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Day 4 Part II
Hi Belle, thanks for your vote I will have to ask gadgetboy about posting the X rated stuff
So we were in Boudnib looking for gas, after some research we found a guy who sold gas, we had been warned of the variable quality of the gasoline sold in the street, but according to the restaurant owner who knew other sellers in town this guys stuff was ok.
So we went to the "gas station"
Then we had to find the track to Erfoud, we let a couple of local boys guide us for two or three km out of town where we found the track, they earned some Dirhams and we didn´t have to bother with the navigation for a while.
The track started right after a small ford
The track again was fast and we only stopped to take some pics and meet our first camels, er...dromedaries to be precise!
Out of who knows where appeared this young camel shepherd with his bike, again I felt impressed: more than an hour riding fast into the desert from Boudnib without seeing a soul, and when you stop you find this lonely boy with the camels...at least he had a bike!
Near Erfoud we found a broad dry river, the river bed was very sandy and with our heavy bikes it was a bit demanding .wished I had a KTM 690 enduro nah that would have been too easy!
Who wants to go first?
On arriving at Erfoud we found a river crossing where we had our daily bath, the current was strong but there were some locals in the water too, so had to be safe. (sorry no pics).
Erfoud was quite a different thing from what we had seen so far, I mean it was a proper town and you could clearly notice the footprint of tourism there, people approached us offering restaurant, lodging, etc. They didn´t press on too hard on us though, but I can´t say I liked it, so we just had dinner and night on we drove a few km out of town to set up camp and get some sleep.
Sorry, only this bad pic from Erfoud (at the restaurant)
(to be continued soon)...just a teaser of Day 5
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Nice RR & pics, thanks for posting. Morocco will be the place for my next Africa Desert ride. Keep on posting, I'm curious to see why the AfricaTwin is towed by the BMW.
Cheers, Andy
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great report need more
hoping to go to the big M in for the new year
want to no wher the first pick was taken ?
must visit ther :)
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Grüss Gott
PS: Jetzt aber auf Deutsch mal! (habe selbst ein Jahr in Bayern gewohnt), sehr schöne Bilder auf deiner webseite, hast Du sie in Bayern geschossen?
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Viel Spaß in Portugal (ich sitz' in der Arbeit, WE-Dienst...)
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Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile
08 R1200GSA Red 21" woody's
morocco 2006 | morocco 2007 | Traces of Kimangao: An HP2 in France, Spain and Italy | Morocco 2008: a F800GS test ride | where the destination is Anamur - Turkey via Greece...
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Day 5. Erfoud - Goulmina
Another warm day in the moroccan desert, we hit the track South to Merzouga eager to get a peek of famous Erg Chebbi dunes.
We didn´t do much this day in terms of riding, as we made a long stop for lunch and to play and take pictures in the sand.
The dunes visit is a typical day trip for tourists, but we didn´t see many people out there, maybe because we got there when the sun was at its best.
I was surprised to know that many europeans were running the local hostels. The one we had lunch at, was run by austrians, and we also met a danish couple running another one…must be quite a challenge to change Jutland´s coast chilly dunes for this ones.
Finally, the sand
We had lunch at Chez Julia in Merzouga, a nice traditional moroccan house –become hostel run by an austrian. We found the dining room superb and confortable as the thick adobe walls provided for a much cooler temperature than in the street…turned out that we were at "only" 39ºC (102ºF). So we stood in the house for a couple of hours after we ate a wedding Cous cous (a sweet variety of cous cous containing raisins, shreded coconut and other delicacies).
Parking Lot at Chez Julia
The days were passing by fast and we had to meet a decission: further South-southwest to Zagora and Mhamid, or West to the Toldra and Dades Gorges. Luckily, we decided to go West. So we ended up in Goulmina for that night.
On our way we passed some traditional wells, now a touristic attraction, though we didn´t stop at them as the sun was setting and we still had to ride for a while and find a place for our daily bath, we stopped at the sandy bank of a river which meandered near the road as the sun was setting (sorry no light enough for pics) and got some relief from the day´s heat.
It was night when we arrived at Goulmina, at the small village there was a great atmosphere as it was wedding season, in the summer all emigrants return home and then celebrate weddings, so the main street was crowded with young people.
We fruitlessly searched for a Restaurant, but when we had already assumed that we would have to dine power bars, a woman who heard us asking for a Restaurant offered to cook for us at the bus station canteen (it was nearby and she knew the owner so he let her use the kitchen), it turned out she was the wife of the police chief of the village. The dinner was great (lamb brochettes) and it was so cheap I think we only paid for the drinks.
Did I already mention moroccan hospitality?
Then we got to our hotel of the famous hotel chain Holiday In...the sand.
In the morning we had some company.
Stay tuned for glorious day 6
Navel screwed with this post 11-17-2009 at 06:33 AM
vanvandero !
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this is outstanding, thanks so much for taking us along your trip !
i feel like i will have to visit that fellow austrian running his business in the desert maybe ;)
btw. how are the BMW F650 GS doing ? i am thinking of getting one myself, have they sofar behaved ?
(these are the "old" 1cylinder ones right )
AUSTRIA - SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE - MOROCCO - 10000km solo on my 125ccm: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607393
AUSTRIA - CORSICA - SARDEGNA - 3000km solo on my 125ccm : http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=485483
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F650 GS Dakar
Only issue was that I broke two times the clutch cable (I think due to a faulty casing, and to not replacing the whole thing as this models do i.e. cable+casing), it was easy to fix it anyway.
The good thing about the F650 for a trip like this is that it is a reliable tough bike, with a very low consumption (4-5 liters/100 km) which means you can do 300-400 km on a single tank, and it has enough power to move you around quite good fully loaded (you will see her in my next installment towing an Africa twin with a 115 kg rider on her ), besides that, you can find a good second hand unit for less than 4.000 euro, so ok it is not a KTM990 but it is a good option as a second bike in my opinion (I have a TDM900 for road trips)
I don´t know if I would buy a new one though, as the model is now a bit old, on the other hand the new 1 cil-BMW´s are lighter but they lack a proper tank for this kind of trips (so you should buy an extra tank in the after market) and i don´t know if the rear alu subframe is as tough as the old frame if you put a heavy load on it.
Anyway if you get down to Morocco via western Spain - Portugal you may have a ride with my bike and try her on the dirt.
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DAY 6: Near Goulmina - Agoudal (almost)
We woke up to a beautiful morning, a bit cooler than the previous one as we were approaching the mountains. We took the road to Tinerhir, this town is the gate to the Todra gorges, and has a lively atmosphere, a huge palm grove in the vicinity of the city shines green in stark contrast with the reddish emptiness of the desert, and gives you a refreshing feeling, amongst the lush vegetation traditional adobe houses make for the perfect Morocco postcard.
In Tinerhir, as we were sampling traditional cakes we met a guy who had been working in morocco for a spanish company, we invited hin for a coffee, his spanish was perfect and we learned a lot from him about life in a moroccan city, however he did not consider to go to Spain to find a job, because he didn´t like some aspects of spanish society, in his own words "the fact that women wanted to be equals or more important than men thanks to our laws of positive discrimination towards women"...different countries different cultures!. Anyway we couldnt stay too long, so we rode on to enter the Todra Gorge.
Hey, you don´t need a trail to ride the gorges!
At the village of Ait Hani, we got a track to the west that linked with the Dades Gorge and then turned north to Agoudal, although we were told that the track through the mountains was closed, we had to give it a try...right?
A good part of the track was a stony river bed, by far the most technical part of the trip as many sections seemed designed for trial bikes.
We met some berebers near the track, most of them run to us asking for money no soon they see the bikes
We also crossed green valleys...
And finally started climbing the mountain track which would take us to Agoudal
This is the part of the track which was closed due to some landslides that had covered part of the piste, it was a bit tricky as some parts of the track were covered with mud, but we could slowly go forward
…but then something really bad happened, the Africa Twin stalled and refused to go any further, we are no pro mechanics so we tried a few things (sparks, regulator...) but there was nothing we could do, we thought it was some electrical problem.
We estimated we were like 15 – 20 km from Agoudal so as the sun started to go down we decided to camp on the spot, right on the track as we were in the middle of a steep mountain. As the night fell down, you could see here and there, in the opposite face of the mountains around us, the dim lights of the shepherds.
We went to sleep. At about 3 am I got awaken by a herd of sheep that passed along our tents and the young kids that were shepherding them, most surrealistic I must say, but I suppose it was more confortable to walk in the cooler hours of the night than in the sun, I guess I should never complain again of working odd hours.
But the new day came soon...
More tomorrow...
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Cheers, Andy
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man i enjoy reading this !!!
AUSTRIA - SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE - MOROCCO - 10000km solo on my 125ccm: http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=607393
AUSTRIA - CORSICA - SARDEGNA - 3000km solo on my 125ccm : http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=485483
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Day 7: Near Agoudal - Agoudal - Errachidia...and Day 8
Sorry for the delay in updating my report, but here it goes.
We woke up amidst the beauty of the mountains and managed to start the Honda and make her ride for a couple of km (until the engine got warm again and stalled), so the only option was to tow her.
Ricardo had brought with him the same rope with which he towed Cesar's Yamaha XT a few years ago. The task was not easy as the track was at times very demanding.
Having a break, and yet more piste
We had to deal with the Lord of the piste
After 15 km we arrived at a Mountain Lodge, the guys there told us we still had 15 km more to Agoudal, where it was possible to hire a truck to have the Honda carried over there.
So Cesar and I rode on to Agoudal, and managed to hire the truck, only trouble was that we had to wait for more than 2 hours because the truck was at some construction works. Eventually the truck arrived.
Truck´s state of the art cockpit
Ricardo waiting for us with a new friend
Here we go. Maybe you cannot tell from the pictures but the track got a bit scary at times.
Our experienced driver
The guys helped us load the bike.
And..ready to go
At Agoudal we called the insurance company, and GREAT, after more than 30 min. Trying to explain the guy on the phone where were we, they were sending a truck to pick the bike and his driver.
At this point I have to say something about this company just in case some spanish biker is reading this, the road assistance company is Club del motorista XL, they sent a truck from Errachidia (3 hours away) and drove bike and rider back there, where they had booked a nice hotel room for him. The next day, a mechanic had a look at the bike and, as it was not easy to arrange the bike on the spot, they put a taxi at the drivers disposal which took him to Nador (8 hours drive away) to be on time to take the ferry back to Spain. Then, they sent also the bike back to Spain at no cost HATS OFF TO THIS GUYS!.
The truck had a long way to get there and we waited at Ibrahim´s auberge, quite a nice guy I must say.
Some locals saw the drum Cesar has bought in Tinerhir, and offered to play some traditional music for us.
Eventually the truck arrived 9:30 pm.
So there were we, night on in Agoudal. We planned to drive our bikes to Errachidia to meet Manel at the hotel, trouble was, Ricardo was very low on gas as his bike burned a lot of gas towing the Honda. After knocking on a couple of doors on our way, we met a guy who knew some other guy who might have some gas. We drove like 5 km with him and arrived at a house where a family was happy to sell us their only four liters of gas, not only they sold it to us at the same price than at a gas station, they also invited us for tea and at 11:30pm the whole family was there to say hello to us did I say something about moroccan hospitality:
So after a while we hit the road again, it was a mountain road with lots of twists a great one if you didn´t have to ride dog tired in the middle of the night, after 4 hours, for the first time in my life I had the feeling I was about to get asleep on the bike, we were only 10 km from Errachidia but I jus HAD TO stop, slept 5 min. at the side of the road, and rode on. We finally made it to Errachidia, and for the first time we slept at a hotel.
Day 8 was pretty uneventful, we just had to ride from Errachidia to Nador on tarmac to be able to get to the Ferry on time, it was by far the most tiring day as we had to ride fast without time for any large break or for taking pictures in a very hot day, but finally WE MADE IT!,
Morocco is very close to Spain but it is so different at the same time. The best of this trip was being out there in the good company of your friends, the people we met there and the feeling of freedom riding in the vastness of the Rekkam. It´s been quite an experience and I am just looking forward to get down there again, though probably not in the summer.
Thanks to all who have been reading this post and if anyone is considering to go there, I encourage you to do so.
شكرا Shukran (Thank you!)
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great post
but where one earth did you manage to get insurance with road side recovery ??
now that would be handy :)
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Rick Pudwell, director of horticulture at the Botanic Garden, and a crew of staff and volunteers, have filled the Goldsmith Auditorium with popular houseplants as well as flowering and sculptural branches carefully cut to not damage the trees on the 96-acre site.
Among the houseplants offered for sale are the delicate northern and southern maidenhair ferns, Chinese evergreens, anthuriums, birds' nest ferns, peace lily, ficus, philodendron, crotons, English ivy, unusual forms of dieffenbachia and peperomia.
Pots of tulips, daffodils, African violets, begonias, blooming hydrangeas, cyclamen, and others make perfect gifts for Valentine's Day.
Orchids in pots, including some miniature moth orchids, as well as others mounted on pieces of driftwood are just the thing for sweethearts with green thumbs.
If you can't make up your mind on just one plant, select several small ones and Pudwell will combine them in one container — yours from home or one of many available for purchase at the sale.
You can also revive you old terrarium with new plants and soil at the event.
Chickens and mushrooms
At the Botanic Garden next week:
Last year, some 200-plus people seeking to learn about keeping chickens in their backyards packed an auditorium at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
The desire to raise chickens for eggs, meat or companionship was fueled by several converging trends: saving on food costs in a recession, the desire to eat and produce locally raised food, having access to a source of organic fertilizer in the manure, and for those raised on farms, a desire to share childhood memories and activities with children and grandchildren.
Not to mention that some of those chickens are pretty darn cute.
Director of horticulture Rick Pudwell will present another backyard poultry program at noon Wednesday. He will address housing, feeding, problems and the day-to-day care needed to keep a small flock healthy.
As much as Pudwell likes and knows plants, he probably loves his chickens and other exotic birds more and is at least equally knowledgeable about caring for them.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch or order a box lunch from Fratelli's Café. The program is free with garden admission — $8 for adults; $6.50 for seniors and $5 for children 2 to 12.
From 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 15, Ben and Nichole Dickey will present a program on techniques for growing mushrooms in backyards. Guests will sample the exotic mushrooms grown at Dickey Farms in Potts Camp, Miss.
The Dickeys will discuss culinary and medicinal aspects of fungi. Several kits for home cultivation will be available for purchase.
The cost is $35; $30 for botanic garden members. Call 636-4128 for more information or to register.
Herb society scholarship
Applications are being taken for the Memphis Herb Society's scholarship encouraging the study of horticulture or other plant-related field with a general interest in herbs.
The $1,000 stipend may be divided if more than one applicant is found equally deserving.
The deadline for applying is April 5. For a copy of the application, go to memphisherbsociety.com
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The NIMBY attitude hurts the community
Hillcrest. Bessar Park. Del Mar. Botsford Place. Southside. Koolside. Meldo Park. Oak Park. La Arboleda. Lindale. Arcadia Village. These are a few of the names that dot city maps, identifying enclaves of the city that are our neighborhoods.
We are a city of neighborhoods. We love our neighborhoods. And we are fiercely protective of them. We saw recently in four confrontations between neighborhood and encroachers just how fiercely protective neighborhood residents can be. This kind of opposition is referred to as NIMBY - "not in my back yard."
In February, residents of Hillcrest fought to prevent the city from located a new wastewater plant adjacent to the northside subdivision. City officials went to great lengths to try to persuade the residents' association that this would be no "sewer plant" because of new processing technology that suppressed odors, took them to view similar plants adjacent to other neighborhoods and promised landscaping. The residents remained unpersuaded. The City Council, faced with a deteriorating plant, the potential for stiff pollution fines and higher costs at any alternate site, decided against the wishes of Hillcrest residents.
Bessar Park residents had their neighborhood defenses up about the same time. The target of their alert was the proposed location of a barbecue restaurant alongside the neighborhood on Santa Fe Street. That the restaurant was to be called Knuckleheads didn't go down well, nor that its original location is known as a biker hangout, nor that the eatery was to offer beer. The battle went to and fro and at last report the restaurant owner said the beer was out and so was the biker decor.
Meldo Park residents are upset about a drug and alcohol rehabilitation group home.
The latest uproar comes from the area generally known as the Southside and Botsford Place additions, the area around South Park Middle School. Those residents oppose the opening of a Metro Ministries facility that would serve the homeless.
A common thread here is that in all four cases, the residents believe the encroachments will change their way of life in their neighborhoods. Having pride in our neighborhoods is good for the city. But maybe we're making our definition of neighborhood too narrow.
When 24-year-old John Gabriel Fernandez was shot to death outside a theater, that happened in all our neighborhoods. Based on police reports, Fernandez did nothing more than go to the movies, then went to inquire what was happening with his kid brother when he was cut down. His shooting was an insult to the peace and quiet of every neighborhood in the city. This didn't happen on the Westside, or the Southside, or the Northside, or anywhere where we can say, "Well, it didn't happen at my theater."
When we avoid eye contact with homeless people, we might think, "Let me just get to the car, so I can go home to my neighborhood." But if there are people in Corpus Christi who are sick and hungry, or who are without a place to sleep, this is an affront to all of us.
We can't say we're connected to the world because we have the Internet, or because we're outraged about what's happening in Iraq or elsewhere on the globe, then ignore the poverty, hunger, crime and human despair across town, or in some other neighborhood.
The residents near South Park Middle School and Metro Ministries will have to work out the issues between themselves. But it ought to be said that Metro Ministries, because of its history and its support from across the city at large, represents the community's broadest effort to deal with the homeless. And the people it tries to help are our neighbors.
We all want to feel safe in our neighborhoods. We all have a special concern for what happens in the area we consider our own yards. But we need to widen the borders of what we consider our neighborhoods. If schoolkids are dropping out of schools across town, that's our neighborhood. If residents across town are frightened because of gang violence, we should be concerned because that's our neighborhood. If people have no home to call their own, they are also our neighbors.
Or they ought to be.
Nick Jimenez is editorial page editor of the Caller-Times. Phone: 886-3787; e-mail: jimenezn@ caller.com.
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Louisa May Alcott, 1832–88, American author, b. Germantown, Pa.; daughter of Bronson Alcott. Mostly educated by her father, she was a friend of Emerson and Thoreau, and her first book, Flower Fables (1854), was a collection of tales originally created to amuse Emerson's daughter. Alcott was determined to contribute to the small family income and worked as a servant and a seamstress before she made her fortune as a writer. Her letters written to her family when she was a Civil War nurse were published as Hospital Sketches (1863); her first published novel, Moods, followed in 1864. She first achieved wide fame and wealth with Little Women (1868), one of the most popular children's books ever written. The novel, which recounts the adolescent adventures of the four March sisters, is largely autobiographical, the author herself being represented by the spirited Jo March. Good Wives (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886) are sequels.
Alcott's other novels for young readers include An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870), Eight Cousins (1875), and Under the Lilacs (1879). They all picture family life in Victorian America with warmth and perception. She also wrote novels for adults, including Work (1873), which is grounded in Alcott's experiences as a breadwinner for her family, and the unfinished Diana and Persis, an examination of the relationship between two women artists. Another adult volume, the novel A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866), which was originally rejected by her publisher as too sensational, was discovered in manuscript in the early 1990s and finally published in 1995. In 1996 yet another manuscript was unearthed; it contained Alcott's very first novel, written for young people, entitled The Inheritance and composed in 1849 when the author was 18.
See her letters and journal, ed. by E. D. Cheney (1889, repr. 1966); Journals of Louisa May Alcott, ed. by J. Myerson et al. (1989); Selected Letters of Louisa May Alcott, ed. by J. Myerson et al. (1987); biographies by K. S. Anthony (1938, repr. 1977) and S. Elbert (1984); dual biography of Bronson and Louisa May Alcott by J. Matteson (2009); E. LaPlante, Marmee & Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother (2012); studies by R. L. MacDonald (1983) and C. Strickland (1985).
Louisa May Alcott: Selected full-text books and articles
Gregory Eiselein; Anne K. Phillips.
Greenwood Press, 2001
Louisa May Alcott; Valerie Alderson.
Oxford University Press, 1998
Louisa M. Alcott.
Little, Brown, and Company, 1906
G. R. Thompson.
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
Charles Strickland.
University of Alabama Press, 1985
Louisa May Alcott; Daniel Shealy; Madeleine B. Stern; Joel Myerson.
Greenwood Press, 1991
Deborah Barker.
Bucknell University Press, 2000
Patterson, Mark.
Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 25, No. 2, Autumn 1997
Martha J. Cutter.
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Patricia Yaeger; Beth Kowaleski-Wallace.
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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- BlueBay Asset Management LLP, a London-based fixed-income investment firm, will join with Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund to create a fund offering loans to small and medium-sized companies in the country, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
The fund will raise as much as 450 million euros ($588 million), according to one of the people, who asked not to be identified as the matter isn't public. The fund may be announced as soon as today as Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan lays out the 2013 budget.
The fund will be backed by 300 million euros of senior debt financing from investors including the Irish authorities, in addition to 150 million euros from BlueBay and the Irish pension fund, said one of the people.
The fund, looking to start senior secured lending by the end of the first quarter, will seek to deliver an annual return of 15 percent for equity investors, said one of the people. Officials at BlueBay declined to comment. Ray Gordon, a pension fund spokesman, wasn't immediately able to comment.
BlueBay is owned by Toronto-based Royal Bank of Canada, the country's biggest lender, which paid about 963 million pounds ($1.6 billion) for the firm in 2010 to expand its wealth-management business.
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Team Canada vs Team Norway Recap
What's the acceptable scoreline against Norway? Is 3-1 too competitive? Should we panic?
All joking aside, it was consistent dominance throughout by Team Canada. There will be some complaints about too little conversion of possession into more goals, but that's more of a testament to Norway goaltender Lars Haugen, who stopped 35/38 shots, as well as loads of blocked shots by the Norwegians.
Apparently, the webcast had no Glenn Healy on it for those watching at work, which is the one of the most compelling arguments we've ever heard for getting a bad office job.
It's always fun seeing how a team with a monumental skill deficit approaches a game against an All-Star lineup playing full tilt or close to it. Surely, allegiances aside, we can all enjoy the fact that the game remained reasonably competitive to the end while Canada dominated play (although not the scoreboard) just about as much as expected in one of the—essentially—warmup tilts before things get serious.
The full game replay is available here.
1st Period
The Norwegians were forcing some mistakes – a couple of turnovers, offsides, icings – out of Canada early. The formula for countries like Norway is obvious: pack mentality, trap, rely on a hot goalie, try to create outnumbered situations in their favour in their own zone, block a tonne of shots, etc. Canada was activating their defence as a response to the "collapse," creating some chances, but Haugen (KHL goalie, Dynamo Minsk) was up to the task in the first period. Norway was picking their spots the other way, with a few half chances against the run of play, as was their gameplan.
The period was mostly all Canada, with a late Norway powerplay. It's a tough ask of Carey Price to stay alert when so much possession is going the other way, but he stayed sharp when called upon. It took Canada a period to breakthrough in Vancouver, and that was on home ice. They have to figure out the tricks to the big ice game, which Norway, to a man, plays on professionally.
It was 0-0 for Norway after 1, as Ron McLean put it, while Don Cherry sounded like he was soothing himself out of a panic attack with a "we're alright" refrain at the intermission.
2nd Period
Canada came out with relentless pressure in early 2nd. Jeff Carter missed a point blank chance created by the top line a minute and a half into the period (missed badly). Jamie Benn generated a good chance as well after driving into the slot off the boards.
Signs of the ongoing adjustment became obvious: Drive wide, stretch the width of the ice, use the points, open some lanes, draw Norway out into man to man situations.
The breakthrough finally came off the stick of Shea Weber, a booming, rising clapper that beat Haugen over the shoulder. That's one he probably doesn't see too often overseas.
The Toews, Sharp and Nash line somehow didn't score off a Doughty point shot – deflected by Toews – that hit a post and bounded around the goal mouth. Canada was coming on relentlessly, smelling blood as the Norwegian front started to crack, but Haugen looked liable to keep Norway in it/maintain a respectable scoreline all on his own.
The Tavares, Benn and Bergeron line was looking most dangerous despite limited ice time. The trio made it 2-0 on Canada's 13th shot of the period. The play started wide before Benn took a pass on the back post and sniped, post and in, off one leg. Patrice Bergeron assisted on both goals to this point.
So Jamie Benn drew the delayed penalty before Weber's goal, nearly got smoked by Tollefsen and scored in that period. Had 2:54 of ice time.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) February 13, 2014
This was a dominant period featuring just one shot from Norway. There was some praise for the Norwegian effort on the broadcast, and good for them for hanging around and keeping it respectable — but it was a game that could've just as easily been 4 or 5 to nothing if more breaks went Canada's way.
3rd Period
Norway started the third period on the powerplay after Duncan Keith lost his stick and took a holding call at the end of the 2nd. Carey Price misplayed the puck behind the net off a dump in; after the fumble behind the net, a shot took a deflection off Patrick Thoresen on the PP to make it 2-1.
Canada's quick responses snuffed out any sense of panic. Ryan Getzlaf kept the play alive in the offensive zone and sent the puck back to the point, where Drew Doughty split a pair of Norwegian forwards and backhanded it in from the left of the net.
Sharp, Toews and St. Louis (rotated onto the line as a 13th forward) worked a two minute long shift in the offensive zone shortly thereafter. Team Canada was able to brings in fresh legs into their cycle.
Canada's defence was effective in this game at providing offensive opportunities, starting sequences off by getting shots through, actively pinching down the boards, joining—or starting—the rush, using the width of the ice on the big surface.
John Tavares joined Chris Kunitz and Sidney Crosby as the swing man on the PP. If a little tense, he looked good and it was nice to see him tested and eased into the lineup; hopefully gets a look at 5v5 with Crosby at some stage.
The game pretty much fizzled out with Norway content to simply keep things respectable and build on the performance against more beatable opponents.
If there's something to complain about: Can't say we're confident Jeff Carter can play at the pace Crosby is playing at; he seems to be a full measure behind their tempo of play. He can skate and has a quick release, but Crosby throws extremely hard passes into areas he expects his linemates to be in; if he can't anticipate it, the play is broken up.
Otherwise, Canada will look to continue gaining familiarity with new linemates and the big ice in another warmup game against Austria tomorrow.
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RUMOR: team Russia almost ready offer trade with team US. Alex Galchenyuk's rights in exchangement for Radulov and map to where is Kessel.
Some things I noticed about the game. Players were making passes to their linemates in the NHL. One play in particular comes to mind where Tavares deked through a couple of guys and drew in the defenders then through a pass to Crosby. Crosby being a left hander got it on his backhand, while if it was Vanek it would have been on his forehand and he would have had a good 1T lined up. Just noticed this a couple of times and think this game was really, as was mentioned in the article, an adjustment period.
Some excellent comments down below as well. Very entertaining
Woohoooooo all the teams I'm cheering for won today/tonight! Excellent hockey day!!!!!!
Carter, hamhuis, price scratched tmrw
A better look at it
Bob Mackenzie saying Kessel is the straw that stirs the drink for team USA....I have rewinded and saved the clip for repetitive future reference......RUSPECT!
LMAO!!"Mike Layton wants bars serving drinks at 6 a.m. for Olympic hockey"Mayor Rob Ford has already spoken out in favour of the motion, saying it would be good for business but it would be "rough" drinking that early.
is there any way to watch the highlights of the usa game? or a website that shows all Olympic hockey highlights?
does Phil Kessel and the American's square off again tomorrow?
When's the game tomorrow?
Wonder when Babcock will realize that playing Duchene with Crosby is bound to pay bigger dividends than sticking with Kunitz. Quickly, I hope. (Duchene's teammate, Stastny, was pretty good for the USA today.)
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I'm speechless. RT @kelsbola: The only team USA picture we even need ever pic.twitter.com/SQDh7f5LpA
Just watching Canada/Norway on PVR: I've seen Chris Kunitz play like this at the Olympics before, only he was called Rob Zamuner then.
@sniperstar If my memory serves me correct we did the same last olympics and our result ended quite nicely.
@TheJFishJust heard it's Hamhuis and Sharp. It should have been Carter, it's their first game true, but he was useless.
@Gilbey93 Kind of a stupid question.... Just ask yourself the same question and get back to us...
@Gilbey93 Confusing question. I think the answer is simply "yes."
@Gilbey93 Kessel went beast mode.
@Alec Brownscombe Like an Aphex Twin video. lol
That's hilarious!
@Alec Brownscombe cameraman is kessel too..
@Dangle_My_Berries vs Rus saturday I believe
@Dangle_My_Berries vs Russia?
@TheCanucksnaphook He's even got the hair!!
@Cameron19 Noon eastern time
@Cameron19 I think noon cam.
@The Truth Hurts Probably, but the Americans feel like more of a team than us. Team Canada feels like a collection of personalities.
@rustynail @Gilbey93 Regular Kessel is an oxymoron
@rustynail @Gilbey93 There is no such thing.
@mcloki @Alec BrownscombeWindowlicker, loved that video lol
@Jmessih @Dangle_My_Berries Burke was a fucking genuis for making that deal....is the face of all that criticism, his faith in the type of player Kessel had within him was right on the money!
@Jmessih @amarshall Thanks mate, like X10 for you. didn't know CBC was showing all games
@juliesucks @Dangle_My_Berries yep USA vs Russia on satuday. Should be a good one
@TheCanucksnaphook @Burtonboy Enjoy the ride phook. It might well turn out to be something very special
@TheCanucksnaphook @Bruffins I'm just guessing there isn't a Loui Eriksson one.
@Cameron19 @The Truth Hurts Americans are the minority in the league - that builds a certain comraderie. And like 'em or hate 'em, they have an innate national pride that surpasses citizens of our cold land. A guy like Phook would get tuned up if he was an American cheering for Canada.
Of course, he might still get tuned up, but there are probably many reasons for this.
@Cameron19 @Mattmark @TheCanucksnaphook @Burtonboy Doesn't appear to perform as well with kadri at centre
@Mattmark @TheCanucksnaphook @Burtonboy Had several different centers today. Got an assist with Backes at center. Got a goal with Kesler at center. Got an assist with Pavelski at center. Had a couple nice scoring chances with Stastny at center. J.V.R. was the common denominator for him though - looks to me like it's not incredibly relevant who his center is.
@Mattmark @TheCanucksnaphook @Burtonboy he has for years now :)
@TheCanucksnaphook @BurtonboyWhat if he becomes accustomed to playing with a higher-caliber centre? ;-)
@Bruffins I think it was always known that TO's got all the limelight. It's just a matter of players willing to handle it. Now that we're winning I can see more free agents wanting to come here.
BTW that American Shaker one is too funny.
@The Truth Hurts @Bruffins @TheCanucksnaphook Phil at WalMart, Now there's a photshop opportunity if there ever was one.
@MaxwellHowe @Cameron19 @The Truth Hurts It's just the difference in national expectations and attitudes as far as hockey is concerned. We have a very un-Canadian attitude among our hockey players, whereas the Americans understand they have to band together and be a team to have success.
@Bruffins @MaxwellHowe @Cameron19 @The Truth Hurts like Anchorman 2?
@TheCanucksnaphook @Bruffins @Cameron19 @The Truth Hurts still here eh? lol
@The Truth Hurts @Cameron19 That's what she said.


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Think of charitable possibilities
It seems everywhere you go you hear or see something about the oil and gas phenomenon that is occurring in and around Columbiana County. Testimonies of property owners getting checks well into the six and seven digits are plentiful. Overnight millionaires make Jed Clampett and the Beverly Hillbillies seem like a modern day reality show. Preparedness is the strategy of the day from jobs, to skills, to food, lodging and housing. I attended a recent luncheon meeting presented by Consumer's Bank. Increased deposits are a sure sign that leasing and royalty checks are being cashed. Happy days are here again, it would seem.
It is my hope that along with the new found wealth, so too will there be some old-fashioned help-thy-neighbor spirit and support-your-local-charities attitude. While we worry about sufficient infrastructure to support this oil and gas boom, let's consider the day-to-day social infrastructure provided by numerous local non-profit organizations. From social concerns to the Salvation Army and community foundations to the United Way. Senior citizens, children, the developmentally and financially challenged, 4-H, theater and the arts, nature, history and preservation and abused and neglected adults, children and pets need more support.
Consider a tax-deductible donation to local 501(c)3 non-profit organizations as a strategy to relieve some of the tax consequences of new income. Look for a local option for your charitable giving. Don't just blindly donate, but ask to see financial records and spending habits, along with a physical inspection of the operation.
Sadly, there are organizations that will take your money that do not have the proper credentials to make your gift tax-deductible. Ask your investment or tax professional for help when evaluating possibilities for your gift of giving.
Please give often. To whom much is given, much is expected.
Jenny Pike, Salem
Well Said Mrs Pike.
the worse offenders in our areas is animal rescues. It seems like there is a new one every week. The ones that want 300-600 for a "rescued" pet are ridiculous. You can go to Angels and get a full vetted, spayed or neutered dog for $150.00! There are some shelters that are less than that like the Geagua Humane Village where fully vetted spayed or neutered dogs are $85.00. They even have special rates for senior citizens for as low as 15.00!
the worse one is the people on craiglist that beg for money to pay their vet bill where their rescue that boards dogs. All the real rescues I donate to are offended by this because they cant understand why any one would waste money boarding dogs. They all have said they have much better things to spend money on than board.
I always ask for a letter for my taxes. If they give some excuse why they don't have a 501 3c or say well we applied...or some other lame exuse. I walk away.
Sadly there are just too many con artists out there today, and far too many in animal "rescue" for profit. It is almost as if they are a "rescue broker." The internet has made it even easier. One rescue person said if I cant drive there and see it, I dont believe it.
They make it tough for the real places like the Humane Society of Colulmbiana County, Animal Charity or Animal Welfare League to get donations.
It is even harder with all the tv commericals with the big corporate animal shelters or rescues pandering for money.
As my friend in advertising says, the money they spend making and airing those tear jerking animal commercials was given to a LOCAL shelter, it would be in the tens of thousands of dollars and that is something they all could use!
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Three Arrested In Connection with Anti-Gay Attack, Shooting In Brooklyn: VIDEO
Police in New York have arrested and charged two men and a teenage boy with menacing, third-degree hate crime and assault in the first degree after they chased and shot at a gay man in Brooklyn on Saturday night, reports NY Daily News.
The victim, who was dressed as a woman at the time of the attack, was walking with a friend near M.J. Beauty Salon on the corner of Putnam Ave. and Broadway in Bushwick at about 7 a.m. when he was attacked by Cody Sigue, 22, Matthew Smith, 21, and Tavon Johnson, 17.
According to police, the attackers screamed profanities and anti-gay slurs at the pair. The attackers then opened fire and shot the victim in the rear.
Johnson and Sigue were charged with menacing and third-degree hate crime, while Smith was charged with assault in the first degree. Johnson and Sigue each have one prior arrest while Smith has "an extensive arrest history," with 14 arrests including robbery.
Local resident Daquan Ruddock said:
"[It] shows how gay people can't walk around in the street without someone saying something or doing something towards them. It's sad."
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Around 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, the mountain slid in and blocked the Madison Creek road. Residents are once again isolated, but this time, they are being given the option to evacuate.
That is for the residents who are at home, the ones who are not at home, it's another story.
Jennifer Smith's husband Albert is blocked again on the wrong side of the slide. Friday, he was out and had to spend the night with his daughter until he could get back in Saturday. His work truck is at his home, along with all his clean clothes. He is going to have to buy clothes and pay for a hotel and he has no idea when he will be able to get his work truck.
Smith says the residents were told that they would be given transportation to work from the hotel, but they would have to find their own transportation back after work, which presents a problem for most people.
She also says evacuation isn't possible for everyone.
"I have two cats and a dog. I can't take them and there's nobody to take care of them. I also have parents down here who are close to 70 years old. If they don't go, I can't leave them," Smith said.
Smith says they knew that area was unstable and continued to work despite the problems that occurred earlier this year.
"I blame the engineers more than anybody," said Smith.
LEASA Chief of Administration Tim Arthur says they have people standing by in the Madison Creek area to evacuate anyone who wants to be taken out.
The W.Va. Department of Highways will bear the expense of hotel rooms for those who decide to leave.
The residents have reportedly been told the evacuation isn't mandatory, but if the road gets completely blocked and any type of emergency assistance is required, it may take an extended amount of time for assistance to reach them, and it will be by boat.
W.Va. Delegate Rupert "Rupie" Phillips says he has been working on this with fellow Delegate Ted Tomblin and W.Va. Senators Art Kirkendoll and Ron Stollings.
"My heart goes out to those people, it really does. Teddy, Art, Ron and I are all upset over this situation and feel it is uncalled for and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. We have been talking to the governor and on the phone with W.Va. Department of Highways Brent Walker and Scott Eplin and Carrie Bly and we believe everyone is working to address it as soon as possible. We are working on everything we can think of to help them — blocks of rooms in various hotels, ways for those who work to get back and forth to work, ways to care for animals left behind, working with the Logan County Sheriff's Department to provide security so property will be safe if residents are away and we are working with employers to try to keep employees from losing their jobs," said Phillips.
Anyone living in the Madison Creek area who wishes to leave their residence needs to call 304-752-7662 to make arrangements for evacuation.