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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
Carrots Conquer Caucasus 2014
Start of a new little adventure.
It has been a long time coming and now we are working rapidly to get things "rolling" on the 19th of july.
Why carrots - cuz there should be 3 ktm-s going with us on top of them.
Caucasus - because we will be going through Russia and over the mountains to Georgia and ride as much mountains as we and the bikes are able.
Good news arrived last week on friday - the passports with russian visas are ready and the prepwork can go on.
The bikes are still being fixed, updated, serviced and also the gear and ideas and solutions for cameras, electronics and other not so importand things.
The idea of Georgia and the mountains has been hovering over us for already 2 years, since the trip to Ukraine was somewhat succsessful we got some ecouragement from that also. Here the link to the old thread, to remind who-what-where.
I left the "fluffy" V-strom as soon as I could after the trip to ukraine.
It was nice road bike, but not for the roads, that we are planning.
The new bike and it´s development can be seen here - in another separate thread, that I try to update as much as possible.
At the moment we have little "officcial" plans of what exactly to visit in Georgia, so all nice ideas are welcome and any help and connections for the route - we all appreciate.
This here is just the beginning, so no fear of the dry-ness of the text. We´ll update soon.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
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Lets get introduced
Allright - it´s the last free weekend for me, so I try to organize the home stuff and get my mind set right.
I feel the anxiety of the trip taking over already. Every little thing that comes to mind, reminds me of stuff, that needs to get sorted.
Last bad news of the friday was, that I cannot get any new maps for my android based gps. Sure, Tarmo and Munk will have pretty garmin devices on their bikes, with all new maps and be sertainly up to the challenge but it will not make me feel any better.
If it was not for a very-very good friend, I would not even have the paper map - for no apparent reason it is very hard to get my hands on a caucasus or georgian maps. The one I got, was fetched somewhere from other parts of europe. So at the moment of chill, I´m doing my route planning the old fashioned "analog" way. Simply draw red dots on a map and make a happy face doing it. :)
Lets get introduced properly.
Hello, I´m Ahti from estonia.
I turned 30 this spring and I like motorcycles
Not much to say about me, other than I´m the engineer type of guy and like to take pictures and make some videos about nice places.
For me, this will be the 4th longer mototrip since I started this. Been riding now for some years and like to really get to know my bikes - so I do all the work on them myself. Use to freak me out a little at first but now, its a sort of a stress killer thing. Just like the prozac, without nasty doctor appointment - u know.
This time we have our group of 4 people and 3 bikes consisting of 3 guys and a girl. Girl (Kristi) met by us on the last trip to Ukraine and Crimea and taken "into custody" by Munk.
Munk - the little younger, faster and (shitifitdoesnotkillmemakesmestronger) type of guy, on his old and grumpy 950 adventure, with new motor and a lot of other work done to it.
Then there is the treehugger friend Tarmo - guy who likes beebites and grows all sorts weird ideas in his head over the winter.
He has the new and flashy 990 adventure, with blue-orange colors and some nice "pipework" by Wings and other small tricks up the sleeve of the 990.
Lets talk gear a little -
my choice of bike:
2005.5 950 adventure, overhauled and modified to most of my abilities and needs. some of it - here:
New seat by me - mostly for comfort, but also for reach (got short legs).
suspension setup and change - for ridability and longevity (different valving, different springs, different oils, seals, bleeders...)
Exhaust - 2into1 by Jõujaam tuning - and Djelcevic muffler - gives us weight saving, better sound, less heat, more midrange and looks gooood.
Wheels and tires -new bearings in them, torqued rods, new HD inserts, new Mitas E07 for the rear and E09 dakar for the front (when flat, can go for miles, tested).
New and stiffened up nav tower and at the moment due expences cutbacks only gps I have, is the old android device with Igo- maps. Montana 600-ish is on the way for the future.
During the summer we tested the "rally" screens - as nice as they are for short bursts and quick runs in the back yard, they make no sence, when fighting gozillion moskitos and flying crap from cagers in front of You. So I decided to use the KTM touring screen. Keeps bugs of my face and the wind in control. Does not make the bike look any nicer, but then again (a cow is still a cow, no matter if its got brown hair or blue bells on it.).
I will list all, what I will be using this trip in the next or the post after that. There is just quite a few items still on hold - so I don´t want to be hasty.
Ihis is where I´m at now with my planning:
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Joined: Jul 2014
Location: Finland
Oddometer: 9
Sounds great!
Nice choice of bikes btw
Gnarly Adventurer
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
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Good night in the garage...
Hi guys -
so prepping the bike goes along nicely.
Changed tires and set the carbs again and changed fluids for the brakes.
Somewhat set the bar for tire changing time - 24 min for a proper change on front. Not too bad I think. Since all the last tries went bad, when I broke the inner tube.
Well, here are some pics of the stuff, that got done today - it was really nice to hear the "music" again.
nice wheels...
tire choice...
riding high...
setting the carbs with the ol balancer tool -
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Northern EU
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Prepwork in high gear.
Just a little update, so one would not think, we have gone missing in action already.
As I do need to get things done for the daily job as well, I´m currently not keeping really up to date with the report.
But so far we are prepping bikes, taking notes on the paper maps and saving all "important data" before going offline and buying stuff, thats missing from us or the bikes. For now I know, that we are planning to get moving from point zero at approx 1000am on the 19th and go to the RV point near the southern part of Estonia, to collect and regroup and setup the transit of russia. Probably will take the straight route under Moscow to Vladikavkaz and this means approx 2600km on the road, that needs to be done in 4 days, according to our visas.
Since we are really busy with all the prepwork and usual work, I don´t really have many pictures at the moment, to share. Just one fuzzy pic from phone, this morning.
HD tubes, new and improved racks and panniers, that now will have the external oil carriers and then some...
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Northern EU
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1Day till D-day!
Whats up - you ask?
Well, here is the list:
everything is checked 3 or 4 times now and as much as I could, things, that the bike needs, are packed in the garage.
small tools and ratchet,
big tools and ratchet,
tyre change 3levers and rimprotector,
2 spare HD tubes,
1 spare front E09 dakar,
fuel line,
spare oil 1l 10W-60,
stiffened rear frame,
new light bulbs for front,
new brake lights,
new riser bolts,
spare WP kit,
stiffened nav tower,
seat redone,
side panniers fastened,
front camera and map bag,
2 standalone chargers in glove comp,
2 cans of offroad chain oil,
1 small can of additional fuel,
and then some....
For me the stuff is still not packed, but pretty much ready for packing
here goes the list:
Cam: Drift hd ghos,
2 x 16gb memory card
2 batteries and charger,
DSLR : trusty old pentax 200d with about 2000 pictures of space,
Communication: Primary device - nokia lumia 925
secondary device: LG optimus 2x. also gps device.
Maps: 2 europe maps and 1 caucasus map with POI-s on it.
watch: casio locator with compass.
Food supply: local, just have the aluminium cans and teflon coated knife and fork.
Medpack: standard issue medpack with reduced scope for drugs and some full body sterilizer and soap.
Protection: 1condom, 6 pairs of plastic gloves (no find no latex).
Boots: sidi crossfire
Gloves: Rev-it goretex and KTM rally summer,
Helmet: ITX DS white.
Body: dainese pressure suit with full back.
Jacket and pants: 2014 KTM Rally suit, standard collar, rally pants,
3 pairs of sport socks,
batteries for headlamp,
3 shirts (coolmax)
cold weather jacket - actually just biking jacket, good with wind,
some stickers,
some boooze,
standard issue credit card VISA,
exchanged some Euros into georgian Lari and also some russian rubles.
ohh, and got a haircut yesterday,
Don´t look like an old man anymore.
some pics of the did and the bike.
Old fart
New and handsome:
of course the complimentary KTM shirt. ;)
bike with new tooltube and nice clean- ish bottom:
Some of the small tools that went in:
And all snug with new tire pressure gauge :
And we are off tomorrow morning...: :)
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
Hi guys and girls.
At the moment we have already lne bike down with bad slipping clutch. So munk went back home (about 200 miles) to get the old clutch set and we will have a long night ahead of ourselves to get it working.
I think that on my side my carrot has been behaving nicely. With new tires and less restrictive exhaust minor vibration and fuel consumption is down to 5,6l/ 100km.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
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Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
And the RR will begin...
Lets start from the beginning...
On the last trip to the Black Sea and Ukraine, we decided, that the other shore of that sea must be visited also by carrot racing team.
On the 19th of july we had the 2 carrots ready to roll from Tallinn and Saue on the north of estonia. I started from Tallinn at around midday and Monk with Kristi started from Saue at around 1500 pm. (more to how that went right away).
The start nr is :
So, by later afternoon I reached Tarmos house in the southern part of estonia just to be greeted by lonely big dog and hungry bees, guarding family secrets.
Just made myself cozy and started off without them and switchen on the tv, to see the reports on Tour de France. :)
By 1700 pm It started to look weird and I phoned Munk - "whut the hell is going on"? - Well, he stated that they had reached about 100km from home and then had to turn back, because the clutch he had in the motor, started slipping badly (he had a spare one at home). To be reminded - we had not tested the bikes fully laden, so this was the first sign of "prepwork gone wrong".
Anyhow, a bit later than 1900 Tarmo reached home and also Munk and Kristi and then also my bikes additional weight - Kärt.
All there to start the usual verbal assault on the oncoming trip and the bikes and grill and so on...
But the most important thing would be of course to find out, that one of the visas was not for 5+5 days of transit through russia, but 3+3 days. Meaning we had 72h of going 2600++ km from home to the border of Georgia and also the way back.
Knowing all that, the decision was made, we will not departure until lunch time to russia and try to have as many km under our belt by night - we feared, that the border crossing might be closed during night time - like it is in the winter (they fear slides and ice on the road during dark and cold nights).
Since Munk had the other clutch with him, we took the bike apart fast and made one good set out of the two. Some springs were better than others and some plates were less worn, than others.
Here is Munk having the clutch on the brink of getting together and everything looking pretty again.
And here is Tarmo, getting the essentials ready on the bike :
The essentials being -
and here is Kristi - enjoying the awesomeness of "igotnothingtodo".
This day would end with sauna, grilled meat (got eaten by the hungry dog, who helped himself to the tray) and restless night, waiting for the morgning runoff.
Oh, and it started raining.
The end of day 1.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
The race goes on...
The morning of the second day.
We wake up to the sad barking of Tarmo´s dog.
Its raining outside. It appears, that the weathergods are not on our side.
So as it was decided, we would be leaving at 1100 hours and with full raingear.
Nice. 2 days of owning the rally suit and I get to test it in cold and rain.
We loaded the bikes, made up the "road make up" and took a few pictures to register the clean bikes and happy and "ready to race" faces.
Here is the crew up front:
And from the rear:
Then It was about 130 to the border of Russia.
It rained the whole ride. My heated grips failed and I lost charging. Nice.
Totally wet hands and frozen fingers. But the rally suit worked just fine.
Took us about few hours to sit in rain and get ourselves over the border.
Of course the usual paperwork on russian border, got some wrong, got some angry dirty russian words to our account but survived to ride another day and to reach the first gas station with cheap russian fuel.
In comparison - when I left home, 1l of fuel costed about 1.32 EUR.
In russia it was more like 0.72EUR per liter.
Just a quick run on the road towards Moscow. We take gas a few more times, buy water and a little something to eat and swet like pigs for the first time, because of the heat during midday. We stopped about 200++ km short of Moscow. Found a little lake and camped on the shore. We tried to check whats wrong with the charging and grip heaters but nothing...
Russian gas :
Good impressions:
Not too shabby - huh.
A little bit of campfire and washing the socks in the lake we fight the moskitos to the death and climb into the sleepingbags and go quiet for the night.
The end of day 2. We are asleep in Russia. (done about 700 km).
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
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While in russia. Day 3 of the trip.
We are well in Russia.
The morning is cold and damp and the moskitos from last night have bitten the better part of me. It is early in the morning. Maybe 0600 hours. The visor fogs up like hell and its cold to ride. I find myself in the lead, yes with no gps to help, its a little strange for a while but then again, its just a straight road from here to Moscow, so I do not worry too much. Just the speedo is off by so much, that it makes no sense looking at it.
We ride till the first proper gas station and pump up supplies. Nice little coffe is in order for many and I take some sugar with hot water on it.
We continue our ride on the big roads that go around Moscow. The so-called outer ring of the city. A lot of roadwork, a lot of traffic and some stalling on roadblocks etc. on that day we actually started counting the accidents we see on the road. Trucks, cars, buses, dogs - You name it.
The number rises fast.
Sitting here in traffic:
A lot of railway crossings, that take time.
That was just some random weird roadwork - no safety measures and both lanes occupied actually but apparently does not bother locals and the race goes on...
Here is the first nasty accident.
The truck had lost one rear wheel and tipped over. Some blood on the screen and stuff lying around on the road.
By late afternoon we are far past Moscow and reaching the far side of Volgograd. The road from Moscow to there is not as nice as one would hope or need (for example not good for road bikes, ridable but not good).
We found a nice little place on the side of the road with open cafeteria and a good place for shade. It was hot outside, but not too nasty.
Here is a little gas station example - for whatever reason they have no dots between numbers so the sum is a bit off. But at that time 1 eur = 47 rubles.
Then by the evening the lihgt starts to loose its power at around 2000 hours.
The evening is full of bugs and starts to get chilly and a bit windy.
The gps says, there is a little lake/pond type of thingy right around little forest piece.
Nooot - it is just a puddle of mud in the middle of fields. And I try to go down first time. Didn´t happen but was a little scary how a day on tarmac would kill the offroadiness abilyties.
Camp is set quickly and I have a chance to take some nice photos of "motoromance" type and we are off to "bed".
The night has fallen and the second day in Russia is done. About 1200km and a lot of hours.
My ass hurts.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
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Volgograd to Vladikavkas.
3rd day in Russia.
We have a very - very early wake up call.
We hung out already too long.
Time is money - and of essence, so mount up and ready to go.
Good morning enthusiasm:
Then comes the steppe.
And Volgograd.
Traffic in Volgograd is not exactly friendly nor is it good for charging the miles ahead.
We take a little rest-stop after the city just to drink some water and make the clothes cooler.
The steppe is like no other. Hot, windy with no shade and endless...
After some hundreds of Km the road takes us to a field, where we see jurts.
And donkeys. And a big sign, "FOOOOD".
We put the bikes up front and others went inside to ask for food and restroom.
The place had many surprises for us.
First - eurotoilet with shower and all. (not working, due to lack of water).
Handwash on in the corridor, splashes all over and gets my pants and others wet.
And then I go outside to see the other "toilet" - jep, just a nasty hole in the ground with some truckdriver puking on it.
Then there I stand, in the carpark just on the side of my bike and hear a weird sound. And a small young horse rides by. Accompanied by a donkey
The food is good and everybody is happy with the good (better) service by the kyrgistan girl behind the counter - we still found the donkey the most important person in that place.
Here is Tarmo with the donkey :
And Kärt with donkey:
And me with donkey:
And just the Donkey:
So by now, I think U get the point, we like the donkey.
But time is of great shortage and we need to push on.
We ride for Vladikavkas. Just short of that the gps starts pulling our finger.
The roads around Vladikavkas have been changed a lot in the last years. So many new roads built, that the gps just turned nuts and led us to somewhere else. And then the mountains start and the darkness starts to fall.
We ride around, the darkness comes and it gets the riders nervous and makes them look for hideout. This ends with failure after failure after failure.
We find an "all night market" on the side of the road and stop there.
Its about 0100 hours and we are nackered. It takes food and a little resting to get us moving again. Something is wrong with the riding party.
We decide to find the bloody Vladikavkas and ask, if the border is working or not....
here the lowest gas station service door we have ever seen.'
Or basically - me begging fo gas.
We find the friendliest gas station clerk and ask for gas and toilet and whats up with the border????
Guess what - he sais - of course it is open 24h and the road is fine.
We have a little "discussion" about going to the border and into the mountains during the night - it was cold and quiet and dark - so dark we could even not see the mountains.
We reach the mountains after about half an hour from Vladikavkas.
Then for hours on the border being yelled at and pushed around by the russian border guards we finally are greeted by the first warmth of georgians.
Feels like coming home. We ride the new road to georgia. (do need to remind that the road over the mountain was demolished in springtime, when they had a nasty mudslide and the river destroyed some part of the border station houses and so on.
The road is twisty as hell and we are too tired to notice anything else. I just let the camera roll and keep my helmet open to get air in. Suddenly get hit by a friekishly big bug in the eye and almost lose control of the bike.
My god it hurt like hell. I try to cry it out and just ride on - keep the nose of the helmet down an hope the blurred vision will not make me hit a wall or something. I feel the tiredness is too much for any technical road by now.
And we reach lights. Many lights. Its a village with small houses and on both sides of the big road. For no apparent reason guys up front turn towards mountain village and we start climbing the wall -like streets of the slum.
We hit smaller and smaller road by every turn and see some scared faces on some windows. Its about 0400 hours. It takes Munk to try to reach the upper side of this road - but the bike just stalles and we stop. Its a trail up the mountain that the locals use to drive the herd up.
we are basically knee deep in cowshit and so tired, we could fall asleep just like that. There is a furious river just 20m from us to the left and barb wire fence on the right and about 5x3 yards of almost flat ground underneath us.
We stop right there and just dismount and put our tents up.
Then the first herd starts to come - and with them locals - one of them about 80 year old lady from whom we ask, if we can stay here.
She looks us like we are from Mars and says :" Sure, just keep on the sides, the cows might step on you otherwise. Strange people You are, there are nice places everywhere here around, why would You stay here..." So she shakes her head and continues up the mountain with her cows. The mountain side has just a small single trail on it so steep, I don´t think I could ride down that even with my downhill bike.
This is where we ended up. Pictures taken in the morning.
The third day is over and the fourth started.
We are in GEORGIA.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Joined: Jul 2014
Location: Finland
Oddometer: 9
Looking good.
Just got back from Poland, would love to see Georgia someday.
Keep em coming.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
First real day in georgia.
We wake up to a constant rumble of cows just inches from our heads.
I find myself to be still so tired, I just don´t care. At one moment some of them really touch the tent so thats a little scary but somehow they all pass.
It is not so early in the morning now and put our stuff on the bikes and decide to conquer the mountain right next to us.
On a big brown sign on the side of the road it says "Gergeti trinity church".
It is basically a small church up one level and between some of the biggest and utmost gorgeus mountains ever.
Just the road up there turnes out to be none less than hazardous.
It is about 3 km of small dirtroad up the hillside any way one can imagine.
Needless to say some fall, some stumble and finally we reach the plato.
This is where we stayed and started the day -
And here goes the road - small like a snake on green carpet.
When You reach the top, You can see the villages down below (we will be taking that route anyhow). And the church is a littlebit on the highground, just overlooking the mountainsides like a general over battlefield.
It is just the right comparison, because it is a proper struggle up the hill.
And then the view - it is not to be taken lightly.
Here is a little photo wizordom for You guys -
Locals mentioned, there is a nice place for a picnic there. We just took their word for it. Would have probably taken half a day to reach that place.
Then we park the bikes in the parking lot, in front of the church and see, that all the cows, who passed us during the night are now here and drinking from the well of the church.
And the small ones are still curly and friendly -
After the visit to the church and countless photos taken up there - we just roll down the hillside a little to the grass part of the mountain and lay down for a little rest and gathering.
Whilst on the church mountain a local guy informed us of different ways to get good food and accomodation. His name was Vassili.
Drove a white Niva up and down the mountain and asked 50 lari for it. :)
We would have taken his offer but it turned out, that the house was no longer vacant, but right next door another. It was called "Maka´s" house.
You wount find better food in Georgia, nor friendlier hostess.
After lying in the sun for maybe 20 minutes we got moving.
So if getting up the mountain was hard work.
Try getting down with no rear brake (overheated and just failed) no engine braking - due to too much throttle valve opening cuz of the thin air and basically no clutch. So I used the old snow driving method.
U go from left to right bank as sharp as U can and use the edges to slow You down. stalled the bike many times and almost fell to the ground about 10 of those occaisons but managed finally to reach the bottom. Locals had fun looking at all the action on the mountainroad. Probably thought:" Stupid tourists, cant even reach a little hump."
Anyhow, Maka´s house is right in the middle of Stepantsminda and with small garden and iron gate it has the perfect lot for at least 5bikes.
We rolled them in and started working on them asap.
Today would be "fixmybikeandchangethetires" day.
Now thats a proper KTM mechanic -
loosing clothes to heat -
Everything dripping from leaks and heat -
tried here to figure out the electrical issue - with no luck again.
just saw, that the USB charging line had some nasty corrosion on the contacts.
A little help, to get the job done.
So we change from whatever we have under the front - to brand spanking new E09 dakar tires. Hopefully will give us safe ride on the rocks and sand and local asfalt, that looks like somebody just scraped the granit of the mountains.
Maka´s house is old, simple yet effective.
It had two big bedrooms and shower and a kitchen, but since we asked the stay with meal, we never had to use the kitchen ourselves.
I cost about 20 lari per person, including all. that is about 6 eur today.
And then we had dinner.
And what a dinner it was.
During dinner we discussed having a hike up the mountain to take pictures and maybe put the tent up there to take the night sky and morning pictures of the mountains.
The old lady was always on my mind - the one who just walked by with her cows during the night and it had looked as she just climbed up the whole mountain.
And we tried. Maybe reached 80 percent. Then no more.
this is what we managed from there though -
We walked down the little streets of Stepantsminda, listening the mountainriver rawr and the youngsters still play outside with some teenagers up to no good, and said goodnight.
It was a good first day in Georgia.
Clear councience is a sign of bad memory.
KTM - by adventec.
Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Feb 2012
Location: Northern EU
Oddometer: 109
II day in Georgia - we find Tbilisi.
Good morning Georgia.
We woke up to the sun coming over the mountains.
It was nice to have such a peaceful rest for a while.
Maka was prepping breakfast already and we started doing stuff, do be ready for takeoff after that. The breakfast would take some time though.
Then in the time of most confusion and running around with gear - Vassili comes by.
We decide to ask him, if he knows any good place also in Tbilisi. Of course he says :YES. We even get a business card from him and also a promise, that when we ask, we will get a discount for being sent by him.
The ludus hostel in Tbilisi :
Then we put some stuff on the bikes, take our cameras and walk around a bit and photograph, what we can.
This is Maka-s backyard.
On the right is Maka´s house and up front the main road, that goes to Vladikavkas-Tbilisi.
And this is the snowy white top of mount Kazbegi.
On the left You can also see the trinity church, that we visited.
So we pack our bags and leave the old - now "spare" front tires to Maka´s house and start our way towards Tbilisi.
The beautiful road from Stepantsminda downhill is like a little bit of croatia, a little bit of italy and a lot of Georgia. More cows on the road, more roadwork, more switchbacks than money can buy.
On the way, one will see a big distraction for tourists. Basically a small roman style wall made from concrete and the local flat gray stones. And it has somewhat historical paintings on it.
If it wasn´t for the animals, I would not know, what to think about it.
Sure, the view is great and everything but it seems just wrong. It looks like something taken from soviet times in another city and just transported here.
But everybody loves animals so here they are.
From here we can also see the little lake down below - some locals mention, that there are some resort type of thingys down there, but we never minded.
The view is great though.
And we ride on.
Mostly the road is good and the temperature rises like hell. The lower You get, the faster it seems to be rising. By the time we see the cows on the road again and fast turns go to bigger straights - we are already cooking.
The cows in georgia have a funny way of saying :" You are not important, just ride on..."
And then some more roadwork.
When the road starts to really open up and all the twists and turns appear to be finished, this is what You see on the side of the road. Along with very active tourist sale spots. I get my first Georgian refrigerator sticker from there.
This is ANANURI castle and church.
It is located just on the side of the road and right on the edge of "Zhinvali reservoir" that seems to be the greenest lake I have ever seen.
Then again, I´m colorblind, so what do I know, right.
The place seems a little bit "off". It has elements of everything in it.
Basically Ananuri was a castle and seat of the eristavis (Dukes) of Aragvi, a feudal dynasty which ruled the area from the 13th century and also a place for the church.
The larger Church of the Assumption (Ghvtismshobeli), built in 1689 for the son of Duke Bardzem. It is a central dome style structure with richly decorated façades, including a carved north entrance and a carved grapevine cross on the south façade.
Oh, and then trouble.
I thought I heard the bell ring and found myself thinking :" maybe that time of day or smthn" - And then some minute later I hear almost screaming like voice in the entrance of the church. The watchlady starts jammin´with some guys who were in there before and decided, it would be fun to ring the bell.
So now they had it coming. They offered some money to the clerk and got back more yelling. :)
Anyhow, I knew I would not be doing that there.
Here is the belltower.
Backside of the church.
And next to the south tower with the nice grapes
We also found a dungeon tower, that was cool for pictures.
Needless to say, the bottom of it was polluted with all sort of domestic debry.
Right in front of the tower in the shade of a tree we found, that somebody had left the speeding ticket there and put a rock on it.
Hopefully for somebody else to find and think its funny. Well, we laughed.
The surroundings are not bad looking, not bad at all.
Here it is also visible the old ruins of the older smaller church.
Then - outside and waste some money.
Why have a big white refrigerator at home, if U dont put anything on it, right :)
When we take off, we find some more suicidal cows and try to scare them off and try to get our pace avoiding them.
We were about 70 km from Tbilisi and It wount show itself until You reach the city borders.
You traffic with a capital "T". From left and right and up and down.
Everything is full of honking and pushing and scuealing of brakes and heat.
We have not yet had the opportunity to spend some quality time in the heat of a city on the bikes and in traffic. Now we get full attention of that.
You wont notice the city like that - the traffic and the heat and the honking will get the best of You.
But a glimps is not bad either and it gets the appetite going.
We try to find the hostel - it is right through the city center and then on the east side of it - right next to railway. We see the door closed and some guy walking around the place - there seems to be a phone nr on a paper stuck between the door and the local guy calls it. "15 minutes" he says. "Nice" - i think. And he asks if we need any fresh water and gets us some bucket load of it. Wow, that was nice. I kinda feel the heat is a little too much and the trouble with the bike is getting on my nerves.
No worries, about 10 minutes later the owner of the place arrives and opens the big iron gates for us. The stay will cost us the same 20 lari per face but we need to find our own food.
On the inside we are greeted by a young friendly labrador puppy and grapes hanging in the garden.
We park the bikes and then take stuff off of them and disaster strikes. Tarmo can´t find his passport anymore.
We start calling everybody. Maka- Vassili, almost try the police and then the local guy also tries helping us and urges us to calm down and says, that if anybody finds it, it will be taken to Vassili or cops anyway....
Aand - voilaa.
He finds it in somewhere. Drama queen.
We change the clothes and take off to the city of Tbilisi.
Keep your boots on an look from right to left and back.
The cars are going as fast as they can and honk every possible way.
Tbilisi has a nice old town section right next to all of the center, that is completely renovated and modern.
There are little saunas everywhere and also any corner one can think of, has a cafe or two on it.
We find a nice little place right near the water and sit down for food and beer and darhun. (local lemonade)
Kristi insists of taking a sauna and disappears for about 40 minutes while we feast. After she returns, we feast some more. :)
We take a hike in the city and then go to catch a ride in the high ride of funiquleur.
The ride ends right next to mother georgia - up in the hill and overlooking the whole city. there is a nice little old castle to climb on and take silly pictures as all the tourists show us that evening.
The walk home is turning dark. We find a nice little bakery on the route and get a fresh georgian whitebread. It is so good when warm.
With some water in one hand and bread in the other we walk back home to discuss the matters of tomorrow and finish up with a little shower and warm beds.
Today was a good day in Tbilisi.
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The City of Tampa and the Black History Committee held their 24th annual celebration today at the Tampa Convention Center. Tampa students, city employees and supporters of the African-American community enjoyed lively music and a helping of financial advice.
February marks 28 â and this year because itâs a leap year, 29 - days of honoring centuries of progress in the African American community.
The Distinguished Men of Brass played as Tampaâs Mayor, Bob Buckhorn tapped along. After, he said the city has always been at the forefront of embracing cultural uniqueness.
âBut itâs our calling everyday. We need to move beyond the shackles of the past to a much, much brighter future. And each of us everyday have an obligation to make it better, to never tolerate what we know to be wrong, to stand up for what we know to be right. Thatâs my city and thatâs your city.â
His speech to kick off the event drew some charismatic shouts from listeners. It also got Tampa City Council member Frank Reddick up to crack a joke or two.
âI believe I have a mayor thatâs going to be sitting in someoneâs pulpit soon. I donât know if you picked that vibe up. In his next job, heâs going to be a minister. I believe it.â
Joking aside, Reddick said that heâs a proud black man because, â⦠when I look at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we see an African American sitting in the White House.â
Reddick continued with a list of successful African-Americans. But the eventâs keynote speaker, Pamala McCoy who began her own credit consultation company, addressed a problem facing all Americans. She said the best way to find financial success in these hard economic times requires education, evolution and empowerment.
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Local students played Caribbean-style music in a nearby ballroom before the program began. Kristian Rey is a student at the Rampello Downtown Partnership School and said the opportunity to play for so many people was âpretty coolâ.
âOur steel band director, Mr. Jenkins, he pretty much started this whole thing. Heâs been playing steel drums for thirty plus years and loves doing it so now he teaches kids. Heâs best friends, or really good friends with our other band director and so we just got the gig and we played it.â
Other students and volunteers also set up a âlivingâ black history museum. Charles Stevens, a Tampa stormwater employee, said it was an interesting touch to the dayâs festivities.
âI went in there, they had a guy showing collectorâs items like old toys back in the days that itâs probably hard to find them now, but it was like toys with black guys on them and stuff like that.â
Linda Williams, who is also a Tampa employee, finished the program with the African American National Anthem.
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It would be built in two 3.5 kilometre long twin tunnels up to 45 metres below the city
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He said when Aucklanders are asked where they want the money spent "the priority is getting this rail loop finished so that we can actually have a decent transport network in Auckland".
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An upgrade of State Highway One from Puhoi to Wellsford features in the list of seven massive roading projects the Government wants completed within 10 years.
The Waikato Expressway, Tauranga Eastern Corridor and the Levin to Wellington stretch of SH1 are also on the list.
Norman said looking at the benefit-to-cost ratio the rail network comes out on the latest study at about five to one. He said Puhoi to Wellsford stretch could be made safer for a lot less than the Government's spending, and could be done faster.
Labour is pleased the Greens are backing the plan. Auckland issues spokesperson Phil Twyford said the link would open up the potential for trains every 10 minutes on the western and southern lines at peak times.
Labour has promised to fund half of the City Rail Link from the National Land Transport Fund by reprioritising planned motorway projects like the Puhoi-Wellsford holiday highway, with the expectation that Auckland Council would fund the other half.
Twyford says National focus on a 1950s model of sprawl, poor public transport and clogged motorways won't help Auckland prosper.
"Auckland is moving ahead. There is a real sense of progress. Unfortunately the Government is saying no to Auckland's transport priorities, and no to its plan to balance greenfields growth with intensification. Under Ministers like Nick Smith and Gerry Brownlee, Wellington is a dead weight holding Auckland back."
Labour says the high level of agreement with the Greens on Auckland's transport priorities means a Labour-led Government would move quickly to build the rail project.
"Today's announcement by the Greens will reassure Aucklanders that a future Labour-led Government will work with Auckland Council to deliver the transport infrastructure the city desperately needs," Transport spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway said.
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Weather Watches and WarningsPosted Aug 9th - 12:42pm
Hello, I am a Boy Scout working on the Weather Merit Badge and I have a question for you. How do severe weather and flood warnings reach the homes in our community?
Thanks, I appreciate your help.
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More Local Weather HistoryPosted Aug 9th - 12:35pm
I need to know the temperature, and if possible, wind conditions, in Centerville, Utah on July 10, 2006 at about 11:40 p.m. Can you provide the information or refer me to a source for the information? Thanks, Liz H. **********************************************************
It's hard to find this stuff if you are unsure where to look. This request is actually easy and you can do it at home. Check out the link on the right to Weather Underground one of the most user friendly weather sites out there.
If you type in Centerville, UT at the top of the page you will be taken to a page with a forecast for your town. Now, scrolling down reveals some kind people have put their weather stations up online in Centerville. You can also look up history for SLC if you'd like that instead. If you click on the personal weather station for Centerville you can look up the weather history. Click on Centerville and then look on the right to look up a specific date and at the bottom of your next page you will be taken to, the hourly observations will be there.
August 1st Strong StormsPosted Aug 9th - 12:05pm
The storms of August 1st got pretty nasty. But, there was still some question on what particular type of 'event' it was. Whether the damage was caused by supercell T-storms, regular thunderstorms, or another item, one by the name of the Bow Echo.
The storm survey from the NWS in SLC found that the damage was consistent with a bow echo. This is some seriously interesting stuff. If you have time, read the report it has links to the radar imagery and talks about bow echoes and book end vortices. Two separate bow echoes were responsible for the damage on August 1.
Bow echoes look just like their namesake on the radar, a bowing segment. They are usually around 12 to 120 miles long and are bow shaped lines of strong storms that can cause damage. They can be by themselves or can be sub structures or within other larger areas of rain or squall lines. Bow echoes can have tornadoes on their edges and damaging winds of 100+ mph. The bowed rain band is near the leading edge of the damaging wind. Bow echoes can last up to 6 hours!
Supercells vs. Regular ThunderstormsPosted Aug 4th - 11:24am
Was the storm that hit on Monday a supercell or a tornado? What is the difference?
Blake H.
Is that another super cell that has just formed over by Magna and Bacchus? It looks pretty ominous on VIPIR.
Heat WavesPosted Aug 3rd - 8:23am
Why is it that the heat waves seem to have a greater affect on the people on the East coast or in the Midwest than here in Utah? If I am using the Heat Index tables correctly, then New York should experience a heat index of 120-130 in the next few days. The tables don't get down to lower humidity, but St George could easily reach a heat index on 130 on a really hot day, say 109 degrees. And Phoenix or Las Vegas should reach that high for even more days throughout the year. But you rarely hear about how bad the heat is in Phoenix, Nevada, or Utah. Why not? Does it really feel hotter in the east?
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Was it a Tornado?Posted Aug 2nd - 1:53pm
Was this indeed a tornado?
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Hot WeatherPosted Aug 2nd - 11:22am
Hello, I would like to know what month is the hottest in Northern Utah. Also what week or weeks in that month are typically the hottest. Thanks. Rod C.
If you've gotten your July bills for running the AC a lot, you already know, it's been a very hot summer.
More Weather HistoryPosted Aug 2nd - 10:59am
I am trying to find the history of the weather for August 5, 1977 in Provo, Utah. Is there an easy way to find that online or would you happen to know how the weather was?
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You'd think this data would be easy to find right? Nope. It's easy to find averages, it's not easy to find hourly data or even just highs and lows for a day that happened that long ago in time.
Heat IndexPosted Jul 30th - 6:12pm
what does the heat index number mean and also what is all the haze we are seeing today? thanks! Kirk T.
Since Kirk sent this a few days ago, the haze was actually smoke from fires to the west of Utah and it was nasty! Some of it has cleared out and actually, our air quality has since improved.
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I wanted to make egg rolls for a lunch potluck at work. Unfortunately, my work requires me to work in the mornings, so I'd have to prepare them the night before (at best, if I fry that morning, ~4 hours beforehand). Is there any way to keep them crispy or crunchy for that long? Reheating options are pretty much limited to a microwave :(
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I'm pretty sure it's related to the hormones that regulate sleep. The body releases mild paralytic hormones that are designed to keep you from sleepwalking, it's theorized that a deficiency in these contributes to somnambulism. Too much and you get temporary waking paralysis.
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I have had sleep paralysis since I was 5. and it happend at least once a month. I would get so scared that I would stay up at night which would make it more likley to happen but when I went Gluten-Free it didn't really happen. I think there might be a connection.
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I had an incident last night.
First time in years. Ugh, shivers as i think about it. I was like "is this what i think it is?".
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Sorry Shadow
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Health history since celiac diagnosis became too long -- moved to the "about me" section of my profile
My children and I all have multiple copies of the genes for Celiac Disease, along with large variety of symptoms/resolution gluten-free
Current tally from me, three kids and two grands: 4 diagnosed with Celiac Disease, 2 NCGS
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I've never had this happen to me until my recent hospital visits related to celiac disease. It is now a recurring thing despite being gluten-free for nearly two weeks. It's very scary and I'm finding that I'm totally sleep disturbed since this has all been going on. I've been awake the majority of nights for days on end after gluten attacks. I feel like I'm in a nightmare sequence. I'm awake with panic and shortness of breath truly afraid that if I fall asleep that I will die. When I finally start to dose, the paralysis sets in while I'm still awake. it's very scary.
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Yes, I have had this happen a number of times in my life. It is terrifying!
I didn't read the link you posted, but one thing I have read in the past (and that has helped me avoid this) is that it occurs more frequently when you sleep on your back. I have no idea why this is the case, but changing your sleep position might help. I'm not a back sleeper usually, but every time it has happened to me that I can recall, I was sleeping on my back at the time.
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IMAGE: Protestors wave signs reading "We are all Hizbullah,"
depicting the Ayatollah, and the front page of the Socialist Worker
To all those who support the actions of jihadist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas on the grounds that they are supposedly putting up brave "resistance" to the imperialist forces of the U.S.-backed Israeli military, I submit the following quotes from Lenin (whose original theory of imperialism is unfortunately claimed as an inspiration by so many the anti-imperialist zombies floating around today). First, from chapter five of his 1916 work, A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialist Economism:
Imperialism is as much our "mortal" enemy as is capitalism. That is so. No Marxist will forget, however, that capitalism is progressive compared with feudalism, and that imperialism is progressive compared with pre-monopoly capitalism. Hence, it is not every struggle against imperialism that we should support. We will not support a struggle of the reactionary classes against imperialism; we will not support an uprising of the reactionary classes against imperialism and capitalism.
Consequently, once [one] admits the need to support an uprising of an oppressed nation ('actively resisting' suppression means supporting the uprising), he also admits that a national uprising is progressive, that the establishment of a separate and new state, of new frontiers, etc., resulting from a successful uprising, is progressive."
Notice, Lenin states that Marxists should only support progressive political tendencies in their struggle to achieve national self-determination. I.e., not the reactionary jihadist forces of Hezbollah and Hamas, whose sexist and homophobic ideology is founded on the ideas of Islamic fundamentalism. Indeed, if Lenin didn't make himself clear enough on this score here, he spelled it out even more explicitly in 1920:
With regard to the more backward states and nations, in which feudal or patriarchal and patriarchal-peasant relations predominate, it is particularly important to bear in mind:
first, that all Communist parties must assist the bourgeois-democratic liberation movement in these countries, and that the duty of rendering the most active assistance rests primarily with the workers of the country the backward nation is colonially or financially dependent on;
second, the need for a struggle against the clergy and other influential reactionary and medieval elements in backward countries;
third, the need to combat Pan-Islamism and similar trends, which strive to combine the liberation movement against European and American imperialism with an attempt to strengthen the positions of the khans, landowners, mullahs, etc.
Now I understand that many critics of Israel are influenced by Homi Bhabha's post-colonial theory, and are familiar with his tedious and often-invoked notion of "hybridity." Still, in light of Lenin's unequivocal call here for Communist parties of all nations to combat Pan-Islamism and similar forces, it strikes one as exceptionally odd that some today would attempt to create a hybrid "International Pan-Islamic Communist Party of Proletarian Islam," which claims to "believe in the Teachings of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad" while "also believ[ing] in and follow[ing] the Revolutionary Communist teachings of V.I. Lenin [!!], Mirza Sultan-Galiev, Tan Malaka [this makes sense, obviously], J.V. Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kwame Nkrumah, Fidel." This ideological confusion is compounded by the fact that Stalin personally signed the order to have Mirza Sultan-Galiev executed in 1940, on grounds of deviation brought about by his attempt to synthesize Marxism with pan-Islamic and pan-Turkic ideas (despite his perverse authoritarianism and numerous betrayals of revolutionary Marxism, it seems Stalin remained in fundamental agreement with Lenin on this point, at least).
Disregarding such extreme and contradictory manifestations of this bizarre tendency of leftists today to side with reactionary movements in their struggle against imperialism, we may return to the more troubling mainstream phenomenon of which this is a symptom. Imperialism, as Lenin states, is more progressive than the fanatical religious tendencies that fight to resist it, or the so-called "Marxist" groups (the PFLP, the LCP) that collude with them. But to be clear, this does not amount to an endorsement of U.S. or Israeli policies of aggression. All that it means is one should not support tendencies that are even more wretched than foreign, imperialist domination, simply in the name of national self-determination.


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Slices of Life... Living the Hollywood lifeTwice in the last month I've found myself in an uncomfortable position. It's not what you might think. I wasn't in an exercise class or a dentist's chair. My discomfort didn't have anything to do with driving the kids to school before my morning shower or even wearing a cotton gown that tied in back.
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Looking for a perfect watch to go along with your new iPhone 5? Well, Casio may just have what you're looking for with their G-Shock (GB6900AA) SmartWatch.
The Casio G-Shock GB6900AA SmartWatch isn't exactly new. In fact, the company first previewed this fancy watch during this year's CES (January) and has launched it in their homeland back in October. Casio has just recently made this fancy watch available in the US and is priced at USD180 a pop.
Aesthetically, this new SmartWatch from Casio looks similar to other G-Shock watches before it, especially for the untrained eye just like the one I have. What's special about this watch, however, is that it informs users of new messages (SMS and Email) and incoming calls when paired to an iPhone 4S running on iOS 5 and above or iPhone 5 via Bluetooth.
Speaking of Bluetooth, Casio equipped the GB6900AA with energy-efficient Bluetooth Low Energy chip to ensure that consumers will not have to replace the standard watch battery every so often. As a testament to this, the GB6900AA's battery is rated to last for 2 years even with 12hours/day Bluetooth connection. This is indeed a remarkable feat especially when compared to other SmartWatches which SmartWatches struggles to last even for 3 days with 8 hours of Bluetooth connection every day.
Besides providing basic notification alerts, there are other things that users can do with the GB6900AA's Bluetooth functionality. People who often travel to different countries doesn't have to worry about adjusting the time with this watch anymore because the watch takes care of that part for you by automatically fetching info from the iPhone.
In addition to its arsenal, the watch also informs the user when the connection is lost abruptly making sure that you don't misplace your iPhone. And if you did lose your iPhone, the GB6900AA is capable of finding your phone with a touch of a button thanks to a downloadable app called G-SHOCK+. To give you a better overview of what we're talking about, here's a short clip of Casio G-Shock GB6900AA in action.
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Environmental Issues in Contemporary China
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- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199920082-0044
- LAST MODIFIED: 22 April 2013
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199920082-0044
The environment is a broad category, which at its widest includes virtually everything in our lives. In addition, what has gone on before as well as, increasingly, what is going on outside China affects the environment in contemporary China. Moreover, study of the environment involves input both from natural science and social studies, as well as humanities. Past land use patterns and forms of social structure affect China's contemporary environment. This makes it extremely difficult to put together an article on environmental issues in China. Here the context will be limited to developments in post-1949 China. While both social and scientific literature will be covered, there will be more emphasis on the social implications over the whole period, whereas the scientific material will aim to present more-recent comprehensive material where available. Over the period covered, the data and research techniques have improved greatly, although problems still remain due to the politicized nature of most environmental issues. Until recently, most work on the environment in China was undertaken by research institutes—many in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and, since 1978, the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences. Implementation of policy was undertaken by environmental-protection organs, which at the national level moved up the bureaucracy, beginning in the early 1970s, to become Ministry of Environmental Protection in 2008. Prior to the 1990s, China's environmental matters were in some ways a national affair. The scale of problems was not greatly affecting the world. Resources to fuel China's economy were largely domestic, and foreign input into China's environment was limited. Since the early 1990s, the situation has changed dramatically. Cooperation with foreign countries, particularly developed countries, increased greatly. With that, the impact of foreign production on China's environment, and China's economy on the rest of the world's environment, has grown exponentially. Thus, today, China's environment and its environmental policy are of great importance to all of us.
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The crowds at the Met pressed forward, jamming the aisles and holding up cell phones for one last glimpse of their beloved Nina Ananiashvili. It was her final performance with ABT last night, and the audience cheered, roared, and pelted her with flowers.
Her Swan Lake with Angel Corella had been magical. Even in the brief prologue, as a human maiden captured by von Rothbart, her arms reached out with intense striving that made us crave to see her again.
When she re-entered in Act II, the line of her arm and tilt of her head gave a sense of poignant self-protection. However this Odette was not a frail creature, but strong and confident—and a bit reckless too. There were breathtaking moments like when she seemed to balance forever then slowly fall into Corella's arms. Toward the end von Rothbart (Marcelo Gomes, as deliciously devilish as usual) lifted her high and tossed her to Corella.
At the curtain call the audience went wild. After giving one rose to Corella, to Gomes, and to the conductor—Ananiashvili impulsively tossed the rest of the bouquet into the orchestra pit. Later the conductor gave her his baton. Boy, did she have fun with that!
A processional of corps dancer each gave her a flower, after which she brought the corps forward for a bow all their own. And as each principal dancer paid their respects, Irina Kolpokova, coach to many principals on the classics, joined them. Nina brought her forward too for all to applaud. She did the same with artistic director Kevin McKenzie. Her deep bows to those individuals and to the company were typical of the generous way she dances and acknowledges other dancers.
After the whole company packed onto the stage, she bourréed across, facing them, her back to us, with rippling swan arms. At the end of the line, Corella lifted her up. He represented all of us, wanting to hold onto her and raise her up in joy.
After 16 years with ABT, she will return to her home city of Tblisi and continue to direct the State Ballet of Georgia. We will miss her.
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EXEMPTIONS in chemical testing standards being drawn up by the US Environmental Protection Agency could leave people exposed to toxic chemicals.
A draft of the EPA proposal was leaked to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), an advocacy group in Washington DC, and has been seen by New Scientist. One of the loopholes is that protection standards will only apply to unpaid participants. So if the EPA monitors children whose rooms are sprayed with pesticides, but pays their parents, those children will not be protected.
Another loophole is that the protection will only apply to testing that aims to determine the toxicity of a chemical. Tests where the main purpose is to measure levels of exposure, absorption or metabolism of the chemical apart from its toxic effects on a subject will be allowed without any of the basic safeguards.
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Directed by James Cameron
Marine who is confined to a wheelchair, is recruited to take his place in the secret Avatar program on the faraway planet of Pandora. The year is 2154 and the Earth is in serious environmental trouble. The Resources Development Administration (RDA), a corporate consortium, is mining a rare mineral called Unobtainium on Pandora that is needed to solve the Earth's energy crisis.
Being There
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine
7.9 130' 1979
Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity.
The Celestine Prophecy
Matthew Settle4.9 100' 2006
An adaptation of James Redfield's novel about the search for a sacred manuscript in the Peruvian rain forest.
Jodie Foster, Matthew McConnaughy
Robert Zemeckis, Director7.3 153' 1997
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
John Travolta, Robert Duvall6.3 123' 1996
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Mary Steenburgen, Jeff Goldbloom6.0 111' 1995
A young bald albino boy with unique powers shakes up the rural community he lives in.
Somewhere In Time
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A Chicago playwright uses self-hypnosis to go back in time to find the actress whose vintage portrait hangs in a grand hotel.
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5.3 109' 2004
This film plunges you into a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived by its protagonist - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by every thought.
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