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MIDDLETOWN, PA – York College senior Mike Mathews (Newark, Del./Salesianum) hit a put back with just over six seconds left in overtime to lift the Spartans to a 61-60 Capital Athletic Conference win at PSU Harrisburg on Wednesday. The go-ahead shot is Mathews' second game-winner for the Spartans this season.
The victory is the Spartans' first road win of the year as they improve to 3-15 overall and 2-8 in the CAC. Harrisburg falls to 6-12 overall and 3-7 in the league. The teams split their regular season series with the road team winning both games.
Mathews' overtime winner was made possible by a Mathews' lay up with 15 seconds left in regulation to force overtime after 40 minutes of play.
The first half was slow sledding for both squads as neither team got any significant offensive momentum. The Green and White took a 12-8 lead midway through the half only to see the Lions' William Doyle hit a triple to cut their lead to one. The Spartans then ripped off an 11-4 run to push their advantage to nine with 3:23 left. Doyle single handedly kept the Lions from getting blown out as the guard drilled two deep threes and a pair of free throws in the final 2:57 of the half. York had to settle for a five point lead at the break.
The Spartans played well in the opening half, controlling the glass to the tune of 27-12, making up for their 10 first-half turnovers.
The Green and White hung on to their second half lead for about six minutes until the Lions took a 39-37 lead on a pair of Jared Diebler free throws. That started a stretch of basketball that was back and forth with four ties and five lead changes.
With the Spartans trailing by three, freshman Dalton Myers (Finksburg, Md./Westminster) hit a triple from the wing to tie the game at 52 with 2:06 left. Rashon Anderson-Brown was fouled after collecting an offensive rebound and sank a pair of free throws to give the Lions their last lead of regulation with 1:12 left.
Mathews was then fouled and missed both free throws and then was called for a foul on the Lions' top free throw shooter William Doyle. Doyle entered the game shooting well north of 82% for the year. Doyle missed the front end of the bonus, allowing Mathews a chance to get the game to overtime. Doyle's three pointer with two seconds left missed the mark as the game headed to an extra session.
The Lions took a three point lead with 2:39 left in overtime but York got buckets from senior Matt McNeely (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) and Mathews on back-to-back possessions to take a one point lead.
Harrisburg's Kenny Stone was fouled with 1:01 left and sunk both free throws. The Lions got a defensive stop but Joey Farthing could not corral a pass with 18 seconds left and the ball went out of bounds, setting up the chance for Mathews to win the game.
Mathews led the Spartans with 19 points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots and two assists in his 37 minutes of play. He was 9-for-20 from the floor and 1-for-3 from the stripe. Myers added 12 points and eight rebounds for York while freshman Brad Wesner (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Trinity) added 11 big points off the bench. Senior B.J. Enck (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) gave the Spartans a huge boost off the bench with seven rebounds in his 21 minutes of play.
Doyle led the Lions with a game-high 22 points. However, the Spartans did an outstanding job on Doyle in the final 25 minutes of play as he scored just five points in the second half while he was shutout in overtime. Doyle was 6-for-14 from three including 5-for-12 from three. He was 5-for-8 from the stripe in the contest. Anderson-Brown added 10 points and nine rebounds while Deibler was the third Lion in double figures with 11 points and eight rebounds.
York finished the game shooting 39.7% from the floor while they canned 4-of-18 from three (22.2%). The Spartans were just good enough from the line as they converted 11-of-19 (57.9%) in the win.
Harrisburg struggled from the floor as they shot 31.1% from the field including 6-for-25 from three. The Lions converted 16-of-24 (66.7%) from the line.
York outrebounded Harrisburg 43-42 while the Green and White held a slight 16-15 margin in second chance points.
The Spartans continue their two-game road trip with a game at Christopher Newport in Newport News, VA on Saturday. Tip time from the Freeman Center is set for 4:00 pm.
Audio Highlights courtesy of Darrell Henry - The Voice of the Spartans
Mike Mathews photo by Scott Guise - Director of Athletic Communications


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What We Owe Jade Goody
Two years ago, when the UK reality TV star Jade Goody was being scapegoated for all British racism, historic and contemporary, I wrote the following:
"I wonder if our society will ever be ready to treat public figures as human beings. A 25 year old woman with a difficult family background, whose public persona, lest we forget, was carefully nurtured by the huge corporation responsible for 'Big Brother', made reference to the ethnicity of someone she was mocking on television, possibly because she is not mature enough to hide what others in the public eye might. She became therefore the target of violent threats, and eventually physically collapsed under the stress of being made to pay for the un-acknowledged guilt of a nation. There has been little or no serious discussion of the meaning of racism in our culture, nor what we might together do to address our own bigotry. One has to wonder if the hugely disproportionate reaction does not reveal more about repressed post-colonial self-loathing on the part of the British people, perhaps especially that held by its tabloid editors. If you have not have heard of her medical distress, it may be worth asking why some sections of the media were happy to report her public mistakes, but not her personal tragedy. We seem caught in a cultural paradox, where certain kinds of public vulnerability are not only welcome, but seen as a path to credibility; while other forms of honesty appear to prove Seamus Heaney's adage that 'whatever you say, say nothing.'"
Now, with the announcement of her terminal cancer, there seems to be nothing left to report but her tragedy. There's a sense, as the news of Jade's sorrow is absorbed by the public (and the media mavens who made her first a figure of fun, then hatred), of a quiet guilt descending. The sort that a bully might feel after seeing the impact of their actions, realising the fact that no matter what they might have previously thought, the power dynamics in which they were involved have produced immutable proof of something ancient but almost always true: that two wrongs don't make a right.
I wonder if it's too much to ask that we might see this woman, Jade Goody, as something more than a figure of fun, or of accusation, or even of pity. Could we instead ask ourselves if the dehumanization of our culture might finally have exhausted any right to sustain itself? That instead of trivializing her further, we might let our sister Jade Goody have some peace to be with her loved ones; and instead of using her illness as a reason to feel some kind of emotional catharsis, we might consider ourselves privileged to have the chance, the space, and the health to reflect on how we ourselves (and I mean to start with me) will respond to the questions of humiliation, finger-pointing, prejudice (not only the racism she was accused of, but the bigotry she faced because it was convenient to label her 'stupid'), and the human brokenness that her sad story evokes?

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Texas prosecutor's killing has police on alert
They're seeking to better protect prosecutors and their staffs following the killing of county district attorney whose assistant was gunned down just months ago
By Nomaan Merchant and Nicholas Riccardi
Associated Press
KAUFMAN, Texas — Law enforcement officials throughout Texas remained on high alert Monday seeking to better protect prosecutors and their staffs following the killing of county district attorney whose assistant was gunned down just months ago.
On Saturday, Kaufman Country District Attorney McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found shot to death in their house. Authorities haven't said much about their investigation, including whether they have any leads or a theory about why the couple was killed.
But speculation abounds with some pointing to the possible involvement of white supremacists groups.
McLelland himself, in an Associated Press interview shortly after the slaying of Colorado's prison chief last month, raised the possibility that Tom Clemments had been gunned down by a white supremacist gang.
McLelland said his office had prosecuted several cases against racist gangs, who have a strong presence around Kaufman County, a mostly rural area dotted with subdivisions, with a population of about 104,000.
"We put some real dents in the Aryan Brotherhood around here in the past year," he said.
Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was killed in a parking lot near his courthouse office. No arrests have been made in Hasse's Jan. 31 killing.
McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere around town, a bedroom community for the Dallas area. He figured assassins were more likely to try to attack him outside. He said he had warned all his employees to be constantly on the alert.
"The people in my line of work are going to have to get better at it," he said of dealing with the danger, "because they're going to need it more in the future."
The number of attacks on prosecutors, judges and senior law enforcement officers in the U.S. has spiked in the past three years, according to Glenn McGovern, an investigator with the Santa Clara County, California, district attorney's office who tracks such cases.
Tarrant County District Attorney Joe Shannon said his staff has been cautioned, but he declined to discuss the specific security measures that have been taken. Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins declined to comment on the issue, citing safety concerns.
Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson said he accepted the Houston sheriff's offer of 24-hour security for him and his family after learning about the slayings, mostly over concerns for his family's safety. Anderson said he also would take precautions at his office, the largest one in Texas, which has more than 270 prosecutors.
"I think district attorneys across Texas are still in a state of shock," Anderson said Sunday.
Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes said little at a brief news conference Sunday about the McLelland investigation, and he deflected questions about possible suspects. He said security would be stepped up at the courthouse in Kaufman, but he declined to say what other steps might be taken to protect the other prosecutors in McLelland's office.
McLelland, 63, is the 13th prosecutor killed in the U.S. since the National Association of District Attorneys began keeping count in the 1960s.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press
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I am 53. My PSA has been in the mid 2's for several years. Last test jumped from a 2.3 to 7.1. Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) is normal. My question is: In prostate cancer, is it typical that a PSA would rise that fast in six months, or is this more likely something else? I will follow through with my doctor, but I need a better understanding of the pattern of PSA acceleration in a progression to prostate cancer.
Thank you!
Alan J. Wein, MD, Professor and chair of the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Chief of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Normally, the PSA level should not rise more than 0.75 units per year or more than 20% of the previous value. Any rise over this is abnormal. So, a rise from 2.3 to 7.1 in six months would indeed be unusual. In a situation such as yours, we recommend antibiotics for 2 weeks because an infectious process involving the prostate is possible. Thereafter, a repeat PSA would be recommended with no ejaculation or exercise 2 days prior. If the PSA remains elevated a prostate needle biopsy is generally recommended.


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UC Berkeley Student Arrested on Suspicion of Assault, Hate Crime
A University of California at Berkeley student has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated assault and hate crimes for allegedly making homophobic statements to another student, taking the other student's cellphone and then beating him late Tuesday night.
UC Berkeley police said the 19-year-old male victim and the suspect, Joseph Donner, also 19, are acquaintances and were walking to the Moffit Library on campus shortly before midnight on Tuesday when Donner made homophobic statements to the victim and demanded his cellphone.
Police said that when the victim and Donner reached Campbell Hall, Donner ordered the victim to go into the construction area and when the victim refused Donner began beating him.
According to police, Donner repeatedly punched, kicked and choked the victim and then fled the area by running southbound from Campbell Hall.
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New Jersey No Longer Worst for Businesses
(NEW YORK) -- The Tax Foundation, a non-profit conservative-leaning tax research group, is out Tuesday with its ranking of states most and least friendly to business. Gov. Chris Christie will be pleased to learn that New Jersey is no longer the most unfriendly for business -- neighboring New York has stolen that honor.
"The lesson is simple: a state that raises sufficient revenue without one of the major taxes will, all things being equal, have an advantage over those states that levy every tax in the state tax collector's arsenal," the foundation said on its website.
Topping the list of the 10 best states for business friendliness include:
- Wyoming
- South Dakota
- Nevada
- Alaska
- Florida
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Montana
- Texas
- Utah
Generally these states did best, by the foundation's reckoning, because they "do without one or more of the major taxes: the corporate tax, the individual income tax, or the sales tax."
"Wyoming, Nevada, and South Dakota have no corporate or individual income tax; Alaska has no individual income or state-level sales tax; Florida has no individual income tax; and New Hampshire and Montana have no sales tax," the group notes.
The 10 lowest-ranked, or worst, states in terms of business friendliness are:
- Maryland
- Iowa
- Wisconsin
- North Carolina
- Minnesota
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- California
- New Jersey
- New York
New York landed at the bottom this year because of its higher individual income tax and near-worst unemployment insurance and property taxes.
Maine moved up the rankings because it repealed an alternative minimum tax. Michigan swapped out some business taxes and put in a flat six percent corporate income tax "that is largely free of special tax preferences," the group said, moving the state up in the rankings.
The 2013 index is a picture of each state's tax climate as of July 1, 2012.
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January 13, 2010 9:10:00 AM
STARKVILLE -- Columbus High School girls basketball coach Yvonne Hairston wasn''t surprised to see a senior pull down the game-securing rebound.
When Jessica Richardson came down with the rebound as the final buzzer sounded to give the Lady Falcons a 72-71 victory against Starkville High School, Hairston was happy to see the turn of events.
Hairston has come to expect Richardson to be in the right place at the right time.
"She''s one of the players, as a senior, that we look to in those situations," Hairston said.
With a roster filled with younger players, Richardson knows she has the role as a leader and hopes to set an example with her play.
"I try to tell them where to be so when they get older they''ll know everything," Richardson said. "I try to keep everybody positive. Sometimes they have attitudes and it can be confusing so I try to calm them down and tell them what to do."
After a basket by freshman Maggie Proffitt put Columbus ahead 72-65 with 1 minute and 26 seconds remaining in the game, the Lady Yellow Jackets tried to complete a last-minute comeback.
Back-to-back baskets by Starkville''s Kala Williams cut the margin to 72-71 with 28.2 seconds to play, then a series of turnovers enabled Shay Bonner to get her hands on the basketball for a last-second shot for the Lady Yellow Jackets.
Bonner missed the mark and Richardson got in position to grab the rebound.
"I was really happy because I thought (Bonner) was going to jump over it so I had to hurry up and jump over her," Richardson said. "They were fouling me, but I had to get it."
Making free throws were also a key for the Lady Falcons down the stretch as they were 10 of 11 from the line in the fourth quarter. Richardson and Kierra Erby made two free throws each and Proffitt connected on all four of her attempts in the final quarter.
"We make sure we practice those free throws every day and I have a very good free throw shooting team," Hairston said. "I feel like if we can get to the line, we can win the game."
Richardson and Hairston both stressed the importance for Columbus (9-7, 1-2 Class 6A, Region 1) getting a win so it wouldn''t fall to 0-3 in the division.
"It was the biggest win of the year," Hairston said. "We just thank God for the victory. We''re happy it went the Falcon way."
Proffitt led the Lady Falcons with 21 points, while Kiandria Patterson added 19 points, Erby scored 12 points and Courtney Cunningham chipped in 10 points.
Bonner had 20 points and Kala Williams added 16 points for Starkville (12-3, 1-2), which has dropped two-straight division games.
"It really set in that we didn''t play with a lot of focus," Starkville coach Kristie Williams said. "We gave away opportunities, gave away 22 free throws and gave away unforced turnovers.
"Our players must do a self-evaluation to decide what do I need to do to step up and help our team become the best it can be."
n Starkville 39, Columbus 27 (B): The Falcons used a box-in-two defensive strategy against Rashad Perkins and Edward Townsel of the Yellow Jackets.
It nearly worked.
Perkins was held to five points and even though Townsel helped picked up some of that slack with 14 points, Starkville coach Greg Carter said it''s tough to play through a game like that.
"It''s frustrating for players and it can be frustrating for coaches because every mistake is magnified," Carter said. "I give (Columbus coach) Sammy Smith a lot of credit for that. He''s the master of controlling tempo. It was the first time this year we''ve had to play a slower-paced game. You''ve got to go through it to get used to it. You just can''t talk about it and get a feel for it."
Starkville (15-0, 3-0) held a slim 19-18 lead at halftime, then Columbus came out in the second half to take a 20-19 lead on a basket by Michael Hall.
Perkins scored on a three-point play to give Starkville a 22-20 advantage with 5 minutes and 55 seconds left in the third quarter. The Yellow Jackets didn''t trail again.
Despite holding Starkville below 40 points, Smith was disappointed that the Falcons couldn''t show enough discipline to score more than 27 points.
"There are no such thing as moral victories, but we''re trying to do the things that I know are going to be important for us down the stretch," Smith said. "Again, that''s the No. 1 team in the state so you can''t be mad, but we''ve got to be disciplined for longer stretches of the game. I''m proud of them. They played hard, but if you lose discipline for one second against Starkville, they''ll hurt you."
Sophomore Gavin Ware had a double-double for Starkville with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Starkville''s Jacolby Mobley didn''t play for the second-straight game for an undisclosed reason, but Carter hopes to get him back on the court sometime soon.
"We miss him because the line up changes and the chemistry changes," Carter said. "We''ve got to shift gears a little bit."
Akeem Toppin had 11 points to lead Columbus (8-8, 0-3).
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35 Recipes for Your Summer Picnics
Last week we took cold fried chicken to our picnic feast. But there's plenty more we could pack in the picnic basket. Classic potato salad, pasta salads with peas and pesto, deviled ham sandwiches, and much more. Here are 35 make-ahead, take-along-friendly recipes for your next picnic. Click through the slideshow above, or jump to a specific recipe in the list below.
Hors D'oeuvres and Pickles
Great Deviled Eggs
Curried Pickled Zucchini
Sweet and Spicy Pickle Relish
Garlic Dill Pickles
Pickled Spring Onions
Bread and Butter Pickles
Make-Ahead Salads
Spicy Shrimp and Green Apple Salad
Pasta Salad with Peas and Pesto
Spicy Peanut Noodle Salad with Cucumbers, Red Peppers, and Basil (Vegan)
Marinated Kale and Chickpea Salad With Sumac Onions
Quinoa with Corn, Tomatoes, Avocado, and Lime
Esquites (Warm Mexican Street Corn Salad)
Classic Potato Salad
Fresh Corn Salad with Scallions and Basil
Sichuan-Style Chicken Salad
Stone Fruit Salad with Ginger-Lime Syrup and Mint
Summer Fruit Panzanella
Sandwiches and Mains
Andrew Carmellini's Fried Chicken
Crying Tiger (Thai-style Grilled Steak with Dry Chili Dipping Sauce)
Cuban Medianoche Sandwich
Deviled Ham Salad Sandwich
Smoked Salmon and Dill Tea SandwichesHerbed Cucumber Radish Tea Sandwiches
Reuben Danish
Broccoli Rabe and Antipasti Panini with Olive Salad
The Spuckie Sandwich
Garlicky Broccoli Rabe, Fresh Mozzarella, and Tomato Jam Sandwich
Classic Pecan Pie
Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Perfect Brownies
Mixed Berry Pie (Made with Fresh Berries)
12 Easy Lemonade Variations
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Fresh Watermelon Sangria
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Pulau Weh
Here, where the Andaman Sea meets the Indian Ocean, the deep waters and currents around the island sustain an unbelievable amount and variety of marine life, ranging from tiny critters to grand pelagics…The most northwestern island of Indonesia offers truly worldclass diving with clear waters and impressive underwater landscapes.
Dive in crowds of fish, not crowds of divers
Still being an insiders' secret, and off the beaten track, Pulau Weh offers unspoiled and uncrowded divesites. Add our team's dedication, experience and love for the ocean and you'll get unforgettable dives, from spectacular full-adrenaline dives to long slow relaxed macro spotting dives.
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My first love certainly was not, but are we still together... Far from it...
It's in this context that I believe the ending is open ended. Do I need a final conclusion that they died beside each other in bed on a sunny afternoon with a smile upon each one of their faces?
No I certainly do not. I like the open ending, but it still is an open ending. That is all I have been stating in these past two posts.
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Naraku, as long as you do acknowledge that that's only your expectation that was frustrated, not everyone else's, I have no problem with your posts.
I, for one, don't think of this as "open-ended", as they tied up the loose ends of the story. If they didn't show us that the two eventually reunite, I'd be a bit underwhelmed, myself. Also, I don't need to know what they'll be doing for the rest of their natural lives - I'm fine just knowing they did end up together and that their feelings were communicated to each other. "Happily ever after" only really works in fairy tales. Lots of people feel the same, I'd bet.
And some people's first loves last, actually. I, for example, only fell in love with my wife - of course, I had been in other relationships prior, but love is something I only felt for her, hence, she was my first one.
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Maybe it won't work out, maybe Taiga was secretly pregnant with Haruta's baby, who knows. The point of the ending was that they're allowed to be together again, happily. You're over-thinking it.
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Honestly I'm not frustrated with the ending I liked it, it was just predictable. Toradora ranks at the top of my love / comedy anime list and the ending even if predictable only helped cement it place.
There is just a chance that things will not always go as planned. I think that Taiga's and Ryuuji's relationship could have gone either way after the ending. It has all the right elements to last until death, but life circumstances can ruin the strongest of bonds (even if you they had over come such things before).
I guess it's fair to say that they will get married, have kids, and have a close tight knit bunch with their parents now included. If your the viewer that is more pessimistic than the ending gives you enough room to assume the worse as well.
Honestly being a man who has had his dreams for true ever lasting love shattered, I will am more inclined to hope that Taiga and Ryuuji stay together forever, because it's painful to believe otherwise.
Specially after we had become so close with their characters.
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I've watched Toradora across the past week. I don't know why I waited so long, this series was great. My favorite part of the episode was actually a minor one, where the students all whipped out their cell phones to text Taiga rather than taking the 'mature' approach Yuri suggested. Very genuine and honest, it was refreshing to see them do that rather than just pretend to accept things, and JC Staff did the scene with a lot of dramatic flair to boot.
Man. I'll miss this show.
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I like this anime right from the first episode and last episode and it was like a perfect anime for love genre... It combines humor, love, minor violence, mature storyline and good impose of main and sub anime character...
I can watch it again over and over again...
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finished this show up recnetly and just spent hours reading through this thread and a couple others. PHEW
I recently got back into anime after an almost 5 year hiatus. I got sick of the same old same old. Spice and wolf and this are 2 of the stand out shows ive seen so far that have made me glad to be back. It looked like a harem anime or something which was one of the things i was sick of but i was very pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed all the characters (except for friggin inko-chan ungh) and really loved a lot of the emotional scenes leading up to the end
.. unfortunatly the actual end left me feeling a bit flat. Lots of people arguing about the open endedness/not open endedness of this ending. Well to me its far too vague, mostly because of the giant 1 year gap.. cmon, thats just ABSURD. We have no idea what happened then, if they stayed in touch, what happened. it just left a very sour taste in my mouth and kinda brought the series down from great to just good. I hear the novels had it as only a couple months which would have been MUCH better and more belivable. I really dont get why they didn't just stick with that
anyway, i do have one question that i didn't see answered here... did Taiga and Ryuji actually make love that night at the grandparents house? That kiss scene was the best ive seen (i cant belive some people were comparing it to junk in naruto and bleach o_O) and it got really hot and heavy there near the end, then you just had a pan away. I saw this brought up near the end of this thread but it wasn't really answered. People just said 'it doesn't really matter' and moved on. Well, ya, it kinda matters
thats the only major question i had about this series. I dont think the novel had that scene in it, i'll have to go look over in the novel thread i guess. I also need to find out how the novel ended vs this one
all in all this was an enjoyable series marred by that giant time skip
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I *suspect* after all they'd been through that, yes, they probably did consummate their relationship. But its just an assumption.
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Well they say that the best action always happens off-screenright But in the end i don't think we really need to know. This was a really great show btw, saw it in a few sessions over the last week and felt compelled to search out a forum discussion about it, something which i generally don't tend to do. About the ending and whether they stayed together forever after or not, i'd personally leave it all up to imagination as well. The focus of the story for me was as much about Ryuuji and Taiga's growing up as it was about their relationship. But it's nice to think that they managed to weather the world's fortunes and misfortunes together for a good while.
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There are probably enough "Star Wars" video games to fill a space cruiser. And let's face it: Many of them probably should have been destroyed along with those pesky Death Stars.
But like the enduring saga of good versus evil upon which they're based, a few used the mythic story and fantastical locales very successfully. On the eve of the final "Star Wars Episode III —Revenge of the Sith," we reflect like a Jedi Master on some of the more memorable moments in Star Wars gaming.
If we're going to cover the entire history of Star Wars games, we'll have to go back to a time long, long ago, when arcades still ruled the galaxy.
Though it debuted years after "Episode IV: A New Hope," Atari's "Star Wars" coin-op in 1983 was just as amazing as the first film's opening space battle.
Using simple but smooth color vector graphics, you piloted an X-Wing through swarms of Imperial TIE fighters, then attacked the Death Star. Many quarters were lost in my quest to defeat the evil galactic empire.
We'll have to fast forward almost a decade before another "Star Wars" game grabbed me so, umm, forcefully.
A time long, long ago
It was 1992, and the movie prequels were on the distant horizon. But I had a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, one of the most advanced consoles at the time, and a new "Super Star Wars" cartridge that blew me away.
This LucasArts title remains a sentimental favorite — I still dust off my SNES and play from time to time. The game followed the movie events precisely, with stereo sound and excellent color graphics in a side-scrolling adventure. As Luke Skywalker, I ran through the deserts of Tatooine, braved dingy Mos Eisley cantinas, then blew up the Death Star all over again.
Two "Super" follow-ups based on "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" added force powers and other extras but were also light-years tougher.
If you survived "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," then you'll no doubt remember one of its highlights: the exhilarating racing sequence, when the cute, cuddly version of future Sith Lord Darth Vader straps on some goggles and leaves his foes choking on pod fumes.
So what if it came off as a ploy to sell video games? "Star Wars Episode I: Racer," for the PC, Macintosh, Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo 64 was a high-speed ride through the desert mesas of Tatooine and seven other worlds. No other game simulates racing at 600 mph four feet above the ground so well.
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A franchise as storied as this was bound to have its letdowns, and "Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided" certainly fell into that category — particularly when it was first released in 2003.
The massively multiplayer online game looked great but lacked the feel of a dynamic universe. And whether it was intentional or not, becoming a Jedi was nigh impossible, short of quitting your real life job and devoting all waking hours to the pursuit.
"Galaxies" has improved over time, with last fall's "Jump to Lightspeed" expansion pack finally letting players pilot space ships. Another expansion, "Rage of the Wookiees" adds content from the forthcoming movie. Be aware that a vocal group of players are upset with recent changes to the game's combat system, so much so they've petitioned the game makers to change it back.
Fan favorites
Two definitive "Star Wars" video games occur thousands of years before the movies.
"Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" in 2003 and last year's "Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords," both for Xbox and the PC, captured the sense of history, action and drama better than most of the movies. It's a fan favorite wrapped in an intriguing role-playing premise: how you act determines which side of the Force you'll follow.
More recently, the franchise has been spun in countless directions:
"Star Wars: Battlefront" for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC was a first-person shooter where dozens of combatants fought each other with laser turrets and advanced weaponry. Cool ships like TIE-Fighters, however, were impossible to control. A sequel has been announced.
This year's buildup to Sith has already seen some decent "Star Wars" games.
"Star Wars Republic Commando" was a squad-based first-person shooter set during the Clone Wars. Even colored-plastic toy brick maker Lego managed to cross-market its line of Star Wars products with "Lego Star Wars: The Video Game," featuring Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul among the blocky cast of heroes and villains.
Call me a nerf herder for not mentioning more, but there are just too many games to cram into one article.
Some other highlights include "Dark Forces," "Galactic Battlegrounds," "Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast" and the GameCube space shooter "Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II."
As for the future, fret not, young padawan learners.
LucasArts, the video game division of George Lucas' media empire, has plenty of games coming out long after this final movie has left theaters.
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For race use only. Not admitted in the area of the German StVZO!
In a very short time, the SIP Road developed into the most wanted touring exhaust system of all. It is also mounted on most of our SIP long-distance Vespas.
The power of the five segments! 5 additional pipe segments add to make up this top-class exhaust!
Significantly higher torque and a fat plus in performance. With an original PX200 cylinder, it's already 1.8hp. That promises driving comfort and ideal gear connection. The sound is pleasantly restrained. Ideal for daily city drivers. The chromed version is noisier as this exhaust system comes without insulating material. Unfortunately, insulating these exhausts is not possible as the fibres of the insulating material would pollute the chrome bath as well as soak. On the upside, you will be rewarded with classy chrome looks.
Tours and longer distances are not a problem either. The costly manufacturing shines not only with more manifold segments but also with an extra-accurate welding, clearly drawn weld seams and a reinforced bolting for the cylinder manifold. The chrome version has a louder/tinnier sound, but this is compensated by a classy custom look.
If you wish to mount one of our SIP Road exhaust systems to your Vespa 125 VNA TS / 150 VBA-T4 model the second mounting eyelet must first be removed.
The exhaust is produced within its form in the factory and not cut or welded around later.
Conclusion: All in all a racing exhaust with original appearance and perfect fit, high-quality and finely manufactured. A plus in torque and performance, heat-resistant varnish.
Racing exhaust / 5 segmented downpipe / ROAD design
Steel, big downpipe made up of 5 segments, reinforced cylinder manifold bolting, heat-resistant varnish, plug'n play. PX200: with original cylinder + 1,8PS/ + 1,5Nm, PX150: with original cylinder + 1,0PS/ + 1,5Nm Make sure to check and optimize your jetting and ignition settings.
SIP- TIP: 211cc, long stroke and SIP Road are the perfect combination for tours. The 'Most Wanted Connection' of the smaller class: 177cc POLINI, SI 24 and SIP Road!
The SIP ROAD 2.0: Wow! Who would ever have thought it possible? Our very-own exhaust guru-David, has taken on the SIP Road as a project and made the almost unthinkable a reality. He has actually managed to improve the near-perfect existing version of our extremely popular exhaust unit. The SIP Road 2.0 now also possesses the elegant feature of not only being able to be fixed with a traditional exhaust clamp, but additionally a spring-fixing system can also be used to avoid damaging the more delicate exhaust-stub outlets of race cylinders. The potentially attainable power output of the pipe has been noticeably increased across the entire rev-range with the version produced for the 125cc cylinder types also providing a welcome extra boost at the top end of the power band. The exhaust meant for the 200cc class of cylinders produces 2 PS more power between 4500 and 6000 rpm than its predecessor. Although the original SIP Road already possessed adequate amounts of front wheel lightener we were also able to improve and increase the available torque, with more flexibility in the low and mid range performance.
Jockeys Boxenstopp, Exhaust test for SIP February, 2010:
"The performance, sound and the paint are great. The dreaded gear-change between third and fourth gears is no longer a problem and it also revs noticeably higher. The version for the 200cc cylinders provides an otherwise standard PX 200 with 13.9 PS!!(Standard exhaust :12.5 PS! Respect where respect is due! The restricted 200cc cylinder with 10 PS put out 10.8 PS with a standard pipe and 11.9 PS when equipped with the SIP Road...If the carb is re-jetted properly a couple more horses are easily available."
Scootering Juli 2013:
"Bettering everything for torque (16lb-ft) and with the widest power spread is the SIP Road 2.0. It´s clearly our pick of the crop. ?. From the box pipes we have a clear winner for the standard engine. The SIP Road 2.0 not only makes 18% more peak power than the standard pipe, but at 60mph it makes 350% more power, leading to a useful boost in top speed. For less than £ 120 it´s a no-brainer if you want a standard looking pipe with more oomph."
Andy, editor of SCOOTERING Magazine, June 2015:
"SIP Road 2 exhaust: as well as being a bit of a test bed guinea pig (like most of my scooters!), I also want the PX200 to be reliable. As such tuning has been a strict no-no. That was until the old standard exhaust pipe rotted out and needed replacing. Unfortunately it appeared at the time that Piaggio was no longer able to manufacture such a basic item that actually fitted, and after rejecting three OEM replacement parts, I opted for the SIP aftermarket standard-looking Road 2 pipe. Friends had recommended it and they weren´t wrong; sounding only a little deeper in tone than a standard pipe, it offers more grunt and fitted like a glove. I´m still impressed."
Stoffi, STOFFI'S GARAGE, October 2016.
"Alongside the SIP Road there are also other similar touring exhausts on the market, but none of these so called competitors come even close in terms of performance and production quality. Another advantage of these pipes is their complete legality here in Austria. Guaranteed stamp of approval from the vehicle testing authorities ? Road-legal due to the SIP Road, what could be better than that?"
SIP Premium Warranty
We are convinced of the quality of our products. This is why we have extended the legal warranty for our SIP Road exhaust systems to a SIP Premium Warranty that lasts for 36 months. If a fault should occur during this time which is not due to improper use or improper assembly, we will repair the exhaust free of charge or replace it with a new one.
This Premium Warranty applies to end-buyers and starting from the following purchase date: 1st November 2016.
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South Central is looking ahead to its conference schedule after struggling to 0-5 mark in the Vandalia Holiday Tournament.
After battling five teams with better records than their own, the Cougars (2-11) will look to improve on their 1-1 Midland Trail Conference mark in the second half of the season.
Last season, the Cougars were 2-10 following the VHT, but finished with an 11-7 record over the final 18 games of the year, and coach Rick Simmons is very hopeful that his team will repeat that trend.
With several exciting matchups and plenty of standout individual performances, the 40th annual Vandalia Holiday Tournament was a success.
Below are the all-tournament team, other star performers and recaps of games featuring out-of-county teams.
Final standings
•Flora, 5-0
•Pana, 4-1
•Vandalia, 4-1
•Greenville, 3-2
•St. Elmo, 3-2
•Wesclin, 2-3
•Altamont, 2-3
•Stew-Stras, 1-4
•Shelbyville, 1-4
•South Central, 0-5
Tuesday, Jan. 3
Brownstown 55
Points: Austin Hunter, 17; Colten Hunter, 16; Jacob Behrends, 15; Matt Sefton, 7.
Record: 5-8
CORL: Turner had 26 points.
JV: Brownstown lost, 46-37
Points: Frailey, 17; Rhodes, 10; Lawson, 4; Hall, 3; Matthews, 3.
The Vandalia High School girls basketball team placed fourth at the Mattoon Tournament last Thursday.
Junior Amber Bruno and senior Haley Wollerman were both named to the all-tournament team. Wollerman was also selected last season.
The Lady Vandals had a 2-3 record at the tournament, and now stand at 7-9 on the season.
The Vandalia wrestlers earned wins in six of nine dual meets at the St. Thomas More Challenge last Thursday and Friday.
The Brownstown High School cheerleading squad recently won the cheerleading competition at the St. Elmo Holiday Tournament.
The Flora Wolves are now eight-time champions of the Vandalia Holiday Tournament after dispatching Pana, 75-69, Thursday night to win their second title in three years.
Tournament MVP Paul Knapp led the Wolves with 26 points during the game, and all-tournament selection Nick Painter added 17, despite having to sit on the bench with foul trouble for extended time periods.
All-tournament selections Jared McMillen and Mitchell Beyers led Pana in scoring, with 23 and 20 points, respectively.
It was expected that there would be plenty of upsets during this season's Vandalia Holiday Tournament, but there were just two during pool play as most teams finished pool play according to their seed.
Third-seeded Pana earned one of those upsets, defeating No. 2 Vandalia, 63-52, Wednesday night to earn a spot in the championship game against top-seeded Flora, which beat No. 4 Wesclin, 63-49, in the final game of pool play.
The Vandals will face No. 6 Greenville in the third-place game. The Comets upset Wesclin on the first day of the tournament.
The Vandals are 3-0 through the first two days of the Vandalia Holiday Tournament, and they had a showdown with Pana Wednesday night that decided who would represent Pool B in Thursday's championship game.
The results of that game and the entire championship day schedule will be available at www.leaderunion.com by Thursday morning.
In the first three games of the tournament, Vandalia rallied to beat Stew-Stras, 55-46, on Tuesday, while on Monday grinding out a win against St. Elmo, 48-43, and using a fast start to down Shelbyville, 57-37.
Vandalia vs. Stew-Stras
During his college career, Brock Doehring has been through a lot.
But as he exits Illinois College, he leaves a team that is on the rise.
This year, the IC Blueboys finished second in the Midwest Conference and qualified for the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time in school history.
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Claudia Allison
Claudia Jo (Stump) Allison, age 81, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Newton Medical Center.
She was born Nov. 20, 1931, at Perryton, Texas, the daughter of Lester and Fern (Burger) Stump. She attended schools in Perryton, Texas, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Cabool, Mo. She was a graduate of McPherson College and a public school teacher of English.
On Aug. 20, 1955, she was united to Keith Allison at Perryton, Texas. They had met while attending McPherson College. Three children were born to this union, Doug, Kendall, and Jackie. They were her pride and joy.
She is a member of Marion Presbyterian Church. She was president of the Tres Rios Presbyterian Women and active in women's work in the church. As a result of tracing family heritage, she became a member of the Mayflower Society, going back to governor Bradford of the Plymouth colony.
Claudia was preceded in death by her eldest son, Douglas, who died in 1993.
She is survived by her husband, Keith; a son, Kendall, and wife, Patty, of McPherson; a daughter, Jackie Osborne and husband, Terry, of Hudson, Colo.; a sister, Audrey Leighnor of Perryton, Texas; nine grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
The committal service was Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, at the McPherson Cemetery, and the celebration of life service was Tuesday at Marion Presbyterian Church. Visitation was Monday evening at Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion.
A memorial has been established with the church.


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Well, it's moving day here at Business Insider.
Everyone has packed all their stuff up and gone home, and the movers are about to arrive. Later this afternoon, they're going to lug our stuff a few blocks away--to our new world headquarters.
As you know, moving's not an emotion-free experience. For one thing, it usually means the end of one era, and the start of a new one. To pack your boxes, moreover, you have to dig into the past. And then you have to throw some of that past away forever (unless you're like me, in which case you'll just want to keep lugging it around your whole life--although I was quite stern with myself this time.)
In any event, as we close in on our fourth year in business, we're moving again. And we're moving for a happy reason: We've outgrown our old space, and we need a bigger one.
Of course, having followed the technology industry for so long, we're also deeply aware of the "New World Headquarters" curse, in which companies announce their move to a gleaming new campus on the very day in which they begin to go bust. (Think Excite@Home, Yahoo, etc.). We didn't want to taunt the gods, so we didn't adorn the new office with a 24-hour gourmet buffet and a water slide. And all 45 of us are going to strive hard to earn our new space.
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JSON has such a solution, called JSON-RPC. JSON-RPC is a lightweight client-server protocol. Beside the usual stuff (remote method identification, parameter and result encoding, exceptions) it has some remarkable properties that make it particularly suitable for mobile communication.
There are two JSON-RPC specifications out there, JSON-RPC 1.0 and 2.0. While 2.0 in most aspects can be seen as a natural extension of 1.0, there are differences too. JSON-RPC 1.0 was designed to be peer-to-peer with the main transport protocol being TCP. HTTP was also supported but with limitations. JSON-RPC 2.0 is explicitly client-server even though the change is only in the terminology used in the specification. The client-server nature of JSON 2.0 ensures, however, that HTTP as a transport is more naturally supported.
Let's start with the basics.
This is a JSON 1.0 request:
"method" attribute specifies the remote method, "params" attribute has a value of an array with the RPC arguments. The order matters and has to be the same as the arguments on the remote side. JSON-RPC requests and responses are connected with the "id" attribute because requests and responses does not have to be ordered. The response following a request - or over a full duplex bearer like TCP arriving at any time - does not have to be the response to the request just sent. It may be a response to an earlier request and the "id" parameter guarantees that requests can be coupled with their responses.
This is a JSON 1.0 response:
{"error": null, "result": 5, "id": 0}
"result" is the return value of the RPC call, "id" is the same as the corresponding request and "error" carries the error object if there was an error during the RPC processing. RPC 1.0 does not define the error value beside stating that it is an object.
JSON-RPC 2.0 extends JSON-RPC 1.0 in many important ways.
- In order to provide backward compatibility, JSON-RPC 2.0 requests and responses must all have "jsonrpc": "2.0" attribute.
- Error object is now specified. It has "code", "message" and "data" attributes (more about that in the specification).
- It specifies oneway messages that JSON-RPC 2.0 calls notifications. Notifications are requests without "id" attribute. No response can be sent to notifications.
- There are batched requests and responses. Batch is formed by having an array as top-level element and adding JSON-RPC request or response objects tothis array. E.g. the following is a batched request:
and the following is a batched response:
[{"error": null, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": 5, "id": 0},
{"error": null, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": 20, "id": 1}]
The following is a JSON-RPC 2.0 error response:
{"jsonrpc": "2.0","error": {"message": "ServiceRequestNotTranslatable", "code": 1000}, "result": null, "id": 12}
That was a lot of explanations, let's see something that works!
Click here to download the example program.
This is the same client-server batch calculator that you have seen in the previous post. Use the deployment instructions of the previous post to try out the example program. If you want to try the example on a real phone, I recommend deploying the server part on the real Google App Engine infrastructure as described in the previous post.
The example program uses JSON-RPC 2.0 as communication protocol between the client and server instead of our homegrown protocol. The biggest change is on the server side, which is implemented as a Python application for Google App Engine. Instead of obscure parsing code, you see remote methods defined like this:
def add(self, v1,v2):
return v1+v2
and the rest is done by the server-side Python JSON-RPC 2.0 framework which I hacked out of this JSON-RPC 1.0 implementation. The client side does not use any framework at all which is a major problem with this example program. So far I have not been able to find any decent JSON-RPC 2.0 client-side framework suitable for Android. If you have an idea, please comment!


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Fete Music Hall and The Bowery Presents
Eric Hutchinson
Solo Acoustic ft. Gareth Reynolds
Thursday December 17th
Fête Lounge
Doors: 7pm
Tickets: $20 ADV • $22 DOS
All Ages
Eric Hutchinson
Few stories underscore the radical changes experienced by the post-millennial music industry than that of Eric Hutchinson. Originally nurtured and then abandoned by an established label started by a pop superstar, Hutchinson then got discovered by a much larger audience while unsigned, thanks to a digital plug by a notorious Hollywood gossip. Born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., Hutchinson first began performing in public while attending Emerson College, a performing arts-oriented university located in downtown Boston. Between Emerson's influential campus radio station, WERS, and the thriving local singer/songwriter scene, the guitarist and pianist found enough of an audience for his folk- and jazz-inflected brand of AAA pop (somewhere between Jeff Buckley and John Mayer) to move from Boston to Los Angeles and make a career of it. Hutchinson self-released his debut album, That Could've Gone Better, on his own Let's Break label in summer 2003. The album gained the attention of Madonna's Warner Bros-distributed label, Maverick Records, which had previously broken similar artists like Alanis Morissette and Michelle Branch. However, as Hutchinson was preparing his major-label debut, Maverick Records became embroiled in a lawsuit with its parent company, which effectively shut down the label; extricating himself from his Maverick contract took Hutchinson the better part of two years, but he returned to his own label in 2006 with the release of the wryly titled live EP Before I Sold Out. After the release of Hutchinson's second studio album, Sounds Like This, in summer 2007, gossip maven Perez Hilton raved about the album on his blog. That one mention on one of the most popular websites in the world sent Sounds Like This into the Top Ten most downloaded albums online, peaking at number seven in September 2007. Warner Bros. re-released the album in 2008. Hutchinson followed up with the 2012 studio album, Moving Up Living Down, featuring the single "Watching You Watch Him." In 2014, Hutchinson delivered his fifth full-length effort, Pure Fiction, on Let's Break.


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Hi there. I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the latest chocolate flavour in the Choc Lit box. For those who don't know me, my name is Henriette Gyland, although most people call me by the androgynous Henri. On Twitter I'm known as @henrigyland.
I signed with Choc Lit last year in November after having won the New Talent Award at the inaugural Festival of Romance. Both events were absolute highlights of the year for me, and I'm delighted that my novel Up Close is going to be published this year.
Described by the book trade as "a dark, romantic suspense story in true Hitchcock tradition", it's set on the desolate Norfolk coast, a landscape which with its endless flat beaches and fir trees remind me very much of my country of birth, Denmark. Years ago I was staying with friends in Norfolk, and we took a day trip to the coast.
There I was completely bowled over by the raw beauty of the place, the smells and the sounds of the sea, the flora and fauna, especially the seals – I'd never seen them in the wild before (scary creatures!). It was a revelation, and I remembered thinking, "I wonder what it's like living here in winter" followed by, "I want to write about that".
In other words, my novel started with a place.
But novels have to have plots and people in them, and that still escaped me. Then, completely unconnected, I read an article about soldiers returning from the Gulf War (1990-1991), and how some of them were suffering from an unexplained illness, later referred to as Gulf War Syndrome.
I started reading up on this and learned that they'd been given an experimental vaccine as protection against Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons, and that this might be making them ill. With the bit between my teeth I tried to track down ex-soldiers, doctors, nurses, etc. – anyone who'd been in The Gulf – but nobody would talk to me!
Frustrated (and paranoid because of the black van with tinted windows which had taken to parking outside my house…) I decided, after much soul-searching, that the subject matter was altogether Too Dark for a romantic novel, so I put the book on the back-burner. But it wouldn't go away, and eventually the hero and heroine were "born".
The setting and the background are merely strands woven into a story about the relationship between bitter ex-navy man, Aidan, who finds solace in his passion for art and scuba diving, and Lia, an aqua-phobic ER doctor haunted by a tragedy in her own past. It's the story of love and loss, betrayal and divided loyalties.
And murder. Let's not forget that…


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Amazing Tour of Routeburn Track, Queens town
A small trip to this beautiful country called New Zealand
Last month, accompanied by my tour guide Mr Oniel Handa from legend Tours & Travel , and I got a chance to hike the eastern endof the Routeburn Track. Hiking along the Flats and up to the spectacular Routeburn Falls.
Considering the day had started out with little drops of rain with a real hope to get it better for a day, the day turned out to be truly memorable, day which can't be forgotten in your whole life – but that's Mount Aspiring National Park for you, awe inspiring in all conditions.
Just after parking our car we left for a wonderful trip, there are many sign boards into crossing your typical New Zealand swing-bridge. These are common on most of our walking tracks and provide a cost effective way to cross potentially hazardous waterways, thus making the hiker's experience a lot safer and easier. This beauty, is suspended over the Sugarloaf Stream, that marks the entrance to the Routeburn track and offers great views of the river in both directions.
Firstly we followed a well formed track through an impressive beach forest. About one hour walk we planned to move away from the main track and try to follow an older path that runs closer to the river giving us a good chance to view a much older part of the forest with larger examples of the giant beach trees.
Yes, People may have heard or commented about such beautiful sceneries with so many shades of green somewhere in their whole life when they would have visited New Zealand. Well this is one of those places and as we continued the gradual climb, the trail starts to move through large blanketed areas of waist-high fern, the trunks of the trees sporting lichen and forest moss of every conceivable description. The photograph below is typical of the lush vegetation we move through for a good one and a half hours.
The roar of the Bridal Veil Stream soon interrupts the tranquility of our solitude; used infrequently by folk attempting to canyon down the stream, Bridal Veil certainly is a sight to behold. Water races down a relatively thin section of what can only be described as a natural water slide. If someone turned off the sound and you weren't following the track, you could easily fall in and there wouldn't be any stopping as you hurtled down the incredibly well polished rock surface that snakes down to the river a long way below.
This is a fantastic walk for those limited by time, but who want to get out into iconic New Zealand wilderness and experience the beautiful Mount Aspiring National Park. It will truly know what all the fuss is about. For those a litter fitter I strongly recommend taking the extra time to climb to the Routeburn Falls Hut. The views of the waterfall and Routeburn Valley are stunning and well worth while. Thank you so much Mr Oniel and Legend Tour & Travel for experiencing me such a woderfull side of this beautiful world.