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Here's ReallyFreakinClever with an earnest video about the merits of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. You may not agree with all of it; I didn't. But I think he's on-point when he lauds the accessibility of the franchise, particularly when compared to the fighting game genre as a whole (though that's improving nowadays).
Then again, I do wish that the conversation about Smash Bros. as/not as a fighting game would die, because the game doesn't need that validation, never mind the fact that imbalanced games can be perfectly fun still.
As I said: it's a grand game regardless of whether you deem it a fighting game/a good fighting game. Still, here we are. It's kind of impossible not to talk about it in that context.
Now the real question is: when the heck does the next Smash Bros. drop?
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Four Things You Think You Know About South Africa
One of the greatest pleasures of independent travel is finding out that you're wrong.
All those things you thought you knew about a place before the plane landed? They're thrown out the window, happily, as you see it for yourself. It's not that all the stuff you've read was written by a bunch of liars (I've no desire to disparage myself or my fellow travel writers, after all), only that they experienced the place through their filter – and you read about it through your filter. It's a travel-related game of operator: by the time you walk out of the airport, you're not even sure what the original directive was anymore.
South Africa carries with it some pretty hefty baggage in this regard – it's far away from so much of the rest of the world that what we "know" about South Africa comes to us largely through brief news snippets, sweeping movie landscapes, or apartheid documentaries on the History Channel.
You know there's more to South Africa than that. You just don't know what.
Here are the main four points on which you and just about everyone else is wrong about South Africa. When you're done reading, I highly recommend you get on a plane to South Africa as soon as possible so you can see for yourself, come back, and tell me how wrong I am. This, I assure you, has all the makings of a fun, life-long game. Who's in?
1. You Think it's Too Expensive
Perhaps the biggest misconception about South Africa as a travel destination is that it's a once-in-a-lifetime trip because it takes an entire lifetime to save up for it. You can certainly spend several thousand dollars on a luxury safari adventure, but you can do a South Africa trip on a budget – and no, you don't have to skip the safari to do that.
The biggest expense of most trips is airfare, and airfare to South Africa is no exception. It's quite a distance to travel, so you shouldn't expect to find $300 fares from New York. You can, however, plan to visit during the airfare low season – December through February – and save a bundle on a ticket. The airfare low season corresponds with South Africa's on-the-ground summer high season, so while accommodation and activity costs may be higher, airfare will be much lower. Alternately, you could bite the bullet and pay high season airfare – June through August – and take advantage of low-season winter prices on accommodation and activities.
Even in South Africa's summer months, however, you might be surprised at how far your money can go. At the beginning of December 2011 (when I took my trip), there were fares to be had round-trip from New York to Johannesburg in the $1000-1200 range. Considering the distance traveled, that's not bad – and there are sub-$1000 fares offered every so often, too. Prices on mid-range accommodation for two in December were $100-200/night, and there are certainly cheaper options available – hostels, for instance, range from $16-20 for a dorm bed.
All-inclusive stays at safari lodges can be expensive, but that's not the only option you have to see the animals. You can stay in St. Lucia, a quiet beach town in KwaZulu-Natal known primarily for the hippos that wander down the main drag in the middle of the night, and go on safari day trips to the nearby iSimangaliso and Hluhluwe-Umfolozi game reserves. A 4-star B&B in St. Lucia only costs about $100/night in the summer (there are cheap hostels in St. Lucia, as well), and those safari day trips (including lunch) range from $50-98 per person.
There's some exciting food to enjoy in South Africa, and you can eat well in highly-regarded restaurants without taking out a loan. Even the signature wines at some of the country's best-known vineyards often cost less than $15/bottle, so buying bottles as you go and either bringing them to restaurants (paying the corkage fee) or adding them to your kitchen if you're in a vacation rental is very economical. (Sadly, shipping them home is not.) And of course, South Africa's favorite fast food – Nando's – is pretty damned good stuff that you can get for chump change.
Can you spend a small fortune on a South Africa trip? Sure. But there's absolutely no need to.
>> Learn more about budget safaris at Kruger National Park
2. You Think it's All About the Safari
Let's face it – when you hear someone say they've been to South Africa, what's the first (and usually only) question you ask? You ask about the animals. What animals did they see? How was the safari? Yes, you can go on safaris in South Africa, and you can see a staggering array of animals. And that's far from all there is to do in South Africa.
Depending on where you are in the country, you can do the following things:
- Taste unique wines, made from grapes originally bred in the country
- Dip your toes in two different oceans
- See leatherback turtles laying their eggs on the beach in the middle of the night
- Ride 4-wheelers through hills and vineyards
- Crawl through small passages to reach cathedral-sized caves inhabited in the Stone Age
- Go cage-diving with Great White Sharks
- Visit the smallest floral kingdom on earth
- Find out what African penguins have the nickname of "jackass penguins"
- Test the stamina of your lips by blowing a vuvuzela at a soccer match
- Take micro-light flights over the countryside and beaches
- Go surfing
- Sample award-winning food at the best restaurant in Africa and the Middle East
- Do the third highest bungee-jump in the world
- Ride an ostrich (or at least get a massage from an ostrich)
- Go paragliding
- Ride horses along the beach, looking for hippos and crocodiles
- Adopt a penguin
- Shop for Indian spices in the same city in which once Ghandi lived
- Go whale watching
- Kayak through an estuary full of hippos and crocodiles
- Bungee into a World Cup soccer stadium
- Visit a township
- Photograph baboons alongside the road (and try not to let them steal your purse)
You'd have to spend quite a bit of time in South Africa to exhaust every other activity besides safari – and you'd still have awesome safaris to look forward to. In short, South Africa will never, ever let you get bored, and the country seems to delight in surprising you. The fact that South Africa not only offers plenty to do and see besides animals on safari but that you could easily create a packed two-week itinerary and never set foot in a safari vehicle is mind-boggling.
You should, of course, not miss an opportunity to do a safari. You just shouldn't think of South Africa as a safari-only destination.
>> Browse your options for adventure tours in South Africa
3. You Think it's Too Dangerous
South Africa often ends up in the news for the wrong reasons. We hear about frighteningly high crime rates and the high number of people who are HIV-positive and we think that it's not a safe country in which to travel. To dismiss the very real issues with crime in South Africa would be foolish, but smart travelers can enjoy trips to South Africa without being in a constant state of worry.
Crime statistics for South Africa aren't fun to look at, and most guidebooks (as well as the staff at your hotel or hostel) will tell you not to go into certain neighborhoods at night or without a guide – or at all. This is advice you should follow. Crime is a problem even in cities that appear polished (you'll still see tall gates topped with razor wire in front of many buildings), and tourists are seen as they are anywhere else on earth – we're easy targets.
There are precautions every traveler must take when they're in unfamiliar territory, but in South Africa the usual "being aware of your surroundings" and "using a money belt" isn't enough, unfortunately. Thieves can be more aggressive here than just picking your pocket, and car hijackings and sexual assault aren't uncommon. Use the hotel safe, even if you've never bothered before. Don't carry your passport with you when you go walking around town, and keep your credit cards and most of your cash in the hotel safe if possible. Don't wander at night, especially alone, and don't drive at night if you can help it. Keep an eye on your drink at the bar. Stick to bank machines that are actually inside banks.
All of this may sound as if I'm confirming what you think you know, that South Africa is too dangerous – but the truth is that while taking these precautions can sound scary to some, none of these actions will ruin your trip. In fact, many of the activities for which travelers come to South Africa – safaris, shark cage diving, whale watching – are done with guides or through tours and are completely safe. Even when you're on your own, you'll have an exceptionally good time, despite not taking long nighttime walks or drives.
Safety in South Africa is about being aware of the problems, first and foremost, and taking the necessary precautions so that you don't run into those problems head-on. It's not paranoia, it's preparedness. And it absolutely should not stop you from coming to South Africa and enjoying every second of your trip.
>> Read more about crime in South Africa and some South Africa safety tips
4. You Think You'll Get Sick
South Africa is in Africa, and that means you can't drink the water and you need to take malaria pills, right?
Not necessarily.
You can drink the tap water in most of the cities – and that's not just in the high-end hotels, either. In fact, high-end doesn't mean you can drink the water – the continent's top luxury game reserve, Phinda, says you really shouldn't drink the tap water way out there. Anywhere you shouldn't drink the water, however, there's plenty of bottled water to be found, either in hotels or at any corner store.
As for malaria, I'm not a doctor – and you should consult your doctor for the advice that best suits your medical situation – but I'll tell you that in my group of six travelers from the United States (only two of whom had ever been to South Africa before) I was the only one who had elected to take malaria pills. I have a crappy track record when it comes to health-related stuff, and I didn't want to take my chances. Do you have to take malaria pills for a South Africa trip? The short answer is "it depends." The long answer is that you should make sure the places you'll be visiting aren't in malarial zones, and (again) you should talk with your doctor to make the decision that's best for you.
The bottom line is that South Africa isn't in the same category as the countries where you're almost better off budgeting extra time during a vacation to make up for all the hours you'll spend hunched over a toilet or in bed with a fever. You're much more likely to get sick because you've tried to pack too much awesomeness into too few days and you've run yourself ragged. Which, to be fair, isn't a terrible way to go.
>> Read about ways to stay healthy when traveling (or, for the tongue-in-cheek antonym, how to get sick when traveling!) and don't forget to get travel insurance before you go
You Think It's Just Another Vacation
There are places in the world where you'll visit, return home, post photos to Facebook, and promptly move on to the next destination on your wish list.
Then there are places like South Africa.
I don't have enough synonyms for "stunning" or "astonishing" in my vocabulary to describe my trip there with any degree of accuracy – the country simply floored me. I was blown away by the constantly-changing scenery, one dramatic landscape leading to the next, from rugged mountains to turquoise oceans to manicured vineyards. I wondered aloud if we'd left one country and entered another, such was the diversity of terrain, people, languages, animals, and food. The number of experiences one can have in South Africa that rightly qualify for many a bucket list is remarkable, and even those barely scratch the surface of what awaits the traveler.
Before I left, I was told by someone who had recently returned that "South Africa changes you." She acknowledged this is a common thing to say about many countries, and she wasn't surprised when I seemed skeptical. "We'll talk when you get back," she said. I sent her a message before I'd even boarded the flight home to tell her she'd been absolutely right. South Africa had crawled into my heart and it has found a happy home there. I missed it instantly upon leaving, and am already trying to figure out when I can get back.
Being wrong about a place gives the curious traveler an opportunity to feel like an old school explorer, "discovering" places as if no one as ever seen them before. However erroneous that feeling may be, it remains a powerful one – to suddenly see pieces fall into place, to understand something that was a mystery a few moments before, is heady stuff. And although it can be jarring to be proved wrong, it's the best possible kind of jarring there is.
I've never felt so rewarded by acknowledging how wrong I was about a place as I felt in South Africa. The country expected my shortcomings, welcomed them, then sat back and watched with a smile as the lightbulb went off over my head – repeatedly. I invite you to have that same enligtening experience for yourself.
Full Disclosure & Whatnot: The trip I was on was hosted by South Africa Tourism. My opinions, and the unbridled enthusiasm I feel for South Africa, are entirely my own.
Further Reading:
- Traveler Postcard: Jessica in South Africa
- 7 Affordable Places to Go on an African Safari
- Nine Amazing Adventures to Add to a Trip to Southern Africa
- Chasing Elephants and Decoding Dung: On Safari in Kruger National Park
- 10 of the World's Most Dangerous Animals and Where to Find Them
- Top 10 Indie Travel Destinations for 2012
photo credits: microlight photo by David of South Africa Tourism, Durban soccer fans photo by Matt the Expert Vagabond; all other photos by Jessica Spiegel and may not be used without permission; quote included in the photo at the top is by the fabulous Pam Mandel

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If you search the word garlic online, you may end up believing it is the panacea for all that ails us. Garlic was given to soldiers and athletes in ancient Greece to promote vigor. Later it was used to treat nearly every type of illness from the plague to dropsy to "women's nervous disorders." Modern studies have shown it to lower cholesterol and it may have a role in fighting cancer, lowering blood pressure, and tackling the common cold.
And yet, if you read the fine print, analysis for a typical serving of 1 to 3 cloves (3–9 grams) shows insignificant nutritional value. In fact, you would need to ingest 100 grams of garlic (approximately 33 cloves) before you would feel the benefits of its B vitamins and dietary minerals. So what is it about garlic that apparently makes us feel better?
Perhaps it's the smell of garlic cooking in a pan, which always elicits a feeling of well being for me. The smell means a good meal is on its way—a meal that took a little time to prepare with the care of peeling and chopping a fresh clove or two. It signifies warmth and a hearty soup in the winter or a deliciously salty-sweet barbecue in the summer. Nearly all dips, such as salsa or hummus, incorporate it and almost any pasta dish I would cook includes it. In short, it is at the heart of my cooking. So whether or not garlic has compounds that biologically promote good health, it is certain that a meal cooked with garlic feeds the soul, and that, for me, makes it truly medicinal.
I have been growing garlic on my farm in Cambridge for 14 years. It is a crop well suited to Vermont and is fairly easy to grow and market. To plant it, you separate the cloves and plant them root-down in organic-rich soil, about 4 inches apart, 2 inches under the soil. If you mulch the bed with a thick layer of straw, the crop is nearly maintenance free until harvest the following July. You plant in late September through October because garlic likes to settle in for the winter and wake up in its own bed in the spring. There have been many winters when I feared there was little possibility the crop would survive the extreme cold, but every spring it pops up at the same time as the daffodils and I marvel at its strong constitution.
I have grown as many as 12 varieties at a time but am now down to just 4. When I took all 12 varieties to market years ago, customers were fascinated to see the different shapes, sizes, and colors available: wide and flat, purple striped, silver and delicate, and absolutely monstrous. I cut back to fewer varieties because now I mostly sell wholesale but I always have an eye out for unusual shapes or colors I've never tried before.
If you would like to grow some yourself, choosing the variety is just a matter of selecting a few different kinds with characteristics that appeal to you. From a grower's perspective, a variety that is hardy and has many cloves and good longevity in storage is ideal. Siberian and Italian hardnecks and all varieties of softnecks are good options. The more cloves in the head, the more plants each head will make, and the easier it is to increase your stock. From a cook's perspective, a large head with a few, large cloves is best because it means less tedious peeling. German Extra Hardy, Music and Red Russian are all big and meaty. Or you could pick one randomly because it has a cool name, like Georgia Fire. I have been guilty of this.
If you continue to plant your own stock every year using the best of your crop, the garlic will adapt to your soils and conditions. For example, several years ago, I acquired three unusual heads of Spanish garlic. I had never seen a head of garlic that was so wide and flat, and I wanted to add it to my selection just for its novelty. I suspected, however, that it wouldn't do well in our climate. Sure enough, only 50 percent survived the winter. Nevertheless, I took the survivors and replanted them last fall. About 70 percent made it this year. I am hoping if I continue this selection process I will condition this peculiar variety to my farm.
The last thing to consider is whether to grow hardneck or softneck varieties. Hardnecks will produce a scape in mid-June. The scape will grow out of the center and eventually produce a flower. You want to cut the scape when it has started to curl its tip so the plant directs its energy toward the head underground and not the flower. Luckily, the scape is delicious and can be used in place of the cloves while you are waiting for your crop. My favorite use of scapes is to dice them (don't use the tip above the flower—too tough) and sprinkle them over chips and cheese, then broil for some excellent nachos. A softneck variety does not produce a scape and, as its name implies, has a pliable neck. This is the variety you want if you would like to make garlic braids. (Do not attempt to braid hardnecks, it is an exercise in frustration.) There are many tutorials on YouTube on how to braid garlic but keep in mind that each braid will take at minimum eight heads to look good so make sure you plant enough.
Harvest garlic when the lower leaves have started to turn brown—this is usually around mid-July in our region. Shake any excess dirt off the roots and hang it in a cool, protected area for six weeks to cure. I hang my garlic in bunches in the barn and tie about six to eight heads on one end of a 24-inch string and the same on the other. Each string gets tagged with a piece of masking tape with the variety name on it and then I hang the whole dirty mess from the rafters in the barn. In mid-September I take the garlic down string by string and cut off the stalks and roots. At that point, it is usually dry enough that a quick brush over the outer skin with my hands gets off any dirt off.
At the height of my garlic operation, I had 800 pounds or so to clean in the fall. It sounds like a lot but truthfully, this is a job one can do sitting down, listening to NPR in the cool shade of the barn at a time in the farming season when sitting down is very appealing. Always store your garlic in a cool, dry place with good airflow. I learned the hard way not to store it in a closed plastic bin as it will get moldy. If you cure it properly, it should store anywhere from three to seven months.
The most important role of garlic, of course, is as an ingredient. Where to use garlic is like asking where one should use butter: everywhere. There are a few things to remember about cooking with it. It may be counter intuitive, but garlic is at its mildest when it is freshly harvested; the longer it has cured, the more intense the flavor. For this reason, I prefer to use one clove for most uncooked sauces and dips, such as hummus, dressing, or pesto. Garlic should be a team player with the rest of your ingredients and, when used raw, more than one gives it field dominance. For dishes where it is cooked, such as soups or stir frys, don't hold back. Cooking mellows its zing but adds a sweet, robust flavor to any savory dish.


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Los Angeles: The Potato Tacos are the Best Thing at El Atacor #11
Around many kitchens, the lowly potato simply serves as a starchy filler in the absence of meat or a supporting role to meat. After all, potatoes are cheap, easy to cook and season, and readily available all over the world. But at El Atacor #11, the Cypress Park outpost of a dwindling Los Angeles Mexican food chain, the potato tacos are legendary.
Across the tacosphere, the tacos de papas at El Atacor #11 are considered bona fide members of the L.A. Mexican food discussion. They are no low-level vegetarian stand-in for a supreme carne asada or otherworldly carnitas. They themselves are the object of so much attention. Jonathan Gold, that living seal of approval for all things food in L.A., has waxed poetic about the airy tacos he found at El Atacor #11 in 2006. Just this year, L.A. Weekly listed those same tacos in one of their always-divisive top ten lists. All this for a simple potato taco? Apparently so.
On a recent late night expedition (tacos just taste better after 11pm, don't they?), the table ordered up a few plates of tacos de carne to get the party started. First in the batting order is the carne asada, which normally serves as an appetizer for the more adventurous cuts. Except, at El Atacor #11, you might already be getting something funky with your asada. Perhaps it was the late hour or a bit of meat mix-and-match on the griddle, but the asada had an earthiness to it that you don't normally find on such straightforward cuts. The thin bits tasted almost metallic, but didn't have the clean mineral qualities you might expect from beef and salt. If anything, it was an inauspicious start to a night of taco tasting.
Both the carnitas and al pastor arrived as more of a stew than a standalone meat, the sort of thing you might pour onto a tortilla rather than slice off. That being said, the al pastor was a spicy, full-bodied rendition, lacking any hints of char or smoke but poking through with fruity acids and plenty of heat. The carnitas, however, was stewed to blandness, helped only by the salsa verde that arrived seed in and plenty fresh. At El Atacor #11, you also get your choice of red or white onions with your dash of cilantro, although neither version is terribly outgoing.
As is sometimes the case with Mexican food, the best tasting meat item was also the one least likely ordered by you and your friends. When it comes to El Atacor #11 and meats, you should be ordering the buche, a tender mix of esophagus and stomach. When cooked right, as it is here, the thin slices of meat are delicate and soft, with a fatty creaminess and underlying depth that comes with any cut of offal. When paired with the minced red onions and a thin salsa roja on double-stacked corn tortillas, it becomes a the kind of taco that potatoes should be afraid of.
Not at El Atacor #11, where the potato taco is all anyone seems to be coming in and ordering anyway (besides the obscenely long super burrito that is lovingly dubbed 'the porn burrito' online). You can call up a plate of the tacos de papas by the four-pack, six-pack or ten at a time. Depending on how late you arrive, a plate of ten crispy, greasy, cheesy potato tacos layered on with crema and thin house guacamole may be just what you need. For the normal human, a plate of six and a buche taco or two should suffice. These are indeed tasty tacos, firm at the fried edges and tossed on top with a handful of shredded mozzarella and glowing yellow cheddar. Inside, the potatoes are pure creaminess, whipped into submission by unknown forces with seriously large forearms. There is no salt, pepper, or other spice to speak of, simply pureed potato in a golden half-round tortilla. It's as if a pierogi snuck south of the border.
Splashed on top with the thin crema and squirt-bottle guacamole, it's easy to see why this is considered such popular late-night food. However, it's not as easy to understand why the sober side of this city continues to adore the tacos de papas at El Atacor #11. Sure, they are tasty, and warm and filling in that always-satisfying way, but they're never anything more than that. It's hard to fault the place for providing such a simple meal and not moving me to tears, but it just feels like there should be something more on that plate than what I'm getting.
Is El Atacor #11 a victim of its own success? Perhaps. It may also be a victim of its own ingenuity. While fried potato tacos are not new to the Mexican food lexicon, these creamy, crunchy, ten-to-a-plate versions aren't exactly menu mainstays at some of the other venerated spots around Los Angeles. They are strangely, these simple potato tacos, even if you know it's not the taco you should be going home with at the end of the night.
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Anal cancer is not the same as cancer of the colon or rectum. To learn about these cancers, see the topic Colorectal Cancer.
Anal cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the anus, which is the opening at the end of the rectum. Anal cancer is not common and is often curable.
Like other cancers, anal cancer can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. To find out how severe your cancer is, your doctor will classify it by stage and grade.
Some problems, such as infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) and anal warts, can lead to anal cancer. Other things that can increase the risk for anal cancer include having many sex partners, receptive anal intercourse (anal sex), infection with HIV, and smoking cigarettes.
The symptoms of anal cancer include:
The doctor will examine the anus and rectum. A digital rectal exam is often done. If anal cancer is suspected, your doctor will want to do a biopsy.
To see if the cancer has spread, the doctor may do a:
Treatment for anal cancer often includes radiation and chemotherapy (chemoradiation). Sometimes surgery is needed. Your treatment and how well it works depends on the stage of the cancer and your general health.
Radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery can have serious side effects. But your medical team will help you manage the side effects of your treatment. If you have chemotherapy or radiation, you may need medicines to control nausea and vomiting. If you have surgery, you may need medicines for pain.
Fatigue is common with cancer treatment. But staying active and eating well before, during, and after your treatment may help you have more energy.
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Other Works ConsultedJiang Y, et al. (2011). Cancer of the Anal Region. In VT DeVita Jr. et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 9th ed., pp. 1142–1153. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.National Cancer Institute (2012). Anal Cancer Treatment (PDQ)—Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/anal/Patient/page1/AllPages.
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Day 1 (Saturday, July 18)
Woke up in Oslo at Petru's place, after a night-out in the city and only 3 hours to sleep.
I walked to the train station, where I met with the sailors with whom I will travel on the ship Mathilde.
We took the train to Dombås, where I was playing cards with Sandra and Jenny, and sitting in the restaurant car alone while the others were sleeping.
In Dombås we changed the train to Åndalsnes, seeing great scenery on the way.
In Åndalsnes we took the bus to Ålesund, where we will stay at Volsdalen Camping.
We set up 3 tents (lavvo) and played some icebreaker games to learn our names.
Later we prepared a BBQ with fish, rice and pølse. While waiting for the food we tied a line between 2 trees and tried to walk on it, with me not being able to stand up on it.
Hakan came to visit me as he just lives in the area in a small town (or village as he calls it).
Later we played volleyball, and card games after I twisted my ankle a bit. It began raining after the rainbow appeared on the sky, and we retreated to our tents.
The population of my tent was bigger than in the beginning, with Edoardo, Sandra, Jenny, Marie, Maxi and Katrin. Plus the food.
It was raining a lot and there was lots of noise from the rain drops falling on the tent.
Day 2 (Sunday, July 19)
Waking up early we prepared breakfast, with me adding instant coffee to the porridge because I didn't have a cup to drink coffee. Everybody was laughing about it. Later I borrowed a cup from Luba so I can drink coffee like normal people.
We left with the bus to Vigra island, where it was cloudy and cold.
But the weather got better and sunnier, and we spent a full day with hiking, kayaks, volleyballand just enjoying the sun.
We returned to our camping place when it began raining, having to run to the bus stop as we were waiting in the wrong place. We had dinner outside in the rain.
We stayed in my tent for a few hours playing a card game with vegetables and slurping, and then went to sleep.
I woke up in the night all wet because it was raining so much that the water came in the tent, through the matress and the sleeping bag, and my t-shirt was all wet.
Day 3 (Monday, July 20)
Woke up wet and stayed in the camping kitchen to try to dry my clothes.
We packed the tents and left Volsdalen Camping, taking a bus to Ålesund. It was raining non-stop.
In Ålesund we went straight to our ship Mathilde. I borrowed from Michael the first mate an orange costume used by fishermen, to protect myself against the rain.
The ship left the harbour, and we were off to Runde. We got introduced to the crew, and Michael assigned numbers to us and distributed us to different watches (steering, outlook, navigation, "be nice" watch).
We arrived in Runde in the afternoon, and we went for a walk around the island, stopping at Runde Kafe for a long time, to warm up with some coffee and cake.
We got back to Mathilde to learn about knots, and to see a documentary movie about the fish trade in the 1920s on the west coast of Norway.
After dinner on board we left for a walk to Fuglefjellet, to see puffins.
When we got back to the ship we had to tie hammocks to the ceiling using the knots we learned.
Then we went to sleep as all the lights were turned off on the ship.
Day 4 (Tuesday, July 21)
Woke up early on the ship, but nobody was up until 07:30.
Some people went with the rowing boat and came back with a full load of crabs and fish, on which we spent a few hours untying them from the fish net.
Then we left Runde and did a bit of sailing.
We did our watches as they were planned by Michael, while doing some other fun activities on board, like walking the line and eating the crabs we caught earlier. I got to try steering the ship a bit.
We arrived in Kvamsøya in the evening, where we went on a nice hike to the top. We took some group pictures there then came back to the ship. I was walking slowly because I sprang my ankle again and was afraid to walk faster.
We had to go to sleep very early as the plan was to wake up at 04:30 to pass the Stadhavet waters.
Day 5 (Wednesday, July 22)
Woke up at 04:30. To my surprise almost everybody was awake and on deck.
We passed through the rough waters of Stadhavet quite easily, but felt the big waves and the motion of the ship. Fortunately nobody was sick.
After Stadhavet some people went to sleep, while others continued to enjoy the view.
Around 08:30 we arrived in Selje. Me and Jenny prepared the breakfast which we had on deck, while curious people came by and were asking us about our ship.
After breakfast we went to Silja island with the ferry, where there is a very old church. The guide girl was singing a hymn to Saint Sunniva which was very nice.
After the tour we returned to Selje where we used the shower facilities, then enjoyed the sun on deck, even having lunch there. We changed to summer attire as it was very hot, and we did some suntanning on the ship.
In the afternoon we left Selje and did some sailing and steering, and even more walking the line.
We arrived in Rugsund in the evening, where I spent some time playing Fluxx and Munchkin, while Sandra was reading bedtime stories to Jenny and Anders. Other people were at a pub where they went with the rowing boat.
I slept on the bench as the others complained I was snoring too much in the hammock. This apparently didn't help as I was to find out next day.
Day 6 (Thursday, July 23)
We left Rugsund early and set course to south, going in a zig-zag through the fjords and islands.
I got to try steering the ship with the rope-rudder, trying to hold the course through islands and keeping right when there was another ship coming.
We had some lessons about the names of sails and ropes, which were hard to get because they were in Norwegian.
We passed Florø on the way and were sailing in Brufjorden south of Florø. We got to raise the big sail and changed the sailing direction a few times, going against the wind. With all these activities we had time to make a group picture on deck.
In the evening we arrived at Svanøyna, where we dropped the achor (which had a rusty chain and was not used in many years).
Since the weather was sunny, almost everybody jumped in the water, trying to avoid the poisonous medusas in the process.
After a delicious dinner on deck we were relaxing and learning how to braid hair.
I left with Vidar, Julie, Maxi and Katrin with the rowing boat on a tour around Svanøyna.
After we came back we played cards on deck, and learned how to braid bracelets.
We went to sleep close to midnight, in the middle of the small golf, with no waves. The ship was rotating by itself, but very slow.
Day 7 (Friday, July 24)
I woke up early. This time there were other people from the crew on deck, and I had coffee and cake with them.
After breakfast on deck we relaxed for a bit, while some people tried to climb the mast using only the ropes.
We left the golf and did some more sailing in Brufjorden, stopping on the way for lunch. It was the last meal on the ship. Me, Jenny and Maxi prepared the tables, and I had lots of problems understanding Gunvor's accent, and many times I had to get some words translated.
After the lunch we arrived in Florø, where we had only one hour for sightseeing.
Then we took the express boat to Bergen. On the boat I slept a few minutes, then enjoyed the view on deck, and afterwards we played cards on the floor, with me winning almost everytime at President. That is until we restarted, and then I began to lose a few times.
In Bergen we went to Peppes Pizza, doing a bit of sightseeing in Bryggen before our train was leaving.
We took the night train to Oslo. There was a dog in our compartment and we were complaining that we cannot sleep with him there, but there was nothing we could do. I slept with the eye cover over my nose, having a beer first in the restaurant wagon.
Day 8 (Saturday, July 25)
Woke up in the train to Oslo around 05:00 and went to the restaurant wagon to have a coffee.
We arrived in Oslo around 06:15. Everybody was sleepy, and we said good-bye and went our own way. Me, Jenny, Sandra and Ingrid stayed in the train station waiting for our trains. I took the bus to Drammen with Jenny and Sandra, and then the train to Larvik, finally getting the bus to Skien from there.
I arrived home around 11:00 and went to sleep for many hours.


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Born: May 15, 1922, Groningen, Netherlands
Selma was the youngest of the Wijnberg's four children, and the only daughter. When she was 7, her family left Groningen to start a business in the town of Zwolle [in the Netherlands]. There her parents ran a small hotel popular with Jewish businessmen traveling in the area. Every Friday there was a cattle market, and many of the cattle dealers came to the Wijnberg's hotel for coffee and business.
1933-39: At home we were observant of Jewish tradition because my mother was religious. Our hotel observed the Jewish dietary laws. At the end of Friday evening prayers, we'd gather at home around the table and sing Hebrew songs. We'd also go to synagogue every Saturday and return home to a sumptuous meal. I was very active in Zionist activities and attended Zionist camps every summer.
1940-44: The Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940. In 1943 I was deported to the Sobibor death camp, where I was one of a few kept alive to work. At the end of my first day at Sobibor we gathered for roll call in the open area of Camp #1. There was a fire from Camp #3; the stench of burning flesh was overwhelming. Someone asked me, "Do you know what that fire means?" I shook my head. He explained it was the funeral pyre of our transport. Then the Germans ordered us to dance in couples, while a prisoner played the violin.
To her knowledge, Selma was the only native Dutch inmate who survived the Sobibor extermination camp. After the war she married. In 1957 she and her husband settled in the United States.
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I love the Royal Opera House: the house itself, the buildings and bustling Covent Garden location. In one respect, however, the Royal Opera House is unfortunately lacking - it does not look out over a serene natural beauty spot.
The opposite is true of the Oslo Opera House, home to Den Norske Opera og Ballett. Opened in 2008, the venue isn't so much by the Oslofjord as emerging from it; sweeping elegantly right out of the water. Imagine my delight, then, when our colleagues from the company's Education Department contacted us about our Write an Opera programme, with an invitation to collaborate on a project at their stunning opera house. This follows our visit closer to home to Gainsborough Primary School to see the result of their projects.
Write an Opera is, in a nutshell, a programme that shows teachers on how to create an opera with their students. It begins with a week-long residential course for teachers each summer, equipping participants with the skills, knowledge and resources they need to devise and stage an opera, from scratch with a group of students. Over the years, a number of Norwegian teachers have attended the course and enthusiastically taken the project back to schools across Norway.
This summer, a school in Eide, Norway presented its 10th original opera devised and staged by students. In celebration of the anniversary, Den Norske Opera og Ballett invited the school to perform the premiere of its opus no. 10 at the Oslo Opera House itself. Around this momentous event, they curated a weekend of performances, workshops and seminars exploring new opera and the Write an Opera approach. The Royal Opera House's main role was to deliver a day and a half of practical workshops for teachers, giving participants a flavour of the level 1 Write an Opera course. This presented considerable challenges, as Write an Opera level 1 is usually delivered over the course of a week, comprising no fewer than 66 hours of workshops. We had to find a way to distill this into under 10 hours. To help us on this mission, we drew on the collective expertise of a wonderful team of artists: Rhiannon Newman-Brown (designer), Omar Shahryar (director) and Richard Taylor (composer).
And so it was that Rhiannon, Omar, Richard and I had an inspiring time in Oslo last weekend, undertaking an invigorating dash through some of the principles and activities at the heart of Write an Opera. On Saturday morning, we met the group of 25 Norwegian teachers and arts professionals for the very first time. By noon on Sunday, they had created a mini opera telling the story of a memory stick that holds the secret to eternal happiness! I salute them all for their willingness, enthusiasm and talent.
Congratulations to Eide School for their 10th Write an Opera anniversary and to our colleagues at Den Norske Opera og Ballett for producing such a stimulating weekend of activities exploring Write an Opera. We will continue our support for young people's creativity and learning through Write an Opera, in England, Norway and beyond, over the coming months and years.


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There is a special corner of the Internet graveyard dedicated to sites that have promised - and failed - to improve civic engagement.
Most have tanked because they were too wonky, too earnest, too focused on raising money for a specific candidate or issue.
Matt Mahan knows this bleak history. It comes in handy as the San Francisco entrepreneur leads Brigade, the high-profile, highly funded civic engagement platform.
Sean Parker - the billionaire early Facebook investor - has contributed the bulk of Brigade's $9.3 million in early funding, with venture capitalist Ron Conway and Saleforce.com founder Marc Benioff chipping in undisclosed amounts. That's about three times as much as other well-funded civic sites usually corral at this stage. The cash infusion has allowed Brigade to hire top Silicon Valley talent.
"We love to joke that the way to build the platform to revolutionize politics is to not make it about politics," said Mahan, 31, as the CEO sat in the second-floor headquarters of Brigade's South of Market office.
But there is a major challenge in trying to use technology to encourage people to get involved. A smartphone, it turns out, is a better platform for summoning a taxi than participating in a civil discussion about gun rights.
"The limits of technology in politics is politics," said Brigade President James Windon. "There are exigencies and idiosyncrasies that go into the political process that are irrational. Technology usually doesn't have to deal with those exigencies and idiosyncrasies."
Brigade has been quiet about its plans for months, but company leaders are poking their heads out of the startup cave with appearances at major online political gatherings, including the annual liberal Netroots Nation in Detroit and the conservative-libertarian Reboot conference held Saturday in San Francisco.
While Brigade isn't due to roll out until 2015, political insiders are already hoping it will be something of a magic potion, as voter apathy is reaching record levels. Only 25 percent of registered California voters bothered to cast ballots in the June 3 primary election - the lowest turnout for a statewide election ever. Thirty percent of voters hadn't watched live TV in the week before the election, rendering them immune to the endless stream of campaign season commercials.
"There is a lot of cynicism among campaign consultants - particularly about the youth vote. It's a question of how do youth voters become more engaged and what can be used to reach them," said Shane D'Aprile, publisher of Campaigns and Elections, sponsor of the CampaignTech West conference on Tuesday in San Francisco, where Mahan will deliver a keynote speech. "I don't know how Brigade solves that, but our audience is anxious to hear their ideas."
Brigade's goal is to create a nonpartisan place that people would visit every day - not just during the two weeks before election day. It would be a place where they could discuss the issues of the day, share news stories and organize.
So can't all that be done on Facebook?
"We don't think the fundamentally social context of Facebook is where people want to have those conversations," Mahan said. "We all know that one friend who is constantly posting the political news every day and shouting from the hilltops about their political beliefs. It's is a place with a like button, not a dislike button."
Brigade would also provide what Mahan calls "feedback loops," so users can see what their collective actions are doing and how decision makers are reacting.
Brigade's founders are adamant about not merely creating another online political tool that will help enhance some form of citizenry - like mapping polling stations or charting candidates' positions on issues.
"It's not enough to just give people more information or to make things more accessible or more efficient," Mahan said. "That's helpful. But when we get to solving really difficult social problems, we've got to actually enhance the interactions between people."
But despite Brigade's pedigree and funding, some political and tech commentators remain dubious.
"I predict they're going to fail," said Micah Sifry, author of the just released "The Big Disconnect: Why the Internet Hasn't Transformed Politics (Yet)" and co-founder of Tech President, a nonpartisan site that examines the effect of technology on civic engagement.
"People are not looking for one site where they congregate to do their generic political activity," said Sifry, who questioned whether the company is living "in its own Silicon Valley bubble."
Still, Windon is confident that idealism can be a money-maker.
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