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Krems to Debrecen (long one this guys - sorry!)
Trip Start Jun 30, 2010
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Student accomodation come Youth Hostel
We actually woke early today, although there was a good reason for this as the hostel breakfast only lasted till nine. So we filled our boots as usual and prepared ourselves a little sandwich for lunch and parted with our new friend Martin to head along the Danube to the Austrian capital. The path was again naturally beautiful with us both loving the fact the wind was in our favour, meaning we could ensure we were on time for appointment in Vienna. This also meant we could stop for a cold beer on the bank of the Danube, naturally. Our progress though seemed somewhat short lived as the heavy rain the days prior had resulted in a certain section of the cycle path being flooded and impassable. Not though for the daring duo, socks and shoes off, we waded through the Danube with our trusty waterproof panniers to the other side.
We hit the outskirts of Vienna late afternoon and navigated our way through the poorly marked cycle paths to the other side of the city, where our important rendezvous awaited us.
"Good evening Mr Ambassador"....... So then to backtrack somewhat this was no chance encounter as this arrangement had stemmed from a half-time World Cup conversation in Maastricht. Jim had got chatting to a couple of German girls (who were also couchsurfing at Tom's place) who promised to help us in providing the most scenic route through Germany and it just so happened on of these girls' father was the German Ambassador in Vienna. After a few emails and networking she managed to hook us up with her parents and arrange for us to stay at theirs for two nights. Thanks a million Kristina, it was that our paths just crossed in Vienna. Viva Paul Lambert!
So we arrived at the Ambassadors in a rather nice part of the city to say the least, where we were greeted with the most warming reception and our own floor of the house, a right touch you could say. The wife of the ambassador Agnes was really enthusiastic and excited about cooking for us starving English cyclists, so naturally we accepted her invitation. This was one of the best decisions of the trip as the rack of lamb we had that night will live long in the memories of the two of us, absolutely cracking. We chatted for a good few hours with the Ambassador and his family over a bottle of wine and eventually retired to bed. Although apprehensive about meeting someone in a somewhat prestigious position we were both touched at how down to earth he and his family were great people and great hosts!
Today's arrival in Vienna marked the end of a seven day marathon slog from Nuremburg in which we covered a total of 626 km. Pretty happy with ourselves and some much need rest and exploration days ahead with three capital cities to come in quick succession.
Monday 26th July. Vienna
We awoke early for a lovely breakfast with Agnes where Jim discovered the sheer beauty of muesli, yoghurt and homemade Jam all mixed together. A proper breakfast in preparation for a long day sightseeing in one of Europe's most famous cities, neither of us had visited before.
We decided to leave the bikes in the Ambassador's garage (bigger than both of our houses) for the day so we took public transport into the city. We both agreed that Vienna was totally beautiful with area around the Town Hall and the Hofburg being a particular highlight. We also both agreed however that the city seemed to lack a certain edge and dynamism that we had become so accustomed to on this trip. After a schnitzel for lunch and the worst bowl of soup ever (fact) we retired back to the Ambassador's to do some blogging
The Ambassador and Agnes went out for dinner and left us with firm instructions to help ourselves to the fridge, we kindly obliged and polished off the lion-share of the leftovers from an Ambassador function held at the house shortly before we had arrived - we toasted every sip of wine a and every tiger prawn to Berlin! Another early night followed.
Tuesday 27th July. Vienna to Bratislava (Slovakia) (82 km)
We arose early to bid farewell to the Ambassador and his wife and had another cracking breakfast. After packing our bags and loading the bikes (a process that can sometimes take up to an hour) we said ciao to the maid and her daughter, we then headed into Vienna to see the remaining sights and to begin out journey to the Dark Side (Eastern Europe). Unfortunately we were not allowed to take our bikes in the Castle's gardens but we were able to cycle out of Vienna through some lovely city parks, something that Vienna has in abundance.
We located the cycle path in between the Danube and the Danube Canal, the path was very straight and flat and we were soon at the Slovakian border for our token border-crossing photo courtesy of Jim's mini tri-pod. The cycle path offered some typically Communistic views of Bratislava with tower blocks aplenty, however as we entered the Old Town from the South over the UFO Bridge the city instantly became more appealing
We all headed out for a couple of beers and a cracking Goulash and after a bit of bar hopping we went to the Alligator Rock Club, where there was a decent covers band who played some great versions of Duran Duran's Hungary Like the Wolf and Red Hot Chili Peppers' underplayed Aeroplane. We stayed there until 3 am but the German dudes decided to venture to a different kind of establishment, enough said!
Wednesday 28th July. Bratislava
This was a very lazy day, but a justified lazy day! Jim arose early to ensure that we both had a 'proper breakfast' and some coffee in us before our radio interview at 10:40 GMT. The interview went very well, especially considering as we conducted it from the dank stairwell of Slovakian communist block of flats where our hostel was located. We hope to be able to partake in another radio interview later on in the trip. We then had our first (maybe second) afternoon snooze of the trip!
At 5pm we attended a free tour of Bratislava which was conducted by a brilliant young Australian chap, who although not local knew so much about the city and delivered the information with such enthusiasm that we were encapsulated from start to finish
After dinner we all walked up to the castle on top of the hill for some nice views over Bratislava and the Danube. The castle looked awesome light up at night but as it was late we could unfortunately not go inside and explore further. After a beer in a little bar on the hill next to the castle where a large family were doing some floorless acoustic jamming with notable covers of The Cranberries' Zombie and The Eagles' Hotel California we retired to bed at 11pm.
We both agreed that Bratislava was a wonderful city with a nice vibe (thanks god we didn't witness any weekend stag parties) which had very much to offer, despite being not the most beautiful city of the trip thanks mainly to the deplorable influence of the Communists in the later part of the 20th century
Thursday 29th July. Bratislava to Gyorujfalu (81 km)
The day began with us both being hurried out of the hostel by the French member of staff as we had again over slept a little, meaning another late start cycling. We finally got going and made it out of the city reasonably quickly given our previous track record but again this joy was short lived, Jim's bike again suffered its usual collection of flat tyres. After a relativally quick fix and Linton plummeting Jim with plums from the side of the road to display his annoyance at the hold up, we made it to the Hungarian border. Here we met our friend Johannes (the German hitchhiker) who helped us with our proof of entry photo; it was also good to see him get picked up as we left. Good work Johannes, Auf wiedersehen.
After plenty of rain, some busy Hungarian roads and the amazement at the Hungarian storks nesting on top of lamp posts everywhere, we arrived at our Hungarian friend "Daniel's" family home. Even though we were a little late Daniels family treated us to an amazing traditional Hungarian dinner, which was even more amazing when we found out the meat we were eating was rabbit, Jim's face was a picture. After telling the story of how as a child he had two rabbits as his beloved pets, he then polished his plate and even returned for seconds. The homemade wallies (gherkins) were also good! Beaten from the days cycling we settled for an early night in the front room of Daniel's house just outside of Gyor
Three countries in three days by bicycle feel pretty good!
Friday 30th July. Gyorujfalu to Tata (82 km)
We awoke early for a traditional Hungarian breakfast courtesy of Daniel's father Fritz. We then had a little exploration of his garden and took some photos of the adorable kittens and the family dog. Jim also discovered a couple of empty rabbit hutches, we hope no sacrifices were made for our enjoyment, however if any sacrifices were made, they were definitely not in vain! After a photo with the family we headed into Gyor for a mini tour by Daniel. It was lovely to be shown the pretty little city by someone who was so enthusiastic and proud of his hometown. Great work again Daniel – well done on your cycles and fundraising.
We then began the cycle towards Esztergom on a fairly busy road. Progress was going well and we were cycling quick, especially through the forest East of Gonyu where Daniel had recently been chased by wild dogs. We entered the forest fully energised and armed with our trusty Swiss Army Climber knives, a lighter and our respective cans of anti-perspirant only for protection, thankfully they were not required, we are still unsure if Daniel was winding us up or not
Soon after this Jim's back tyre struck again and any ideas of us reaching Esztergom that night were dashed. Three flat tyres later and with Estergom written off we were just able to roll into the town of Tata where the wheel completely gave up. Thankfully, as we were enquiring about a campsite and a bike shop for the following morning Linton started speaking to some friendly mountain-bike cyclists. Danesh offered us to help fix Jim's bike in his workshop, on the walk to his place we bumped into his English tutor, an extravagant Scottish ex-pat called Don and his daughter. With the bike fixed and the question asked – "Danesh, is there any possibility we can erect our tent in your garden?" we cycled with Don and Yolly to get a take away pizza from a local establishment. The pizza was awesome!
When we returned to Danesh's place we sat with his cool friends and Don (who was completely mental but nice a pie) for a couple of hours drinking beers and homemade 'strong as hell' palinka until midnight, time for sleep!
Saturday 31st July. Tata to Budapest (75 km)
We awoke reasonably early in order to get to Budapest at a reasonable hour; Danesh meanwhile had been busy buying us breakfast
Showered and refreshed we headed in search of food and settled for Felix's recommendation of an all you can eat and drink (including alcohol) restaurant. Although the food was average to say the least we got more than our money's worth with the beers and red wine, not a vintage though it must be said. After a good refill we headed off with Felix and his friend Alan to another hostel Felix worked in as he had to work that night. I say work loosely though as his job was to take the travellers who were staying there out on a bar crawl, naturally we tagged along. The night was spent in some really cool bars that Budapest has in abundance and a vibrant after-hours club, needless to say it was a good session as we stumbled back to the hostel in broad daylight
Sunday 1st August. Budapest
We arose fairly late and still feeling a little under the weather from the night previous. Jim went to the shop to buy a light continental team breakfast which he hoped might get Linton motivated for a day of exploration, yeah right! At mid afternoon and after numerous cups of tea Jim left Linton in bed and cycled around the Pest side of Budapest. Despite this being my sixth visit to the marvellous city, a fair proportion of the city had remained unseen and it was nice to visit the Puskas Stadium, City Park and all its lovely buildings and to cycle down Andarassy Utca which connects Heroes Square to the Octagon and the famous Chain Bridge over the River Danube. After travelling as a pair for so long and constantly meeting new people it is sometimes nice to just explore and be on your own for a while, I'm sure Linton will agree with this.
We all met back at the amazing Loft Hostel at 7pm and ordered the biggest pizza with Felix and the hungover Brazilian Lucas, it must have been big for Jim to be happy with one pizza between four! We then went for a couple of chilled-out drinks in an outside bar in the middle of what used to be Stalin Square with Felix, Laura the Parisian lawyer and our Swiss friend Martin whom we met in Austria
Monday 2nd August. Budapest
Today was the day we had set aside for much needed bike repairs, so we got an early start and found a bike shop near to our hostel. Here we got ridiculously good deals on our respective bike issues that were much needed, so feeling a sense of accomplishment we decided to meet Felix and go for a tour of one of the islands in Budapest named Margaret Island. The Island was beautiful with a series of parks and cafes running through the middle, so Linton decided to stay put with Felix and relax while Jim left to go on a tour about the Communist era in Hungary and how it affected Budapest. Jim felt the tour was really insightful as he had relatively little knowledge on the subject and the fact the woman taking the tour grew up in the Communist years meant she knew exactly what it was like in the city at this time. Linton though had a slightly different day as he and Felix made the decision to visit a petting zoo on the island. Here there was a massive eagle, the biggest rabbit seen by man, huge storks and some ponies and yes he is 26. This was not the only thing Linton saw on the island though, as he and Felix snuck into the grandstand by the swimming pool that had been erected for the European swimming championships in Budapest the following weekend
After our varied afternoons we were reunited at the hostel where we met with Martin and some Portuguese girls and headed for some much needed food. Felix recommended a traditional Hungarian restaurant where Jim and Felix proceeded to eat a meat platter for two which could've fed five. Jim being Jim announced he would comfortably get through the pile of food even if he was there all night. Unsurprisingly he astonished everyone at the table by literally licking the dish clean which prompted rapturous applause and photos by all, Erin you must be so proud. Linton thought he was an idiot and was highly amused as we went for drinks after that Jim could hardly move as he sat slumped in his chair. After a few more beers at this bar Jim became somewhat livelier so we hit the outdoor clubs of Budapest till the early hours. The night turned out to be a cracker with a decent crowd from the hostel and some quality music, which we had been craving, our best night out so far.
Tuesday 3rd August. Budapest to Vecses (20 km)
We both awoke on the sofas in the best common room at around noon after four or so hours sleep and both feeling pretty rough. Jim went to get breakfast (a massive chicken burger) from the food market with Martin and the Portuguese girls whilst Linton proceeded to sit and mumble descriptions of how hungover he was. At 3pm Jim went to collect his bike and was very pleased with the work conducted, two new Shimano v-brakes fitted and two new heavy duty tyres fitted for 15,000 Forints, about �45, so pretty damn good
At 6pm and with another storm brewing we briefly considered the possibility of staying at the hostel for one extra night but we made the correct decision and begun to cycle out of Budapest with Martin. We arrived in Vecses just outside of the city limits and located somewhere to wild camp but with another agenda in mind. We found somewhere to eat dinner and begun to be awfully nice to our waiter and the owner of the establishment Gabor. When paying our bill and with the storm active we asked the question, "is there any possibility that we can sleep in the shelter seating area of your restaurant"? The answer after a few minutes of deliberation was a resounding yes, so after the last guests had left we set up our beds and got our heads down in the strangest of circumstances. Cracking!
Even though we had only cycled 20km it was good to get and the city and the omens were good for the following day, if the storm held out!
It was also awesome to Martin the fence-sitting Swiss Gentleman on board and we hope he will stay with us for the majority of Romania. His final destination is Moldova where he will undertake some mandatory Swiss National social service but he has plenty of time to get there so he is more than welcome to stay with us for as long as he can put up with the Essex Boys!
Wednesday 4th August
The day started rather strangely as we were woke by the owner of the restaurant at 6:30am as we laid in our sleeping bags on the restaurant floor. Slightly annoyed by the early wakeup call we got packed up relatively quickly and bid farewell to our slightly surreal accommodation. Tired and in need of coffee we made our way to the next town around 10 km away and refuelled at a local Tesco, meaning we were on the road much earlier than usual. We made our way across the Hungarian Plains broken up by small villages where the region was certainly the poorest we had witnessed meaning some interesting sights. Including a guy on a bike with a trailer carrying a large sow, a father and son with massive logs strode across bicycles and a number of horse and carts. Progress was impressive with us covering 80km by lunch due to the unbelievably flat Hungarian landscape; we sat at the side of the road where Martin prepared a feast. This was no ordinary lunch as this was Martins turn to impress us with his cooking abilities with a traditional Swiss dish. The dish itself was called "aelpermagronae" that was a carbohydrate fuelled dish made with potato, pasta, ham, cheese, onion and cream, continuing with our usual theme it was once again "cracking".
Full as pigs we ventured back into the wilderness of the Hungarian plains, again motoring our way along taking in the sights as we cycled. As the day drew to a close we made the decision to break the 150km barrier and we set a target of a campsite in a village called Sarud to get our heads down for the night. Just before we arrived in Sapud though, the scariest and most dangerous part of the trip occurred as we were confronted by three wild dogs by the side of the road
Reaching our campsite slightly shaken and ridiculously tired we went for a quick dinner and a beer and settled for an early night, an eventful day that could've been a lot worse. In Debrecen we will purchase an anti-dog whistle!
Thursday 5th August. Sarud to Poroszlo (18 km)
After yesterday's antics the Essex Boys had a decent lye-in whilst Martin arose early from his bivvy-bag to do his washing, he'll soon become accustomed to our ways! After a couple of coffees and some blogging we left the campsite at noon to cycle to the next town to get breakfast, with Debrecen as our target for the day. We took the cycle path for about 6 km around the lake to the Poroszlo where we had a breakfast of museli, fresh apricots and milk, nice to have some cereal for a change. Over breakfast was when Linton suggested that maybe we should spend a day at the lake, Jim agreed once he realised that this meant that they'd be in the city of Debrecen on Friday night therefore increasing his chances of finding somewhere to watch the Norwich season opener on Sky Sports! Martin being Swiss agreed to whatever
Having found a new campsite we headed to the beached area of the lake where we continued to blog and began to study the maps and guidebooks of Romania to try and instigate both a route and a time scale that fit best with both ours and Martin's respective final destinations. The lake was nice but not a patch on the gargantuan Lake Balaton which we cycled in Hungary last summer.
Before we knew it it was gone 5 pm and we were all very hungry (in Hungary). After weighing up the pros and cons of a meal out, a BBQ and cooking a curry we decided on a BBQ. However these thoughts were dashed when we saw the strange array of dead animals on offer in the local supermarket's deli. Alas we headed back to the campsite to make a ruby on the trusty gas stoves – turned out there was a kitchen at our disposal!
We subsidised dinner with a couple of beers and although the cuisine was good the mosquitoes turned the night in to a chore. Seriously, what purpose do these God forsaken creatures serve other than to annoy happy campers in Hungary? The mosies drove us to bed early which is no bad thing as an early start is planned for tomorrow to get to Debrecen for lunch.
Friday 6th August. Poroszlo to Debrecen (98 km)
We arose early in order to partake in a quick table-tennis tournament at the campsite. With a typically over dramatic Linton swept aside Jim went on to beat Roger Federer leaving the final game of the tournament as a mere second place play off – Linton lost that as well
After a bag of choccy milk for breaky we hit the main road to Debrecen. We decided to take the slightly longer less busy route through the Hortobagy National Park, this was the heart of the Great Hungarian Plains and there were plenty of ranches and scary looking bulls with massive horns! After making good progress and nearing our first town in 25 km the clouds thickened and very quickly developed in to the biggest storm any of us had ever witnessed, let alone cycled through. The wind was howling from the South and trees had fallen onto the road, the rain became so hard and fast it felt like hail stones. We somehow managed to cycle on for 4 km to the next town where we took shelter in a horrible fly-ridden bar and bought a beer each to calm down. The storm was a real spectacle and we were lucky to all come though it unscathed.
The worst of the storm passed quickly and we cycled the final 25 km to Debrecen in the rain in about one hour. Feeling relieved to have arrived we quickly found refuge in some very cheap student accommodation and went for dinner in a fast food cafe. Jim then managed to find the Norwich game on in a local bar on Hungarian TV to everyone's surprise – they lost 3 – 2 but it was a decent game and we were both glad that the football season had started again! After a couple of bars we went to a club to the early hours where we danced for about three hours, so we feel tired again today!

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oh, I am in such awe of you ladies. WOW! If I could just be *tenth* as productive, lol!!
gorgeous work, all of you. the pictures just fascinate me!
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oh, I am in such awe of you ladies. WOW! If I could just be *tenth* as productive, lol!!
gorgeous work, all of you. the pictures just fascinate me!
thanks so much for sharing!
Carriem - such a pretty quilt! Green and purple is one of my alltime favorite color combinations - good on you for making it work out so well.
And QuilterMomma you are getting things DONE! LOL I love how the quilting sets off those beautiful flowers.
I've been working on getting several UFOs to the flimsy stage the last 2 days. I brought out my Pfaff as I love adding borders using her IDT (built in walking foot). Never a wave in sight and I don't pin them or measure them. Hoping for a few more June finishes!
I know what you mean on a few more finishes for June. I have one on the longarm that I have had for some time as well and just playing with some more quilting ideas so I am ready for the customer quilts that are waiting for that touch. saw those flimsies you have done, love them.
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QuilterMomma: Your finished quilt is lovely, and the quilting around the flowers is perfect!
Thank you. I am truly enjoying feathers and adding different fillers. Getting primed up for some intense quilting on another UFO.
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I am trying to complete 8 muslin bunny dolls in my UFO pile. I had parts and pieces left from my years of working the craft show circuit. I want to make one for each of my girl grandchildren, and then can send the rest of the clothes to a friend that has many grands that collect American Girl dolls. What's killing me is I have a scrappy top I did yesterday that I am dying to sandwich and begin hand quilting!! Hoping to have all my UFO's completed by then end of they year
You all inspire me to keep going. I had a Jan, Feb, March, and May finish. I didn't get one done in April, and I don't think the one I am currently working on will be done for the June finish either!
All the quilts are beautiful! Carriem, when I am in doubt as to a border I do the same thing you did! Piano keys! That is what I did for my FIL's quilt - besides, it addes color and dimension to the quilt!
Great job everyone! Beautiful work!
I'm in. I'm late getting started because I'm a teacher and am just getting free time for summer, but I have one quilt that just needs its binding, another that I've entered in the fair that needs to be quilted before August 1, another two wall hangings that need to be quilted, etc etc. I'm so glad I found you all!
Thank you! I'm inspired and this morning I cut out the design for hand quilting the blocks.


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JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - An eighth death is being blamed on severe storms that swept through the South.
ATLANTA - An overhaul of Georgia taxes has stalled amid objections from Democrats and tea party activists.
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate approved an $18.25 billion spending plan on Wednesday that increases health insurance premiums for state employees and teachers by 20 percent, while adding $2.5 million in state funds and federal grants for a new trauma communications network.
ATLANTA - Gov. Nathan Deal's inaugural celebration was cut short in January, scuttled by a snow and ice storm that paralyzed metro Atlanta.
ATLANTA (AP) - A Senate panel on Monday signed off on an $18.2 billion budget for the coming fiscal year that adds millions of dollars in new borrowing for capital projects for the state's university system and also finds funds for new investigators to track down tax cheats.
Lawmakers have abandoned plans to reinstate the state sales tax on groceries but still want to lower Georgia's personal income tax rate to at least 4.5 percent.
SAVANNAH - Firefighters scrambled Friday to contain three major wildfires in southeast Georgia, where the blazes had burned more than 53 square miles total as strong winds spread the flames into woods as dry as tinder.
SAVANNAH - Savannah police say they handed out citations to 16 bar employees during the city's bustling St. Patrick's Day celebration last week, mostly for allegations of selling alcohol to people under age 21.
ATLANTA (AP) - Andrew Scott Haley used the online moniker "catchmekiller" to post a video claiming he killed 16 people, a callous lie that led investigators down dead-end trails and wasted countless hours of detective work, prosecutors said Monday.
ATLANTA - While nearly 2 million people have flocked to Georgia in the past decade, fewer than 4,000 since 2000 have trickled into the state's capital - long regarded as the jewel of the New South.
ATLANTA - In a battle of morality versus modernism, the state Senate signed off on a bill that would allow local governments to ask voters whether to allow the sale of alcohol at grocery and liquor stores on Sundays.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate has approved a bill that would allow local communities to decide whether to allow stores to sell alcohol on Sundays.
ATLANTA - Sunday alcohol sales roared back to life at the state Capitol on Monday as the bill's sponsor said he sees fresh support for the measure, now set for a key test in the Senate Rules Committee.
The House has approved an $18.25 billion spending plan that boosts health insurance premiums for state employees and teachers by 20 percent but also restores some money for school nurses and low-income Medicaid recipients. The House voted 132-33 to approve the spending blueprint for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The state is grappling with the loss of some $1 billion in federal stimulus dollars. Including the loss in money from Washington, the budget is $1.7 billion leaner than the one for the current year. Republicans called the plan fiscally-responsible for tough economic times. Some Democrats voted ...
TOKYO (AP) - A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes on record slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away ships, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
President Trump's budget, released on Tuesday, doesn't choose between slashing spending or hoping for huge boosts in revenue. It does both.
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Date of Stay: November, 2012
Great RV park close to everything. Sites are paved but patios are gravel. Trash cans at every site was nice. Unlevel sites not a big deal but need to be fixed. This was easily corrected with the provided 2 blocks on the drivers side. I'm not sure if it was left over from previous campers, but our fire ring was stocked with fresh firewood. Not having all the common sense rules posted everywhere like most parks was nice too. This park is new and well maintained. They would have gotten a 10 if the sites were level.
Date of Stay: July, 2012
This park could use some TLC. With a little bit of fresh gravel and pruning the trees around the river sites, this would be a beautiful park. It is quiet and secluded from the rest of the state park. Again a little bit of landscape attention around the river would greatly improve my opinion


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Hey guys!
Great to hear from you. Sorry I havent been in touch sooner, but I'm just so busy at the mo. Have been working 60 hour weeks to get some money for New Zealand! Money is finally starting to roll in now though and should be sorted for when I leave Australia, which is in a month! cant believe it has come round so quickly!
If you wouldnt mind, I was wandering if I could come and see you guys again before I leave Australia? Am leaving from Sydney on the 22nd May, so thought I might pop over from perth to Brisbane on the 16th May (Wednesday), and catch the train to Caloundra and stay until the 21st (Monday) when I'll come back to Sydney? Is this ok with you guys? Of course I'll baby sit for you guys as much as you want :)
Hope your all ok and I agree with what you said about the Gold Coast- I wasnt too fussed about it, though I did only spend one day there!!!
Hopefully see you all soon,
Long weekend (part 2) - Random Road Trip!
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First stop was Walpol and the Valley of the Giants Canapoy walk
This time the tree was called the Glouchester tree and is the biggest tree is Western Australia. You can climb it and everything! The attached picture shows me climbing said tree, which I have to admit now was a bit of a scam, as that was as far as I actually climbed (about 2 metres off the ground!). Reason for this being, there was an hour queue and I only had thongs (flip flops, for the non- australians out there) on, and the rain had made the rungs of the tree ladder thingy really slippy. So Kerry and I, jumped the queue and posed on the tree instead! Paid $10 for the privalige and not sure if it was too worth it. Kerry and I have definately decided that if we never see a really big tree again, it will not bother us so much.
After a complete going the wrong way accident (due us thinking we knew better than the random german girls who had actually driven the route before!), we eventually arrived at Maragret river, and dropped them off. Margaret River is a very popular wine making region and is supposed to be very beautiful, though the town centre has absolutely nothing that would point to this in it
We were supposed to be meeting a load of my hostel friends for the night in Maragret River, as they were supposed to be there for 4 nights camping, but turns out they just stayed in one field, got drunk for 3 days solid, got flooded and then went home early, and saw nothing of Maragret river, so I'm kinda glad they'd gone before we got there, as Kerry and I saw more in 1 hour than they did in 3 days!!! We decided to head back to Perth early. Was so nice to get back to Pirates again, even if someone has stoeln my bed and now I have the crappy top bunk agian! Kinda felt like coming home (well obviously not as much as it will when I actually get home, its just nice to feel settled for a bit!).
The next day, I still had the whole day off (4 days in a row- amazing!), so Kerry and I invited our friends Olly and Lou (from Sydney) and my friend Kate (from Pirates), on a random day road trip
Hope all you guys at home are good and it so sounds like your having loads better weather than we are! I'm jealous. Hope you all had a nice easter.
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A group of children were happily playing in the water at Paihia, cooling off from the hot sun - then someone yelled: "Shark!"
The kids fled from the water and, when they reached safety, turned to watch a dark grey fin carve through the waves.
Department of Conservation shark expert Clinton Duffy said the shark appeared to be a bronze whaler - which can reach up to 3.3m in length.
Mr Duffy said bronze whalers were primarily fish eaters and there had been no confirmed attacks by this species on swimmers in New Zealand.
One holiday-maker managed to catch yesterday's encounter on her camera.
"The kids got into the water and started swimming, then all of a sudden someone yelled, 'Shark!' and everyone ran," Delphine Baird said.
The Aucklander was taking pictures of the bay from her beach-side hotel room balcony yesterday, a few minutes before the shark's dorsal fin peeled through the water.
"It probably wasn't even three metres out - it was in very, very shallow, it was quite amazing. You could see all of it and I was like, 'Oh my gosh'."


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Two incidents of crime against women have been reported from Uttar Pradesh in a day. A 14-year-old-girl was stabbed in eye after she resisted rape attempt while an 18-year-old dalit girl was allegedly raped at gun point.
A 14-year-old dalit girl suffered a grievous eye injury after she was stabbed allegedly by two youths when she resisted their attempt to rape her in Gursahaiganj area in Kannauj, a senior police officer said today.
One of the accused has been arrested.
Dilip and Niranjan Yadav attempted to rape the girl when she had gone out in connection with some work in Gadwa Buzurg village last evening, Rajendra Singh, Superintendent of Police Kannauj said.
"When the girl raised alarm, the duo attacked her with knives, piercing her left eye and injuring the other," Singh said.
The girl has been referred to Kanpur for further treatment, the SP said.
"The two accused are from the girl's village," the SP said.
The left eye has suffered around 80% damage and it might not be normal again as the cornea has been affected, a doctor at a local hospital said after examining the girl.
Sub divisional magistrate Manoj Singhal said that financial assistance would be given to the girl from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
While in another case, an 18-year-old dalit girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Ranipur Beladi village in Basti, police said on Sunday.
Satti Singh allegedly raped the girl at gun point yesterday night, police said.
A case has been registered in this connection and manhunt for the accused is launched, they said.


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Hewitt, who has angered three opponents with his shouts to pump himself up, fired up the crowd. But one man was too vocal for Roddick's tastes — he complained about a fan shouting during his service motion in the seventh game of the third set.
Hewitt will face fourth-seeded Marat Safin on Sunday evening in a matchup of former top-ranked players, the first men's Grand Slam final scheduled for the night. Safin ended top-ranked Roger Federer's 26-match winning streak in the other semifinal. Hewitt is trying to become the first Australian man to win this major since Mark Edmondson in 1976. Pat Cash lost the 1987 and 1988 finals.
Hewitt dropped to his knees once his victory was secure, kissing the court and hitting a ball high into the air as the crowd roared.
"Always said I'd do anything to have chance to play in the first night final here in history, and I've got my chance," Hewitt said. "It's awesome. It's a little bit hard to believe at the moment. I love this place."
The women's final pits top-ranked Lindsay Davenport against seventh-seeded Serena Williams on Saturday.
Hewitt has won major titles at Wimbledon in 2002 and the U.S. Open in 2001. Safin won the 2000 U.S. Open and has lost two previous Australian finals, including last year against Federer.
"Marat's beaten the best player going around." Hewitt said. "He's playing extremely well. I'm going to have to raise my level yet again and see what happens."
Roddick said the tiebreakers were the difference.
"I'm usually pretty money in those," Roddick said. "Either one of those would have given me a distinct advantage. I'm mad. I felt I was in there with a shot. He put himself in position to win big points. I donated a little more than I would have wanted."
Roddick came out hot, jumping ahead 2-0. The second-seeded American converted his fourth break-point opportunity when Hewitt hit a forehand that was called good but TV replays indicated was just long.
As he has done so often, Roddick relied on his blistering serve to get out of early trouble. He had six aces as he served at 5-3, using them to fend off four of Hewitt's five break points in the game. He then finished off the set with another two.
Roddick made it seven aces in a row with four in the next game. But Hewitt had only three unforced errors in the second set, which marked the first appearance of his trademark "Come on!" while pointing his fingers at his forehead in the 16th game — much later than usual.
The third-seeded Aussie still needed a tiebreaker — Roddick had won all three that they had played despite's the Australian's 4-1 record in head-to-head meetings — to even the match. Hewitt had the only ace to pull ahead 6-3, and Roddick netted a backhand on the next point.
After cracking 23 aces in the first two sets, Roddick had only eight in the last two.
"It's never routine, especially playing a guy like Andy," Hewitt said. "He's got so much firepower, and I had to weather the storm."
Roddick went ahead in the third set when Hewitt double-faulted at break point. But serving at 4-2, 30-30, Roddick — clearly trying to put a little extra on his second serve — double-faulted twice to return the favor. He had only six double-faults in the previous five matches, but had nine against Hewitt.
At the changeover, Roddick complained to chair umpire Andreas Egli about a fan calling out during his service motion. When Egli indicated he couldn't control everyone in the crowd, Roddick responded: "You're telling me I can have someone shout during every one of his serves and you can't do anything about it?"
He complained again in the next game after someone shouted as he served at 40-0 after his 27th ace.
"It just took one jackass to shout out," Roddick said later, adding the crowd overall was "very respectful."
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Another tiebreaker, and Hewitt peaked at the right time again. From 4-4, he ran off the last three points, the last a backhand cross-court pass. Hewitt leaned low and pumped his fist three times with another "Come on!"
Roddick took a break to change his clothes and said a tournament official hassled him for taking too long.
"I asked him if he could tie one shoe for me and I could tie the other to save time," Roddick said. "I wasn't too fond of it."
Roddick came out flat for the fourth set but denied the encounter with the official hurt his play,
Hewitt, who has been nursing sore thighs, had spent 14½ hours on court — twice as long as Roddick — over of his previous five matches, including a four-hour, five-setter in the quarterfinals. But he still looked strong at the end, breaking an increasingly downcast Roddick for the first time while jumping ahead 3-0 in the fourth set. Another break followed to make it 5-1, and Hewitt held for the match when Roddick sent a service return long.
Kuznetsova, Molik win women's doubles title
U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Australia's Alicia Molik won the Australian Open women's doubles title Friday, beating Americans Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu 6-3, 6-4.
Serving for championship, Molik saved two break points and then, on the second match point, Kuznetsova finished the match with a sharp, backhand volley.
Morariu had her serve broken twice in the first set and once in the second.
Back the 2001 Australian Open, Morariu won the mixed doubles title with Ellis Ferreira and reached the women's doubles final with Davenport. Not long after leaving Melbourne Park, Morariu began getting nosebleeds and noticing unusual bruising.
A few months later, she was diagnosed with leukemia, then spent three months in the hospital while having chemotherapy. Less than 1½ years later, she was back on one of tennis' biggest stages, facing Serena Williams in the 2002 U.S. Open.
There were more obstacles to overcome: shoulder operations in November 2002 and May 2003, a right knee injury and shoulder tendinitis later in 2003.
And yet there she was, still in remission, back on court Friday with Davenport, losing the doubles title to Kuznetsova and Molik.
Before the match, Davenport, nursing a minor thigh injury, said there was no way she would miss playing with Morariu again.
"Four years ago, I was in the finals here with Corina. Three and a half months later, I got a call from her family saying she was in critical condition in the hospital with leukemia," Davenport said.
"If someone had told me at that time four years later we'd have another opportunity to play in the finals of doubles here, I would be forever grateful."
Davenport repeated the comment at the trophy presentations Friday, when both she and Morariu had tears in their eyes before hugging each other.
"I was going to try to not get emotional, but I guess that's not possible," said Morariu, wiping tears from her eyes. "Three and a half years ago, I wasn't sure I was going to see another day yet alone another Grand Slam final."
Molik also hugged Morariu when Davenport was making her comments.
Before her illness, Morariu's highest singles ranking was 29th and she was No. 1 in doubles for part of 2000. In 1999, she won the Wimbledon doubles title with Davenport.
But the series of injuries all but forced her out of singles; she no longer has a ranking. In doubles, she finished last season 24th.
"With all the injuries, I've barely been able to play 10 tournaments a year. But I feel if I can stay healthy and get some more matches under my belt, get more comfortable out there, it will be a good year," said Morariu, the WTA Tour's comeback player of the year in 2003.
"My arm has been struggling even just to hold up for doubles. I would love to have made another run in singles. Maybe my body has weakened a little bit with everything it went through. I just don't heal as fast — or maybe I'm getting older."
In 2001, she and Davenport lost the Australian Open final to the Williams sisters on Morariu's 23rd birthday. On Wednesday, the night she and Davenport won their semifinal, Morariu turned 27.
"That was the best birthday present I could have got — making the final," she said.
Williams, who was off the tour for eight months after left knee surgery, called Morariu's return "inspiring."
"She has shown so much courage after what she has been through," Williams said Thursday. "I don't really know if I could do what she's done — to come back from that kind of adversity."


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Juan Agudelo, after his first training session as a Chivas USA forward and again after his first game with the club, spoke of his excitement to return to Red Bull Arena and face his former club.
That game has arrived, but Agudelo is missing, off with the U.S. national team in Florida preparing for next month's World Cup qualifiers. He is, however, a big part of the conversation heading into Wednesday's Major League Soccer showdown against the New York Red Bulls.
So, too, defender Heath Pearce, who a week ago was on Field 6 at Home Depot Center preparing for a tough stretch of games on Chivas' schedule. Now he's anchor to the Red Bulls' backline, ready to take on his former club.
If ever a trade were win-win, Thursday's was it. Chivas (4-6-1) picked up a young, rising star that New York, for whatever reason, had no interest in. The Red Bulls' thin defense got a versatile veteran with national team experience. And then Chivas, in another trade, picked up Pearce's replacement, veteran Danny Califf. Everybody is happy.
Agudelo, just 19, already has impressed with the national team and is a regular on U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann's rosters. But he didn't fit in stylistically at New York and struggled for playing time last year behind Thierry Henry and Luke Rodgers and this year behind Henry and Kenny Cooper, although he also was dealing with a knee injury.
Henry is happy to see him at Chivas.
"[Red Bulls GM] Erik Soler said it at halftime [last weekend]: He wanted to go. So you've got to respect that," Henry told the New York Post. "He wasn't playing here, so I thought and he thought actually that it was a waste of time for him. ... I know some people were upset about it, had [something] to say about it, but at the end of the day, if you think about Agu, he had to play. It's good for him."
Klinsmann weighed in when he announced that Agudelo, who debuted for the Goats in Saturday's 1-0 SuperClasico victory over the Galaxy, was coming into camp with the U.S.
"We hope [the trade to Chivas] gives him a lift ...," Klinsmann said. "He has an opportunity now, and we want him to grab it and make clear to everyone that he deserves to be a starter no matter where he plays."
Said Henry: "If I was in his position, and you fight for your place and you see that it doesn't work, then what's next? You've got to go. The most important thing is that he shows the talent he has, wherever he is. That's all we can wish him. The most important thing for your national team is that Juan Agudelo can play."
Pearce, who spent 15 months with Chivas, told reporters at the Red Bulls' training session Monday that seeing his old teammates would be nice, but the trade left no hard feelings to work out.
"It'll be great to see some of those guys, because I've got some dear friends on that team," he said. "But for the most part, it's just another game, and we need to get three points and do it in an entertaining fashion."
Chivas, he said, will "come out flying. Confidence is everything, especially in this league, and it's all about trying to create these winning streaks. I think they'll come out strong, and they've added a few additions, which sometimes sparks a new energy in the team."
WORTH NOTING: Oswaldo Minda will leave after the match to join Ecuador's national team in advance of World Cup qualifiers June 2 against Argentina in Buenos Aires and June 10 against Colombia in Quito. Defender Ante Jazic departs after Saturday's game at HDC against Seattle to join Canada's national team for a friendly June 3 against the U.S. and World Cup qualifiers June 8 against Cuba in Havana and June 12 against Honduras in Toronto. ... Chivas leads the all-time series, 5-4-5, and are 3-3-1 in New Jersey and 1-1-0 at Red Bull Arena. The Goats, behind Justin Braun's hat trick, won last year's meeting in Harrison, 3-2. ... Kenny Cooper has scored goals in New York's last three games. ... New York would set a club record with a sixth successive victory. ... New York would set a club record with a sixth successive victory. ... Rafa Marquez could be back in the lineup for New York. He's missed all but one of the last six matches because of suspension or injury. ... Red Bulls midfielder Victor Palsson is suspended after picking up two red cards in last weekend's win at Montreal. ... Chivas USA midfielder Marco Delgado, Academy forward Ben Spencer and former Academy star Esteban "Stevie" Rodriguez, who signed earlier this year with Club Tijuana, are in Portugal with the U.S. under-18 national team for the Lisbon International Tournament.
Head coach: Hans Backe
Key players: F Thierry Henry, F Kenny Cooper, M Joel Lindpere, D/M Rafa Marquez, D Jan Gunnar Solli, M Teemu Tainio, M Dane Richards, D Heath Pearce, D Wilman Conde.
Local guys: Pearce until last week was a starting center back for the Goats.
Update: The Red Bulls (8-3-1) have been in an injury crisis, missing a half-dozen starters or more for more than a month, and making do with a subpar backline and rookie goalkeeper -- and yet they are pulling out one-goal victories like it's nothing and sit atop the Eastern Conference standings. Five in a row, including the Galaxy and Houston Dynamo, and last weekend, they became the first club to beat the Impact in Montreal. And now sure-thing MVP (if the season ended anytime soon) Henry (9 goals and 5 assists in eight games) could be back from a hamstring injury, teaming with Cooper (10 goals in 12 games) in MLS's most potent frontline duo. Some of the backline issues have been helped by Pearce's acquisition from Chivas last week, and Conde appears ready to return from injury. There remain health concerns -- a setback in his rehab from a knee injury has Tainio likely to miss two more months, and versatile Solli is out until next month with a quadriceps tear -- but, frankly, they've been a more successful side with their bigger names missing.
Out: M Marvin Iraheta (right ACL tear).
Questionable: M Ben Zemanski (right MCL sprain).
Out: D Stephen Keel (back strain), M Teemu Tainio (right knee sprain), F Jose Angulo (right knee sprain).
Doubtful: D Jan Gunnar Solli (left quadriceps injury).
Probable: F Thierry Henry (right hamstring strain), D Wilman Conde (left groin strain).
Red Bull Arena (Harrison, N.J.), 4 p.m. PT
Referee: Armando Villarreal
TV: Univision Deportes (Spanish)
Radio: W Radio (XEWW/690, Spanish)


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My NewsBusters colleague Noel Sheppard, in the course of detailing how the New York Times devoted four items and over 6,000 words today to attacking Sarah Palin, cited Frank Rich's column and its malicious message. Rich's piece is such a treasure trove for chroniclers of Palin Derangement Syndrome that I'd like to devote a bit more time to deconstructing it.
For sheer paranoid fantasy, it will be hard to outdo the scenario Rich sketches. In having mentioned Harry Truman in her convention speech, Rich sees nothing less than a "creepy" clue to what Palin has in mind. Truman, you see [roll the menacing music] . . . ascended to the presidency due to the death of the president whom he served as VP. Rich imagines a "Palin presidency" that is nothing less than a far-right, McCarthyite coup.
Annotated excerpts from Rich's The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket [emphasis added]:
A McCain victory on Election Day will usher in a Palin presidency, with McCain serving as a transitional front man, an even weaker Bush to her Cheney.
Note the "transitional." How long will McCain last once Sarah gets close to the levers of power?
The ambitious Palin and the ruthless forces she represents know it, too. You can almost see them smacking their lips in anticipation, whether they're wearing lipstick or not.
Ruthless forces smacking their lips. Frank Rich: taking "e-e-e-vil Republican" to new heights of melodrama.
This was made clear in the most chilling passage of Palin's acceptance speech. Aligning herself with "a young farmer and a haberdasher from Missouri" who "followed an unlikely path to the vice presidency," she read a quote from an unidentified writer who, she claimed, had praised Truman: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity." Then Palin added a snide observation of her own: Such small-town Americans, she said, "run our factories" and "fight our wars" and are "always proud" of their country. As opposed to those lazy, shiftless, unproud Americans — she didn't have to name names — who are none of the above.
Good, honest, sincere, dignified small-town people. What could be more "chilling" than that? Note also how Rich accuses Palin of racism, somehow deciding that she called some people "shiftless." No, he admits, she didn't actually use the word or "name names," but don't you see?: that's precisely what makes it so insidious!
There were several creepy subtexts at work here. The first was the choice of Truman. Most 20th-century vice presidents and presidents in both parties hailed from small towns, but she just happened to alight on a Democrat who ascended to the presidency when an ailing president died in office. Just as striking was the unnamed writer she quoted. He was identified by Thomas Frank in The Wall Street Journal as the now largely forgotten but once powerful right-wing Hearst columnist Westbrook Pegler [NB: whom Rich later describes as a "rabid McCarthyite."].
So Palin's invocation of Truman was a "creepy subtext" because he became president when FDR died in office. Hard to read this as other than Rich implying the absolute worst about Palin and those "ruthless" minions who surround her.
Surely Palin knows no more about Pegler than she does about the Bush doctrine. But the people around her do, and they will be shaping a Palin presidency. That they would inject not just Pegler's words but spirit into their candidate's speech shows where they're coming from. Rick Davis, the McCain campaign manager, said that the Palin-sparked convention created "a whole new Republican Party," but what it actually did was exhume an old one from its crypt.
Run for your lives! The Night of Undead Far-Right Republicanism is about to walk the land!
Concludes Rich:
As Republicans know best, fear does work. If Obama is to convey just what's at stake, he must slice through the campaign's lipstick jungle and show Americans the real perils that lie around the bend.
Thank goodness for Frank Rich, the man with the courage to describe, in the last waning moments before the right-wing coup seizes power and shuts the MSM down, "the real perils" that lurk in the heart of Palin! Creepy, indeed.


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Two brothers from Longmont were arrested Saturday after employees at the Glen Eden Resort in Clark reported one of them broke a window during a heated argument.
Christopher Wayne Kerr, 34, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving carelessly and possessing a prohibited weapon. His brother, David Richard Kerr, 37, was charged with possessing a prohibited weapon.
The men were contacted late Saturday night by the Routt County Sheriff's Office after deputies received a call from Glen Eden Resort employees who accused the men of fighting, Undersheriff Dan Taylor said.
Taylor said the men had set up a hunting camp near U.S. Forest Service Road 409, south of Clark, but that they had been at the Glen Eden Resort drinking. Citing witness statements, Taylor said the two got into a heated argument and that Christopher Kerr punched and broke a 3-by-3-foot window.
Christopher Kerr agreed to pay for the window and charged the cost of replacing it to his credit card, Taylor said.
Even though employees said the situation seemed to be under control, deputies still responded to the call.
The deputies then decided to contact the men, who had left the resort.
Deputies reported finding the brothers sleeping in the cab of a silver Dodge pickup near their hunting site.
Deputies and the Colorado State Patrol trooper who woke the men reported that they were intoxicated.
Officers also reported finding several hunting knives, two rifles and two pistols in the truck. It is illegal to posses certain weapons while under the influence of alcohol.
The men were taken into custody and booked into the Routt County Jail. Both the men posted $750 bonds and were released Saturday.


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Keeping it Simple Doesn't Make for Exciting Internet Buzz
There's a term I learned from Adobe a few years ago - Demo-ware. Those are features and functions that make for a great demo at a convention but really have little practical application. Unfortunately a lot of production gear seems to be moving in that direction. In my last course video on blocking, I talked about Read MoreRead More


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Kite Festival Flies High This Weekend
Usually we pray for high surf in Rockaway, but this weekend we pray for good wind as a dazzling display of creepy nylon creatures and strange, soaring creations are set to blow into town when the annual New York Kite Festival takes flight at the mall in Riis Park. The festival, which the Chamber of Commerce says will be enjoyable for families and kite enthusiasts alike, is free of charge. Kites will adorn the sky from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20.


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2014 DSL Pirates Preview: Another Wave Of High Upside Offensive Talent
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The Pittsburgh Pirates had two Dominican Summer League teams last year and spread the talent out between both clubs. With the added affiliate in Bristol this season, the DSL Pirates2 are no more, at least short-term. That leaves you with a team that is deep in the outfield, infield and behind the plate, but not many pitchers of note.
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A lot of players from the DSL last year moved to the States this season, including the best of the group, Michael de la Cruz. That mass exodus of players really hurt the pitching staff this year, as you will see with the lack of prospects listed below. With the one club now, that also led to eight players being cut recently, so there are about 30 fewer players at the Dominican Academy right now than ther...
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Enhanced Policies and Funding Available for Local Arts and Culture in the New Year
Greater Sudbury Council and the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation (GSDC) have approved enhancements to funding and eligibility criteria for not-for-profit arts and cultural institutions in the community. Revised policies are available online at www.investsudbury.ca or by dialing 3-1-1.
Arts and culture grant programs were established by Greater Sudbury Council to stimulate growth and development of an economic sector with potential to attract and retain a talented and creative workforce. Since 2005, the municipality has more than doubled its annual budget allocations to support the operations of not-for-profit arts and cultural institutions.
Two new categories, "Project Grants" and "Operating Grants", have been created under revised policies to replace previous community and major grant programs. The combined budget for the two funding streams is $577,000, a $47,563 increase over 2013.
New funding streams have simplified the application process for municipal funding. Eligible requests under Project Grants include special or one-time activities or exhibits, skills development and acquisition of new equipment. Operating Grants support organizations that have an ongoing presence in the city and an established track record of success.
Application forms and information sessions for interested organizations will be available during the month January. For more information, please dial 3-1-1 and ask for extension 4429.


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The 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off in less than three weeks when the host country Brazil faces Croatia on Thursday, June 12, in the first game of the month-long tournament. While it's hard to match the excitement of seeing a live game with the best players in the world competing against one another for their respective countries, there are some great movies that have been made about "the beautiful game" that can be nearly as thrilling. Just like the thirty-two teams featured in this year's World Cup use a variety of playing styles, the many films about soccer — or football as it is more commonly referred to around the world — encompass a wide variety of genres, from comedy and tragedy, to documentary and fantasy. With that in mind, here are seven great soccer-themed movies in no particular order that fans can enjoy as they wait for the World Cup to start next month.
7. Pelada (2010)
When it comes to inspiring films about the world's most popular sport, it's hard to top Pelada. This documentary film follows Luke Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham, two talented American college soccer players, as they travel around the world and play pick-up games with other amateurs who play simply for the love of the game. As noted on the official Pelada movie website, "From prisoners in Bolivia to moonshine brewers in Kenya, from freestylers in China to women who play in hijab in Iran, Pelada is the story of the people who play." Although Pelada was a small-budget film with a limited release; it has proven popular with audiences and currently has an 86 percent approval rating from viewers at Rotten Tomatoes.


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The 'Vagina Monologues' Test
On Wednesday, the president of the University of Notre Dame issued a lengthy statement, arising out of a series of discussions with students and faculty members, about the nature of academic freedom at a Roman Catholic college.
On Wednesday, the president of the University of Notre Dame issued a lengthy statement, arising out of a series of discussions with students and faculty members, about the nature of academic freedom at a Roman Catholic college.
The statement from the Rev. John I. Jenkins is drawing praise from many on the campus for its endorsement of key values of academe, especially for talking about how openness to controversial ideas -- including some that differ from Catholic teachings -- can take place at Notre Dame. But a single part of the statement is all that many headlines reflected: "Notre Dame to Allow The Vagina Monologues."
While the headlines captured only a part of the statement, they reflected a reality that what began as an Off-Broadway play about women's sexuality has ended up occupying a lot of attention at Catholic colleges, becoming something of a litmus test for those who scrutinize the institutions. Eve Ensler, the author, helped establish V-Day, in which campus and other productions of her play are staged on or around Valentine's Day to raise money for groups that combat violence against women. Hundreds of colleges participate -- and students and professors report that the unusually frank language encourages discussions about once-taboo topics. But things get complicated at Catholic institutions.
Students and faculty members at these institutions like the play for the same reason that students and faculty members elsewhere do. But conservative groups have drawn attention to the numerous ways that the play does not extol traditional Catholic teachings, setting off debates and tough decisions for presidents. Some let the play go on and others don't. And someone is almost always offended. At Providence College, for example, the Rev. Brian J. Shanley this year devoted the first in a series of letters to the campus to his decision to stop the campus performances of the play, which he said doesn't do what its supporters say it does. "Far from celebrating the complexity and mystery of female sexuality, The Vagina Monologues simplies it and demystifies it by reducing it to the vagina," he said.
And at Notre Dame, the announcement by Father Jenkins in January that he wanted a review of campus policies about the play and similarly controversial programs (such as a gay film festival) left many faculty members deeply worried. In his announcement this week, in which he said explicitly that he wouldn't ban Monologues, he issued a strong defense of academic freedom.
"We are committed to a wide-open, unconstrained search for truth, and we are convinced that Catholic teaching has nothing to fear from engaging the wider culture," he said. While Father Jenkins stressed the importance of also having programs that reflect Catholic views, and the need to distinguish between allowing an event to take place and endorsing it, supporters of the play were heartened.
"A lot of people were worried because he put things up for grabs, but we're very happy with the way things turned out," said Stephen Fredman, chair of the English department, which is one of the sponsors of the play at Notre Dame.
Father Jenkins said that the play itself may overshadow the larger issues of academic freedom and religious identity. "We have had this discussion of lofty ideals largely in the context of a single play. But we have to make sure this event, or any single event, does not take on any undue stature," he said.
It's clear from many at Notre Dame that the play did take on quite a bit of stature.
To many faculty members, the play has become a test of academic freedom. "It's very important to me individually that this university be an outspoken representative for academic freedom, and not just defensively for it," Fredman said. "It is especially important to me as a department chair trying to recruit and retain faculty that Notre Dame is such an institution and we are not retreating into any kind of parochial position. That's not what Notre Dame is about at all."
Fredman said that there are other reasons the work attracts such attention. Part of it is format. As a play, and one in which students participate, it has students "in their own physical bodies," voicing ideas that differ from church teachings. And there's obviously the focus of the play and its title.
"Really I think a lot of it is the term 'vagina,' " Fredman said. "The combination of the words 'Notre Dame' and the word 'vagina' is enough to set off torrents of e-mails."
And while campus reaction has been largely positive, not all alumni are thrilled, and a university spokesman said that the development office was spending time trying to reassure "dismayed" alumni. That's not surprising, given the publicity sent out about the play -- and Notre Dame -- by the Cardinal Newman Society, which regularly blasts Catholic colleges that permit Monologues to take place (or that allow campus speeches by politicians who favor abortion rights). The society issued a special release denouncing Notre Dame, clearly a disappointment as the group has been claiming credit for reducing the number of performances taking place on Catholic campuses.
Ironically, the society's opposition may be one reason the play has such strong supporters, according to Richard A. Yanikoski, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. "I believe the fact that a group like the Cardinal Newman Society has chosen it as one of a few ways to be critical of Catholic higher education has prolonged it much longer than it would on its own," he said.
When something becomes a symbol of academic freedom, faculty members will defend it, even if it doesn't reflect great art or ideas, he said. "I think one could draw an analogy that the right to possession of military-quality rifles, to members of the NRA, is as this particular play is to faculty members who care about academic freedom," Yanikoski said. The National Rifle Association wants gun rights and professors want academic freedom to be "unlimited," so these things become "a test of a perceived right."
The Rev. Bernard Olszewski, vice president for academic affairs and professor of philosophy at Hilbert College, said that the play has become important because it is more public than a scholar's writing or even what goes on in the classroom. "This issue is in the realm of public access and perfoming," Father
Olszewski said. "When you take something into a very public forum, it's going to be more controversial." (Father Olszewski backs the right of students to put on the play, but said that students at his college haven't asked to do so.)
The Monologues debate also turns up outside of Catholic higher education, although with less intensity these days. Roger Bowen, the general secretary of the American Association of University Professors, said that when he was president of the State University of New York at New Paltz, he angered his bosses in the system by allowing the play to be performed. "This has been going for a while," said Bowen, who wrote to Notre Dame to urge that the play be permitted.
While private colleges do not need (from a legal perspective) to provide First Amendment protections, Bowen said that their commitment to academic freedom should be one of values, not legality. And he noted that past Notre Dame presidents, such as the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, have been honored by the association for their commitment to academic freedom.
Joan W. Scott, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and the head of AAUP's committee on academic freedom issues, has seen the play and isn't surprised that it creates controversy. "It's a statement of a certain kind of feminism, which is a celebration of female sexuality, so to the extent that orthodox members of the Catholic Church are concerned about that issue, they are going to be worried about it," she said.
Scott compared the debates to those that have come up over time about books that deal in part with rebelling against traditional values or sexuality, citing Catcher in the Rye and the works of Judy Blume as examples. The question for those who care about academic freedom isn't that a controversial work is necessarily the best art ever created, but that principles of free expression are challenged.
"We can't choose the cases that come to us, but you get these things when cultural and political issues come together," she said.
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I had my first experience today with conversation carried on through an interpreter. Two Russian women, who are over here with a big group, studying our factories and machinery, came to lunch. Madame Molotov, whose husband is an important official of the Soviet Union, is president of sixteen factories. Miss Schaposhnikova is president of seven. These factories make soap, cosmetics and perfume. Madame Troyanovsky, the Ambassador's wife, acted as interpreter. The ladies spoke German and I was the only American at the table who knew German and I have become a bit halting. Somehow or other, we got on and the ladies told us they worked hard and were promoting the use of cosmetics even among the farm women of Russia and that at present more than fifty percent of the Russian women were using the better grades of face soap and cosmetics.
My other guests were Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Wallace and Representative Isabella Greenway. Mrs. Greenway brought a laugh at my expense when she said: "Of course you must not judge the other women of this country by Mrs. Roosevelt and myself. I feel quite sure that if Mrs. Roosevelt began to do one eyebrow she would go out forgetting to do the other!"
My husband and I had a rare treat last night in listening to Marian Anderson, a colored contralto who has made a great success in Europe. She has sung before nearly all the crowned heads and I hope she will be successful here, for I have rarely heard a more beautiful and moving voice or a more finished artist. She sang three Schubert songs and finished with two Negro spirituals, one of which I had never heard before. Our guests, Mr. & Mrs. William Denman of San Francisco enjoyed her as much as we did.
This morning was busy with a press conference, a number of visitors and a variety of mail. This afternoon I went to a reception and tea at the Congressional Club and am now about to take a six o'clock train to New York.


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Dakota Fanning and Theo James are set to star opposite Richard Gere in indie drama Franny. Fanning will take on the role of Olivia and James will play Luke in the pic, which centers on a gregarious hedonist (Gere) who finds a renewed sense of purpose by desperately ingratiating himself into the lives of a young couple. Andrew Renzi is directing from his own script, which he developed at this year's Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Treehouse Pictures, Thomas B. Fore, Jason Michael Berman and Jay Schuminsky are producing, with Michael Finley, Ruth Mutch, Walter Kortschak, Justin Nappi, Shelley Browning, Michael Diamond, George Paaswell, Andrew Corkin and John Friedberg exec producing. Co-Producers are Brett Potter and Andrew Kortschak. Shooting is set to begin October 21 in Philadelphia. Fanning will next be seen in Amy Berg's Every Secret Thing. James is set to star in Summit's next YA franchise Divergent opposite Shailene Woodley. Fanning is repped by WME and Echo Lake Management; James by WME in the U.S. and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin in the UK.
Dakota Fanning, Theo James Board Richard Gere's 'Franny'
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This is great news! Great too is that filming starts so soon, it's with Richard Gere, and that it's a drama.
BTW, as far as I know, the next movie release for Dakota is The Motel Life on Nov 8 '13. This movie was filmed in early 2011, so it's been a long wait–like most of her movies done in recent years.
Saw Theo James in a British series a few years ago, and knew he was going to be a huge star if he could cross over. He's just too gorgeous and talented to go unnoticed, and it seems Hollywood is taking notice! Good for him. :)


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Geoff Norris of the Arran RNLI received his MBE from the Queen at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Tuesday 3 July.
Geoff, 68, from Lamlash first joined the lifeboat crew as a shore helper in 1973 and in 1978 he took on a role which is now termed Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM), a position he still holds today.
Arran lifeboat station has saved the lives of more than 60 people and yet, like so many RNLI volunteers Geoff is modest about his efforts and those of his crew.
He is humbled and honoured to be recognised by the Queen and to have received an MBE.
For more on this story see The Arran Banner, July 14 2012 or on line from the same date at www.arranbanner.co.uk/digital.