought of warming up for a few minutes was irresistible. That few minutes quickly turned into a whole evening. We were invited in to clean up in their sauna. (Oh man, I wish I was a better writer – simply to convey how incredible a hot sauna is after you've spend the day trying to keep your fingers and toes moving.) Then we were invited to sit down and share a home cooked meal with them – one that never seemed to end. Then we spent the night getting to know each other, sharing stories and finally they made room for us to sleep in their daughter's bedroom. (Again, if only I was a better writer – having a warm place to sleep after camping our first night camping out in -32C weather was… incredible.) What we did was kind, but in the grand scheme of things, relatively small. We saved them from walking several kilometers back to their home. The evening they gave us in return was one of the best nights of the entire trip.
So – here's my question for you. When was the last time you helped a stranger? I don't mean donating to charity (which is noble) or giving someone a couple of bucks or even giving someone directions. When was the last time that you saw someone in need and went out of your way and really put in the effort to help them out?
Many of us give credence to the Golden Rule – let's make sure we live up to our side of the bargain.
Chris Plough writes and podcasts at oznog.com, where he shares stories and advice from his adventures and from the incredible people that he's met along the way. You can also follow him on twitter: @chrisplough.
Serendipity is a funny thing. The mind-blowing intersections of fate and intention that lead a person down paths heretofore unconsidered is, without question, my favourite aspect of travel.
We sat, last evening, in the formal dining room of Sir James Wallace, a Knight of the Realm, so honored for his philanthropy. How did we come to be sitting there, eating off his privately commissioned silver, discussing art and opera? We picked up a hitchhiker.
In this case, a hitchhiker who turned out to be a micro-biologist and one of the most interesting travelers we've run across in a long while. He tossed his pack into our van and regaled us with stories of crossing China, a protein-per-penny breakdown on the nutritional value of chickpeas, and how Shakespeare and the Brownian theory related to travel. It seems he impressed Sir James as well. He's now ensconced in the Knight's mansion-cum-art gallery as the "artist in residence." He's creating a planetary mood ring on commission. I can't tell you how, that would spoil the surprise and endanger his beautiful idea, the intersection of art and computer science.
When considering who he might share his good fortune with, he thought of us, and so we were invited to a private piano concert earlier this week, and dinner last night.
This has got me thinking:
The path would have been entirely different if we'd said, "No," to any number of tiny questions along the way.
I'm a believer that the Universe conspires to help us, but we have to give her some material to work with.
Serendipity is one of the reasons we travel: in search of those unexpected, delightful connections between worlds that we would not otherwise have a door into.
Have you experienced this? Talk to me about serendipity and where it's taken you!
This year we're celebrating Christmas in Borneo. Last year we were on Cape Cod, in the USA, the year before that, Guatemala, the year before that, Canada, the year before that found us in Tunisia, camped in the cold on the edge of the ocean of sand.
One of the most interesting parts of our journey has been discovering the differences in celebration around the world. In Tunisia, we were the only one's celebrating Christmas at all. In Guatemala, we enjoyed the processions, broke a pinata, and sewed stockings for 16 people out of local huipile fabric. Sometimes we're lucky, and family joins us in some far flung place, some years, we are completely alone.
But we aren't. Not really.
As long term travelers we learned, early on, the value and necessity of creating community as we go. We actively look for other folks who are out of their element and draw them in to celebrate with us. In Tunisia, this was a missionary family for Thanksgiving. In Guatemala, it was a whole houseful of backpackers who slept on our floor, stacked like cord wood, in front of our fireplace. Even when we were cycling for a year, we always carried two extra sets of plates and forks so that we could invite people to share a meal, cooked on our camp stoves, at the drop of a hat.
We have a few family holiday traditions: stockings of some sort are always hung (and filled!) We always read A Christmas Carol aloud. The kids make decorations. We make a few cookies if we have an oven. And, we find people. There have been very few holidays that didn't include friends or strangers in my life. I was raised by people who took it upon themselves to welcome the world, the sick and poor to the rich and ridiculous, and it's a deep rooted part of our family culture.
We've just arrived in Miri, Malaysia, where we'll spend Christmas this year. We're on the hunt for some people to have in to celebrate with us. What are your Christmas traditions on the road? How do you create community wherever you go?
Here's the deal: free housing, living in a beautiful island and some fun work. Oh, and the boss is far away and can't micromanage you. Sound too good to be true? That's what Meg and Tony of the Landing Standing blog experienced in their post titled Housesitting in Thailand: live for free in paradise.
Meg described the setup here:
For 4 weeks, we were housesitting on the beautiful Thai island of Koh Samui. The house itself was a luxury villa/mansion perched on top of a peninsula on the Northeast side of the island that boasted panoramic views of the Gulf of Thailand from every room in the house.
. . . Not one but TWO swimming pools, a jacuzzi, a full gym, a media room, a Snooker room, a pool-side bar and entertainment system…. The list goes on! This place was over the top and we were so excited to be spending the month there!
Sounds like something out of the TV show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
By now you're wondering how to get in on this. Meg helpfully explains what website she used and the process of connecting with the house owners. She also stressed that this type of luxury situation might not be the typical housesitting experience.
A Canadian girl I knew had a ninja tip to share: read up on your competition. Check out the profiles of other prospective housesitters. Pick up tricks on how to write a warm, personable profile that attracts house owners. Learn the right things to say that build up trust and rapport that gets people to give you the keys.
Have you ever done housesitting? Please share your stories in the comments.
A couple weeks ago, giant hospitality sharing website Couchsurfing has launched his new Android application you can download for free here.
I must admit, it was about time. Travelling a lot and being an active Couchsurfer, I was really stoked at the user unfriendliness of the famous website over a small smartphone screen. I am no technology geek nor I rely too much on devices during my travels, but I also seldom renounce to my amazing Couchsurfing experiences. Thus, I just felt so frustrated about the lack of browsing facility on a mobile device, which is actually what most travelers these days use as soon as they can connect to a wi-fi signal.
The new application has a nice look, with a pop-up menu on the left side that easily connects to your inbox, profile and a short list of settings. The user profiles have been reduced to a vertical scrolling tab with all the relevant information condensed in blocks. To see more and actually send a Couch request, you have to slide the screen horizontally to the right in order to access to the different screens. The same clunky procedure is needed to access to the actual Couch Request tab: there is a little button on the lower left corner of the screen you have to slide up to access to the request page and actually lodge your request. I must be honest, it took me several minutes to understand what I needed to do… I suggest to provide a simple screen for starters where these basic – and essential – functions are clearly explained at least once before usage.
What is quite sleek instead is the message inbox: you get a nice, chat alike record of the correspondence, and it is fairly easy to answer on the go, which is actually what most travelers needed. A good way to check for your last minute couch requests on the road.
I also think that another very important feature, the search option, may need some great improvements: first of all, some of the locations that actually have surfers come out empty when browsed on a mobile. The most popular destinations on the contrary work better, but do not list the users under the more organized referential and credential order found on the regular version, making it a bit of a "hit or miss" experience.
Ultimately, I am very glad something like this has been released as it has greatly improved what was a task of endurance I could not bear to perform on my mobile. Now, as long as I can see room for improvements, at least we are able to quickly connect and check the status of our latest Couch requests on the go. Overall, a much needed application that possibly has been rushed to the market without a thorough "on the road testing"… still, I am so glad it arrived! Anxiously waiting for an improved version two!!
A few weeks ago, Marcus Sortijas published an interesting piece on Vagabonding describing the Couchsurfing experience in the United States. As I am a Couchsurfing aficionado and have travelled more than 10 Asian countries using it, I would like to spend some words describing how this beautiful service works in another side of the world.
I would like to start introducing an important, ever present concept in Asian societies: a guest is considered as a gift from the Gods. Of course, only when it is a real, genuine guest. I feel important to describe this duality, because Couchsurfing in Asia works on the same, subliminal dualistic level: it is either great, or totally awful.
Why? Because you may be very lucky and get to experience unique moments of true hospitality and kindness with some of the most humble, accommodating people on earth. Or you may end up in the hands of some businessman – tourist operator, tour guide, hotel manager, shop owner, restaurant owner etc. – interested in giving you a free – and sometimes dirty – bed in order to push his/her services.
On account of my personal experience, most of this "second category" people are to be found in the Indian Subcontinent: flashy profiles peppered with a bunch of predominantly local users' references are generally marks of the Devil. To cite an example, in mid 2010 me and my girlfriend visited Alleppey, Kerala. We were welcomed by an apparently friendly Couchsurfer who took us to an ayurvedic center he was working at. We were accommodated in a dirty room which probably caters to paying guests during the regular season, when it is actually cleaned and functional: there was no electricity for the best part of the day. That night we spent simmering in the horrid heat – our bodies the feast of a thousand mosquitoes biting as hard as a gang of hungry living dead – still remains one of our fondest travel horror stories.
This Couchsurfer talked to us for about 10 minutes during the whole stay, and tried to sell us a Backwaters' tour a few times before giving up. At last, as we were about to board a little boat hours after our arrival, we found out that our host wanted to charge us three times the going rate.
Nevertheless, like the ying and the yang, Couchsurfing in Asia – and also in India, let me clarify – can also be a dreamy experience: to give some credit to Indian Couchsurfers, I must say that I have also received some of the most amazing hospitality in this country, and have been able to exchange deep, meaningful relationships with its Couchsurfing community. I have been treated as a family member, almost spoon fed daily – and free of charge – and brought to experience places and situations as deeply as it can get.
I have got to know Couchsurfers' family members as my own, and have been helped immensely in many aspects of my vagabonding. If this is not enough, I can also tell you that the reason why I met my lovely girlfriend and settled down in Malaysia is only because one odd night I decided to attend a Couchsurfing meeting in Penang!! So, for this and many other reasons, I can just recommend using this amazing community as you travel across Asia because it still gets you the easiest and purest access way into Asian cultures: as the members are English speaking locals looking for a genuine interaction, you will be able to receive a real insight into their lives and homes.
And if it is not… oh well, horror Couchsurfing stories make great conversation topics at the bar back home. People will look you in a different way after you told them you survived a night at the horrific ayurvedic clinic… or that you slept in the nest of a tour guide viper trying to poison you with a bunch of hiking tour options… and most importantly: happy surfing in Asia to anyone!!
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After a few months on the road, it takes something fairly odd to catch a vagabonder off-guard, but seeing a man herding sheep from the back of a scooter certainly threw me for a loop. The sheep didn't seem flustered by the portly man zipping in and out of the herd, hurrying them along the hilly roads of Mykonos in loud Greek, all the while trying to weave around potholes. However, I on the other hand almost ran my beat-up red scooter into a fence as the road took one of its many curves and my eyes were locked on this episode of "Sheep: Hell's Angels".


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The spin is in on the best cycling workout
SAN DIEGO — You know that panicky feeling you get when you awake from a dream, but for a couple seconds it feels so real, and you're nervous and anxious and just can't get your bearings straight?
I had that feeling last week. The nightmare?
Not only had I shown up late for an indoor-cycling spin class, but I'd forgotten my bike shoes.
OK, so this doesn't qualify as a nightmare by a sane person's standards. But there's something you must understand.
I'm addicted to spinning. I spin at 5:45 a.m. I spin four, sometimes five times a week. I've taken back-to-back spin classes. I was late to a spin class once, ran a red light and a couple of days later got one of those embarrassing tickets in the mail with a picture of your car, license-plate number and bewildered facial expression.
Life's first $400 spin class.
There are numerous reasons I'm addicted to spinning. In one hour, you get a fantastic, sweat-drenched workout. It's kind to the joints. No pounding of the lower extremities, like jogging.
There's the music, the group dynamics, the scenery.
Scenery, you ask?
Let John Duke, publisher of Triathlete Magazine , explain. Asked what he likes about spinning, Duke — nicknamed "The Devil" by friends because of his ribald, blunt personality — said, "In the winter, it's not cold (as opposed to cycling outdoors). It's not wet. And there's hot chicks. Not necessarily in that order."
Famous people spin, like eight-time Ironman Hawaii champion Paula Newby-Fraser of Encinitas.
"It's the easiest, most efficient way to get a great workout," Newby-Fraser said. "You're in, you're out, and you have an awesome workout. I love it. I absolutely love it."
A word of caution: Spinning has been known to cause violent behavior in some Type A personalities. In New York, Wall Street stockbroker Christopher Carter was charged with assault in 2007 after he angrily tipped the front end of a fellow cyclist's bike, knocking the rider to the floor.
The other man's crime?
Excessive hooting and grunting.
Said the attorney representing investment banker Stuart Sugarman, who underwent surgery for a herniated disc six days after the incident, "This is spin rage."
Carter was acquitted of criminal assault charges. Silverman subsequently filed a civil suit.
About the most violent behavior I've witnessed in a spin class is someone stomping out of the studio after being handed a pass by a front-desk receptionist, only to learn there weren't enough bikes.
Bob Babbitt, co-publisher of Competitor Magazine , rhapsodizes about spinning.
"Spinning's the ultimate sweatathon," Babbitt said. "Talk about cleansing your pores. You might wake up in a (lousy) mood and an hour later you feel like somebody shot adrenaline in every pore of your body."
While there are cycling poseurs in spin classes — Lycra jersey, matching bike shorts, gloves (I've yet to see anyone wear a helmet) — for the most part it's come-as-you-are casual.
"You can come in your Fruit of the Looms, different colored socks, it doesn't matter," Babbitt said.


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Sunday May 24: Dig Orientation 7 PM
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Saturday May 30 -Free Day. One week diggers check out AM.
Sunday May 31: Optional Tour to Shiloh, Mt. Gerazim, Mt. Ebal, and Shechem. Cost: $15 to $20 plus entry fees. (Diggers pay for this optional tour in Israel, not in advance).
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Another son rises in Jammu and Kashmir after London-educated Saddam Nabi Azad made a rare appearance during the campaign trail of his father Ghulam Nabi Azad, setting tongues wagging about his political ambitions in the restive state.
The 30 something businessman was seen accompanying Union health minister during his road show in the border district of Kathua on Thursday. Donning traditional Dogra saffron turban, Saddam stood behind his father in the open jeep and zealously waved to the crowds during the road show.
It is for the first time that Saddam has made a public appearance in Jammu and Kashmir. With senior Congress leaders in tow, Saddam was the show-stopper of the campaigning on Thursday. Though he did not address or speak to the gathering, his presence was enough to let the rumor mills talk about his political future in the state.
Congress leaders, however, were quick to say that not much should be read into it and Saddam's presence was just a son helping his father out and nothing else.
"It (Saddam joining campaign trail) is not an indication of anything. Everybody is interested in his (Azad) campaigning. He (Saddam) too is campaigning. Everybody is seeing what his father is doing. It is love and affection," Abdul Gani Vakil, senior vice-president of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee and close aide of Azad, told dna.
Saddam has 'arrived' on the political horizon at a time when senior J&K politicians have passed the baton to their kins. From Omar Abdullah to Mehbooba Mufti to Salman Soz, Jammu and Kashmir has seen many sons and daughters rising on the political scene.
Saddam is the eldest of the two children of Azad; his daughter Sofiya Nabi Azad has studied journalism. Azad's wife Shameem is known as Nightingale of Kashmir who has sung in almost 10 Indian languages.
"The whole family has all along been working for the Congress. When he (Azad) contested from Maharashtra he was accompanied by his family also," said Vakil.
Azad is contesting the Lok Sabha seat from his home state for the first time in his political career. A resident of Bhaderwah tehsil, Azad has filed his nomination from Udhampur constituency which goes to polls on April 17. Azad is pitted against the state BJP spokesman Jitendra Singh, PDP leader Arshad Malik and National Panthers Party patron Bhim Singh besides others.


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'Small World' songwriter Robert Sherman dies at 86
nepal How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of Sherman's work - both complex and instantly memorable, for child and adult alike. Once heard, it was never forgotten.
Sherman, who died in London at age 86, was half of a sibling partnership that put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney sweeps, jungle animals and Parisian felines.
Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for films including "The Jungle Book," "The Aristocats," "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." They also wrote the most-played tune on Earth, "It's a Small World (After All)."
Sherman's agent, Stella Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London on Monday.
Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook, saying he "wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded."
"His love and his prayers, his philosophy and his poetry will live on forever," his son wrote. "Forever his songs and his genius will bring hope, joy and love to this small, small world.
The Sherman Brothers' career was long, prolific and garlanded with awards. They won two Academy Awards for Walt Disney's 1964 smash "Mary Poppins" - best score and best song, "Chim Chim Cher-ee." They also picked up a Grammy for best movie or TV score.
Their hundreds of credits as joint lyricist and composer also include the films "Winnie the Pooh," "The Slipper and the Rose," "Snoopy Come Home," "Charlotte's Web" and "The Magic of Lassie." Their Broadway musicals included 1974's "Over Here!" and stagings of "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in the mid-2000s.
"Something good happens when we sit down together and work," Richard Sherman told The Associated Press in a 2005 joint interview. "We've been doing it all our lives. Practically since college we've been working together."
The brothers' awards included 23 gold and platinum albums and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They became the only Americans ever to win First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for "Tom Sawyer" in 1973 and were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2005.
President George W. Bush awarded them the National Medal of Arts in 2008, commended for music that "has helped bring joy to millions."
Alan Menken, composer of scores for Disney films including "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin," said the Sherman brothers' legacy "goes far beyond the craft of songwriting."
"There is a magic in their songs and in the films and musicals they breathed life into," he said.
Robert Bernard Sherman was born in New York on Dec. 19, 1925, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California.
The brothers credited their father, composer Al Sherman, with challenging them to write songs and for their love of lyrics. His legacy of songs includes "You Gotta Be a Football Hero," "(What Do We Do On a) Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" and "On the Beach at Bali-Bali."