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The untamed beauty and stark remoteness of Mongolia has captured the imagination of adventurers for centuries. Humble monks and curious nomads occupy a landscape dotted with yaks, camels and the occasional ger. To be immersed in a culture and way of life completely different from most, simply head to the far-flung magic of Mongolia.
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Our Mongolia trips score an average of 4.68 out of 5 based on 38 reviews in the last year.
Wild Mongolia , August 2016
Melinda Rogers
The endless skies and rolling landscapes without a soul in sight will stay with me forever. The two homestays with Mongolian families (including one on my birthday) were absolute highlights of an amazing trip. A lovely guide and a really great group meant this was an incredible experience and I definitely want to return to Mongolia one day.
Review submitted 27 Aug 2016
Wild Mongolia , August 2016
Muriel Fritschi
If you would prefer to go on an active trip, it would be better to book another trip and not with intrepid.
Review submitted 26 Aug 2016
Articles on Mongolia
Festival guide: why you need to see a 'mini Naadam' in Mongolia
Posted on Mon, 16 May 2016
Travellers keen to experience a truly authentic Naadam Festival shouldn't be discouraged. They just need to know where to look.Read more
Mothers of Intrepid: 3 amazing women you'll meet on a homestay
Posted on Wed, 4 May 2016
Whether it's a Mongolian Nana or a Peruvian Mama, homestay cooking, hospitality (and life wisdom) are simply the best.Read more
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Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016
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Posted on Fri, 11 Sep 2015
The beaming and curious smiles of the locals watch on as we load our bags into the back locker of our overland truck. The dirt road snakes its way onwards through gentle hills, punctuated by traditional thatched straw homes. Smoke from early morning cooking dots the horizon and mixes with the cool mist in the early morning sun. Another epic day on the road awaits.Read more
Intrepid believes half the fun of experiencing a new country is in getting there, and getting around once there. Where possible, Intrepid uses local transport options and traditional modes of transport, which usually have a lesser environmental impact, support small local operators and are heaps more fun.
Depending on which trip you're on while in Mongolia, you may find yourself travelling by:
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About Mongolia
At a glance
|Capital city:
|Ulaanbaatar (population 1.2 million)
|3 million
|Time zone:
|(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
|Type C (European 2-pin) Type E (French 2-pin, female earth)
|Dialing code:
Best time to visit Mongolia
Mongolia has an extreme continental climate due to its inland location. The best time for travelling is from May to October when the weather is pleasant. Due to the popularity of the Naadam Festival, July is the busiest time to go; it can get crowded, but Ulaanbaatar buzzes with an incredible vibe during this time.
The wet season is from July to August and although it rains frequently during this time, the rain turns the countryside into a pleasant shade of green. It can get extremely cold from June to October, with snowstorms sometimes grounding flights and bringing transport systems to a halt.
Culture and customs
Many Mongolian people are Buddhist - this is evident in the monasteries and temples that populate the urban areas as well as the remote regions. Shamanism is also still in existence in some of the more isolated regions of Mongolia where the proud cultures have been somewhat protected from modern influences.
A common thread that links most Mongolians is respect for family and the importance of hospitality. Probably borne from the nomadic way of life, sharing with others and receiving guests with grace is a common theme that recurs in Mongolian society. Harsh conditions, a changeable climate and the uncertainty of nomadic life mean that most Mongolians go out of their way to provide a safe haven for family, friends and guests. It is for this reason that turning down food or not accepting a warm welcome is not advisable.
Eating and drinking
Intrepid believes that one of the best ways of experiencing a country is by eating. Whether you're sampling street food, savouring a cheap eat or indulging in a banquet, there are endless options to choose from wherever you are in the world.
Mongolian food will probably be very different to what you're used to. Due to many Mongolians living a nomadic lifestyle, access to ingredients and different modes of cooking are limited. Fermented milk products and meats such as goat, mutton and horse are commonly eaten. Vegetarians might find eating difficult here, especially since refusing food is considered rude when visiting people's homes. The cafes and eateries of Ulaanbaatar offer more variety and should be frequented.
Things to try in Mongolia
1. Buuz
These steamed meat dumplings are usually served during festive times, but can be found in restaurants and cafes all year round.
2. Khuushuur
Similar to buuz, these meat-filled dumplings are fried, not steamed. Served in the cafes of Ulaanbaatar, these pastry pockets are a cheap, flavoursome snack.
3. Vodka
Russia's influence on Mongolia is evident in the popularity of vodka among locals who pass the bottle around generously.
Geography and environment
Mongolia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world, leaving much space for nomadic herders to roam. The fast-growing capital city of Ulaanbaatar is an exception, being home to high-density housing, universities and financial institutions. As an economic centre and transport hub, Ulaanbaatar has all the modern conveniences expected of an international city.
History and government
Early History
The area now known as Mongolia has been inhabited for more than 800,000 years. Archaeological evidence, such as rock paintings, points to groups of hunters and gatherers living throughout Mongolia in prehistoric times. Mongolia's early history is coloured by battles and invasions, with various nomadic empires laying claim to the land. The most famous of these was the Mongol Empire, created by Genghis Khan in 1206. This empire was known as the largest land-based empire of its time and had great success invading and claiming foreign territory, before declining due to infighting, disunity and the rise of neighbouring territories.
Recent History
Modern Mongolia is an interesting mix of Mongol, Chinese and Russian influences. Rising up to gain independence from decades of communist rule, modern Mongolia is becoming more fast-paced and globalised as the years go by. Holding its first democratic election in 1990, Mongolia now enjoys a time of relative peace and stability, with tourism, agriculture and mineral resources providing more abundance and improvements in infrastructure and living conditions.
Top Picks
Top 10 Natural Wonders of Mongolia
1. Lake Khovsgol
This shimmering, azure jewel of Mongolia is simply stunning. Surrounded by majestic mountains and fresh, alpine meadows, Lake Khovsgol is a photographer's dream and the perfect playground for nature lovers and adventurers.
2. Selenge River
This powerful river in Northern Mongolia is surrounded by lush landscapes and agriculture. Home to a wide variety of wildlife and birds, this fertile area shows Mongolia in all its natural glory.
3. Gobi Desert
Covering a large part of southern Mongolia, the atmospheric Gobi Desert is a vast, barren expanse of dunes, rocks and gravel. Surprisingly, there are traces of life here, from flocks of cashmere goats to rare Gobi bears. Think you've seen deserts before? The Gobi Desert is simply like no other in the world.
4. Bayan Olgii
Remote, rugged and rich in archaeological treasures, this isolated part of Mongolia rewards the patient traveller with impressive historic sites, panoramic vistas, unaffected people and a fascinating culture.
5. Altai Tavan Bogd National Park
Home to lakes, glaciers, alpine forests and dramatic valleys, the rugged landscapes of this national park will mesmerise visitors. Home to eagles, deer, moose and ibex, this stunning national park showcases Mongolia's untamed beauty at its finest.
6. Uran Uul
This extinct volcano is no longer threatening - it hasn't erupted for centuries and is now covered in verdant grass and lush greenery. Hike to the rim and enjoy the views of the surrounding valley.
7. Darkhad Depression
The 200-odd lakes of the Darkhad Depression possess a mystical, romantic beauty. The Mongolian steppe and surrounding Taiga forest provides the ideal environment for reindeer-breeding nomads who frequent this area throughout the year.
8. Terkhiin Tsagaan Lake
This lake in Central Mongolia is a place of peace, stillness and beauty. Its uncrowded shores are a great place to spot the wide range of aquatic birds that call this picturesque lake home.
9. Tsenkher Hot Springs
The hot springs of Tsenkher are the real deal. Natural, non-commercial and remote, the open-air springs offer hot and steamy rejuvenation amid unspoilt rugged mountain scenery.
10. Gurvan Saikhan National Park
The huge variety of flora and fauna within this national park make it a popular tourist spot. See finches, vultures, gazelles, wild camels and the elusive, endangered snow leopard.
Mongolia has loads of unique things to buy that you're not likely to find anywhere else in the world. Look out for the items below in the shops and markets of Mongolia.
It's a good idea to check with your local customs officials to ensure that you are able to bring certain items back into your home country. Australia and New Zealand generally have strict quarantine laws.
Things to buy in Mongolia
1. Traditional clothing
Vibrant and unique, Mongolian belts, boots and hats are great mementos of your visit.
2. Art
Supporting local artisans is a good way to give back to the local economy. Vibrant paintings by Mongolian artists can be found in galleries and markets.
3. Cashmere
Mongolia's cashmere is among the world's finest, so why not pick up a scarf, sweater or wrap before heading home.
4. Felt
Felt products are easily found in most shops and markets of Mongolia. Delicate felt slippers are super soft and make great gifts for friends.
Festivals and Events in Mongolia
Tsagaan Sar
One of the most important Mongolian celebrations, the White Moon holiday (Lunar New Year) marks the end of winter. Mongolians typically celebrate by feasting on regional specialities and enjoying traditional song and dance with family and friends.
Naadam Festival
Dating back centuries, this traditional Mongol event is held in Ulaanbaatar with smaller versions also held throughout the countryside. This celebration of sport and fitness features wrestling, horse riding and archery competitions, as well as traditional song and dance and much vodka swilling.
FAQs on Mongolia
Australia: Yes - in advance
New Zealand: Yes - in advance
United Kingdom: Yes - in advance
South Africa: Yes - in advance
Nationals of Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden can for tourist purposes visa free for 30 days. US passport holders can travel in Mongolia for up to 90 days visa free. We try to keep this information as up to date as possible, please check with your embassy to ensure the most up to date information.
Most embassies do not require a LOI. However, should you be required to present one with your visa application please contact us. There may be a fee for this service. In order for us to provide a LOI through our local partners we will require a clear, colour scan of your passport along with indicating at which embassy you will be applying for your visa. Please allow up to 2 weeks for your LOI to be processed.
Visas are not available on arrival at any land borders into Mongolia. You must have a Mongolian visa before beginning your trip.
You may be able to apply for your Mongolian visa in Beijing en-route if you have time here before your trip. Please plan carefully and check the current embassy requirements.
You will need to apply for a Single Entry Tourist Visa (J) that covers the duration of your stay in Mongolia. Visas are usually valid for 3 months from the date of issue and enable to you to stay for up to 30 days.
Name and address of host person or organization in Mongolia:
Monkhutuch Travel Co. Ltd
Bayangol district, Building 19-3
+976 11 364 708
Name and address of Hotel in Mongolia:
San Hotel
Baga-toiruu 64
Chingeltei duureg, 6-r khoroo
Tel: (976) 77203539, (976) 99083539
You may be required to provide a copy of your Intrepid itinerary, indicating the dates of your tour, along with your application.
Simple meal in a local restaurant = 4000 MNT
Dinner at an international restaurant = 10,000 MNT
For more information on insurance, please go to: Travel Insurance
Feb 11 Tsagaan Sar (Lunar New Year)
Mar 8 International Women's Day
Jun 1 Mother and Child Day
Jul 11 Naadam
Nov 26 Independence Day
Please note these dates are for 2013. For a current list of public holidays go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/Mongolia/public-holidays
Health and Safety
Intrepid takes the health and safety of its travellers seriously, and takes every measure to ensure that trips are safe, fun and enjoyable for everyone. We recommend that all travellers check with their government or national travel advisory organisation for the latest information before departure:
From Australia?
From New Zealand?
From Canada?
Go to: http://www.voyage.gc.ca/
From US?
Go to: http://travel.state.gov/
From UK?
Go to: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/
The World Health Organisation
also provides useful health information:
Go to: http://www.who.int/en/
Responsible Travel
Mongolia Travel Tips
Intrepid is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, local cultures, local economies and the environment. It's important to remember that what may be acceptable behaviour, dress and language in your own country may not be appropriate in another. Please keep this in mind while travelling.
Top responsible travel tips for Mongolia
1. Be considerate of Mongolia's customs, traditions, religion and culture.
2. Dress modestly and respectfully. Shoulders to knees should be covered, especially when entering places of worship.
3. Before entering a place of worship, ask permission, remove your shoes and cover your shoulders with a jacket or wrap.
4. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water instead.
5. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
6. When bargaining at markets, stay calm, be reasonable and keep a smile on your face. It's meant to be fun!
7. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it - simple greetings will help break the ice.
8. Shop for locally made products. Supporting local artisans helps keep traditional crafts alive.
9. Refrain from supporting businesses that exploit or abuse endangered animals.
10. Please ask and receive permission before taking photos of people, including children.
11. When on community visits or homestays, refrain from giving gifts or money to locals.
12. Be respectful of monks, this includes refraining from taking photos of them. Women should also avoid touching or handing items directly to monks.
The Intrepid Foundation
The Intrepid Foundation provides travellers with an opportunity to give something back to the many wonderful communities we travel to. By donating to The Intrepid Foundation you can make a difference in local communities - in health care, education, human rights, child welfare and the protection of wildlife and the environment.
In Mongolia, The Intrepid Foundation proudly supports:
Lotus Children's Centre
Providing much-needed shelter, education, food and health care to many homeless and orphaned Mongolian children, this centre, which is located just outside of Ulaanbaatar, receives no government funding and relies solely on grants and donations to continue providing this essential service.
Image supplied by Lotus Children's Centre.
To learn more or donate, go to: www.theintrepidfoundation.org
Further reading
Recommended reading
|Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia
|Louisa Waugh
|Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists
|Morris Rossabi
|Mongolia: Travels in an Untamed Land
|Jasper Becker
|When Things Get Dark: A Mongolian Winter's Tale
|Matthew Davis
|Wild East: Travels in the New Mongolia
|Jill Lawless
|Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
|Jack Weatherford


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LOS ANGELES -- Tim Lincecum's rough 2012 starts often turned on one at-bat, one moment where he needed to be his old self and couldn't summon the right pitch. There were plenty of those moments Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, and at every turn, Lincecum pulled an escape act.
The result was a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on a night when Lincecum often looked headed for disaster.
In the first start of what he hopes will be a bounce-back season, Lincecum put 10 runners on base in five innings and threw just 46 of his 91 pitches for strikes. But he didn't give up an earned run, and, most importantly, he earned his first win of the season and helped the Giants take a series victory.
"It was more competing than pitching," Lincecum said, smiling. "That's what I can take from this."
The Dodgers nearly opened the floodgates several times. The first inning included a single, two walks, a passed ball and a Matt Kemp fly ball to the warning track, but the Dodgers managed a lone unearned run. A walk to light-hitting pitcher Josh Beckett helped load the bases in the second inning, but Lincecum struck out Skip Schumaker and got Kemp, who is hitless in his last 25 at-bats against the Giants, to line out to center.
"He battled," manager Bruce Bochy said. "He was a little off at times but he competed so well tonight. He got in some jams and had to work hard, but he found a way to get it done."
Having limited the damage, Lincecum joined in as the Giants lineup thumped Beckett in the top of the third. Gregor Blanco's leadoff single and Brandon Crawford's double, the first extra-base hit of the season for the Giants, set the table. Blanco scored when Lincecum grounded out to shortstop and Crawford made it 2-1 when Schumaker booted Angel Pagan's grounder to second.
Two batters later, Pablo Sandoval did what he does better than anybody in baseball. Sandoval's recent elbow soreness bothered him the most when he swung left-handed, but hitting from that side against the right-handed Beckett, he jumped on a neck-high fastball and rocketed it into the right-field seats.
"I don't know what a pitcher is going to think when he puts one up and in and Pablo still hits it," said Hunter Pence, who also homered. "It's a lot of fun to watch."
The two-run shot gave Lincecum a three-run cushion. After throwing 40 pitches in the first two innings, Lincecum set the Dodgers down on nine pitches in the third. He put two runners on again in the fourth, this time escaping thanks to Marco Scutaro's sliding stop of a sharp two-out grounder.
The Dodgers tacked on a second unearned run after Buster Posey's error in the fifth, and Bochy jogged out to the mound to check on Lincecum.
Bochy tends to give his starters every opportunity to reach five innings and qualify for a victory, and given one last chance, Lincecum got A.J. Ellis to fly out to right to end the threat. It was ugly at times, but Lincecum still contributed to a strong stretch for the staff. In the three-game series, Giants starters went 19 innings without allowing an earned run.
"He gave us a chance to win the game," Bochy said. "Any time you get a win, that's a great night."
The Dodgers loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth, but George Kontos, who gave up the game-winning homer to Clayton Kershaw on opening day, entered and got Kemp to ground into a rally-killing double play.
Javier Lopez and Chad Gaudin set the stage for Sergio Romo, who picked up his second save in two nights.
"Our guys were looking forward to this series -- I know I was, personally," Lincecum said. "We wanted to come in here and make a statement."
As he did for much of last season, Lincecum threw to Hector Sanchez, with Posey playing first base.
"With Belt still being pretty washed out, it makes sense to get Hector a start and get him involved," Bochy said.
Told that this would only fuel last season's conspiracy theories that Posey and Lincecum don't like to work together, Bochy smiled. "I'm telling the truth," he said.
Belt's face told the same story Wednesday, the second straight day that he was out of the lineup because of a stomach virus that has sapped his strength. Belt didn't feel as nauseous as he had on Tuesday but said: "I've got nothing left in the tank."
Belt is so worn down that the walk from his hotel room to the lobby left him short of breath, but he said he was hopeful that he would feel well enough to play when the Giants return to AT&T Park for their home opener. He'll be helped by the fact that the team is off Thursday.
After taking the whole day off Tuesday, Belt took part in portions of the pregame workout Wednesday and took a few rounds of batting practice on the Dodger Stadium field.
"Pablo had a nice game down there with good reactions," Bochy said. "I think he's past (the elbow injury), but we still have to watch his workload early."
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SAN JOSE -- Rushing into his neighbor's home Monday after hearing a hysterical woman screaming outside, a Marlene Court resident saw his friend sprawled on the floor dead and a stranger on the couch with a pistol in his lap and a bullet hole in his head.
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Tony said McCarroll had three daughters, ages 8, 10 and 13.
"He was just a devoted dad," said Tony. "All he did was spend time with his daughters; he was with them almost every day. He was like the dad I wish I had."
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Tony said that after hearing the shots around 9 p.m. Sunday, he and other neighbors went outside to investigate. They peered over McCarroll's fence, and everything appeared in order, and no one could tell where the shots originated from so they didn't call police.
"In retrospect, maybe we should have," he said. "But we did go out and check it out and walked around the building. But even if we had gone into Kevin's home, he would have already been dead."
Tony said that many residents in the tidy neighborhood of townhouses routinely leave their front doors open, including McCarroll. He said that the running faucet indicated that his friend had been unexpectedly ambushed.
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Players get into shooting slumps because they don't know the reason(s) which caused the slump in the first place. Ask anyone in the game and they will say: "I lost my touch!" There lies the rub. You will always go into a slump if you are a "touch shooter!" In other words: you will be a INCONSISTENT SHOOTER AT BEST relying on the techniques taught today. TO AVOID SLUMPS AND TO FIX YOUR SHOT IMMEDIATELY and not when you get your touch back, you must KNOW THE REASONS WHY YOU MISS IN THE FIRST PLACE. Shooting is an art and I'm an expert that can shoot with either hand and consistently make up to and beyond 30-40 shots in a row every day with either hand from anywhere on the court. This drill is okay but it's not the best! This drill just reinforces your mental attitude, work ethic, and persistance but it gives you no REAL TIPS ON SHOOTING CONSISTENTLY.
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i can now drain my shots more and avoid slumps
that is good tips
that is good tips
This really helps, I've been in plenty of shooting slumps. Once I saw this, I knew that it would help.
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The Madelia Community Hospital and Clinic will be hosting two Discovery Dinners at Salem Lutheran Church to help area residence learn about the importance of Estate Planning and the need for Advance Directives. A light dinner will be served starting at 5 p.m. with presenters starting at 5:30 p.m. Dinner is free of charge.
Wednesday, Sept. 11 - Attorney Margaret Koberoski presents: Estate Planning: Creating a Legacy through Charitable Gifts.
Charitable bequests and lifetime gifts can be the most carefully considered part of an estate plan. Through planned giving, an individual can leave a legacy within their community that will benefit future generations. The tax benefits of charitable gifts are also important considerations.
Margaret Koberoski's seminar will address charitable planning options that can keep farmers from facing significant tax implications, as they move closer to retirement and begin transitioning out of farming.
Charitable trusts and green unitrusts are popular planning tools that establish lifetime income for the donor, while accomplishing capital gain and ordinary income tax avoidance.
Her message will be beneficial for anyone who is interested in charitable giving, especially individuals who are approaching retirement or are in retirement, financial planners, insurance professionals and CPAs.
Margaret Koberoski is a partner in the Kakeldey and Koberoski Law Firm in Mankato. The firm specializes in business and estate planning. Her areas of expertise include: Real Estate, Estate Planning, Business Planning and Long Term Care Planning.
Monday, Sept. 23 – Certified Palliative Care Nurse Lores J. Vlaminck presents: Advance Directive Planning.
MCHC welcomes back Lores J. Vlaminck to Madelia. She was the presenter at last winter's Discovery Dinner and is returning for this second series. She will discuss the need for advance directives and the importance of having critical life conversations with your family.
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I just wanted to say thanks for the game! I certainly have experienced my share of bugs, and like any game I get annoyed at what I see as sometimes an unfair bug, or no reply to an issue I had.
But overall it's a great game to wake up to in the morning while I eat my cereal. So thanks, and I like it!


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In Michael Zadoorian's The Leisure Seeker, the Robinas have shared a wonderful life for more than 60 years. Now in their 80s, Ella suffers from cancer and John has Alzheimer's. Yearning for one last adventure, the self-proclaimed "down-on-their-luck geezers" kidnap themselves from the adult children and doctors who seem to run their lives and steal away from their home in suburban Detroit on a forbidden vacation of rediscovery. With Ella as his vigilant copilot, John steers their '78 Leisure Seeker RV along the forgotten roads of Route 66 toward Disneyland in search of a past they're having a damned hard time remembering. Yet Ella is determined to prove that, when it comes to life, you can go back for seconds'' - even when everyone says you can't.
©2009, 2011 Michael Zadoorian (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers
"Ella's wise, feisty voice turns what could be a sappy melodrama into an authentic and funny love story." (Publishers Weekly)
"The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, funny, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed." (Booklist)
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. Tom Clancy
"A perfect end!"
What a fantastic ending! I'm still in shock, and a good, amazed one.
I absolutely loved this story, so poignant, so sweet (okay, maybe bitter-sweet here and there) so inspiring. I'm so happy for reading this book, the end was just perfect.
The audible edition is superb. I was sure Judith West was in fact an olde lady, the way she narrated it all the way like Ella herself, but when she said "This is Judith West, we hope you've enjoyed..." I was taken aback! Her voice is young! How she managed to read an entire book sounding like an 80 year old woman is beyond me. This is talent, I tell you that!
"Opportunity to reflect on end of life issues"
When John and Ella fought over losing the cell phone. I was laughing out loud because I have been there!
It was sentimental about life but not sappy. I liked how Ella defined how she would live her life and keep her promise to her husband.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish, from the first paragraph to the last. It never sagged. This is a story about a couple, Ella and John Robina. They have been married over fifty years. They are both in their eighties. Both are sick: John with Alzheimer's and Ella with cancer. So they must decide what to do with their lives. Yes, Ella was sure! They needed a vacation. What could be better than to take Route 66 again, that route that they so often traveled when they were young and the family was four, before the kids left home? While they travel they haul out their projector and slides and look again at their lives. They have cocktails, grill their food, snooze, take little naps and drive all the way to Disneyland in California. She has her little blue pills.
Does that sound sad and depressing? Yes, I supposed it might, but think, they are both in their eighties and they have had good lives. It is not hard to believe that the book could prove to be thoughtful and down-to-earth and wise. But the author goes one step further and makes it very, very funny. I laughed on every page. I did. You laugh and you smile and you shed a melancholic tear occasionally. Mostly you laugh and maybe think a teeny bit about how you want to live your own life. The message is not all that astounding. What is astounding is the humor embedded in the story. Yes, I really did laugh out loud and exclaim as the events unfolded. You see the book is more about living and enjoying life than about its end. Ella and John and the characters they meet on their travels are very ordinary people. The conversations are so classically ordinary that you cannot help but smile. There is quite a bit of irony in the humor.
I listened to the audiobook. The narration, by Judith West, was superb. Ella's voice was of a spunky old woman, and John had a crusty, solid baritone. When the narrator spoke for them it felt like I was overhearing a true conversation between two old geezers. When I think now of Ella, I know how she sounds and that is Ella. The same is true of John. Voice says a lot about a person. The narration gets five stars.
So why only four stars for the book? Well because the situation is in fact not extraordinary. It felt so real, such a perfect description of two old geezers. Does that means it is worth five stars? To perfectly capture this old couple, their lives and their dialogs, their sorrows and happiness and fear? It is all there. It is just a personal thing, I think; I would more readily give a book filled with real facts, that is also engagingly written, five stars. My head tells me this is all wrong. Maybe it is the author that builds a story from nothing, that creates with his words an imaginary world, that seems genuinely real that is the most talented? I did enjoy every minute listening to this audiobook. Heck I will give it five. Why not? It is not amazing, but I really did love it. I didn't just like it a lot. It was better than that.
"Loved it"
Great listen for us geezers. It brings our lives into focus, and delivers wisdom to ourselves and our children
"Fantastic Book, Fantastic Listen"
I'm in my late twenties, and while thoughts of getting older weave in and out of my brain, they aren't a major concern since I'm busy. (I'm so busy, that I bought the audiobook!) Listening to Ella's story of her life gives a lot of food for thought about aging, life and marriage. She's a funny lady, and I loved getting to see the world as she does. I loved this story about a last hurrah, and will be recommending it to my family and friends!
"I could relate"
There is no happy ending here, but the trip is filled with fun and laughter. I could relate to the issues of aging and dealing with death, cancer and dementia. And while those are grim words and issues, the author has been able to bring out the other side of the coin as well, which is that even in dealing with these things, there is joy and laughter. The narrator did a good job with the voices as well, making the plot more believable. The story appeals to what we all hope for in our old age, one last big adventure.
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Hannibal police were on the lookout Monday morning for a suspect sought in a one-vehicle accident. One tell-tale description of the driver was that he was wearing just one flip-flop when he walked away from the scene.
The one-vehicle mishap at Richmond and Hope streets was reported around 11:30 a.m. A pickup reportedly was driving through the area at a high rate of speed when it left the road and struck a tree.
Before EMS and police arrived at the scene, the male driver departed. No one else was in the vehicle at the time of the mishap, according to scanner traffic.
The suspect was last seen walking south toward the Juvenile Justice Center.
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yao is pretty good but he falls down to much and gets injured alot so id have to say shaq for who has more experience but yao is really tall too
if yao is healthy, right now, i would take yao, for the next 5 years yao is a better option, but for overall career, i would take shaq, becuase of his rings.
Yao is too injury prone. Don't forget at one point Shaq was the most dominant center in the league, Yao has never even been close to that. And even though Yao is younger he's still facing a career ending injury. Most people that are that tall dont have very long lifespans, kind've like Andre the Giant.
Shaq not only has destroyed multiple backboards, but is/was one of the most entertaining players in the league.
Shaq > Yao.
Shaq. he is strong and big.
shaq is good but yao is better
Well yao is always injured and shaq is really fat! so i would say shaq
Shaq is not fat. He is all muscle.
SHAQ would win because he is strong and Yao is a weaker center. Shaq would dominate yao in the paint!!!!!!!!!
Shaquille O'Neal will be my choice, but Yao Ming will progress and get better later on.
I would take Yao Ming all day over Shaquille O'Neal. He hurt the Suns so bad last year that we didn't even make the playoffs. This year, we drop him, add Channing Frye, and now we are a dominant force in the West. How does that happen? It might be because he doesn't fit into the Suns basketball system, but still. Come on. Yao is more versatile, of course that's when he is not injured. Yao Ming is taller, more of a scorer, and can rebound just as good as O'Neal can. Yao could easily beat O'Neal one-on-one.
they are both dominant. but i would take shaq. hes a major presence. last year, the cavs lost to the magic in the eastern finals. but know that they have shaq, they look unstoppable. but dont get me wrong. yao is good, but shaq is better
Shaq, its not even close. yao ming has barely had a couple of 20 and 10 seasons, vs shaq who has cleared 20 and 10 by a large margin for years until his body becan to decline shortly before he was shipped out of miami. i dont know where you get this shaq is getting fat thing from, but he was never fat. he was heavily muscled throughout his career, and in his later years, has done nothing but LOST weight. he lost about 30 when he went to miami, and about 25 since his recent injury.shaq was and is physically dominant and someone who is and should be feared in the paint. yao ming on the other hand is known to be weak, and is a target by highflyers looking to make a poster (ask anyone even nate robinson)
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Amy Beardmore doesn't need any convincing that illness can spread rapidly at a daycare or preschool.
"I think when I started working here, I caught anything and everything that every child got," said Beardmore, director of the Evergreen Child Development Center at Washington State Community College.
That's one reason she believes it's so important for children to receive recommended immunizations against whooping cough, chickenpox and other diseases. It's a requirement of the Evergreen center and all child care facilities regulated by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - but it's not a law.
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Alyse Hoeksema, center, assistant teacher in the early preschool room at Washington State Community College's Evergreen Child Development Center, helps some students with their afternoon snacks Tuesday.
"There's no teeth behind that (immunization) schedule at all," said Melissa Arnold, executive director of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
That group and a number of others under the banner of the Immunization Advocacy Network of Ohio are asking state health officials and legislators to enact a law requiring daycare and preschool providers to obtain proof of a child's immunizations, just as schools are required to do.
"As public health experts and supporters, we believe such a law provides an added level of protection for children, their families and child care settings," says a letter recently sent out by the network.
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Before entering kindergarten, children should receive the proper number of vaccinations against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B and chicken pox based on the schedule issued by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A booster dose of the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis) is required prior to a child entering seventh grade, unless that child received a dose of Tdap as part of their initial series.
Parents must present proof of these immunizations when enrolling a child in school.
Preschools and daycare providers are required by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to have documentation that children in their care have received proper vaccinations; however, it is not a law.
Source: Times research.
Legislation has not been drafted yet, but Arnold said it would preserve exemptions from getting vaccinations on religious grounds or other reasons of conscience.
"We would never take that away," she said.
It's not really a law many people object to, although some might wonder if it's necessary, given Ohio's immunization rate of 72 percent for 2-year-olds, the sixth highest in the nation.
"But we used to be number three," Arnold said.
She said without the strength of a law behind the regulations, some providers may let the immunization requirement slide.
"What we're hearing more and more is ... 'Don't worry about that part,'" Arnold said.
That isn't happening in Washington County, said Kelly Bauerbach, social services supervisor with the Washington County Department of Job and Family Services.
"We have had no incidences where it has been an issue," she said. For child care providers to keep those records, "I think the rules are sufficient."
Local Job and Family Services workers perform unannounced inspections of type B child care providers - those providing in-home care to six or fewer children - twice a year. If they don't have the records, they're considered out of compliance, which could jeopardize their certification. Child care centers and type A providers, those with 12 or fewer children, are inspected by the state.
Devola resident Denise Wheeler, a type B child care provider, said she's always followed the rule regarding immunization records. She said it makes sense to make it a law, but whether it is or isn't won't change her approach.
Jonni Tucker, public health nurse with the Marietta City Health Department, said she's in favor of the law, even though she thinks most people who have children are responsible about their immunizations, or at least try to be.
"I think it's good to have laws like this because it keeps us all in check," she said.
Tucker noted that some children may not be able to receive vaccines because of allergies. The more children that are vaccinated, the less chance they have of being exposed to a disease from which immunizations would have protected them, she said.
While the Evergreen center posts notifications if children have potentially been exposed to communicable diseases, Beardmore said there are only so many precautions they can take.
"A lot of the diseases that are immunized against, we can have kids here at the center with it and not know for a couple of days," she said. "Chickenpox, they get the little blisters, but for two days they don't show the symptoms."
Arnold said supporters also want legislation to update the immunization schedule to include vaccines against rotovirus, which causes diarrhea and vomiting and can lead to dehydration and hospitalization, and the PREVNAR vaccine, which protects against a form of meningitis.


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Ford's Battery Gives it the Edge Over Prius, Volt
Ford is rolling out its answer to the Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius plug-in, the C-MAX Energi, a wagonish car based off the same underpinnings as the Focus that can travel 21 miles on an all-electric charge before the 4-cylinder engine kicks on.
There are lots of one-ups loaded into it. Better MPG-e, for example, than the Prius plug-in or Chevy Volt. That's mile-per-gallon-equivalent, a government-created method of establishing a fuel economy to vehicle that uses both electric power or gasoline to travel. It also has about twice the range of the plug-in Prius and costs about the same after federal tax credits – just under $30,000.
Perhaps the most interesting thing is the size of the lithium-ion battery. Forgive the wonkishness, but the 7.6-kilowatt-hour capacity battery, produced by Panasonic and Ford's own factory in Michigan, is less than half the size of the 16.5 kilowatt-hour battery in the Volt. But the Energi has more than half the Volt's 38-mile, all-electric range. To be fair, there are complicating factors in battery size, as in, the bigger you make the battery, the heavier it is, which means it needs more energy storage just haul itself around.
Still, the 11-mile electric range plug-in Prius uses a 4.4 kilowatt-hour pack, so, again the Ford battery performs better on a mile of range per kilowatt-hour basis. (got that?)
Kevin Layden, director of Ford's electrification programs and engineering, said the magic of the C-MAX Energi is really in the battery, which is why the carmaker has chosen to import the batteries from Japan rather than take advantage of the ample and possibly cheaper battery capacity that is now available in the U.S.
"We couldn't get this battery" from the U.S. plants, he said. "This, we believe, is the best battery in the entire world."
Virtually every battery plant in the U.S. to make advanced lithium-ion batteries for cars and light trucks is either idled or barely operating as a result of limited demand. This is made worse by the fact that even the car makers that are building electric vehicles, like Ford, still would rather buy batteries from the behemoth's overseas that have both the chemistry expertise and the mass-scale manufacturing prowess, than buy from local operators who are desperate for business.
Layden said the company would like to see production of the cells in the U.S., but it is hard to match the advantages of scale provided by Panasonic and its massive manufacturing complex.


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sloe t wrote: have you been watching basketball since jordan retired? dominant frontcourts have been winning championships that whole time. this trade completely guts the lakers' frontcourt and leaves them with a center who can't stay healthy even though he only plays 25 minutes a game.
sloe t wrote: dirk and chandler, pau/odom/bynum... i don't really have to list them do i? just think where the lakers were before they got pau. he was literally the one piece that turned them from run-of-the-mill playoff team, out in the first or second round, into a championship quality team. in the last twelve years the heat are the only team i can think of who won a title because of their guard play, without a great front court. and they still had a somewhat effective shaq, one of the 5 best centers of all time.
futuristxen wrote: Also Houston got massively killed in this trade. I don't understand why they value Pau Gasol that much when he's arguably not better than JUST Scola.
sloe t wrote: futuristxen wrote: Also Houston got massively killed in this trade. I don't understand why they value Pau Gasol that much when he's arguably not better than JUST Scola.
i don't buy this at all. scola's numbers were inflated because he was the only legit front court player on the rockets. put him on the lakers, even without gasol, and he's a role player at best. everyone is killing pau right now because he's coming off that terrible playoff performance but his addition is the reason the lakers won two titles.
if the lakers did somehow land both paul and howard, plus a legit 4 i probably would just stop watching basketball. and maybe that is the reason the league stopped this trade. i don't know, but it seemed like howard was pushing for nj even before the paul trade was announced and then nixed. i don't think the lakers left themselves enough assets to get howard after the paul trade anyway, i doubt the magic would deal him for bynum straight up.


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In order, the following are my picks for best fictional book series of all time (that I've read):
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game & its parallel series Ender's Shadow
C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
Scott Adams's The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Frank Herbert's Dune
C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, etc.)
Isaac Asimov's Foundation
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time
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-does misfeed but almost never
-very hard to slide on tracks but that is nothing grease can't handle
-Only holds 110 rounds. i say this because i accidentally put more than that when i used my speedloader and the spring and plastic part in the back flew out of the mag, BUTTTT it is very easy to fix, just put the spring back in and it will guide itself back to were it belongs
Good Buy...i bought 5 of them and am not disappointed.
- Jams right out of the boxReceived two of these yesterday and, for whatever reason, whenever I load more than 3 or 4 bb's in the magazine the thing jams & won't feed into the Thompson. Needless to say, this is insanely frustrating. I'm using .20g high density bb's (but not "highly polished")...
The same bb's work flawlessly with the stock magazine that came with the Thompson, but both of the King Arms mid-caps consistently jam. So much so, that I'm not sure I can even take these into the field.
Taking the magazine out and pressing the release catch doesn't do anything... I can just look into the hole and see the bb's in there, but they won't budge unless you smack the magazine on a hard surface. That'll allow one or two to come out, and then it re-jams.
- Great Mag Except For LoadingIt's okay but you need to buy at least 2 of these if you are going to be in a war. If you don't have a loading tube you will have to put each bb in one-by-one. If you are doing long wars then you need to buy higher cap mags or more of these (at least 4 for over 30 minutes)
I have a Thompson and this mag works great with it. The one downside is that there is no window or port thing on the top, so it takes a little longer to load than I would like. Once again, you need a loading tube! Otherwise you'll end up putting all the bbs in one-by-one. You shouldn't load all 110 rounds into the magazine, only load as many as you can without pushing the bbs in hard. IF YOU FEEL HARD RESISTANCE WHILE LOADING, STOP LOADING THE AMMO INTO THE MAG!


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- Jul 5:
- BART service resumes; August strike threat remains
- BART to resume service, no deal reached with union
- Jul 4:
- BART strike ends; trains to begin running Friday afternoon
- Jul 3:
- BART strike talks stretch toward holiday
- BART strike hits Day 3 as overnight negotiations yield no deal; talks to resume this afternoon
- Negotiations ongoing, but BART strike likely to continue Wednesday
- Jul 2:
- BART strike talks resume as attention turns to Fourth of July travel
- Data Center: Current and projected average BART wages
- Director says his team must hold the line in BART negotiations
- BART strike: San Francisco garages raising rates over parking crunch
- With no BART, 4th of July plans shift
- BART strike: What can be done to get trains running?
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Overlap of AC Transit, BART contract expirations leaves East Bay vulnerable
- With BART on strike, A's encourage fans to carpool to games against Cubs
- BART strike: Labor talks set to resume after 36-hour break since shutdown
- Jul 1:
- BART strike leaves commuters weary, wiser for Day 2
- BART strike costing Bay Area economy more than $73 million a day
- Herhold: Time and geography will shape the BART strike
- BART strike a moneymaker for ride-sharing services and taxi apps
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Striking BART workers out of touch with financial reality.
- The Great BART Strike Race of 2013: A recap
- BART strike: Commute chaos rages on as strike begins with no end in sight
- Bart Strike Raw Video: What commuters have to say about transit strike
- Jerry Brown's office asks that BART talks continue
- Jun 30:
- Bay Area commuters scramble for alternatives on Day 1 of BART strike
- BART strike: With a day left, labor talks fail again Saturday but pay proposal doubled
- Roadshow: Getting ready for BART-ageddon
- Jun 29:
- BART's top-level employees' vacation bank tops 69 years of unused time off
- BART strike: Guide to getting around the Bay Area during shutdown
BART riders say they worry a threatened strike on Monday will make their travel difficult, longer, inconvenient, and some aren't sure yet what they will do.
"I don't know how I will get around," said Dan McClure, an unemployed Oakland resident without a car who rides BART several times per week. " ... How do you get around to look for a job if the trains aren't running?"
While a short strike might not be too inconvenient for him, a long one would be, he said. BART unions have threatened to strike after their old contract expires at midnight Sunday, allowing riders to finish their Sunday night travel but there would be no trains to ride to work on Monday.
Dominic Campisi, a Walnut Creek attorney who regularly commutes to San Francisco, said he expects he would resort to taking a carpool with other friends, as he did during the last BART strike in 1997.
"Traffic will be a mess, but there are other ways to get around. They will take longer, though," Campisi said Friday during a wait for a train at the Walnut Creek BART station. "It will not be the end of the world."
David Levin, an Oakland attorney, said he would take a ferry to his San Francisco job if BART workers were on strike when he returns from a family vacation to Disneyland in about a week.
"I'm lucky I will be at the happiest place on earth next week, taking me away from the stress and tie-ups if there is a strike," Levin said. "If the strike continues when I'm back, I'll take the ferry."
Rene Vandemeer, a journalist visiting Walnut Creek from the Netherlands for a month, said he is puzzled how he would get around in a strike.
"It's going to be very inconvenient without the BART trains," To make matters worse, his bicycle was stolen recently. "I don't know what I'm going to do," he said.
Shelley Sun of Danville, a daily BART commuter, said she could be forced to drive to her software job in San Francisco if the trains aren't running, she's not looking forward to it.
"It's going to take a long time to get across the Bay Bridge," she said. "It will be very disruptive."
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff


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Definition of gourd in English:
1A fleshy, typically large fruit with a hard skin, some varieties of which are edible.
Example sentences
- Modern Hopi farmers still use the old methods, raising mainly corn, melons, gourds, and many varieties of beans.
- The gourds or fruits, which are about 5 cm long, yellowish-white, and prickled on the upper part, are cooked as a vegetable, notably in Peru.
- It is eaten with vegetables such as onion, garlic, eggplant, and a variety of gourds according to the season.
1.1A drinking or water container made from the hollowed and dried skin of a gourd.
Example sentences
- The only thing they seem to do more then butchering animals in Uruguay, is drink Mate, a sort of super strong version of green tea that is drunk from a gourd through a silver straw.
- Ancient historical documents describe the use of crude containers, such as gourds, leaves, shells, animal skins, and even human skulls.
- She saw other people further down the river, taking drinks or filling gourds.
2A climbing or trailing plant which bears gourds.
- Family Cucurbitaceae (the gourd family): several genera and species, including the coloured ornamental gourds (Cucurbita pepo variety ovifera). The gourd family also includes the marrows, squashes, pumpkins, melons, and cucumbers.
Example sentences
- This is connected to a large bamboo teepee with pole beans, gourds and other climbing plants covering it.
- Sometimes pumpkins or gourds are planted instead of squash.
- Other unusual plants include bottle gourds whose beautiful ornamental shapes were used for hundreds of years by native Americans to carry and store water.
out of one's gourd North American informal
- Out of one's mind; crazy.Example sentences
- Their insights have no depth or interest and non-fanatics (like yours truly) will be bored out of their gourds.
- Maybe it was the toxic fumes of all the lead paint, but cartoon creators were obviously out of their gourd.
- Conventional wisdom holds that people like you are out of your gourd.
- 1.1Under the influence of alcohol or drugs.Example sentences
- Of course I was stoned out of my gourd at the time… yep that was the one.
- I cannot understand how anyone could drink an entire bottle of Robitussin for fun, because I've taken about a teaspoon too much and am now so stoned out of my gourd that I can barely function.
- And it was so refreshing that this guy, who was out of his gourd by eight o'clock at night, was listening to the music and paying attention and thinking about it.
gourdful noun (plural gourdfuls)
- Example sentences
- I guarantee SAT scores would soar if high schoolers knew their academic efforts would be celebrated with a gourdful of mountain-brewed beer.
- A bowlful of rice to eat, a gourdful of water to drink, and living in a mean dwelling; all this is hardship others would find intolerable.
- A gourdful of the drink is taken upon rising in the early morning, and no food is eaten until 10 or 11 o'clock.
Middle English: from Old French gourde, based on Latin cucurbita.
Words that rhyme with gourdLourdes, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured
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I'm coming to QCad from AutoCAD. In AutoCad I work in model space and create layouts from that for printing. When I open a dxf file from AutoCAD, I get items in the blocklist named Paper_Space### that seem to correlate to the layout tabs in AutoCAD but they are empty. My question is: is there a way to create multiple layouts from within a single file or do I have to create different files for each layout?
Any help would be appreciated as I would like to start doing my drawing in linux. Presently I have to reboot to Win to do my drawings and back to linux for everything else.


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For me there is nothing quite as relaxing as the sounds of the beach. The slow crashing of waves and the gentle lapping of water in the tide pools really helps me find my inner calm. Of course, I could do without the smell of rotting fish carcasses, the constantly screeching gulls and the looming threat of melanoma. So I decided to create my own virtual beach experience using some free sound clips from the internet and the free software package called Audacity. I've got all the relaxation without the annoying dead fish, dive bombing birds and sunburn.
Using environmental sounds for relaxation is nothing new. The white noise and repetition of waves or waterfalls or even a gentle rain can help a person tune out the noisy, modern world and find calm. I know it helps me relax. The big question is, do I want to buy prepackaged nature sounds or try my hand at creating my own. Plenty of retail outlets would be happy to take my money in exchange for nature sounds on CD or a fancy new environmental sound machine. There are some pretty convincing recordings out there and I must admit it was tempting to hand over a little hard earned cash for some instant gratification. Of course, if I had chosen that route this would be a very short article. In the end, I decided to use Audacity, one of my favorite free software applications, to create my own virtual trip to the beach.
Follow along in this article as I cover each step as it relates to creating a virtual trip to the shore
The process of creating environmental sound clips, or any sound clips for that matter, with Audacity is not terribly difficult. There are only a few basic steps.
- Install Audacity
- Find the sounds you want
- Bring the sounds into Audacity
- Mix the sounds together in an interesting way
- Prepare a final audio file in a common format
Follow along in this article as I cover each step as it relates to creating a virtual trip to the shore. In the end you will hopefully find your inner calm. If nothing else, you will learn quite a bit about how Audacity works and how you can use it to make all sorts of audio projects.
Downloading and installing Audacity
The first thing I need to do is install Audacity on my computer. I'm a GNU/Linux user so I was able to find a packaged version of Audacity on my distribution CD-ROMs. If you are a penguin fan too, you'll probably find Audacity on your distro's install media. If you're planning to work through this project on a Mac or a Windows machine you'll want to visit the Audacity project web page. This is where you can find the latest downloads and installation instructions for your operating system.
Finding the essence of the ocean
The next step in my project is to find the ocean sounds that I want. Audacity has the capability to record sounds directly from a microphone onto the computer's hard drive. This would be the best way to get authentic ocean sounds. But, unfortunately, I live hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. So I did what any computer geek would do and downloaded some cool ocean sounds from the internet.
A quick web search for the terms "free", "ocean", and "sounds" came up with some good hits. I found a couple clips from a site called Shockwave-Sound.com that really fit my idea of what a relaxing day at the beach sound sound like. Specifically, I found a clip called "oceano 2 sound" that captures a big wave crash and another clip called "Ocean lap (ocean surf)" that reminds me of water slapping against the hull of a boat. Both of these sound clips are recorded in the WAV file format and are easy to import into Audacity.
Capturing nature in a computer
Once I have my sound clips from the internet, I need to get them into Audacity. Opening WAV files in a sound editor is just like opening documents in a word processor. I simply start up Audacity and choose Open... from the File menu. I then navigate to the location of the
oceano2.wav file and click OK. Once the file is loaded, I can click on the big, green play button to hear the sound of a wave crashing onto the shore.
Opening WAV files in a sound editor is just like opening documents in a word processor
I also downloaded a clip of lapping water that I want to use in my project. However, I need to load this file a little differently. This time I need to choose Import Audio from the Project menu, navigate to the
oceanlap (Ocean Surf).wav file and click OK. This way I get both clips in the same Audacity project instead of opening them in two separate windows.
Now when I click on the play button I hear both sounds at once. If I want to hear the new, lapping ocean sound all alone, I can click on the Solo button just to the left of the waveform display. This area is called the track control panel and contains some of the information and controls that I'll use for this project. For now I'm only interested in the Solo button. I'm satisfied that the lapping water clip sounds good by itself so I'll click the Solo button once again to deselect it.
The ocean (remix)
Now that I've gotten a couple of interesting sound clips into Audacity's buffers, I can start the process of editing and mixing them. This is where the cool stuff happens. Once you've gone through these steps, feel free to revisit this section and add your own personal touch to the editing and mixing.
Naming tracks
Before I get started editing, I want to make my life a little easier and give some meaningful names to the tracks I'll be working on. I can do this clicking the downward pointing arrow on track control panel and selecting Name... from the pop-down menu. Since the first track I loaded sounds like a crashing wave, I'm going to name it just that. I will name the second track "lapping water". You can choose any designations you like, but "crashing wave" and "lapping water" are the names I will use when referring to the tracks in this article.
Copying and pasting
Now that I've devised a way to keep the two tracks straight, I need to decide what kind of editing I want to do. One of the first things that jumps out at me is that the two clips are drastically different in length. The crashing wave lasts about twice the amount of time as lapping water track. I can take care of this by copying and pasting the lapping water track so that it repeats itself. I select the entire length of lapping water by clicking on the blank area of the track control panel. It really doesn't matter where I click as long as it's not on one of the buttons. When the track's waveform is highlighted, I can use the Edit menu to Copy the selection. Once this is done I am ready to paste a second copy of the track at the end. To find the end of the track I'll use the Edit menu again and select Move Cursor...→to Track End. After that, a third trip to the Edit menu reveals the Paste option and I have effectively doubled the length of lapping water. A quick tap of Home on the keyboard and a click on the big green play button will let me listen to my editing job.
When the track's waveform is highlighted, I can use the _Edit_ menu to _Copy_ the selection
Adjusting volume
In the end I want to create a virtual ocean experience that lasts longer than the seven seconds of sound I currently have. One way I can do this is to use the same trick I used to extend lapping water and just repeat the whole project over and over again. To see how this would sound, I hold down the Shift key right before I click the play button. This puts Audacity into loop-play mode and the tracks will repeat until I click stop. This seven second loop would be pretty annoying in a music track, but for an environmental sound track repetition can be relaxing.
My repetitious virtual ocean is sounding pretty good, but there are a few things to tweak. For one, the crashing wave track ends slightly before the newly extended lapping water track. This incongruity creates about a tenth of a second jolt where the sound level drops, but it can be easily solved. Looking at the waveform display, I can see that the bulk of the sound in the crashing wave track happens between 0.5 seconds and 5.5 seconds. The rest is just background noise and can be faded. I can use my mouse to highlight the section of crashing wave between 0 and 0.5 seconds. Then I select Fade In from the Effect menu. I can use a similar procedure on the last 1.5 seconds of the track, except this time I'll choose Fade Out.
The jolting drop in sound is gone and the next thing I want to fix is the relative loudness of the two tracks. I think of crashing waves as very powerful sounds, but right now my crashing wave is about the same volume as the lapping water. I can easily lower the volume of the lapping water track by using the gain control on the track control panel. If I slide it to the left three notches I get a 9 dB drop in gain which results in lapping water being less obtrusive and crashing wave sounding more powerful.
Creating the illusion of stereo
My virtual ocean is coming along nicely, but somehow it still sounds a little flat. I can add some depth to the sound by making it playback in stereo. Since I am working with monaural clips, I have to employ a little bit of creative trickery to make it sound like a true stereo recording. I'll create the illusion of stereo by having the wave sound move from the left to right as it crashes onto the shore. It may sound like a complex task, but I can do it all using techniques I've already employed.
I'll create the illusion of stereo by having the wave sound move from the left to right as it crashes onto the shore
I first create a new track by choosing New Audio Track from the Project menu. Then I copy the entire waveform from the crashing wave track into the new track. I use the same technique of selecting and copying as I did with the lapping water track, except this time I'll paste the contents of the clipboard into the new track. Now that I have two tracks, I can use the track pop-down menus to assign one of them to the left channel and the other to the right channel. The entire left channel track can then be faded out while the entire right channel track is faded in, giving the appearance of the crashing wave moving left to right. It sounds pretty convincing when I listen in loop-play mode.
The final cut
I really don't want to boot up my PC every time I decide to listen to my virtual ocean, so the final step in my project is to export the audio to a file format that is compatible with my digital audio player. My player can play stereo tracks in WAV, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis.
First, I need to take the three tracks in my Audacity project and mix them down to one left channel and one right channel for my audio player. I'll do this by first choosing Select...→All from the Edit menu and then choosing Quick Mix from the Project menu. Next, I can do some repetitive copying and pasting to make the ocean sounds extend beyond a mere seven seconds. Finally, I'll choose one of the Export As... options from the File menu. Now all I have to do now is transfer the file to my audio player and I can enjoy a relaxing trip to the virtual beach.
Where do we go from here?
In this article I've just scratched the surface of what Audacity can do. If you like what you've seen so far, there's no better way to learn than to get some more hands-on practice. You don't have to limit yourself to making environmental tracks either. Maybe you're itching to try your hand at mixing music or recording live events. Whatever it is, if it's related to audio, you can probably do it with Audacity.
export as.......
Using stereo mix input ie bbc radio channel 7 listen again feature. I can record ok either wav or mp3 onto hard disc,and play back within real player or windows media but when I want to burn a cd using nero the wav format is not compatible.The message is that file may be corrupt. anything exported as mp3 is ok. Commercial cd wav tracks put on hard drive can be added ok. Using Ms windows media burn facility has the same problem. The audacity recording sits in My Music with a wav format. Utilising CDex prog and calling up Wav files for compressing the title does not appear. A nero problem you say as I did. However an audacity saved as mp3 file can be decompressed into a Wav file. This file now is acceptable to nero and windows media burn. Whatever is removed from file at this decompression CDex stage to make it acceptable to nero can it be eliminated at the audacity export stage, double recording it a touch tiresome. I trust you can follw this and do you have a solution please A. Killey
Audacity uses 32-bit files
Audacity uses 32-bit files internally by default ie. records to 32-bit. Nero probably needs standard 16-bit .wav files. Make sure the export format is right by going to Edit>Preferences>File Formats and set Uncompressed Export Format to WAV(Microsoft 16-bit PCM). Then you can use the ExportAs>WAV function in the File menu to save new 16-bit .wavs.
It happened to me once when recording vinyl for CD transfer. Easy to fix :)
Don't suppose you could post
Don't suppose you could post your file for us to hear the results? I'm a big fan of ocean sounds too, and currently live a long ways away - in fact, I'm told this country (Kazakhstan) is the farthest away from any ocean of any country in the world!
Ubuntu version
*sigh* does anyone know why Ubuntu gutsy is still packaging only Audacity 1.2.6, and not 1.3.2? Debian has a newer version!


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FYI... I had the same problem where tsMuxeR is not working on Ubuntu12.04 & LinuxMint13 (both 64-bit versions). It seems tsMuxeR requires "ia32-libs" package, so installing this package seems to have resolved this issue. I have not tested any mkvs yet, but on the command prompt, running txMuxeR seems to be working.
~/pms-1.53.0/linux $ ./tsMuxeR
SmartLabs tsMuxeR. Version 1.10.6 http://www.smlabs.net
For start muxing: tsMuxeR <meta file name> <out file/dir name>
For detect stream params: tsMuxeR <media file name>
For more information about meta file see readme.txt


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Img2icns is a simple, quick application to convert images to icons or icons to images, keeping them orderly filed and ready to use.
Creating Icon can't be easier!
Creating an icon is just as easy as drag'n'dropping one or more images on to Img2icns and choosing an export format - the same goes for creating images from icons.
Img2icns is available in a free lite version and a 12,90$ pro version.
changes in 1.1 version
- Favicon are now in .ico format, this address an incompatibility with Internet Explorer 7 or greater.
- Image export now have a slider for setting the size of the images (also features in history export).
- Favicon and iPhone icon are now named with the standard names (favico.ico and apple-touch-icon.png).
- Badge menu is now more easy to spot, and wont appear if there is only one image.
- Correct a bug that afflicted folder icons when created from png (generation of black 48×48 icons).
- Added Italian, German, Japanese and Chinese translation.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: icns , icon , image , converter , creator , maker , ico , favicon , iphone
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I found that GraphicConverter makes a slightly better quality 512 × 512 icon (checked with cover flow on mac os 10.5.)
NB: Copying the image icon to a folder via 'get info' also works.
odd. there's no way to contact them. their support link opens an input window but clicking send does not do anything?! anyone know their eMail? i tried [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
all were rejected
I like it a lot.
My last point just stopped to be true. Fully refunded.
1) you need the commercial version in order to generate favicon.ico
2) don't expect it can handle transparent PNGs as input for favicon.
3) sadly, no money back possibility
Bitnix, there is a free lite version and a pro version. Only the pro version cost money :)
Isn't this a $12.95 priced app instead of freeware?
The main version, developed by Matteo Rattotti is now part of Shiny Frog apps.
0.5 is out. Changes:
* Support for the new 512×512 icon format
* New "droplet" option, you can now change files icon with a simple drag'n drop
This version (0.4) converts images only to icns with 128×128 resolution max. Wondering if there will be an update to create the 512px icons which came up with leopard?
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Every prep wrestler has the same goal: Get to Columbus.
To do that, to advance to the Value City Arena, Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University from Feb. 28 to March 2, an individual grappler needs to qualify at this weekend's district tournaments.
Warren and Marietta will be competing at the D2 district meet at Goshen at 2 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, while Belpre, Waterford, Caldwell, Monroe Central and Shenandoah will be at the D3 event at Philo at 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Waterford's Austin Lang goes for a pin during Ohio Division III sectional wrestling action at Alexander High last Saturday. The Wildcat standout was the 126-pound champion, and will now compete at district at Philo High this weekend.
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Warren's Cory Parsons, top, looks to get a takedown on his opponent during Division II sectional action at Alexander last Saturday. The senior Warrior was the 113-pound champion, and will now attempt to qualify for the state tournament for the third time at district at Goshen this weekend.
The top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to state.
"It's a lot tougher now, and a lot can happen," said first-year Warren head wrestling coach Mike Pahl, whose Warriors placed fourth in the sectional at Alexander.
"At the sectional, the three schools above us all had full teams," Pahl continued.
Warren will be featuring six wrestlers in the opening round of competition - Levi Congleton (106 pounds), Cory Parsons (113), Austin Antill (170), Zach Pike (182), Chris Massey (220), and Brandon Pahl (285). Braden Hewitt (138) will be an alternate.
Congleton, the school's single-season record setter in falls (33 current) with a 42-1 record this season, is scheduled to face Bellbrook freshman Nick Weaver (14-10) in the opening round Friday. The Warrior sophomore was a sectional champion at Alexander while his opponent placed fourth at Milton-Union.
Parsons, a two-time state qualifier and the school career record-setter in pins (93 current) and wins (153) with a 37-4 record, will be pitted against Bethel Tate's Travis Bee (20-16). It'll be senior versus senior with the Warrior wrestler a sectional champ and his opponent a fourth-placer at Western Brown.
If Parsons wins his first bout, he'll more than likely go up against returning 106-pound state champion Cameron Kelly (25-3) of Bellbrook.
Antill, a senior with a 31-11 mark and fourth place finish at sectional, will be squaring off against Milton-Union sectional champ and junior Lane Thomas (34-6) of Graham Local.
Massey, a junior with a 14-14 record and fourth place finish at sectional, will be paired up against Milton Union first-placer and senior Sam Oakes (31-7) of Northwestern.
Pahl, a sophomore with a 36-5 mark and third place finish at sectional, will be tangling with Western Brown runner-up Gavin Peacock (39-5) of Ross.
Marietta has three district qualifiers in Garrett Davis (152), Will Cogswell (182) and Nick Spurr (195).
Davis, a sophomore with a 31-12 record and a runner-up finish at Alexander, will be facing Western Brown third-placer and sophomore Wyatt Walton (23-9) of Taylor.
Cogswell, a senior with a 30-9 mark and sectional runner-up placement, is slated to square off against Washington Court House third-placer Travis Hawk (23-13) of Washington.
And, Spurr, a senior with a 29-11 record, will be pitted against Western Brown champion and senior Tyler Bridwell (41-4) of Ross.
As the D3 sectional champion at Alexander, Belpre advanced nine wrestlers to district at Philo - Gavin Stalnaker (106), Jordan McCutcheon (113), Tyler Martin (182), Jamie Barrett (195), Manney Tullius (132), Daniel Law (138), Hayden Lowe (285), Matt Colvin (152), and Derek Davis (160).
On Friday, it'll be Stalnaker (28-5) vs. Shadyside's Wyatt Skapik (24-15); McCutcheon (21-13) vs. Coshocton's Kyle Bergeron (18-22); Tullius (35-6) vs. Tim Violet (34-12); Law (11-5) vs. Bryce Coleman (34-14); Colvin (22-19) vs. Colin Visconti (18-5); Davis (25-12) vs. Zach Gibson (39-5); Martin (24-14) vs. Robert Miller (19-23); Barrett (31-9) vs. John Barber (27-24); and Lowe (24-19) vs. Anthoney Verhovec (36-9).
Caldwell will have five grapplers on the district mat - Kale Rayner (170), Kameron Rayner (138), Jared Leasure (182), Tyler Wiley (126); and Caleb VanMeter (160).
Kale Rayner (34-3), a returning state placer (8th), will be pitted against Caleb Johnson (25-18). Also, it'll be Kameron Rayner (39-15) vs. Trimble's John Shifflett (27-18); Wiley (38-9) vs. Nick Hoffman (32-6); VanMeter (37-8) vs. Cody Ross (28-18); and Leasure (38-4) vs. Zach Rudy (30-19).
Monroe Central's district qualifiers included Rodney Richter (113), Chase Carothers (132) and Zac Potts (152), a returning state placer (8th).
It'll be Richter (17-2) vs. Brock Moreland (14-10); Carothers (25-6) vs. Coshocton's Brennen Alverson (24-24); and Potts (26-9) vs. Will Martello (27-12).
Waterford will feature Austin Lang (126) and Blake Heiss (182). It'll be Lang (44-7) vs. Cole Zeigler (37-5); and Heiss (31-21) vs. Zach Crofut (28-10).
Shenandoah's lone district qualifier Landon Tomcho (126, 32-11) will be pitted against Luke Hutchinson (37-4).


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TechDay in Vienna: Oracle on Oracle
By Karoly Vegh-Oracle on Dec 11, 2013
Following up on the success of the quite successful TechDay in Vienna: Solaris event we scheduled the next TechDay with the focus "Oracle Software advantages on Oracle Hardware".
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Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to announce the
TechDay in Vienna:
event, on the afternoon of
January 30!
Location: 25hours Hotel, Vienna
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