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Trek through Serbian-Controlled Territory
As Srebrenica was falling, the overwhelming majority of military-aged men and boys and a smattering of women and children gathered in a separate location in order to make a journey through Bosnian Serb-held territory to reach Bosnian government-controlled territory. The majority of the persons in this group were civilians; men and boys interviewed by Human Rights Watch/Helsinki representatives stated that of the 12,000 to 15,000 trekkers, between 3,000 to 4,000 of whom were armed.[93] These armed persons were primarily located in the front and brought up the rear while civilians and wounded filled the middle. Some of those in between were also armed, although the vast majority were not.
Most men and boys of military age began grouping together and leaving the Srebrenica pocket in the evening and early morning of July 11 and 12. They formed a column, which stretched for approximately ten kilometers. The men had to walk in such a vulnerable formation because they had been warned of mined terrain. During the trek, the column was exposed to numerous attacks and ambushes by Bosnian Serb forces, during which violations of humanitarian law were committed. These included: attacks against civilian targets,[94] indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force,[95] and summary executions.[96]
After the U.N. failed to defend the "safe area" of Srebrenica, the enclave's military-aged men no longer trusted the UNPROFOR/UNPF troops, nor did they believe their safety would be guaranteed. I.N., a twenty-year-old born in Gladovici in the municipality of Srebrenica, recounted that he decided to leave the "safe area" on his own after he found out that the U.N. could do nothing to protect the enclave and its residents:
The Chetniks bombed the civilian center every day from the beginning of the offensive on June 27 until the end when they came in. Everyone from the outlying areas of the city flooded down into Srebrenica around July 5 or 6; there was intense shelling. The Serbs advanced from the east, north and south, lighting up hamlets and villages as they got closer. We held out in the west, but they burned that area after Srebrenica had fallen. Since I had worked at a U.N. humanitarian distribution base before, I asked the Dutch why they weren't protecting us and why there were no air strikes; they told me it was because the Serbs said they would slaughter their [U.N.] hostages who were now in Bratunac [if the U.N. attacked].
J.N., a man from Konjevic Polje - who was a logger before the war - described the atmosphere in the "safe area" on the last night in Srebrenica during the planning phase of the trek:
The Serbs were already in the town, so the men tried to escape through the forest. I said goodbye to my wife and kids and went to meet up with the other men. We went to the big circle where the U.N. was, to wait for transportation to Tuzla. The boys and men first went to Lipa hill to discuss with everyone what our strategy would be. We called that route "the way of life and death." We realized that we had no other choice and that many of us would die. But this way maybe at least some of us would survive. If we surrendered to the Serbs, then we surely had no hope.
From that hill we could see everything that was going on in town. Then we saw a column of tanks, transporters and different kinds of vehicles in Bibici ‑ about one kilometer from Srebrenica. The Chetnik vehicles were placed along the whole road from Bibici to Srebrenica, and we could see the Chetniks shelling the villages all around. They used the kind of shells that explode into fire. The houses began burning as soon as they were hit. The Chetniks were shelling exactly those areas with the most people.
During the day, thousands of men arrived at Lipa. At about 6:00 P.M. we headed out towards Tuzla. There were maybe about 15,000 of us.[97]
J.T., a thirty-seven-year-old miner from Srebrenica, gave a similar account of the departure:
In the evening about 8:00 or 9:00 P.M., about 15,000 men all met at Jaglici. There were even some women and children there who either wanted to go with their men or did not trust the Serbs to transport them safely. We had to decide whether or not to go to Cepa or Tuzla, but finally decided to go to Tuzla. At about 5:15 A.M., my sector headed towards Konjevic Polje. We headed out in one column of two-by-two rows, and I was in the first section at about the 153rd position.[98]
The men and boys began the journey by making their way through a forest in a column-like fashion. During the first section of the trek, while they were still in so-called "safe-area" territory, they experienced shelling and grenading, but no direct ambushes or assaults. However, during the second part of the journey, the column of men and boys was exposed to direct ambushes, as well as shelling.
J.C., born in May 1952, in Pomol in the municipality of Vlasenica, recounted that Bosnian Serb forces knew the men and boys from Srebrenica would attempt to escape through enemy territory:
The first of us left Jaglici at 4:30-5:00 A.M. on July 12. Scouts went out first to see what kind of conditions were up ahead; the column of men followed shortly. The Chetniks knew we were going to head for Bosnian government-controlled territory from Jaglici, so they shot at us, threw grenades at us, and kept on shouting to us - most of the time through bullhorns - "We know you are going to try and pass through with your column! Better for you to go to Potocari and leave with the buses!" My section of the column departed at 12:30 P.M.[99]
J.N. was situated at the front of the column and described the departure:
I was in the first group with about 1,000 people, because I knew the terrain pretty well. We passed the first _etnik bunkers without a lot of problems, and in the morning we arrived near Kamenica. Those at the end of the column had a lot more problems, because the Serbs allowed a large portion of us in to penetrate their lines and then they began to ambush the middle. While we were stuck at Kamenica, all the wounded were being brought to a place nearby. We stayed there for the rest of the day and the night. After a while, we realized that we had to move, one way or another, or else we were surely dead. The Serbs knew this, too, so they just waited. They had squeezed everyone into one small spot near Kamenica. After we walked about 500 meters, the Serbs began shooting everywhere. I remember a tree falling down and killing more than twenty people at one point. I'm sure more that 2,000 people were killed from shooting and shelling there.
Serb tanks were placed all along the route from Kravica to Konjevic Polje up to the intersection at Konjevic Polje. My brother and I saw people falling down. Dead and wounded were all around. We were simply running without knowing where we were going. One shell fell near me, and I was terrified. That's when my brother and I separated. I haven't seen him since. There were people all around who were shot in the legs, arms, stomach. I saw so many bodies. At this point, the Serbs were all along the road from Kravica to Konjevic Polje preventing us from crossing. We were trying to find our way through from the village Krajinovici to Kaldrumica road, but the Chetniks were waiting for us. Their APCs and tanks were placed all along the road. When we realized that there was no way we could cross, we decided to retreat towards Nova Kasaba.[100]
J.T. described what he saw after an initial section of the column was attacked:
We went through the forest and then down by a creek. There were Chetniks on both sides. Almost immediately we began to hear detonations up ahead. They were shelling the people who had left before us. In any case, we had to keep going, and after about 700 or 800 meters, we came to an area where there were a lot of dead and wounded. My wife's brother was among the dead. We tried to cover them with leaves, because we didn't have time to make a grave, but we couldn't do them any justice.
As we approached a creek we were elated because we thought we would be able to drink some water. But then we saw all the dead bodies, and I couldn't even think about taking a drink. I think what happened was that the first group had come down to the creek to get some water when the shells landed there and killed all those people. The bodies were lying all over the place like little pieces of wood.[101]
P.I., a thirty-five-year-old man from Suceska in the Srebrenica municipality, stated:
By the time we reached Siljkovici/Buljim mountain we had already been shelled by grenades, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns [PRAGAs and PAMs]. The Chetniks tried to cut the column up as much as they could. In a meadow in the middle of a forest at Siljkovici, we sat down to take a rest at around 3:00 P.M. There we decided to wait until dark to cross the road at Konjevic Polje. About thirty of our badly wounded people had to be left near a stream. Complete chaos erupted when thousands of us started to depart. Suddenly there was a burst of weapons fire, and some rockets fell into the meadow. PRAGAs and PAMs started to hammer from all sides. There was massive panic among the thousands of us. It was completely dark. There were weapons firing from all sides, and many people were being killed.[102]
Picking up and carrying as many of the wounded as they could, the men and boys continued to move ahead, but the chaos, panic and disarray produced by the ambushes caused large segments of the column to break apart and split into smaller groups and individuals. Survivors of the trek described to Human Rights Watch/Helsinki representatives how Bosnian Serb ambushes repeatedly cut the column into segments. Many of those fleeing became hysterical with terror and lost all emotional control, others decided to surrender, or as mentioned below, commit suicide. Also, people who were located in the back of the column recounted how they found piles of corpses of people who had been in the front and middle of the columns, littered along the terrain, near streams, rivers and meadows. Many had slit throats. I.N. vividly described the horrific ordeal which the men and boys experienced:
On July 12, around 11:00 A.M., I left Srebrenica with approximately 6,000 to 7,000 men. Our scouts told us to leave by walking in two columns because everything in the area was mined. We were so vulnerable to ambushes — walking in two long columns like that — but it was the only thing we could do to avoid getting blown up [by mines]. Around 5,000 to 6,000 men had left already, and they were already approximately fifty to seventy kilometers ahead of us. After about three kilometers, we encountered our first ambush at a stream. The center of our column was hit by anti-aircraft machine guns [PAMs] and mortars; around 200 people died just from that. The Chetniks then came down from the hills, and about 2,000 men from the middle of the column got caught in the line of fire. The people at the front and back of the columns scattered everywhere. I was in the middle and saw how the Serbs were shooting everyone and slaughtering us with bayonets. These soldiers were not local Bosnian Serb soldiers who looked more like paramilitary bands; these soldiers must have come over from Serbia, because they were all wearing black uniforms with white bands on their necks. I managed to escape to a stream where I saw about fifty bodies; from there I tried to go to Kravica. At one point on the way I saw - about 200 meters in front of me - about one hundred people yelling "Don't shoot! We give up" and giving themselves up to the Chetniks who rounded them up and took them away. I turned into a forest and ran into about thirty guys. We wandered around and after a while, we ran into a large group of about 3,000.[103]
T.I., a sixty-three-year-old from Cerska, stated:
Even though I am sixty-three years old and was supposed to leave Srebrenica with the women, children and elderly on the buses and trucks, I was picked to follow our men out of Srebrenica, because I had a horse and could help transport some of the wounded. I think everyone who had a horse and could move the wounded was told to come along, because there were others. On July 11 or 12, I left in a column of about 5,000 to 6,000 people — civilians and soldiers from age twelve, thirteen and up. The guy I had to transport had a head wound and a hand injury. We were heading out towards Pobudze-Kamenica.
We walked for about twenty-four hours. Then our column began to diminish, because people were breaking off and running into the woods and mountains individually and in little groups. Along the way we saw bodies, wounded people and a few who had just lost their minds. We encountered our first ambush near Nova Kasaba. We were in the woods, where our column had to stop and leave our wounded. The Chetniks started shelling the woods with mortars and calling for us to come out and give up. They told us that they would send the elderly to their families and that they would keep the younger men for exchanges. When we realized we were surrounded, people from the column started killing themselves, committing suicide; some threw themselves on top of grenades, others shot themselves in the mouth and others were shooting themselves in order to wound themselves in the hope that maybe their injury would somehow save them after they were captured by the Chetniks. We ended up surrendering.[104]
During the nighttime and during the ambushes, Bosnian Serb soldiers in civilian clothing managed to infiltrate the column — spreading disinformation and confusion, giving wrong directions, injecting men with what were believed to have been hallucinatory drugs, drawing groups and individuals away from the column, and killing people from within the column. I.N. continued with his account:
After a while I carefully got up and looked around. There was about 200 dead bodies lying around me. I listened carefully. I didn't know where I was. Then I heard someone talking, and I. . . realized there were about a thousand of our guys. Again - just as before - we got into columns and walked, but by now almost none of us had weapons left. We carried the wounded and injured from the first and second ambush in woolen blankets. I had to leave the wounded guy I was carrying at the side of the road; I couldn't carry him anymore. He was about a twenty-year-old kid.
As night fell, we saw groups of men merging into our column. I saw unfamiliar faces; one of them started saying, "Hurry up with the wounded! Hurry up with the wounded!" All of a sudden we realized that the unfamiliar men were Chetniks who had infiltrated our column. There was a lot of them, about 300. They ordered us to leave the injured and wounded at the side of the road, while their men started giving them injections and making them swallow some kind of pills. Later, people who were at the end of our column said that the injured and wounded people looked like they were dying after they were injected or forced to swallow the pills.
All of a sudden, in all that chaos, we noticed that the chetniks had suddenly disappeared; panic erupted. We were all in a meadow, when shooting suddenly erupted from a hill behind us. I ran for the woods right away. The Chetniks came out into the meadow and started to kill and slaughter everyone they could. I ran about 500 meters with about twenty guys towards a creek when suddenly three grenades emitting red fire and smoke dropped in front of us. My eyes, nose and mouth started stinging. I thought it was some kind of poison, and for the first time, I became really frightened that I was going to die. Fortunately, a wind started carrying the smoke up the hill, so I turned downhill with about five guys. The stinging lasted for about half an hour. We descended to a creek where we heard running water. We wanted to go in, but we saw about twenty massacred bodies floating in it, some decapitated.[105]
J.C. gave a similar account of the "infiltration tactic" used by Bosnian Serb forces:
The Chetniks who had mixed into our column started telling us that they knew the way to safety. Many small groups broke off from our larger group of about 2,000 to follow these men - faces I had never seen before in Srebrenica. These unknown men told our guys to take the wounded with them; we never saw any of those wounded men again.
I came out onto a meadow near the village of Krajnovici where I found my cousin, Ibrahim Mujicic, and a friend. There, we were ambushed by the Chetniks; they started slaughtering our men. The three of us ran to the bank of a creek to hide. During the ambush, three other men crawled up to us; one with a rifle and the other two with knives. One of them suddenly took Ibrahim by the beard and cut his throat. They got my friend, too. I jumped into the creek and ran about thirty meters while they shot at me. I hid in the bushes, and fifteen minutes later I saw them looking for me. They kept on saying, "He must be here somewhere." One of the Chetniks walked about half a meter away from me; I was extremely frightened. They searched the area all day for other escapees as well. I remember that one of the Chetniks said, "I mostly killed the wounded." I didn't hear that much shooting from the meadow, so I think most of our men there were slaughtered with knives just like Ibrahim was. I remained hidden until late that night, until I thought that everyone had left the area. I started to walk across the meadow - which was about 500 meters long - and must have seen about 200 corpses there - most of them slaughtered. I headed for the forest, walked through it, and came upon the Kravica river, which I crossed.[106]
J.T.'s account of Bosnian Serb soldiers infiltrating the column closely corroborates I.T.'s and J.C.'s:
As we continued, we saw hundreds of dead people. Everyone was just trying to save themselves. Some were killed by shells, others by bullets. Then the Chetniks began infiltrating our column. They were dressed in civilian clothes so of course at first we couldn't tell if they were our guys or not. They were killing our people, sometimes with wires and sometimes with a knife by slitting their throats. They didn't want to use guns because it would make noise and they did not want to draw attention to themselves.[107]
A thirty-year-old bus conductor, from the Vlasenica area, G.I., witnessed how people in the column were being given injections at random by the Bosnian Serb infiltrators. Human Rights Watch/Helsinki representatives collected many testimonies in which men and boys gave similar accounts:
The Chetniks were among us in the column. They were also in civilian clothes so we couldn't tell who was one of us and who was one of them. One of them was carrying water, and they had needles for injections with them. They began shoving the needles into people and injecting them. A lot of people around me were going crazy and acting very strange. They were having hallucinations. They were saying things like, "What a pretty rose that is," or "what a pretty cucumber." The Chetniks were offering water to us, too, pretending that they were one of us. Some of them fell for it. I had a feeling they were Chetniks, because this one guy, who said he was Admir from Cepa, had brand-new sneakers on and he was clean-shaven. They weren't nervous at all. They would lure people away from the columns by offering water to them and saying that they knew the way to go.[108]
N.T., a forty-year-old man originally from Bratunac, described what he saw as a systematic tactic: "The Chetniks continually shelled the columns in order to kill as many men as possible, but the shelling also diverted our attention from the infiltrators." He recounted how his part of the column was also ambushed from "the inside":
The column and the forest through which we were moving were shelled by the Chetniks at random the whole way. At around 3:00 P.M. that day, the column stopped in the forest so we could wait for the end of the column to catch up. We waited until about 6:00 P.M. At around 7:00 P.M., we headed out again and encountered the largest ambush near Pobuce near Kravica. It happened around 8:30 P.M., when it got dark. We were hit by anti-aircraft guns [PRAGAs] from Kravica, while Chetniks, who had infiltrated into our column earlier, suddenly opened fire on us from within the column. Everyone just dove to the ground; it was complete chaos; nobody knew what was going on, everyone was panicking, and there were massive casualties. The ambush lasted for about ten to fifteen minutes. Then the shooting stopped, and it was completely dark; we had to regroup and collect all the wounded. Everyone was screaming and shouting amidst the chaos. We ended up taking the lightly wounded with us and leaving the heavily wounded behind.[109]
As the ambushes and infiltrating Bosnian Serbs continued to pick away at the column, men and boys tried desperately to regroup after the ambush. During the day, the men and boys stopped along the way to allow stragglers to catch up and to figure out who the infiltrators were. N.P., a twenty-five-year-old from Lehovici in the municipality of Srebrenica, described the exhaustion and extremity to which the victimized men were pushed:
At dawn, the thirteen of us headed out. One of the men in the group was from Pobude and suggested that we head toward Kamenica, since he was familiar with that area. We made it to his village sometime in the morning of July 13. It was completely burned. On the way there, we ran across two wounded men - one of them had his leg blown off. They were good friends, and the former did not want to leave his partner at all. He begged us to call the Serbs so that his friend could get medical help. We told him that he was crazy - that the Chetniks would surely execute them. Anyway, he didn't want to leave his immobile friend and go with us. He said, "We'll stay together no matter what; even if we have to die together. We have two guns, and if no one comes for us we'll shoot each other." So we left them and pushed on.[110]
N.T. gave an account of psychological exhaustion and paranoia gripping the men:
When we arrived at Ljiplje at around 2:00 P.M., we were ambushed by anti-aircraft gun [PRAGA] and anti-aircraft machine gun [PAM]fire from a fortification, and again, by Chetniks within our group who opened fire. The attack lasted for about an hour; we all ran for low ground, took cover and then ran toward the forest. That night, the Chetniks started infiltrating our group again. But some of us were more guarded now; trying to see whether anyone recognized these people who announced that they knew the way or where the Chetniks were hiding. This time we caught one of them and killed him immediately when he couldn't answer some of the more detailed questions about "his history" in Srebrenica. It was a torturous state of mind to be in; no one knew whom to trust.[111]
The column eventually became smaller and smaller in number, and smaller groups were left behind and separated from the rest. Many men and boys surrendered, and several witnesses told Human Rights Watch/Helsinki representatives that they saw unarmed men shot in the process of surrendering.
After running into a number of other stragglers from the column, I.N. recounted the following:
We made our way back to the main road where we came upon another group of corpses, between 200 and 220, which looked like they were killed with grenades. They didn't have bullet wounds, but it looked as if they were all torn up, like they were killed with shrapnel. We spent the next two days and nights walking through the forest, where we could follow the main road but not be seen by the Chetniks. In that time, we must have seen about one hundred men coming down from the forest, onto the road, so they could give themselves up; but they were all being killed. We kept on walking for four days and four nights until we arrived at Krizevici. Finally, I passed Chetnik lines and crossed over into Memici in Kalesija around 9:00 A.M. and ran into a few Bosnian soldiers who showed me their I.D. cards and gave me a pack of cigarettes with a ljiljan[112] on it. I knew then that I had made it to Bosnian government-controlled territory.
When we were sneaking past all these villages in Chetnik-controlled territories in eastern Bosnia, the amazing thing is that, in the area that had been "ethnically cleansed" of Muslims, there were no Serbian civilians. All the Muslim villages are burned out and empty. You can tell they haven't been inhabited for a long time, because the grass is overgrown and in some places as tall as me. The only things we had to worry about were Chetnik patrols and groups of soldiers that were traveling back and forth looking for us; they were everywhere. The other thing I noticed during our trek through Chetnik territory was that, many times, as we listened to Chetnik patrols and guards, many of the soldiers spoke with Krajina[113] accents; they had distinct Croatian accents.[114]
[93]Also, see Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, "Final Periodic Report. . .," paragraphs 29-36.
[94] Customary international law and the Geneva Conventions and their protocols expressly recognize that civilians and civilian objects may not be the direct objects of attack, notwithstanding that damage may occur among civilians and civilian objects collateral to a legitimate attack against military targets. (See Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts, General Assembly Resolution 2444, 23 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No 18), p. 164; U.N. Doc. A/7433 (1968); and Articles 48, 50, 51 (2), 52 and 53 of the 1977 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, which prohibit attacks against civilians or cultural property and define the principles of proportionality, which places a duty on combatants to choose means of attack that avoid or minimize damage to civilians.). Furthermore, Article 32 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that parties are "prohibited from taking any measure of such a character as to cause the physical suffering or extermination of protected persons in their hands. This prohibition applies not only to murder, torture, corporal punishment, mutilation and medical or scientific experiments not necessitated by the medical treatment of a protected person, but also to any other measures of brutality whether applied by civilian or military agents."
[95]Article 51(5)(b) of Protocol I formulates this rule as follows: "an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantages anticipated."
[96]The summary execution of civilians and persons hors de combat is prohibited under Article 75 of Protocol I and, moreover, under Article 85(3)(e) of Protocol I and Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention is considered a "grave breach." Moreover, Article 13 of the Third Geneva Convention states: "Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention." Prisoners are to be treated humanely "from the time they fall into the power of the enemy and until their final release and repatriation." (Article 5, Third Geneva Convention); i.e., after the combatants are rendered unable to bear arms as a consequence of surrender, wounds, illness or otherwise, the person no longer constitutes a legitimate military threat and, therefore, cannot be the subject of attack, is to be treated humanely and cannot be summarily executed.
[97]Human Rights Watch/Helsinki interview, Tuzla, August 1995.
[98] Ibid.
[99] Ibid.
[100] Ibid.
[101] Ibid.
[102] Ibid.
[103] Ibid.
[104] Ibid.
[105] Ibid.
[106] Ibid.
[107] Ibid.
[108] Ibid.
[109] Ibid.
[110] Ibid.
[111] Ibid.
[112] A ljiljan is a fleur-de-lis and is the national symbol of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[113] Krajina is a region in Croatia that, until August 1995, was controlled by rebel Serbian forces.
[114] Human Rights Watch/Helsinki interview, Tuzla, August 1995.


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A Storm Called MariaA Storm Called Maria (1959) Season 6 Episode 09- Educational Cartoon Episode Guide
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- Walt Disney Studios, Ken Nelson Productions
- Distributed by: American Broadcasting Company
- Cartoon Characters: George Kritsky, Walt Bowen, Leo Quinn.
- Originally Released in 1959.
- Season: 6
- Black & White
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
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The episode traces the storm called Maria from its origins in Japan to the coast of California. Though professional storm-trackers do their best to warn the populace and the local officials work overtime to prepare for Maria, widespread havoc, destruction and death is inevitable.This episode of Walt Disney Presents weaves together newsreel footage of several different storms to represent one huge and dangerous "big wind."
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Professor Amy Wernette is the 2013 recipient of the John Brown Outstanding Faculty award at Hazard Community and Technical College. Professor Wernette teaches Biology for majors and non-majors, Ecology, and Anatomy and Physiology.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Services Dr. R. Kathy Smoot presented the honor during graduation, saying "This award is presented to a member of the faculty who this year best represents the ideals and values most highly regarded by the HCTC faculty. Those ideals and values include professionalism, collegiality, student orientation, dedication, positive attitude, vigor and creativity."
HCTC President Dr. Steve Greiner praised Professor Wernette for her high level of excellence and her dedication to students. "Her standards help make our students successful and I applaud her commitment," Dr. Greiner said.
"I love teaching biology in the supportive atmosphere of the College. It's great to work with people who care passionately about teaching, learning and helping our students to progress," noted Wernette, who began at HCTC in 1996.
Students praise the professor. Comments include: "Ms. Wernette has done a great job; she is very skilled in teaching biology classes. I have learned a lot and have enjoyed having her as a biology instructor." Another wrote, "She is a very strong teacher and she presents all materials in a way that I can understand and make sense of it. She has been very helpful in holding tutoring sessions for our tests every time. She is a great teacher!"
Besides teaching, Wernette has been active in children's science programming through Pathfinders Kids Club. "I hope to get kids excited about science and let them know that HCTC is a great place to learn."
Wernette holds a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University and master's degree from the University of Michigan.
Professor Wernette and her son, Benjamin, live in Knott County.


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Sen. Joker Arroyo fears CJ Sereno may think she's infallible
Senator Joker Arroyo on Tuesday warned that Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno's "God's will" speech smacked of religious infallibility.
"She believes that she was anointed by the good Lord as the chief magistrate. I hope that in the next step she would not think that she has not infallibility in her judicial opinions," Arroyo told reporters on Tuesday.
Talking to court employees on Monday, the recently installed chief justice said that her appointment was not a product of lobbying by politicians or businessmen, but of God's will.
"Ito pong mundo ay testigo na galing ho sa Panginoon lamang [ang aking pagkakatalaga bilang CJ]. Hindi ito gawa ng tao o hindi ito gawa ng sinong political [player]," Sereno said.
Arroyo added that Sereno's message may be perceived to contain a "subliminal" message that "faith might be mistaken for infallibility."
The senator was not the first to notice the subliminal message. Poliitical pundit and blogger Patricio Mangubat wrote that he found Sereno's latest pronouncement "disturbing."
Mangubat added that a belief in God does not jibe with the overwhelming presupposition of a neutral or religiously non-biased Court. "What the Court 'worships' is the Law," he concluded.
Also, Red Tani, a member of secularist activist group Filipino Freethinkers, rhetorically asked if Sereno's "religious preoccupation" would take precedence over her duty to protect the constitutionally enshrined principle of secularism.
However, Senator Chiz Escudero is of a different mind. "Na may matinding pananampalataya at mabigat na pananampalataya ang sinumang opisyal ng gobyerno hindi naman dahilan yun para makaapekto sa kanyang trabaho," he said.
Respect from her fellow justices
For his part, Senator Panfilo Lacson in a separate interview noted that Sereno should not demand respect from her fellow justices. Rather, she should earn it.
Perceived as a rebuff from the other SC justices, seven of Sereno's fellow magistrates did not attend the Chief Justice's first flag-raising activity last Monday.
Those who attended the ceremony, including Sereno, were Associate Justices Roberto Abad, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Bienvenido Reyes, Jose Mendoza, Jose Perez and Mariano Del Castillo.
"Ang challenge kasi sa kanya, ang respect is something you earn. It is not something you can demand. Hindi nyo pwede i-demand irespeto ninyo ako dahil ako ang CJ," Lacson said.
The senator explained that respect is earned by the way one carries him/herself. He likewise noted that various skill sets are required to be an effective chief justice.
"Hindi porke't sinusuyo mo lahat na request nila pagbibigyan mo rerespetuhin ka, 'di rin, eh. Double-bladed yan eh. Pwedeng mawala ang respeto kung obvious na obvious sinusuyo mo lang sila for the sake of making suyo," he said.
"At saka maski CJ ka iisang boto ka rin. Ang mahirap sa CJ maraming functions, adjudicatory, may managerial and may administrative. So kailangan titimbangin mo lahat yan at kailangan may talent ka to delegate," Lacson added. — DVM, GMA News
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Exercise Management Tips
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Read "Exercise and CF" and find a chart to help you keep track of your physical activity.
One approach is to keep a written (such as on the computer) exercise diary. A step counter, or pedometer, is an easy-to-use monitoring device. Low-cost, battery-operated step counters are about the size of a small MP3 player. They are worn on your belt and record the number of steps that you take throughout the day. The step count is displayed on a digital screen so you always have feedback on how much you're walking.
Your aerobic exercise program can include a target number of daily steps, often set at 10,000 steps per day, which may help motivate you to reach your exercise goals.
Periodic Retesting
Repeating the physical fitness testing you did with your care team before starting your exercise program will give you important information on how exercise is helping your body. This information is useful for modifying the exercise prescription during the program and for evaluating the overall success of the exercise program. It may help you and your health care provider decide on whether to begin new CF therapies or modify your current therapies.
In the past, many people assumed that only vigorous activities such as running would benefit health. Scientific research has debunked this myth. It has been shown that the type of activity is less important than doing regular exercise.
We suggest you select an activity that you enjoy and thus are more likely to regularly do. Walking, swimming, jogging, running, ice-skating, bicycling, elliptical strider and tennis are examples of aerobic activities that are at least moderate intensity. If the activity is done long enough, it benefits your health.
What about Stretching?
As part of your cooling-down period after exercise, think about doing some gentle stretches. Not only will these stretches help you wind down after exercise they may improve your flexibility. This slideshow from the Mayo Clinic explores some of the more important stretches to include in your routine.
Is Exercise Safe?
Regular exercise is a good health habit. But you should talk with your doctor or physical therapist about any risks that may result.
The most common risk during exercise is musculoskeletal injuries, such as sprained ligaments, strained muscles and overuse injuries. Injury risk is higher in those with a history of previous musculoskeletal injury and is associated with exercise intensity.
The risk of exercise-related cardiovascular complications (e.g., heart attack) is quite low. Cardiac events during exercise are most likely to occur in people with existing cardiovascular disease and in those who are inactive and out of shape.
The risks of exercise can be reduced through sensible habits that include:
Talk to your doctor or physical therapist before exercising if you have:
Modify your exercise program when you have:
What Else You Can Do
Remember, the severity of your lung disease and certain medications may change how your heart rate responds to exercise. You should always talk to your doctor or physical therapist to be sure you are monitoring your exercise intensity correctly.
Want to Challenge Yourself Even More?
If you are thinking of doing a competitive sport, keep these things in mind:
Many adults with CF are able to participate in strenuous sporting events, including marathon running. Talk about these activities with your health care team before starting.
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Not one of us at Princeton who annually read and reread the thousands of applications for admission during my time as Dean believed either the process we used or the ultimate decisions we made to be perfect, whatever the criteria for perfection. Ultimately, however, to the best of our limited abilities we made those decisions. In doing so we tried, and I assure you that admissions personnel at Princeton and other schools around the country continue to try, to evaluate every application with an open mind, respect for each applicant as an individual, and no small measure of humility.
As you go through this year, try to retain a sense of perspective and even a sense of humor. I know how important where you attend college is to you, but I also know that the differences between attending one college and another are often very slight. Whatever you do, don't let the college application process so preoccupy you that you miss out on all that your school has to offer you during your senior year. Happy trails.


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In a randomized placebo-controlled trial involving 389 women with osteopenia, those who took 54 mg/d of genistein, a phytoestrogen derived from soy products, had greater bone mineral density and improved markers of bone metabolism after two years than women who took a pill containing only calcium and vitamin D (Article, p.839). Osteopenia (diminished amount of bone but not as severe as osteoporosis) is common among women after menopause. The most serious consequences of low bone density are bone fractures. Those who took the genistein pills did not have increased endometrial thickness, a problem with some hormone treatments for low bone density. The genistein group had more gastrointestinal side effects than the control group.
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Timbers shut out Crystal Palace Baltimore 3-0
PORTLAND, Ore. – Midfielder Ryan Pore recorded a goal and an assist and forward Bright Dike turned in a two-goal performance as the Portland Timbers defeated Crystal Palace Baltimore 3-0 before 15,418 at PGE Park on Sunday.
Pore and Dike factored into all three goals for the Timbers, each scoring in the first half. The pair then teamed up early in the second half for Portland's third goal of the night, setting up a brace for Dike and sealing the club's 10th win of the season.
Dike has scored five goals in the last five games, Pore tallied his league-leading 14th goal of the season, midfielder Johan Claesson and defender Mamadou Danso each logged their first assists and goalkeeper Steve Cronin recorded his ninth shutout of the season as the Timbers (10-7-8, 38pts) extended their unbeaten streak to five games.
Portland remains in third place in the USL Conference and in fourth place in the overall USSF Division-2 Pro League standings, but widen their lead over the Carolina RailHawks (34pts) in fifth place.
Forward Gary Brooks and midfielder Tsuyoshi Yoshitake each attempted three shots and goalkeeper Evan Bush was credited with four saves, but could not keep Crystal Palace Baltimore (6-13-6, 24pts) from suffering its fifth shutout in the last six games.
Pore put the Timbers on the board early, scoring in the 15th minute. On a re-start in the defensive third, Danso launched the ball deep down the left side. Pore's defender slipped, which gave the Timbers' leading scorer enough room to collect the ball and set up for a shot. Pore ripped an arching shot from the edge of the box inside the far post and into the side netting; it was Pore's first goal in the run of play since July 10.
Claesson, making his first start since Aug. 4, set up Dike for his first goal of the night in the 42nd minute. Claesson played a timely ball forward from midfield to spring Dike on a run. Dike charged up field and angled his way towards the right post. He blasted a left-footed shot towards the top left corner of the goal. Bush appeared to get a hand on it, but could not keep Dike's shot from landing in the back of the net, giving the Timbers a 2-0 lead.
Dike capped his brace in the 53rd minute to give the Timbers a three-goal cushion. Pore started the play from the left side and found Dike near the top of the box along the right post. The rookie smashed a low, bouncing shot just beyond the reach of Bush and into the left side of the goal to put Portland on top 3-0.
The Timbers controlled run of play throughout the night and wasted little time in putting their offense to work. In the ninth minute, Pore sent in a cross from the left side and Danso put a header off the crossbar.
Claesson and Dike nearly linked up for a goal in the 10th minute, when the midfielder snuck in behind Crystal Palace Baltimore's backline and found space in the box. Claesson slipped Dike a perfectly-placed pass. Dike's shot from 12 yards out was saved by a sliding stop from Bush.
Four minutes later, Dike got free of his defender and earned a breakaway down the left side. He pulled the trigger on a shot from 12 yards out and drilled the ball directly at Bush. At the 30 minute mark, the Timbers owned a 9-1 edge in shots.
Crystal Palace Baltimore managed three shots in the first half – all coming from Brooks. In the 39th minute, Brooks attempted Baltimore's closest chance of the period, lifting a header off of a cross from forward Neto just over the goal.
Portland continued to press in the second half. Dike hit one of his team-high seven shots just wide of the right post in the opening minutes of the stanza. But it was the Timbers defense that highlighted the second half as Crystal Palace Baltimore was able to create a handful of offensive chances.
In the 70th minute, defender Quavas Kirk smothered one of Crystal Palace Baltimore's more dangerous scoring chances on the night. A string of passes up the right side helped turn forward Adrian Bumbut loose with the ball at the top of the box. Kirk chased him down inside the box and carefully stripped the ball away before Bumbut could get a shot off.
Cronin turned in his only save of the night late in the second half. Former Timbers defender Takuro Nishimura delivered a cross into the box for forward Matthew Mbuta, who headed the ball on frame. Cronin plucked the ball out of the air, ending the threat.
Down 3-0, Crystal Palace Baltimore was reduced to 10 men when defender Korey Veeder was issued his second yellow card of the night after a hard tackle on Portland's Takayuki Suzuki near the sideline. Veeder's ejection marked the third straight game in which the Timbers' opponent has had a player or coach sent off by the referee.
Forward Doug DeMartin attempted three of his four shots in the second half and almost found his first professional goal in second half stoppage time. Forward Ibad Muhamadu played the ball back into the box from along the end line. Skipping through the box, the ball rolled right to DeMartin and his blast was saved on a diving effort by Bush at the right post.
The Timbers close out their three-game homestand on Thursday, Sept. 2, as they play host to the Puerto Rico Islanders at PGE Park in their regular-season home finale; kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Tickets start at $12 in advance and are available at the PGE Park box office, area Ticketmaster locations, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone (800), 745-3000.
Notes: Dike's brace was the first multiple-game performance by a Timbers players since his hat trick in the U.S. Open Cup match against Kitsap on June 19 … DeMartin his made his first start since July 10 … The Timbers' last seven goal have been scored by either Dike or Pore … Portland's win over Crystal Palace Baltimore extends the club's unbeaten streak in league games at PGE Park to six ... Timbers newcomer Kalif Alhassan made his debut with the club, entering as a sub in the second half.
POR: GK Cronin, D Purdy (Thompson, 68), D Keel, D Danso, D Kirk, M Claesson, M McManus, M Pore (Suzuki, 67), M Savage (Alhassan, 73), F Dike (Muhamadu, 72), F DeMartin
BAL: GK Bush, D Pejic, D Marshall (Teixeira, 57), D Nishimura, D Veeder, M Robson (Sanchez, 58), M Yoshitake, M Lader, M Fusilier (Bumbut, 65), F Neto (Healy, 89), F Brooks (Mbuta, 66)
Scoring Summary:
POR: Pore (Danso), 15
POR: Dike (Claesson), 42
POR: Dike (Pore), 53
Timbers player ratings (as submitted by members of the Portland media; scale of 1-10):
GK – Steve Cronin – 7.5, D – Quavas Kirk – 8, D – Stephen Keel – 8, D – Steve Purdy – 8, D – Mamadou Danso – 8, M – Johan Claesson – 8, M – Tony McManus – 8, M – Keith Savage – 7.5, M – Ryan Pore – 8.5, F – Doug DeMartin – 7.5, F – Bright Dike – 9
D – Scot Thompson – 8, F – Kalif Alhassan – 7.5, F – Ibad Muhamadu – 7.5, F – Takayuki Suzuki – 8


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"Chris and Colin both have big game experience on the club level and I believe they should challenge our returning goalkeepers for a chance to start," Thompson said.
Devine has been Thompson's No. 1 goalkeeper at Seacoast United for the past three seasons. The six-foot, 167-pound keeper will join club teammate and recent signee Joe Corsello (York, Maine) for another four years of playing together. Devine helped backstop a team that won three consecutive NH state championships, was a 2006 USYSA region-1 finalist and USL Super Y League national finalist as well as a No. 8 national club team ranking. Devine was also a member of the NH Olympic Development program and a participant in the 2007 Super Y League National Camp. While Devine had opportunities to go to college out of state, he chose to continue his playing career in New Hampshire.
"I look forward to coaching Chris for another four years," Thompson added. "He has good hands, reads the game well and can make the big save. Chris is one the best goalkeeping prospects ever to come out of New Hampshire."
O'Donnell was named All-Western Mass, All-League and All-State as a goalkeeper for the Minnechaug Regional High School soccer team. In his senior year, O'Donnell, at six-foot-one, 195-pounds, posted nine shutouts and allowed just 14 goals in 19 games. He is also a three-time state champion and MVP team member of the Western United FC. With Western in 2006, O'Donnell only gave up one goal in all of the state cup and regional tournament games. Ironically, the goal was scored by Thompson's Seacoast United in the regional semifinals.
"I am very excited in Colin's decision to be a Wildcat," Thompson said. "He has exceptional distribution, a great presence and very good communication skills. My club team has faced Colin many times over the past few years and he has certainly won his fair share of battles."
The men's soccer program is coming off a 12-5-3 season including 6-2-1 in the America East. The team, whose record was its best since 1994, made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The Wildcats finished fifth in the nation in goals against average (0.57) and lose five players to graduation. UNH men's soccer now has four student-athletes in its signing class.
"I am confident that these two keepers can continue our strong tradition of goalkeeping," said Thompson. "Chris and Colin are first class individuals and I know they will work hard together to make each other better. I am looking forward to a very competitive preseason at this position."


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I've enjoyed your trip report since long before the campsite in Antigua. I'm still jealous of your ability to find the coolest places to camp. You made a convert out of me, I've got a 250 almost ready to go for when I can escape Canada again.
Your writing has improved so much since the start. This has always been a good read, but lately you're hitting the level where I can't help but visualize what you saw and I feel like I'm right there.
Your photography looks like it's also maturing too, the photos with your new camera are really something.
Hope you and the new bike are well.
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Great writing and pics,even if you call my glasses gay looking
Suerte mi amigo
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Pero....No esta tu gafas, esta tu.
Espero que todo esta bien con tu preparacions? Sabes cuando sale?
Now please correct my Spanish...if you can even understand it....I try really.
Hope all is well, let me know if you want any help with anything....
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A 250! IS it writen about anywhere on here, would love to read about it! Any ideas when you will leave, and where to?
My bike is doing ok, it is very sensitive to altitude mind you (me included actually!) and have been struggling to keep up with "Jedimaster" on his DR650...I've always loved his bike and am thinking that soon I'll be getting one! Well, I need some money first! Maybe the 400 though!
He's also trying to persuade me to go down the SLR route....did you get one yet, or still working with the Sigma? Also, is there a website for the photographer you met in Antigua, I'd be interested to see his pics.
Thanks for reading, and especially for the comment!
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Just typing u the Darien Gap crossing too, so watch this space....or one slightly below it....
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'They can't be putting all that on,' says Oli, ever the optimist, 'it must be for another boat.' Though I can sense even Olivier's doubt.
'Maybe,' I say, calculating space, as a man adds steel rods to the mound and to my equation of; bricks, cement, fridges, washing machines, wood, galvanise, rice, beer, fizzy drinks, steel girders and the ubiquitous can't-go-anywhere-without-one....chicken...alive.
And let's not forget the two motorbikes.
'Action; exciting or notable activity.' OED
With the boat floating - surprisingly - several feet below the level of the dock, the crane isn't actually tall enough to lift the barrels from the ground to then lower them. Therefore the method of loading is somewhat unorthodox. First, each drum is strapped at its waist..... second, it is hooked to the winch a few feet lower and finally, each drum is given a firm shove off the dock. The forth step comes soon, and with violent intensity, as the slack is taken up by the winch, then the barrel swings abruptly around over the other side of the boat - the jib controlled only by a rope held by a inattentive worker - and finally lowered hastily before the barrel should pop from strangulation by the ever-tightening strap at its waist.
Silence seems to fall over Panama City as Oli and me simultaneously picture not a drum of petrol, but our beloved bikes being shoved off the dock in similar fashion. We look at each other in shocked disbelief, shaking our heads.
'Well, we've paid now,' says Oli with lightheartedness, 'so we're fucked.'
And we laugh........albeit weakly.
We'd looked at every option we could think of to get to Colombia; Pacific Ocean sailing yachts, other cargo boats, light aircraft and, as well, motorboats from another small port 300km south, La Palma; though we were turned back by police on our way there...leaving us only one option: La Victoria. We thought we struck a good price at $125 each...but I wonder now if that were so.
Back on the dock, bored, Oli's goes for a walk, passing men bringing crates of 'Pony Malt' drink and a bare-chested worker comes over to me, I'd noticed him earlier, he looked hard, trouble, and maybe drunk. He speaks to me in short grunts, like an ape, maybe assuming my Spanish nonexistent, 'Boat full. Grunt. Bike on. Grunt. You pay.' he says.
'Don't think so. I think it's okay. The bike's don't take much space, no problem. And, I've paid the boss already.'
'Plata!' he says slappping his upturned palm. I shake my head, shrug my shoulders and ignore him, he'll load them eventually, and so I return to my thoughts, worrying about the enxt stage in the journey from Jaque, when Oli returns with the boss and with his help, soon the bikes are lined up for loading.
'You gotta push 'em,' says the boss, 'this isn't America!'
But this turn of events riles the bare-chested barrel-bellied bully, undermined by the boss, he's not happy with him and looks to stamp his authority with an iron fist and foul mouth, shouting at the boss, and then the security guard, who's come to see what the commotion is, and a tennis match of abuse ensues, escalating all the while.
'You perro!' says the bully, (you dog!) the ultimate debasement it seems, and the security guards socks the bully on his chin, sending him stumbling backwards, on to MY panniers.
So I kicked him in the nuts.
Not really.
We watch the lights of Panama City fading away as we fall asleep amongst the knot of anchor ropes at the front of the boat, though when I wake some time later I notice the very same lights on the opposite side of the boat....we're going back: towards Panama, a sister ship broken down apparently and and we don't get under way again until 1am.
Crammed against one another, in a corner I eat whilst the man behind yells at me to, 'eat faster!' so he can have my plate. I gobble down the meager serving before returning to our place on the ropes, to the sun and to my book.
Early next day the Victoria is on the move again, despite still holding numerous boxes emblazoned with 'Puerto Pina - FRAGIL'. We arrive near Jaque, again no land port, and the remaining crazy chickens run about in exhausted stupor looking for bags, or like me and Oli, looking dazed and confused.
'WAIT!' is all the captain is willing to tell us as, so we do.
'Where are you going?' asks the bear.
'Jurado....or Bahia Solano.' I say, 'doesn't matter, just south.'
'How much?'
'Police first, then we talk.' he says with a greedy grin.
'What's your name?' I ask so we can find him. His name was Walter and we came to dislike him very much.
We sign in with the police, Walter talks to one of the police officers, then follows us as we walk into the small village.
'Entonces.' (literally: 'then') he says as we stop at a tiny shop. He says it not so much as a question, the intonation is all wrong, more like a statement, Oli takes over now, his Spanish better than mine and Walter comes up with his first price, he aims high...very high, $1000. We laugh, and he tells us of a Chilean man who paid $1000 - a story corroborated by others, but true or not we don't know. Oli replies with $400 for the two of us to Bahia Solano, four or five hours away in Colombia, though this price is met with equal derision and a stalemate ensues that ends with us having to remove our bikes from the lancha, pay $15 for his bringing us to shore - he wanted $25 to start - and look for other options.
The only other option is a lancha is owned by a man named Cameron. I find him later and find he is not the most approachable person ever....
'OCCUPADO! OCCUPADO!' he yells when I ask in my most polite manners for a second of his time. Cameron, I was to learn, always spoke in this way, like a gorilla named Mr.T poked with a pretty big stick, and so is therefore not the easiest person to understand, even Oli struggled later.
As I couldn't understand him, I've guessed and filled in his spaces....
'WHAT YOU WANT FOOL?' is perhaps what he said....
'Perdon signor?' I say, feeling myself shrink.
'You damn gringos are all the same!'
'Sorry signor.....look, I can speak quite a bit of Spanish, but you'll have to speak a little slower. I'm not a gringo either.'
'You're a smart arse though I can see that, I suppose you're motorbike is frikn ginormous is it like every other gringo?'
I look on bemused, having not actually understood anything, his friend sitting nearby gutting fish repeats what Cameron has been trying to get me to understand....
'How much do you want to pay?' says the man.
'Ohhhhhh! Right. $125 each.' I say getting straight to it.'
'HA!' says Cameron, with a derogatory smirk, before adding, 'We'll speak later. We go Monday.'
'Entonces what?' I say.
'We go?'
'Depends how much.'
'Then no.'
'How much you want to pay.'
'Look, it's your boat, you say. Give us a good honest price and we pay and go.'
He steps away, Oli wakes up and starts talking to him, but in the end only the stalemate is seemingly agreed, leaving us hoping that Cameron will be fair and offer a reasonable price. Without delay we go to find him.
It's 8:30am when we find Cameron who walks over from his table camouflaged by 20-odd empty bottles of beer and several empty bottles of rum, and gives each of us a beer. He shouts something and with Oli taking the roll of group speaker, I watch Oli pull an equally blank face as I had the day before. Cameron shouts again. Louder, more impatient, drinking to be done.
'I think he's asking us how much we want to pay.' I say to Oli in English.
'Ohhhh! $250,' says Oli.
'$300,' replies Cameron.
And, feeling argumentative perhaps, chip in with '$200!'
'Ah,' says Cameron pulling a face of disgust as if his footy team just missed an open goal.
Oli goes to one side to talk...'Look, we're not like some people, we can't pay any old price. And, he's English, he's tight, he wants to pay $200. I'm French, I don't mind paying a little more, I think I can convince him to pay $250, but no more.' It works - surprisingly - and the price agreed, however, Cameron wants a deposit....
'Beer money more like' says Oli.
'Is this wise?' I say, 'I mean, will he even remember us in the morning.....or even this afternoon! let alone the price....and our deposit?'
'It's this or Walter.'
So we pay, all the while fairly sure we are breaking one of the golden rules of travel.
Other passengers wanting to get to Colombia, watching on, become edgy knowing that now we've paid a deposit, and too that we can't all of us fit in Cameron's lancha....who will go, who will be left behind to wait another lancha, or perhaps be forced to pay the greedy Walter?
When I wake the following day, to go and buy our breakfast rations of bread, I find the tide is in fact high and everyone is waiting anxiously at the dock.
'Get up! I think we're going!' I shout at Oli's corpse inside his tent...'Oli!....Oli! Oh, crap....Cameron's moving the lancha round! We're going!'
Oli wakes, somewhat and starts sleep-packing, whilst I rush down to take my packed things over to the dock hoping to insure our place. Cameron, in his 'Darien' emblazoned red T-shirt, his round face beneath his white reebok cap,and carrying a small shoulder bag of sack-like material like most men with anything worth carrying blurts something, like he has a mouth full of toothpaste.
I race back to Oli, 'We're going, now, go put your bike in the boat!' I shout.
Poor Oli, still mostly asleep, stumbles off, thinking, wondering what his body is up to without his brain's authority. His body remembers he needs shoes so comes back to get them. I shout, unfairly, 'GOOOO! I'M NOT MISSING THIS BOAT!'
The bikes are loaded with cunning use of planks, mental stress, and many helpful hands, followed by our bags, our passport received from the police and, after a lengthy wait, we leave, whilst seven unfortunates are left behind.
I preferred the peaceful Jaque, it's lack of a real centre, tranquil, small shops dotted about, no traffic to speak of - save the lanchas - people carving dugout canoes from huge lengths of tree trunk or shaping oars with a knife from a sagging hammock, but Oli prefers here, Jurado; there are shops, people and more going on....motorbikes and scooters too.....and there's a lot of attention as well, too much attention, especially for Oli and his BMW which is pulling huge crowds.
Four days later I sit hovering over the toilet of the "Renasur del Pacifico," Oscar's boat, now full with it's heavy cargo of long red timbers from the rainforests. With its burden, the boat lists heavily from side to side, and toilet water washes over my feet as I squeeze desperately trying to rid my body of the 12 bowls of rice I've eaten in four days, breakfast, lunch, dinner....futile.
'Have you had a shit yet?' I ask Oli on the deck.
'Have you seen those toilets!?' he replies.
'Yeah....I just...'
'I'm not going in there.' he says disgustedly.
'...I've just been...the water was washing all over my feet.'
'Ughh!....Did you poo?'
'Managed a nubb.'
'Flippin rice.'
'Flippin rice.'
We stand watching the mast light swing back and forth in the dark, glad at least to finally be on the move after several days stuck deep up-river in the jungles collecting wood, where 'sancudos', tiny biting bugs, and mosquitoes were rife and there not a breath of wind.
I watch the bio-luminescence in the wake of the boat before heading down to the dormitory where 25 pairs of wrinkly workers feet poke out from the tiny slots that are our beds and 25 pairs of beady white eyes watch another shoot-em-up movie on the TV. 'I want more death!' shouts one as I slip past into our room to slot myself into my bunk to read and sleep, content with my choice to come along the Pacific.
'We have chicken with sauce, chicken, bbq chicken, bbq beef, pork, bone soup....'
'Beef for me....please.' I say.
'OK.' says the waitress.
'And No rice!' I add, perhaps a bit sharply.
'No rice?' asks the waitress.
'Yeah, no rice....just bread please!'
'Me too...!' says Oli. The waitress laughs at our story and jots down our order, 'sin arroz'. It's good to be in Colombia!
We did it Oli! Thanks for the good times and good luck on your journey south....and, keep camping.
Dumba$s Jarhead
Joined: Aug 2008
Location: Woodland Park, CO
Oddometer: 3,217
Outstanding RR... I read it from beginning to end... I laugh when I think of some of the RR's for people riding the exact same area and moving from hotel to hotel along the Pan American Hwy.. and what a completely different experience they had. I am jealous of your adventurous spirit and attitude.
We are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.
RTW on a 125cc
Joined: Dec 2009
Oddometer: 216
No way!
I know what you mean about the RRs of hotrels and PanAmmers, I've met one or two and whilst I don't really understand why you'd do that I have to say that whilst my way is great....it's only great in my opinion and other peoples way of travel is up to them! If they are having a great time then that's all that's important.
What is odd to me is how populasr those RRs are. "Another 1200GS blitzes the world".....???
Don't judge Nicholas!
Alas....if everyone did it my way the little dirt roads would be busy....and i'd ride asphlat all day!!
Joined: Mar 2009
Location: Victoria, BC
Oddometer: 85
RTW on a 125cc
Joined: Dec 2009
Oddometer: 216
The point of all this really is that what Im saying is is that my blog is best, so read it...alas....if you have reached this far then perhaps I'm preaching to the wrong crowd.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Mar 2008
Oddometer: 184
What size engine do you have on your new bike?
Life is short..Its good you have a interesting adventure..do be careful
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Guatemala
Oddometer: 97
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Antigua , Guatemala
Oddometer: 1,418
Nicolas , sounds like you are running low on bisquits get some more and get in a better mood
Still enjoying your blog and "your" way of travelling
un abrazo
RTW on a 125cc
Joined: Dec 2009
Oddometer: 216
Don't be silly!
I'm in a good mood....but I think about this stuff often....I'm always thinking about what I might be doing wrong, following my instincts sometimes and questioning if this is right or not, should I go here, or there...and if I go there is it only because I'm scared to go here....? And so on and so on....when I look at other stories I think, maybe that is better....how did I miss that...or, will I get to the end and look back and think "that was dumb, why didn't you go to toursit-site-X?"
I hope not, I might have to start all over....
I'll drop you a mail Julio....
And yes, it is indeed a 125cc though in future I'll be stepping up, if only a little...fuel injection is a must I have learnt too!
Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Antigua , Guatemala
Oddometer: 1,418
He noblest lives and noblest dies , who makes and keeps his self-made laws. R.F. Burton
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LMF: My Top Ten Of 2012December 31st, 2012 at 9:54 pm by Kyle Bloom under THRS Live Music
I can't think of any better way to say see ya to 2012 than by looking back to the great music this area has put out this past year. There were so many fantastic tunes that came to life this past year that it was really hard to compile a top ten list. The songs that are on this list are simply my favorite songs from 2012. Songs that I think are some of the best ones out there period. Not just here locally but anywhere you can press a play button. I recommend getting not just all of these songs but any songs, any local artist puts out. Our musical brothers and sisters in the Hampton Roads area have put their blood, sweat and tears into their craft simply to have the honor to play them before you. So the least you can do is to go out and listen to the words and songs of your neighbors and SUPPORT THEM. Now onto my Top Ten Local Songs Of 2012 (Note: These songs are in no particular order)
Over The Ocean – Arguing Philosophies
From the opening bass line, the hairs on your arm stand up and you know you're in for an intense musical journey. The guys performed the song when they were our LMF guests back in March and I immediately loved this song. Intense and soulful with a dash of catchiness, Arguing is a must for your playlist. You can grab the song in single form on iTunes and it will be including in their new record, "Be Given To The Soil" set for release later this year.
Revery – Make It Right
This tune was my mainstay song for the summer. Lightly toned down from their hard rock sound of their widely successful "Avarice & Absolution" record, Make It Right makes it right for Revery. The irresistible guitar intro from Mike Doyle makes you want to instantly turn up the volume and play this song very loudly. Every component of this song works, from the low end, to the catchy melody to Mike channeling his inner Richie Sambora for the solo, Make It Right could easily be a hit on any radio station, any where. They are currently in the studio working on their second full length record and I'm pretty sure Make It Right will be on it. You can check out the song here.
Cassidy & Tess – Mystery Man
The symphonic intro immediately draws you in then the dueling vocals take you away. A simple, yet beautifully mood setting song, it's hard to believe that these powerful lyrics and voices come from a pair of teenagers. I see a very bright musical future for Cassidy & Tess. You can pick up their self-titled EP in iTunes.
The Dahus – Urgency
It's almost like a reflex but your foot starts tapping as soon as this song plays. The duopoly of the year, Larry Frame and Drew Orton always make music magic in their live shows and it shows on record in Urgency. Fast paced, fun and majestic, you can grab your very own copy in iTunes or catch a Dahus show and Larry might even burn you a copy right there. They are also in the studio working on their full length record and it's definitely a record worth looking out for.
Kishi Bashi – Manchester
I can't say enough good things about Kishi and the music he makes. His album, 151a, is unlike no other and Manchester is the song that introduced the world to his musical wizardry. "I haven't been this alive in a long time" is a lyric that strikes a cord with the entire record and it's a must have in your collection. The way K plays the violin reminds me of the way Eddie Van Halen plays the guitar. He plays it like no one else has ever played it before and it works. Pick up a digital copy on iTunes or grab a vinyl version at kishibashi.com
Skye Zentz – Fool's World
Skye's record, Bird Heart, is one of my favorites records and I knew I had to have a song off of it to make my list. Fool's World is just a great song off of a great album. It's a simply sunset song with a throwback beachy feel to it. I recommend grabbing a copy of Bird Heart and listening to it on a summer roadtrip like a did. You'll easily love it and have a little bit of difficulty in picking out your favorite. Grab it on iTunes.
Broken Mouth Annie – Fixing To Fit
A great song off of their uber great homespun, Americana record "The Frustration King", everything about Fixing To Fit is fantastic. From the melody, to the fiddle, to Anson's vocals. Fixing To Fit along with the rest of The Frustration King is a guaranteed to get along with all of you other records in your collection. Grab a CD at one of their shows or get it on iTunes.
D*Nik – Day and Night
I'm not a club going, dance party kind of guy but this tune makes me want to get on the floor. An awesome beat and arraignment composed by Duane Smith along with a sultry vocal from Nikia Madry-Smith, Day and Night is just an example of the musical genius that is the Smith duo. Their accompanying record, "Rockz and Slingshotz" is a equally great and you can grab you copy on iTunes.
Bear Crossing – A Resistance, For You
This trio from Virginia Beach came storming onto the scene in September with their EP, Our Friend, Hope and A Resistance, For You paved the way. A great song with a great vocal from Jason Erue, this song made it's stamp nationally and showed the country an example of the great music that is coming from this area. Bear Crossing will be our first Live Music Friday featured artist of 2013 Friday, Jan. 4th. So tune it and while you're at it, grab Our Friend, Hope on iTunes.
The Pawn Shop Lifters – Dirty Sam
A punch-in-the-gut guitar intro leads into the story of Dirty Sam. One of my favorite bands, PSL out did themselves on Seven Songs Of Sam, a fictional tale on the outlaw Dirty Sam. Dirty Sam is provides a great recipe of what makes this song great: One part gritty guitar, one part twangy vocal, one part bang bottom heavy bass, one part bonzotastic drums and two punches in the face. The Pawn Shop Lifters are a must see live act and Seven Songs Of Sam is a must have in your repertoire. Grab it at show or on iTunes.
There you have it. My top ten of 2012. See if compares with yours and if it doesn't, please share yours. 2013 looks to be an epic year for the local music scene and I'm going to be along for the ride to give you an in-depth look at all of it. It's been one hell of a ride in 2012 and here's to even more fun in 2013. Cheers and have a Happy New Year and as always, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC


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How wonderful, I go to look at it and thier site is screwed up lol.
anyone know what time gameday starts charging a cover? last year i tried to go after the parade and there was a 30min line and a cover, is it like that all morning as well?
Go to GameWorks then no cover, cheaper parking.
I might try to catch that kegs and eggs at gameday. but 5 AM!
I might get there around 8


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I should have prayed to the ancestors for luck
Mulan is Disney's retelling of an old Chinese folktale. It is about a young Chinese female who impersonates a male to take her father's place in war. Her ancestors attempt to send a guardian to bring her back home. The dragon, Mushu, agrees, but when he meets Mulan, he decides to help her. Together, with the other men soldiers, they fight for China against the Huns.
An example of afterlife in Disney's Mulan is represented in the way of ancestors. When a family member would die, they would still watch over the living relatives. I noticed in the film that instead of praying to a god, Mulan and her father prayed to the ancestors for guidance, protection, good fortune and help. Ancestor veneration (ancestor worshipping) was very common of that time and alters or shrines were dedicated to them. People would pray to their ancestors for honour and glory for their family, as that was considered very important in their culture. Filial piety (respecting parents and ancestors) was very important. They wanted to honour and not disgrace their ancestors so the ancestors would send guardians. These guardians would protect and guide the family.