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You've got Halloween pinned down this year in the Voodoo Doll Child Costume. Wear this beige dress with patch details, creepy pin headband and net gloves. This twist on the usual doll costume will have everyone talking, but they better watch what they say.
You're not playing around in the Abby Normal Adult Women's Costume. You'll be the creepiest doll around in this white dress with black print and tie details, toy doll and silver wristband.
Take a different approach to your baby doll look in this Rag Doll Girls Child Costume. Black, white, and red patterned dress provides a Gothic twist on the traditional Halloween costume. No pink frills and bows for you!
…a doll! Bring back a simpler time with your little one in this Rag Doll Toddler Costume. Your doll face will be cute as a button in this adorable rag doll costume, complete with Short sleeved dress with attached apron and Cap with yarn hair. Don't forget the old barber-pole style Rag Doll Stockings,…
Everyone's told you that you look like a doll, now show them how well you play the role when you wear the Rag Doll Wig. This bright red, yarn wig features two pigtails and will perfectly top off your rag doll costume.
Whether you're a Raggedy Ann or Andy, these classic rag doll stockings ever-popular, classic stockings add an authentic rag doll touch to your costume. Just pull up these red and white striped stockings and you're ready to clown around the circus or the playground.
Do it for the kids, or do it for yourself - either way you'll have a blast when you dress in the Rag Doll Man Adult Costume. This white hat features red yarn hair and comes complete with a red and white checkered top and blue overalls.
This is no ordinary rag doll! This Gothic Rag Dog wig will convert your costume from a storybook tale to a ghost story, just in time for Halloween. Complete your Goth or ghoul costume with this killer cool wig.
Get thrown into the Halloween spirit in the Rag Doll Lady Adult Women's Costume. This old school favorite features a blue dress with white polka dots, red trim, a lace-up detail and a white mob hat.
Patch up your little one in this Rag Dolly Toddler Costume. At least your rascal will be looking adorable on Halloween wearing this pink dress, polka dot bloomers with attached striped leggings, and bonnet with attached yarn wig.
You may have owned some rag dolls in the past, but it's guaranteed that none of them were quite like this Evil Rag Doll! This vicious doll holds a spool of thread in one hand as she gnaws on a needle with some blood dripping from her mouth.
Make no bones about it - this Scary Skeleton girls costume is a super fun outfit. The skeleton print petticoat dress comes complete with bone detail and a matching headband that will have you kicking up your heels on Halloween.
Even the holiest figures can be possessed by the devil on Halloween! Give it a try when you wear this demented Scary Mary Adult Womens Costume. White gown, gloves, and nun headpiece with attached collar and veil provide a great start to your look. Just don't forget the demonic makeup, not included!
Not all dolls prefer pink frills and poofy dresses! If you're more of a black velor and red lace kind of gal, you may be a good fit for this Goth Doll Tween Costume on Halloween. Knee length black dress has flared sleeves, hood, and includes white china doll mask, and fishnet tights.
Tell the other dolls to watch out because this broken doll is coming out to play on Halloween! Plaid and polka dot frilly dress includes attached cracked skin sleeves with matching leggings. Chipped china doll mask and top hat are also included.
Seek revenge on the one who broke your smooth porcelain skin wearing this Broken Doll Girls Costume! Tutu dress combines plaid and polka dot patterns and includes attached shattered skin sleeves with matching leggings. Cracked face mask gives you a haunted look so you'll leave a mark on everyone you…
This doll may be beaten up, but she is on a vengeful mission to destroy this Halloween in the Broken Doll Adult Women's Costume. Embrace the dark side of Halloween in this flouncy plaid dress with sheer-shouldered shrug, matching hat and creepy face mask.
Even the monsters under the bed will be scared of you in this Zombie Doll Adult Womens Costume. You'll still fit in better than the other dolls on the spookiest holiday of the year! Tattered black dress with ruffled skirt and hanging pieces, dusty bow, and knee highs are included.
You'll look so good it's a curse when you wear this Voodoo Doll Adult Womens Costume. You'll be feared for both power and looks in this patched up tutu dress with red pettiskirt, low cut bust, and hand held doll.
You won't exactly look up for fun and games in this Victorian Doll Adult Womens Costume, but you'll still have people enthralled in wonder. Dark dress with webbed sleeves, sheer fringed parasol, half mask and mini top hat will make you a little unconventional in a mysterious way.
Do what you gotta do to make it real on Halloween. Look the part when you complete your hip hop costume with this black Hip Hop do rag and get down on Halloween.
Complete your gorgeous ragdoll costume with this Doll Pink Curly Adult Wig. Pink shaded hair features two black bows along with tight pink and purple curls.
Nothing's creepier than a shattered doll, and in the Broken China Doll Adult Women's Costume you'll be quite a fright. Features black dress with patchwork details and stripe pattern, matching bow and lifelike shattered tights.
Choosing a costume isn't black and white, but if you're trying to go for an edgier look choosing a wig could be. This Black and White Doll Adult Wig provides a Gothic twist on a traditional costume.


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LATHROP - Many have looked, but few have found Felipe Martinez.
Are you ready for some kickball?
Several friends of mine have been asking about buying a used boat.
It was a typical late summer evening Wednesday at Ripon Christian School, where the Ripon Knights youth football organization was hard at work in preparation for the first contest of the season Saturday in Delhi.
The Philpotts, Tracy's leading racing family, continued their season-long domination of the Western Late Model ranks at the New Stockton 99 Speedway with a clean sweep of last Saturday night's twin 50-lap features.
Manteca-based Team Unity's under-10 girls fastpitch softball team placed fifth in the Amateur Softball Association National Championships in Johnson City, Tenn. July 27-Aug. 2. Team Unity finished with a 4-2 record. The team will move up to under-12 this fall and is looking to add players to its roster. For tryout information, visit the team's website at www.unityfastpitch.com.
Field & Stream back-pager Bill Heavy penned a column a couple seasons ago about his early courtship with a new rangefinder.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – The California Cougars Under-19 soccer team finished fifth overall at the West Coast FC Classic soccer tournament last weekend in Orange County.
The Manteca Cowboys junior varsity squad made short work of the Central Valley Panthers Saturday in Modesto, 22-0, to move to 1-0 in NYFL play. Nate Arriola ran wild, scoring three touchdowns, including a 65-yard scoring scamper in which the bruising back sent a Panther defender head over heels with a stiff arm. Nick Lucchetti added a safety on defense. The Cowboys take on the Patterson Redskins Saturday at Manteca High.
Meghan Matthews is the third-ranked 16-year-old amateur BMX racer in the nation and first in California.
WESTON RANCH - Tyra Vickers-Kearney isn't using wins and losses as a gauge for success.
Learning how to back up a trailer should be practiced before you get to the launch ramp. In a recent e-mail sent by Melanie Lewis of Glory Hole Sports located in Angles Camp, I was reminded of how much chaos can be witnessed while hanging around a busy launch ramp.
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SALIDA - Despite committing four errors Friday, Manteca still has yet to give up a run in the District 67 Senior All-Star Tournament, as it shut out Weston Ranch 9-0 at Salida Elementary School and advanced to the championship round.
SALIDA - Spreckels Park bounced back from an opening-round loss in the District 67 Senior All-Star Tournament and defeated Tracy-American 11-2 in a consolation contest Thursday at Salida Elementary School.
SALIDA – Manteca jumped out to a hot start Monday and Spreckels Park could not even respond with a hit as Devin Sullivan pitched a no-hitter for Manteca in a 9-0 win to begin the District 67 Senior All-Star Tournament at Salida Elementary School.
FRESNO - Five members of the Lancer Youth Wrestling Club added new items to the trophy case for their efforts in the California USA Wrestling Freestyle State Championships June 5-7 at Selland Arena.
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A phenomenal pitching performance by Jacob Martinez coupled with nine errors by the Weston Ranch Brewers that give the Spreckels Park Little League Tigers a 10-0, four-inning win Monday in major District 67 Tournament of Champions consolation action at Lincoln Park.
Hayden Beier broke a Manteca Dolphins team record that was days away from lasting five full years in a Mid-Valley Swim League meet Saturday at Lathrop High.
The Giants sent the top-seeded Pirates to the consolation bracket of the Northgate Little League junior-division playoffs behind a big fifth inning with a convincing 12-3 win Monday at Morenzone Field.
Allie Walljasper's impressive softball résumé continues to grow.
The Walljasper family just had a Saturday to remember.
Five months ago, Ronnie Green cobbled together a soccer team consisting of Manteca Unified rivals with a few more from Stockton.
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Sprinkle the salmon with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and place it on the baking sheet.
Broil the salmon 5 inches from the heat about 3 minutes, then brush it generously with the hoisin mixture and broil again until lightly browned, about 3 minutes.
Turn the fish and broil again for 3 minutes, brush generously with the sauce again, and broil until the fish is just opaque in the center, about 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the canola oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the zucchini, the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the pepper; cook, stirring, until softened, about 6-7 minutes.
Transfer the salmon to 4 plates, sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds and serve with the zucchini on the side.


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This Authentic Hermès 28 cm Kelly is in nearly pristine condition with only the slightest signs of prior ownership. Hermès bags are considered the ultimate luxury item worldwide. Each piece is handcrafted with waitlists that can exceed a year or more. The streamlined and demure Kelly style is always in high demand; it is particularly lovely in this version of Orange Box Calf with gold hardware.
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Because Of Somali Pirates, Ocean Racers Are In A 'Stealth Zone'
The six-boat, nine-month-long, 39,000-mile Volvo Ocean Race that started in Spain two months ago and is set to end in Ireland next July, has entered its "stealth zone" — an area off the coast of Somalia where the teams' progress will not be precisely broadcast to the world because of the threat in that part of the Indian Ocean from pirates.
"Boat tracks and data will be hidden from the public once they reach a certain point in the Indian Ocean," the race's organizers say on their "race tracker" page.
Right now, for instance, the site shows that the Groupama Sailing Team is in the lead, but gives no information about its location in that stealth zone — which covers "an area ... from the northern tip of Madagascar to the United Arab Emirates."
And the racers are heading "towards a safe haven port, where they will be loaded onto a ship for transportation through the worst affected waters and on to a point off the Sharjah coast, where they will resume racing to Abu Dhabi," the race website says.
There's more about the reasons in this video.
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The latest addition to the Vision Zero awareness campaign is designed to illustrate the real-life impacts of high-risk driving choices. Two :30 second advertisements will be seen on television through June 28, 2015.
The borough plans establishes Priority Corridors, Intersections, and Areas and outlines a comprehensive pedestrian safety plan for each borough to guide Vision Zero street safety improvement work.
Starting Summer 2015, major sections of Central and Prospect Parks will be permanently car-free. Changes will make two of NYC's crown jewel parks safer and healthier, enhance public space and encourage New Yorkers to get active.
NYC DOT will be implementing safety improvements on Queens Boulevard starting this year, from Roosevelt Avenue to 73rd Street.
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Is it best to outsource your contingent workforce managed service program or keep it inhouse? Last week, Editorial Director Subadhra R. Sriram shared the disadvantages of each model. This week, she shares the advantages in The Contingent Blog.
California Law Targets Warehouse Staffing Contracts
10 October 2012
A new law in California takes aim at staffing contracts in the warehouse industry, prohibiting contracts at warehouses where a contractor knows or should know that there are insufficient funds to comply with basic labor laws, such as wages.
Vietnam to Allow Employee Subleasing
10 October 2012
In this second article addressing changing legislation in Asia, we focus on Vietnam, where a new law going into effect next year addresses a hybrid form of temporary staffing and labor outsourcing.
Teaching for the Future: Closing Skills Gap
10 October 2012
A Minneapolis community college's accelerated training program could serve as a national model to help employers needing skilled workers quickly and put many jobless Americans back to work quickly, USA Today reports.
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Workers Sue After Positions Shift to Staffing Firm
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The Boston Globe reports workers sued a food service firm after it allegedly told them to reapply for their jobs through a temporary employment agency that would not provide health insurance or other benefits they had received as direct employees.
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Leinster 19-7 Castres
79 It seems to be as Gopperth clears superbly. Losing bonus-points could prove decisive in this pool so do not underestimate how big that decision was from the officials. Time is almost up here in Dublin.
78 Big call from the TMO as Wannenburg isn't given the green light after going for the line off the back of a ruck. He was convinced he'd scored and replays seemed to go along with that. Bonus-point gone?
76 More territory for the French outfit is coming too and they have possession on their side with four minutes left. They need to get over the line here if they're to stand a chance of victory. Five out.
73 Castres will see out this game with fourteen men and have 80 metres to travel if they are to get back to within a score in the closing stages. They kick long through Tales and it is a good touch-finder.
71 YELLOW CARD, CASTRES, TOMAS! Three crooked feeds from the scrum-half so he is sent to the sin-bin.
69 PENALTY, LEINSTER, GOPPERTH! 19-7! It doesn't matter now though as Julien Tomas is penalised at scrum time for repeated feeds so up will step Gopperth from about 35 metres out on the angle. No mistake.
67 A forward pass from Gopperth on halfway pretty much gifts possession back to Castres just when they didn't want to bring on any unwanted pressure. Surely now is a time for territory and smart rugby.
64 CONVERSION, LEINSTER, GOPPERTH! 16-7! The lead is now nine points then after the fly-half's extras.
63 TRY, LEINSTER, MCGRATH! 14-7! Here come Leinster with Dave Kearney again involved down the right. The crowd roars as phases after phase comes five metres out. They are over with a drive from prop McGrath.
57 YELLOW CARD, CASTRES, LAMERAT! Some welcome territory for Leinster but unfortunately they lose their own throw via a steal. However, the clearing kick is returned with interest as winger Dave Kearney races down the right touchline until centre Lamerat takes him out with a no-arm tackle. Yellow card.
53 It's a second miss of the game for Kockott as Wannenburg's good work at the breakdown goes unrewarded.
51 More pressure coming on this home pack at scrum time and sooner or later this will result in points for the French. They're still in possession but for how much longer. Very strong stuff from Castres.
48 Heaslip does well to pick up as soon as possible at the base which eases the pressure coming through this heavy Castres front-row. Here come the changes too, many in the visitors' pack. More size here.
46 Defensive scrum for Leinster five metres from their own line so nothing silly here...they will hope.
45 They almost did as Dulin collected a kick over the top before setting off to within five metres. But luckily for Leinster they got back to fell the full-back and eventually clear through their fly-half.
43 It's a strong start from the Irish as Healy again is involved but a fumble soon after sees possession change hands. It is therefore a Castres scrum on their own ten-metre. Can they catch them cold again.
41 Welcome back to Dublin where the PRO12 champions are edging the Top 14 holders. A massive 40 awaits.
Leinster 9-7 Castres
40 And that is that at the RDS. A gritty, chess-like first 40 minutes as Castres stay very much in touch.
38 Points go begging for the hosts. Gopperth will be annoyed at that penalty miss after Leinster had their driving maul pulled down illegally. It wasn't from an especially difficult angle or distance.
37 Great work from O'Brien and Leinster at the breakdown on their own ten metre as they win a penalty. A good chance to hit back here as Cronin throws before the driving maul is set up about 35 metres out.
34 CONVERSION, CASTRES, KOCKOTT! 9-7! He lands it superbly so it's now a two-point ball game at the RDS.
33 TRY, CASTRES, KOCKOTT! 9-5! How about that. Kockott catches the Irish province cold as he breaks off Claassen and goes in for a possibly match-turning try. Now, can he add the extras from the touchline?
29 It's a Leinster scrum to restart things five metres out, with Max Evans being replaced due to injury.
28 Still very cagey here at the RDS as both teams look for territory. Leinster have it in the end with Kearney looking for work in midfield. Another score here and Leinster would be in the driving seat.
25 There is the strength of O'Brien as he powers through the midfield on the away 22. However, nothing comes of the ensuing passage and Castres survive and ultimately clear way downfield to bring relief.
24 Luckily for Cronin and Leinster, Kockott is then pinged for a crooked feed. Error after error here.
22 This is poor from Cronin as for the second time his throw isn't straight. Castres to put in then on halfway and if they keep giving the Top 14 champions chances, then they eventually will punish you.
20 Not something you see often as Kockott misses a simple penalty shot. Things get worse for the French.
18 PENALTY, LEINSTER, GOPPERTH! 9-0! Healy wins a scrum penalty and the Kiwi knocks it over. Solid start.
16 Or so we thought as Castres' early engagement allows Leinster to clear to Dulin, who fumbles. Sloppy.
15 But the Irish will need to cut out those errors as Sean Cronin's thrown isn't straight. In an area so close to their own line, Leinster will want their hooker to be on the money. Castres scrummage then.
12 PENALTY, LEINSTER, GOPPERTH! 6-0! Fine kick from distance as the lead grows. Early blows being landed.
10 The kicks goes across to full-back Rob Kearney who controls well. Can he collect and score? Not quiet and in fact Castres turn it over and break. Luckily for Leinster they recover well to halt the French.
6 Leinster are using their offloading game now as Ireland international prop Cian Healy is involved. They are 40 metres out as they look to unlock this white-shirted wall in this fast paced opening.
3 PENALTY, LEINSTER, GOPPERTH! 3-0! Gray is penalised at a maul so up steps Gopperth from close range.
1 Here we go then with Jimmy Gopperth getting things going here. A physical 80 minutes awaits in Dublin.
0 There is one change to the Leinster starting line-up with Martin Moore in for Mike Ross at tighthead. Castres meanwhile change two as full-back Brice Dulin and flanker Pedrie Wannenburg come into the XV.
0 Our next live coverage comes from Dublin where Leinster host French champions Castres. The Top 14 side beat Northampton last week while the Irish got the better of the Ospreys in Wales. Who will win here?
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We left off at Wednesday and the "If Only" post about the dreamy B & B idea. Earlier that week I talked with one of my friends and previous customers, Melissa, and she invited Bill and I to share Thanksgiving dinner with her and her family. When I say that I "talked" with her, I mean that we texted. We hadn't actually had a spoken conversation before and come to find out, we were both hoping that the other wouldn't think the situation was just weird. Thank God, neither of us did! Since we are who we are, we knew that we couldn't show up empty handed. Also, and not that there is anything wrong with it, we also knew that stopping by the store to pick something up other than drinks wasn't going to sit well with us.
We had a lovely time with the Wright family and friends and even though it wasn't our home or our family, it was a close second!! We are so thankful for the way social media can bring people together. It truly felt like we had known each other for ever! A gift from God for sure.
Friday, our last day there, we had offered to help Evan around his office with whatever he needed help with. I was so excited about this day, yes I am fan girling - so what? It was a dream come true.
Evan had a wedding that coming weekend that he needed to do the flowers for and his office was right in the middle of a renovation and he was a week out from his first holiday open house! There was plenty for us to do. On that Tuesday we had met up with Evan for lunch and he took us back to his office. We started to clean things up while we were there and move some of the furniture back to where it belonged. Friday we split up and I helped Evan with his flowers and Bill painted those huge urns, primed and painted a fireplace mantel, painted a mirror frame, moved furniture and hung things on the walls.
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Scent of success: Bailey a 'hero dog' hopeful
KNOXVILLE — Like most smiling, slobbering Labradors, Bailey loves to run, and she loves to play catch. So much so that it's easy for the Kincaids to forget sometimes that she's more than just the loyal family dog.
Then the girls of the house tried to paint her nails one night. Bailey wasn't happy with the nail polish — and it wasn't because of the color.
"She knew it was an accelerant," said Travis Kincaid, an investigator with the Knoxville Fire Department and Bailey's handler.
The 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever is KFD's first certified arson dog and one of only a few such service animals working in Tennessee. She has made the difference in countless arson investigations since she began her work in May 2009, and is now among the nominees for the American Humane Association's 2014 Hero Dog Awards.
Online voting is underway for the annual awards, which recognize service animals in a variety of categories. The winners will be announced later this year.
"It's amazing the difference she makes as far as time and accuracy," Kincaid said. "It could take us eight to 10 hours to actually do a thorough investigation to tell if we've got an arson. Bailey can go through a house in 15 minutes and tell us if there's ignitable liquids or accelerants anywhere."
Bailey quickly proved her worth in 2010 at the scene of a late-night, suspicious house fire in East Knoxville.
The animal immediately discovered the remnants of two Molotov cocktails used to ignite the house, and then discovered another, unexploded bottle in the backyard.
Ultimately, Bailey led Kincaid and other investigators across the street to a crowded nightclub where the suspect still was inside.
Both Bailey and Kincaid are graduates of a State Farm-sponsored training program administered through the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
"Insurance fraud, arson, those are crimes that affect everybody. Somebody shoots somebody for the most part it's just directly related to the person who was shot," Kincaid said. "Unlike a bullet, once you start a fire, you have no idea where it's going to go, or how many people it's going to affect or how many people it's going to hurt."
And Kincaid credits Bailey with helping KFD's Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit achieve one of the highest conviction rates in the country.
"Of those cases we make arrests in, we have a 99 percent conviction rate," he said.
The veteran investigator said he is equally impressed, though, with how well the highly trained service dog has bonded with his family.
Bailey is a constant companion to Travis and Jennifer Kincaid's 8-year-old special-needs son, Landon.
"It's amazing how patient she is with him and how protective she is of him," Travis Kincaid said. "She excels at being a family dog and she excels at working for the citizens of Knoxville."
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Dillard University Adjunct Professor of Art Muffin Bernstein is an international artist. Her works will be shown in galleries and exhibits across the globe this year. From Grand Isle, Louisiana to Dublin, Ireland to Magnolia, Arkansas and Ferrara, Italy, the visual artist and sculptrist will exhibit her collages which often focus on pland and insect life forms in a variety of shows.
This spring, Bernstein is one of fifty artists selected to participate in the inaugural Dublin Biennial opening June 15 and continuing through June 24, 2012. The exhibition will be held at the Sol Gallery in the city center. Bernstein is also having a solo show at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas beginning in September. She will be giving a lecture and workshop.
Bernstein's work has been selected to be part of the exhibition Liberated Dreams in Ferrara, Italy, opening April 21 and continuing through May 30, 2012. The exhibition, curated by Paola Trevisan, will be held in the Estense Castle Museum.
In May, Bernstein's work will be included in an exhibition curated by Stefania Carrozzini at the Onishi Gallery in New York City. The exhibition, You must have a chaos within in you to give birth to a dancing star will open with a preview on May 24th and continuing on view through June 6, 2012.
Closer to home, Bernstein will also be part of the 10th Annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibit 2012: A New Journey. The exhibition will be on view at the Grand Isle Civic Center from April 14 through April 22.
Dillard Theatre students are generating lots of buzz and it's not just on the DU campus. The current production of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" has gotten plenty of attention and praise from viewers. The Mayor's Office of Cultural Economy and Film New Orleans mentioned the production and its crew in an announcement about an exciting opportunity for Dillard Theatre students to receive special scholarships awarded by New Orleans actor Nicoye Banks' "It Takes Heart" Foundation.
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The Road To Ohrid
Including many wrong turns... and of course the lake and damn are quite well marked on this map now.... Note how are south-east route has gone a bit, er, west.
Banchory to the Bosphorous by Bike
Makedonian Countryside
Yellow is the colour... Heavily populated too!
"Its like Iraq; no war,…but war…."
Yes, that's right, we are in the Republic of Makedonija (the 'Former Yugoslav' one, though officially that title doesn't exist inside the country…) - to the west of Bulgaria and therefore nowhere near Turkey or Istanbul! Home of the second best flag in Europe. Provocatively Bulgarians regard this place as 'Western Bulgaria' so no tour of Bulgaria would have seemed complete without coming here, also we had to get a package sent somewhere and Poste Restante doesn't seem to exist in Bulgaria so Skopje seemed like a good bet. Confounded by a lack of roads and armed Albanian rebels we have finally made it to Ohrid, on the shores of the lake by the same name, a beautiful city and former capital of the old Bulgarian kingdom, though also the cultural heart of Makedonia. More on all this later though…
After checking out of 'Hotel Bulgaria' and seeing Kjustendil in the daylight we could appreciate what a dump the place really is - one big sprawl of the usual concrete blocks, but this time without any nice areas or redeeming features at all. The centre tries to create and impression of niceness -
Stone Bridge, Skopje
Thankfully no buses here.....
some fancy shop fronts and well stocked but I still can't understand why the place can demand so much money from tourists - maybe its 'cos they don't get many, they have to fleece them for as much as possible when some are foolish enough to stop by…. One thing I did notice was the crumbling mosque in the centre of town on the main street, complete with decent sized trees growing up through the domed roof and all boarded up. Couldn't help thinking that it might have been a nicer place to travellers if there was still a decent Muslim population…..
We quickly left the place anyway and set off on the main road towards the Makedonian border - this is the main road from Sofia to Skopje and so we expected it to be pretty nasty with lots of trucks and traffic but not so, we had a quiet but hot ride uphill to the border post. Now some Bulgarians had warned us off going to Makedonia - there had been 2 wars/conflicts there recently, the border checks might be harsh etc. Well this border was one of the easiest and quickest we have crossed since leaving
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Typical house in the village of Nova Breznica.
the EU and no funny business from the Bulgarian exit post about 'registrations' either. They were all smiles at both sides. On getting our Makedonian stamps we were told to 'clear customs' and then we were free to go. The customs post was deserted - we hung around for a minute or two in case somebody wanted to appear and ask us anything, then got bored and pushed our way around the barrier and cycled off into Makedonia for a long, fast downhill ride along a beautiful forested valley.
The countryside had started to change and become a bit more arid on the Bulgarian side, as we rode further into Makedonia it got much drier and in places looked more like African savanna than somewhere in Europe - very reminiscent of southern Spain. The lush green of Bulgaria and everyhwere before had faded to a pale colour almost like yellow, and with an unremmtring sun shining down it was even more yellowy. We began to appreciate how the Macedonians had come up wioth their flag.
We had stocked up on food before leaving Bulgaria in case we could not find a cash machine that quickly in side Makedonia,
Central Ohrid
this was just as well as the first town we arrived in did not have one, and a friendly local thought the nearest one was in the capital, Skopje! We rode on toward Kumanovo and Skopje, glad we had enough food for the night. The road crossed many dried up riverbeds and so when we found one with some water in it, albeit a snails pace of a flow, we decided to stop and camp here. As we were pulling off the road something glinting on the tarmac caught my eye - a 1 dinar coin! I did a little dance thinking we could now afford the cold beer I had been dreaming of all day, but Erika quickly reminded me there are 88 of these things to a pound so probably one dinar is not going to buy much at all, let alone a beer. Thus deflated we had to make to do with a dip in the river instead, though very pleasant it was too.
We caught up with a cash machine on our way through Kumanovo the next morning, before having to consult several locals as to the best route into Skopje. For some reason, given
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The Makedonian sky does its best to reproduce the country's national flag.
the lack of traffic everywhere, all the main roads into and out of Skopje are motorways (except notably the one to Pristina, Kosovo). We managed to find a back road - the old road - and follow this into the city, although we did have to ride a nasty dual carriageway for the last part. Skopje is not exactly attractive in any way - the skyline is dominated by ugly concrete blocks with the odd, even uglier, modern glass and steel building thrown in. The first two things you notice are the domes and minarets of mosques everywhere, and conversely, the enormous steel Christian cross on the hillside overlooking the city. On the streets are a lively mix of Slavic looking peoples along with darker skinned gypsies and ethnic Turks. Muslim prayer caps are as common as crucifix necklaces. The central part of town is quite nice, a big arcade beside the Vardar river with the riverside lined with street cafes and bars leading into 'place Makedonija' and an old stone bridge across the river -imaginatively called 'stone bridge' - which leads to the bustling old bazaar and the Turkish/Arab style Kale hill fort. In this sense it has more
Sv. Jovan Church & Ohrid Lake
to offer than Bucharest but I would not recommend a visit just to see Skopje! Cycling in the city is definitely not recommended as this the only part of the counrty with bad traffic and the bus drivers seem to be in competition to see who can kill you first. We got our package and discovered in the process that the country is 1 hour behind Bulgaria - we had been here for 24 hours by this time without any clue as to the time difference! An extra hour in the day is always a nice thing to get though, and we spent it riding out to the pleasant city park on the banks of the Vardar for our picnic lunch.
Now our plan had been to tour Makedonia in an anticlockwise direction down to Ohrid and then returning across the south of the country to the south-east corner of Bulgaria. The main road out of Skopje towards Tetovo is a motorway however, and our map didn't show any other route this way. Also the UK FCO (Fear Crime Overseas) had warned about 'political violence' in the Tetovo and the northwest region. Though we figured this was probably a
Room with a View
The view from our tent in our private camp on the shores of Lake Ohrid.
bit alarmist we studied the map hard to find a better route and spotted a tiny road snaking up through the central mountains that would actually be a shortcut to Ohrid, and no doubt be more scenic. Thus we set off uphill out of the city in the hot afternoon sun for 2 hours of unpleasantly steep and hot hill climbing. We were surprised to emerge onto a very good quality road that did not fit our map - a new road to a new hydro-electric dam somebody explained. Great, we thought - a good road and a big lake for a swim later on. We plodded on higher into the hills and arrived at a tiny village called Novo Breznica as it was starting to get dark, no lake in sight. The village looked like the spit of all those tiny mountain villages you have seen on telly when wars were raging in the Balkans - houses built from stone and wood that blend into the hillside they sit on, only distinctive by the terracotta roof tiles; no cars; headscarved women and old guys seeming to be the only population. We stopped by the village tap (yes the only water in the place) to fill up for the night and were immediately engaged in conversation about where we had come form, where we were going etc. This is when it became apparent our shortcut might not be so - one old guy indicated there was no road through the mountains. I got the map out to show him the road we planned to take - he then showed me where the new dam and lake are - on top of our road. In fact the village we had planned to pass through and get supplies at is now underwater! They told us to go back to Skopje and round through Tetovo if we wanted to get to Ohrid. We went off to find the shop (grateful there was one!) and to double check this information with everyone we could find. It was unanimous - the road is flooded and unless we wanted a long swim there is no way through the mountains! The shopkeeper asked where we would stay the night, we explained we would camp in the hills somewhere - "ah yes, very quiet there - no war now, no partisan in the hills anymore"! Obviously intended to re-assure us it was safe but as the thought had not crossed our minds it was not quite the effect it had. Everyone here was really friendly though, if not a bit bemused (and amused) as to why the hell we had cycled all the way up the hill to a dead end. We were understandably a bit miffed by this too, but pedalled out of the village to find a flat place to camp.
We were woken by distant gunshots in the morning - farmers or hunters rather than partisan though! We returned our beer bottles to the shop and decided to consult once more on the lack of a road through the mountains. One guy seemed to suggest if we cycled up to the lake we could row, or be rowed, across to the road on the other side. Our hopes were raised but as we double checked we had understood he turned the group of men behind to check with them - from there jeers and laughter it was clear this guy was not quite the full shilling so we decided to ignore this suggestion and head off back down the road to Skopje. A stop for water on the way lead to another amusing exchange - the shop owner couldn't speak to us in English or German, and our Makedonian is not up to much, so he yells at some passing young boys - one of whom spoke really good English. After all the usual stuff about where we are from, how many km we have cycled etc. it turns to our intended route - we explain about our mistake with the dam and that our map is obviously out of date. The boy says this is because it is a Bulgarian made map and suggests where we might get a better one in Skopje. We ask him about an alternative road to Tetovo avoiding the motorway and his eyes widen in horror - 'don't go to Tetovo!' He explains how it is not safe, that even Makedonians don't go there if they can avoid it, and they try hard to avoid it. We quiz him on this a bit - is it really that bad? This is the area where there was an armed uprising in 2001 by ethnic Albanians - the region borders both Albania and Kosovo - and it seems the Makedonian government still does not have much control here. Erika asks him, "but there is no war there now?" to which he replies giving the quote of the trip so far - "Its like Iraq; no war,…but war…."
I'm sure its nothing like Iraq but we got his meaning - officially there is no war but its not exactly peaceful either. As we don't really want any run-ins with gangs of armed Albanian militants we heed his advice and plan an alternative route south from Skopje. This means taking the roads to Ohrid we had planned to take back towards Bulgaria though, so potentially we may have several days riding doubling back on the same roads - something we had wanted to avoid.
The same kid also explained a bit about Makedonia's troubled history - the country was split after WW1 and part given to Bulgaria, part to Greece, part to Albania and part to Serbia. After WW2 all was assimilated into Yugoslavia. In 1990 when Yugoslavia started to crumble an armed revolution took place with guerilla war and' partisan in the hills' - this resulted in the formation of the current Republic. Things are not so simple though - Bulgaria regards the language as a dialect of Bulgarian and the whole place as 'west Bulgaria' (though there are some similar words the language is about as distinctive as any Slavic language is from another to our ears…), the Serbian powers never wanted to loose the place, and some Albanians want to claim the eastern parts, especially where there are majority ethnic Albanian populations - eg. Tetovo. He explained "Serbia wants the church; Bulgaria the people, language and culture; Greece wants everything; and Albania wants the east". Greece in particular was pissed off at them calling the new state Macedonia and it was on their insistence that it had to call itself FYROM - the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. I had a Greek friend at Uni who could be easily pushed into lengthy rants on this subject - how they are 'not Macedonians but a bunch of Slavs, Bulgarians, Gypsies, Albanians and Turks'! As the name Bulgaria comes from the ancient Greek 'Vulgar' you can get some idea how the ancient Greeks regarded their northern neighbours….
Given all this and the mixture of Christianity and Islam thrown in too boot, it is not so surprising that there was conflict here, but rather more surprising that the place is on the surface very peaceful. The population is a mix of Slavs - some Makedonain and others who regard themselves as more Serbian; Gypsys, Vlachs, Turks, Greeks, Albanians and Bulgarians. Some or all of these grouops regard or indentifty themselves as Makedonian, others do not. I guess this is what sociologists refer to scientifically as a 'melting pot'.
Our search for a better map in Skopje was a futile waste of time but everyone we spoke to here echoed the comments about Tetovo - especially when they learned we were on bicycles and camping. Our second trip into Skopje was as life-threatening as the first, making a point of giving all buses a wide berth I was nearly flattened by one of the tiny mini-beetle like Zastava's that ply the city's roads when it decided to not simply cut me up but to turn right through the very space I was currently occupying on the road. I'm still not sure how I managed to swerve out of his way, never mind raise an arm to give the appropriate range of internationally recognized hand signals, without coming off the bike. I can only imagine he was pissed off by the fact that, sat on my bike, I am larger than him in his tiny car and can also accelerate away from the lights faster than him, as I know he had seen me!
We came up with another non-motorway route out of the city, this time towards Veles. It followed a good road down the Vardar on the opposite side to the motorway, before turning up into the hills and becoming a 'minor road' and then a 'mountain road' according to the legend on our map. We had hoped to find some link road not shown on our map along the river but the map was strangely accurate here, as no such thing existed. Up into the hills again then, past fields of tobacco and tiny villages consisting of a collection of houses and a mosque and seemingly populated by Muslims only - women with covered heads out picking tobacco leaves in the fields. Stopping to ask directions our Makedonian phrasebook was useless - perhaps Albanian or Turkish would have worked better. Fortunately we met a German speaking man riding a donkey who informed us the road went nowhere - the rough track we were struggling to cycle got even worse in 3-4km and then ended. We showed him our map and the 'road' it showed - yes there is a track but it is for foot only and takes 6 hours to walk! He motioned that even his donkey has trouble on it! Thus for the second time we were forced to turn around and cycle back down the hill we had just spent 2 hours struggling up. Next day we decide to bite the bullet and go on the motorway - everyone said it would be safe as there is not much traffic (makes you wonder why the need the thing then?) - but we risk a ticket and fine from the police if caught. But as a cartoon gorrilla once sang - "there's no other way". On the way there though a stop to ask directions (we had lost all faith in the map by now) suggested there was an old road not shown on the map that follows the motorway. First we had to get there and this involved cycling along a 'road' more like a tractor trail down the side of a load of fields for several km. We found the old road and it was actually quite good except for about 5km in the middle where it turned into something more a like a mountain bike track, but we did arrive in Veles only a day and a half later than originally planned! From Veles the route to Ohrid was thankfully along good quality main roads that reassuringly had signs on them indicating distances to places so at least we had some faith they actually lead somewhere… (though the distances are most misleading….).
Apart form a big pass between Veles and Prilep the cycling was generally flat and fast and so we made up some of the lost time of the previous few days. This area is fertile and we were passing orchards of trees loaded with ripe apples and peaches, and mile after mile of vineyards. Grape picking was going on everywhere and the fields were full of lots of very happy looking people. Erika wanted to stop and pinch some grapes to try, but as we stopped a local emerged with a free bunch of both red and white grapes for us. This was to be repeated daily - since then we have been given more free grapes, cucumbers, tomatoes, more grapes, peppers, walnuts, more grapes and lots of apples.
We skirted past the city of Bitola on the bypass which bisects the hillside gypsy slum - a shanty town of huts made from scrap wood, cardboard and sacking, and waterproofed with plastic carrier bags taped together. The slum was steadily spreading further up the hillside, with the newest and worse looking houses at the top. The road here also doubled as a landfill waste site and was littered with the rubbish spilling over from the slum, which had pleasantly been set on fire in many places. The locals were all very friendly though and smiled, waved and shouted hello as we sped past. From here it was uphill over another high pass and down to Resen where we bought food from a guy who spoke the most bizarre Australian English phrases. We left to shouts of "see ya later, no worries mate" ringing in our ears, and loaded down with free fruit and veg from another old guy who was passing by on one of the most knackered old bikes I have seen on this trip (and we have seen a few believe me…).
Ohrid is beautiful - sitting on the azure blue waters of the lake, it looks and feels almost like the sea and is very relaxing to be by such still, blue calm water. The UNESCO recognised town is a mix of mosques and orthodox churches all vying for space amid the narrow cobbled streets that weave around the hill of the old city. The lakeshore is full of deserted bars and cafes as it is now 'closed season'. Our favorite street is close to the market and is lined with turkish style coffee-shops full of men only, with male barber shops wedged in between. With a mosque at either end of the street it feels like we are in the middle east already.
Our camp site is empty except for us though the staff are very friendly - we were treated to free Rekia (see G - it really is a different language) on arrival and have since been given free apples, beer and coffee. Swimming in the lake, relaxing in the sun and wandering around the old city have been the order of the day since our arrival, though we now have to plan our route back towards Istanbul. Currently it loks like a tour of the donkey tracks of Albania and Greece before returning to Bulgaria - a glance at an Albanian map the other day revelaed only two grades of road - main roads and 'practicable roads'. The fact that around 80% of the villages marked were nowhere near either type should mean we are in for a fun ride.....
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Banchory to the Bosphorous by Bike
We are Erika and Robin from Scotland and in April 2005 we quit our jobs and set off to cycle from Scotland to İstanbul. We reached İstanbul in October 2005 having discovered that cycling truly is the best way to travel and so decided to keep going beyond the Bosphorous...... We had never cycled any long distance before but had been wanting to travel for a long time and had finally saved enough and realised ıf we didn't set off now we never would. We decided cycling would be the best form of transport as we wanted to learn more about the countries and people we passed through at a s...
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International recognition of Macedonia's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols. Greece finally lifted its trade blockade in 1995 and the two cou...
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30th September 2005
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i recently travelled to lake ohrid, its so amazing!
10th October 2005
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yeah, right!
Yeah, well, former yugoslav former greek former bulgarian republic of Macedonia! Did u had any of the southwest banica there? how were the folklore songs? have you listened to the one "of the ohrid lake"? Have fun on your way and say HI to Istanbul from me :))))
10th October 2005
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p.s. what s the 1st flag in europe? pls mail me the answe, for i cannot imagine....
8th November 2005
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makedonia da zive
27th December 2008
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Well, I am from Tetovo and I can say Tetovo is a very safe place, especially for foreigners. Anyways you fell for the Macedonian propaganda because it is an mainly Albanian populated town, and obviously Macedonians hate us :)
31st October 2009
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I much enjoy reading your story as me and my wife have visited those Eastern European countries on bikes for many years and are going back to Ukraina and Romania visiting some of the places you´ve mentioned. But your Greek freind´s mentioning that Bulgar comes from Vulgar, however funny it sounds, is not true, it comes from the Christian Turks that lived near river Volga. Should you ever visit Scandinavia you are welcome to stay here in the centre of Copenhagen, whether we are at home or not. Biking greetings, Ole
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Understanding psychosis and schizophrenia
A report published today by the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology challenges received wisdom about the nature of mental illness.
Canterbury Christ Church University is a university in Canterbury, Kent, England. Founded as a Church of England college for teaching training, it has grown to full university status and celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2012. The focus of its work is in the education of people going into public service. The university retains its status as an Anglican foundation. Canterbury Christ Church College (CCCC) was founded in 1962 by the Church of England in order to meet the needs of church schools at a time of teacher shortage. Classes were originally held in the priory next to St Martin's Church, a building which has seen many uses including the private residence of a Bishop of Dover and also the residence for the Principal of CCCC. The founding principal was the Revd Frederick Mason. The campus for the, then, Canterbury Christ Church College (nicknamed "C4") was constructed at North Holmes Road, Canterbury, on land which had once been used for orchards and domestic buildings of the adjacent St Augustine's Abbey, part of Canterbury's World Heritage Site. The campus is a low-rise development centred around a courtyard adjacent to the college chapel of Christ in Majesty.
A report published today by the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology challenges received wisdom about the nature of mental illness.
Findings of a recent international research project, undertaken by academics at Christ Church University, show that more heterosexuals, both men and women, are diagnosed with HIV than men who have sex with men.
A recent YouGov poll found that two-thirds of teachers had seen pupils trolling and bullying each other on the internet, demonstrating an urgent need to teach children to stay safe online.
The work of arts and cultural organisations is life-enhancing and delivers positive effects on people's health and wellbeing and on the strength of their communities, a new report reveals.
A pioneering technique that uses a patient's own stem cells to regrow bone, heal fractures and prevent amputation has been developed by a Canterbury Christ Church University Professor.
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Ground breaking research, carried out by Canterbury Christ Church University, has found that group singing can improve the health and quality of life of people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
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12:00 AM — The National Union of Students (NUS UK) today criticised a national newspaper article, which blamed student campaigns for a shortage of blood donors in the UK.The Mail on Sunday article "Crisis as students boycott blood donor sessions in protest over ban on gays" attempted to link low blood donations with a student led campaign highlighting the current National Blood Service (NBS) policy of not allowing any gay or bisexual men to donate blood.
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12:00 AM — The Church of England has left the final decision on the future of a gay vicar after he married his partner, to the Bishop of Durham.Rt Rev Tom Wright will decide how to handle Rev Christopher Wardale, vicar of the Holy Trinity Church in Darlington who married Malcolm Macourt in a civil partnership ceremony last December.
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12:00 AM — A United Nations backed international conference is set to tackle HIV and AIDS issues in May.The first European and Central Asian AIDS Conference will take place in Moscow. The conference is expected to gather 500 participants, and provide a unique opportunity for policy makers, researchers, civil society representatives and people living with HIV from Eastern Europe and Central Asia to share experiences and establish new partnerships to address the particular characteristics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region.
6th February 2006
Doctor harasses lesbian patient over sexuality 1
12:00 AM — The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association this week condemned a surgery who allegedly harassed a lesbian patient in his surgery.They claim a Florida medical office gave a lesbian patient material describing homosexuality as "sinful" and "sexually impure" and advising her to change her sexuality.
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12:00 AM — Pop star Dannii Minogue has been hurt by newspaper revelations of a lesbian sex romp, according to a close friend.Images published by The News of the World over the weekend, apparently show the little sister of Kylie Minogue, in steamy and sexual poses with a stripper at the Puss In Boots nightclub.
IDAHO off to good start 2
12:00 AM — The International Day Against Homophobia campaign has got off to a positive start this year, according to gay group, IDAHO.Last year the first International Day Against Homophobia was marked in over 40 countries throughout the world, including the first gay and lesbian rally in China, and an internet campaign by MAHA, a group of LGBT militants in Iran.
Royal Navy searching for gay recruits 2
12:00 AM — The Royal Navy is looking to increase its gay personnel, despite fears that the move could anger traditionalists within the service.Navy chiefs have been working to build bridges with the gay community for some time since the service's ban on gay and lesbian recruits was lifted five years ago.
3rd February 2006
Tennis ace to open Gay Games 3
12:00 AM — Tennis star Martina Navratilova will open this year's Outgames in Montreal.The world-renowned tennis champion will present the Declaration of Montréal, the resolution of a conference on gay rights, with Olympic medallist and Outgames Co-President Mark Tewksbury at the Opening Ceremony on July 29, 2006.
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12:00 AM — The recent popularity of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender genre as seen in award winning films such as Brokeback Mountain and Transamerica, has helped bring gay issues to the fore and raise the profile of many of the actors involved.PinkNews.co.uk's Marc Shoffman asks why none of these stars are actually gay.
Simon Hughes- Media can't get its head around bisexuality 2
12:00 AM — The coverage of Simon Hughes's outing as bisexual demonstrates the media's confusion of bisexuality according to research by gay news provider, PinkNews.co.ukPinkNews.co.uk, the largest news service for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (lgbt) outside of North America has found that out of 116 reports of Simon Hughes's sexuality, only ten articles correctly defined his sexuality as bisexual. 87% of PinkNews.co.uk readers believe that the British media as a whole does not understand what bisexuality is.
THT launch gay drug alcohol support
12:00 AM — The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a new drug and alcohol support service for young lesbian, gay and bi-sexual (LGB) people in Lambeth. The scheme, called High NRG, is being run in Waterloo and will support under 25's who need advice and information on drugs and alcohol.The service offers one to one counselling and group work and is funded by Lambeth Council's Young People's Substance Misuse Grant.
Bond director arrested over transexual prostitution 3
12:00 AM — The director of James Bond film, Die Another Day, was arrested for allegedly offering oral sex whilst dressing as a woman, according to officials in America.Lee Tamahori was arrested in January when he approached an undercover Los Angeles police officer and offered to "orally copulate him for money."
Government asks how many gays are in the village 5
12:00 AM — The Department of Trade and Industry is to start asking about sexual orientation as part of an attempt to count the number of gay people in Britain.According to reports in The Economist, people may be asked about their sexuality when they register at a doctors surgery or fill in a crime survey, and a sexuality section may appear on the 2011 census.
Bishop opposes gay blessings 30
12:00 AM — The Bishop of Lichfield has expressed concern at plans for a gay and bisexual church serviceAccording to the BBC, he said he wished an event publicised in the diocese newspaper to devise services for gay and bisexual people was not happening. The newspaper said the Lichfield branch of Changing Attitude, who campaign for lesbian and gay affirmation in the Anglican Church, is holding an event called Liturgies for Love.
2nd February 2006
Couple plan gay rights protest
12:00 AM — A gay couple in North Carolina are refusing to pay their taxes in protest at not being allowed to get married.Charles Merrill and his partner Kevin Boyle, have announced they will not pay Federal or North Carolina Income Tax on over two million dollars worth of stock sales and income for 2004, because of unfair discrimination in the Federal and State Tax Income Codes.
Canada may backtrack on gay marriages
12:00 AM — Gay people in Canada may have the right to marry taken away just a year after the nation granted it.A new Conservative government, that campaigned on the promise that it would allow Parliament to vote on whether to reopen the issue, takes power next week .If Parliament approves the motion, the government, led by Stephen Harper, would then change the definition of marriage back to that of a union between a man and a woman. The gay marriage law was brought in by the outgoing Liberals.
1st February 2006
Gay Pride knifeman jailed
12:00 AM — An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who stabbed people at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade last year, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.Judges ruled that the accused displayed extreme fanatical behaviour in his actions that injured three people.The Jerusalem District Court convicted Yishai Schlissel, a resident of the ultra-Orthodox community of Kiryat Sefer, of attempted murder and severe injury for stabbing and injuring three people at the gay parade.
Outgames finds new partners 1
12:00 AM — The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association and the 1st World Outgames Montreal 2006 have announced a formal partnership.The 1st World Outgames Montreal 2006 has been a member of the IGLTA for the past two years, during which they have developed a strong partnership and cooperated on projects allowing both organisations to promote their services and events, as well as promote gay travel as a whole.
Civil Rights activist dies
12:00 AM — The widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, died on Monday night in Mexico, where she was receiving treatment at a holistic health centre after a heart attack last year.Coretta Scott King, 78, suffered a stroke and a mild heart attack last August. Her sister Edythe Scott Bagley told CNN she was receiving further medical treatment as part of her rehabilitation at Hospital Santa Monica when she died.


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Justin Verlander will be a part of the Detroit Tigers' pitching staff through at least the 2019 season. That much is certain after Verlander signed a five-year extension, with an option for a sixth season, that could keep Verlander in the Motor City through 2020. The deal reportedly is worth $140 million over those five extra years; the vesting-option year carries an additional $22 million price tag. All totaled, Verlander could earn up to $202 million over the next eight seasons. The Tigers tweeted out a photo of Verlander signing his lucrative new deal on Friday afternoon: Signed. Sealed. #AlwaysaTiger twitter.com/tigers/status/… — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) March 29, 2013 The downside of this deal: The Tigers may not have the money to spend to keep Max Scherzer around. Scherzer is arbitration eligible in 2014, then can hit free agency prior to the 2015 season. Between Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, the Tigers have nearly $600 million locked up in three players over the next several seasons, possibly meaning Scherzer's days are short here.
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