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Netanyahu names Jacob Frenkel next Bank of Israel governor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last Sunday that former Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Jacob Frenkel, who headed the central bank between 1991 and 2000, will replace outgoing Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, whose term ended this week.
The new governor's nomination is pending the approval of the Public Service Nominations Committee, headed by Judge (ret.) Jacob Turkel, as well as a cabinet vote. The nomination faces a legislative hurdle, as the Bank of Israel Law of 1954 limits the governor to two five-year terms. The government may have to pass an amendment to the law to facilitate Frenkel's nomination.
Once confirmed, the 70-year-old Frenkel will be sworn in as Israel's ninth central bank chief by President Shimon Peres. Frenkel, a laureate of the 2002 Israel Prize in Economics, currently serves as chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, one of the three largest banks in the United States. He is expected to take office in mid-July.
Frenkel, who in the past rejected former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's offer to become the finance minister, agreed to resume his position as the governor of the Bank of Israel after Netanyahu's top candidate for the position, Professor Elhanan Helpman, declined.
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid met with Netanyahu over the weekend to finalize Frenkel's nomination. Netanyahu then informed Fischer of the decision and he, in turn, informed Deputy Governor Dr. Karnit Flug—Fischer's choice to succeed him in the post—of the prime minister's decision.
Frenkel's nomination came as a surprise, as the two-time bank governor was not in the running to replace Fischer. Netanyahu's short list included former head of the government's committee for social reform Professor Manuel Trajtenberg, head of the National Economic Council at the Prime Minister's Office Professor Eugene Kandel, Bank Hapoalim Chief Economist Leo Leiderman, and Professor Avi Ben-Bassat, former director-general of the Finance Ministry.
The nomination was announced as the Bank of Israel was holding a farewell gala for Fischer, which was attended by Netanyahu, Peres, the cabinet ministers, the chairpersons of Israel's various banks, and some 280 other prominent figures.
"We were blessed by your work in the eight years during which you served in this position," Netanyahu told Fischer. "We steadily weathered the global financial crisis and you were instrumental in that. It was not taken for granted."
"There is currently a wave of harassment directed at the private sector—the sector on which the entire economy relies—portraying the making of profits as a crime. This at a time when we need initiative and action, activism and creativity from our business women and men, who will lead the Israeli economy forward," Netanyahu said.
Lapid told Army Radio on Monday, "Frenkel's nomination is wonderful and undisputed. He was basically called up to serve his country again and that is not a simple thing since he will be taking a substantial pay cut."
Knesset Finance Committee Chairman MK Nissan Slomiansky (Habayit Hayehudi) welcomed the nomination, calling it "a worthy appointment that is well suited to meet the challenges the Israeli economy faces at this time."
MK Nachman Shai (Kadima) criticized the move, saying, "Nominating someone who has already served in this position is a sign of conservatism and lack of initiative."
In May, while addressing the Herzliya Conference, Frenkel said, "I would not want to be the governor of the central bank when you have zero interest [rates], because there is very little you can do then [for the economy]." At present, the interest rate is 1.25 percent.
Frenkel, who has a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a master's degree and doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago, was first named as governor of the Bank of Israel in 1991 by Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai. He was serving as the director of research at the International Monetary Fund at the time.
Frenkel resigned unexpectedly in 2000, one year prior to the end of his second term, during Ehud Barak's term as prime minister.
During Netanyahu's first term as prime minister, from 1996 to 1999, the two led various economic and monetary reforms, including integrating the Israeli economy into the global financial system. Frenkel is also credited with reducing inflation rates, enacting a pricing reform and introducing the currency band, meant to protect the shekel's exchange rate.
Frenkel served as vice president of American International Group (AIG) from 2004 to 2009. He resigned in the wake of the company's collapse in mid-2010 and refused to acknowledge his personal responsibility to the company's reckless real estate and credit policies.
Once in office, Frenkel will have to face various challenges, including Israel's real estate bubble and rising housing prices. He will also have to decide whether to pursue Fischer's interest rate and foreign currency acquisition policies.
As governor of the Bank of Israel, Frenkel will also have to maintain the state's deficit goals to protect Israel's international credit rating.


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Expert: Ky. earthquake not from mining
A University of Kentucky geologist says the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky over the weekend was too deep to be induced by the region's underground mining activity.
The epicenter was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg, in the heart of Kentucky's coal country, where underground mining and surface blasting is common.
Zhenming Wang, the head of UK's Geologic Hazards Section, says Saturday's quake occurred about 12 miles below the surface, far too deep for underground mining to have been a factor.
Wang says the earthquake occurred near the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone, which receives a four-magnitude quake every five to ten years.
The Saturday quake just after noon caused little damage but was felt in West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Georgia.


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Broaghnabinnia: Access in Black Valley to Broaghnabinnea and Stumpa Dulaigh
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Val Jones
20 hours ago
A shame. We climbed Stumpa Dulaigh from there last year and met the farmer on our way back, just at Lough Reagh. He seemed nice enough - maybe something happened this year?
Broaghnabinnia: Steep sided, flat topped and great views.
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Cycle: Circuit of Carlingford Lough
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Distance was 58k of which 4k was on a ferry - actual cycling time around 3 hours .... sometimes walking is too slow... cycle, Len: 2.8km, Climb: 197m, Area: Cooley/Gullion (Ireland) ||
Broaghnabinnia: No access to Lough Reagh
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We went to the Black Valley today (17/09/2020) to hike in via Lough Reagh, but there are new signs on the gate saying "Private Property, Keep Out". We weren't able to poke out an alternative way t...
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2 days ago
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Gouladane: Great views on a good day
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Fermanagh/S Tyrone
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Place count in area: 15,
OSI/LPS Maps: 11, 17, 18, 19
Highest place:
Belmore Mountain, 398m
Maximum height for area: 398 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 323 metres,
Places in area Fermanagh/S Tyrone:
Belmore Mountain 398m
Brougher Mountain 317m
Cappagh Mountain 286m
Cullen Hill 201m
Derrin 268m
Knockmore 277m
Largy 230m
Legg 343m
Rehagy Mountain 194m
Slieve Beagh 380m
Slieve Beagh SE Top 373m
Slievemore 314m
Stranisk 312m
Topped Mountain 277m
Tullybrack 386m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slieve Beagh
Sliabh Beatha
A name in Irish
(Ir. Sliabh Beatha [DUPN], prob. 'mountain of birch')
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, Shale, laminated carbonate, evaporite
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Longitude: -7.195401, Latitude: 54.338769
, Easting: 252385, Northing: 343639
Prominence: 285m
, Isolation: 0.8km
, GPS IDs, 6 char: SlvBgh, 10 char: SlvBgh
Bedrock type: Shale, laminated carbonate, evaporite, (Meenymore Formation)
This hill straddles the counties of Fermanagh, Tyrone and Monaghan. A point just E of the summit is the highest point in Co. Monaghan (366m), but the summit itself is on the Fermanagh/Tyrone border. According to Irish mythology, Bith, a son of Noah, was buried here. He took part in the first invasion of Ireland led by his daughter, queen Cesair. However, it is likely that 'mountain of Bith' is a re-interpretation of the name and that its original meaning is more mundane: 'mountain of birch'. The summit of Slieve Beagh is marked by a cairn named Doocarn. Near the summit is a Shane Barnagh's Lough and a rocky area called Shane Barnagh's Stables. These are named after the rapparee Shane Barnagh O'Donnelly. His activities must have covered a wide area, as there is also a knoll known as Shane Barnagh's Sentry-Box in the hills above Pomeroy, some 30 km to the north-east. On the northern slopes of Slieve Beagh is Altadavin Glen, which was once a place of pagan or druidic worship. Saint Patrick is said to have banished the evil spirits into Lough Beg nearby. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 153-55) for details of the festive assembly at Altadavin. Slieve Beagh is the third highest hill in the Fermanagh/S Tyrone area and the 991st highest in Ireland.
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Picture from group : The 'summit' as seen from the east.
The 'summit' as seen from the east.
Unremarkable top in bleak moorland
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 2 Sep 2016
Often done in conjunction with the nearby Slieve Beagh SE, as this is a county highpoint. Slieve Beagh is an unremarkable top marked by a small hummock in a large moorland.
One approach is to drive to a junction about 2.3k NE of Knockatallan at
and take the minor road on the left going NW to Barratitoppy Upper. If a sign still indicates that this road is for "residents only'" confirmation has been obtained from the Knockatallon Community Centre that it is ok for walkers to drive up road to access Slieve Beagh.
Park carefully where a gate crosses road at
about 2.3k along. When the track ahead forks, bear left and at its end head NW for 1.4k over bleak moorland. On the way cross Pt 365 and then go on out to a small peaty hummock
- Slieve Beagh SE Top, beside tiny Lough Sallagh. Continue 1km west to reach the main summit.It's a desolate area and the need for navigational accuracy in poor visibility must be stressed. Return by way of ascent.
Alternatively park at lay-by at
. 300m south of this a track heads NW giving 700m of good walking before the terrain becomes rough and boggy. (It is also possible to drive up this track for several hundred metres as it is used for turf-cutting access). At end of the track turn west for 3km. Choose higher ground for easier underfoot conditions.3 hours for return journey.
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Picture from paulocon : Lough Sallagh - The Border!
Lough Sallagh - The Border!
paulocon on Slieve Beagh, 2008
27 Nov 2008
Took a trek up Slieve Beagh this morning as part of my County Tops task. What can I say? It's desolate, barren, bleak and moody, a veritable oasis of emptiness! Pretty much took the same path as murphysw above. From Knockatallon, head out by the Slieve Beagh hotel and take the road to the left signposted 'Three Counties Hollow'. Park up at the electric gate and follow the path up by Lough Antracier. Veer left where the path splits in two and after a couple of hundred metres, the path peters out and it's onto the open Bog. From here the going gets purgatorial, to steal a phrase from Paddy Dillon. Grass and heather is waist high in places and the ground is as you would expect, very heavy and boggy - I went knee high into water at one stage. I hadn't a GPS but walked out as far as Lough Sallagh so passed over the highest point of Monaghan at some stage. Due partially to time restrictions and partially to the fact that I could see rain on the way, I decided not to continue onto the summit of Beagh itself and retraced my steps. Warning: I would not recommend heading up there in poor visibility without a map/compass or GPS as I'd imagine it could be very disorientating.
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Picture from dr_banuska : Shane Barnagh's Lough which apparently holds buried treasure!
Shane Barnagh's Lough which apparently holds buried treasure!
dr_banuska on Slieve Beagh, 2009
22 Jun 2009
Apologies in advance that this is so long! I don't know when to stop; hopefully though someone might it useful. This is an area of upland I'd been intrigued by for some time and finally attempted it earlier this year, bringing my much suffering canine companion Susie with me. I'd already walked part of the Monaghan section of the Slieve Beagh Way (SBW), around the Penal Cross, but was keen to reach the summit 'where three counties meet'. I took an alternative route to the previous posters, included in a nice set of route cards called Walk South Ulster (if anyone wants a copy I can scan & email). I approached from the R186 Monaghan/Clogher road; Knockatallan and its walks are signposted a little north of Tydavnet. I passed the minor road signposted 'Three Counties Hollow', then the Slieve Beagh Hotel and at the main crossroads (signed Scotstown left & Roslea/Fivemiletown straight ahead) I took right up a minor road uphill. After almost 5kms you cross into Co. Fermanagh (speed limit signs give it away) and shortly after there is a carpark on the right along the SBW at Muckle Rocks, part of Mullaghfad Forest. Walk along the track into the forest, where you almost immediately take a right, then after about 1km take the track branching off to the left. Follow this north and when it ends continue across the start of the boggy land until the end of the line of forestry on your right. The card says from here 'turn slightly to the right onto the brow of the ridge' and when on it 'turn north again and walk towards the small mound in the distance'. Unfortunately I didn't quite pick out these features in the mostly nondescript, boggy landscape all around and ended up veering much too far to the right, northwest of the line of the forest, until I met a wire fence and small stream just beyond it (more on these later). While I was eventually able to find my way again, I would basically try to just head due north at the end of the forest. After some time you see a small clump of forestry ahead, head towards this and you come to the reedy lake known as Shane Barnagh's Lough and to the east of it, a small rocky hillock, Shane Barnagh's Stables. These features ordinarily wouldn't warrant much interest but I was delighted to come across them I knew I was on the right path, plus they broke up the monotony of this desolate landscape; also there's the legend of the 17th century cattle rustler and his treasure apparently buried at the bottom of the lough! The small summit of Doocarn is the highest point in the area, behind the clump of rather unhealthy looking forestry up ahead. To reach it, skirt to the right of the foresty, cross the fence and head north then left. I must warn that the summit area is very uninspiring; in fact there were two very minor bumps and hope I walked up the right one! The views aren't bad though: I could see Cuilcagh off to the southwest and the Sperrins to the north, and closer the wind farm between F'miletown and Fintona.
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Picture from dr_banuska : Susie and my coat in Monaghan, while I'm in Fermanagh (shot also gives an idea of the terrain)
Susie and my coat in Monaghan, while I'm in Fermanagh (shot also gives an idea of the terrain)
dr_banuska on Slieve Beagh, 2009
22 Jun 2009
PART 2: From the summit follow the same fence down until you come to the depression (again, very uninspiring) known as Three Counties Hollow where Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone meet (it would be nice if there was a small marker to indicate exactly where this point is, seeing as its one of the key attractions of Slieve Beagh... I did however see a sign saying 'No shooting'!). From here you can see, to the northeast, the small rounded Lough Sallagh, which is in fact split between Tyrone and Monaghan and is worth a look. The route card recommends upsloping onto the ridge of Eshbrack (Monaghan) before finally returning to the start point but I was conscious of time and of again getting confused in the featureless landscape, so I decided to head south along the fence as I knew from earlier that it led back to the (far side of) the forest. After a while the same stream I had seen earlier could be heard then seen, this time to the left of the fence. I walked for seemingly ages through this unmerciful, reedy terrain (bad idea to wear boots with large heels) alongside the left bank of the stream, with the forest never seeming to get much closer, cursing this desolate landscape and thinking to myself that I'd finally got this hiking malarky out of my system! Finally, however, I met the forest to the right and I crossed the stream and fence and walked south along the track at the forest edge, which was much easier and very welcome terrain. Heading south here I noticed a pretty little waterfall in the stream. Incidentally, the stream forms the border between Monaghan and Fermanagh (further downstream, I had crossed it in the car just before the car park) and because it is so narrow here you can get some great quirky photos of you literally straddling the border! After a time you see a small footbridge crossing the stream on your left (this is part of the SBW and I would've crossed it eventually had I followed the route card) and here there is a path into the forest on your right. Follow this for about 1.5kms back to the car park; passing, on your way down on the right the turn-off you originally took out of the forest. Overall, Slieve Beagh was definitely memorable if not altogether enjoyable; it's probably one of Ireland's least known areas of upland so it's nice to know you're one of the few to actually bag it (I literally didn't see another soul for hours). Sadly though, because the summit area is a huge rounded mound the views aren't generally that good. Also, I would stress again that the terrain is desolate and tough going; in poor visibility I can see how you could get disorientated and panic. I realized I had dropped the route card at one stage and spent an anxious several mins retracing my steps. I also belatedly realized I had lost my jumper that I had tied around my waist, which I never retrieved. It's blue and lilac and if anyone finds it up there please contact me as I will be delighted to see it again!!
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Picture from murphysw : Lough Sallagh - Uplifting
Lough Sallagh - Uplifting
murphysw on Slieve Beagh, 2008
15 Sep 2008
In terms of height this county high point is certainly unimpressive, but as a challenge this lonely, brooding, godforsaken area certainly punches above its weight. Without a GPS or map and compass it would be easy to become disorientated as I found today when I climbed this in mist and drizzle. Getting there through the maze of north Monaghan roads is confusing enough! You can park at about
before an electric gate bars your way. However there is a rough road until
which you can walk. At this point the Slieve Beagh way points to the right, but you need to take the track to the left. This track soon peters out and its about 700m over wet bog to your next target which is Eshnabrack (spot height on OS map atH538431), the highest point in County Monaghan, though there no point to speak of and everywhere around you is around the same height, but you can take comfort in the fact that you are indeed the highest person in Monaghan as no one else is dumb enough to be up here without a valid reason! I then made my way over to Lough Sallagh (
) to break the monotony and while I was there decided to head over to the summit of Beagh itself (
) which at least has a boggy mound to recommed it.
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Picture from simon3 : The isolated summit.
The isolated summit.
Slog, tarry but not avoid.
28 May 2010
Slieve Beagh wasn't considered to be up to much in the 19th century, judging by the Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1839), which included the following on Monaghan:
"The whole county is hilly, but the hills seem as if scattered in an irregular manner, without forming ridges or chains. The principal heights are Slieve Baugh or Slieve Beagh and .. The Slieve Beagh Mountains form an uninteresting waste along the boundary of this county and Tyrone, and are sterile without being picturesque."
Perhaps modern tastes have changed. Certainly as visitors we valued the quietness of the place, an Area of Special Scientific Interest in Northern Ireland and a National Heritage Area in the Republic. As
says, an "oasis of emptiness".
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The curling world lost an all-time great this week when three-time Canadian champion and 1984 world champ Janet Arnott died of cancer at age 63.
Arnott, the sister of legendary Manitoba skip Connie Laliberte, represented the province 10 times at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
A lead, she played many seasons with her sister and later won a bronze medal at the 2007 Scotties as a member of the Jennifer Jones team.
"Janet, you will always be a part of the person I am on and off the curling ice," Jones said on Twitter. "Your perspective on life was inspiring. My heart is just broken and I will miss you and your laugh so much. You will be a friend and teammate for life. Forever grateful to have shared so much with you."
Arnott became the coach of Jones' team after she retired from playing and was there when the foursome won the Olympic gold medal in Sochi in 2014.
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Arnott is a member of both the Manitoba and Canadian Curling Halls of Fame.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) – It took 56 years for Dodger Stadium to see a game like this.
Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig hit two homers each, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 21-5 on Thursday night.
Brian Dozier and Justin Turner also went deep as Los Angeles finished with its highest scoring total at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers hit a season high-tying seven homers, and also set season highs for runs in a game, and in an inning when they had nine in the seventh.
"That is more indicative of our club offensively," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "You're going to have spells where you don't have hits and there will be bad at-bats when guys pitch well, but the last couple of nights, with a walk-off win (Wednesday), that can give you a shot in the arm and hopefully it continues."
Clayton Kershaw (5-5) gave up two runs and five hits over six innings, winning his second consecutive start. He also won for the fourth time in his last six outings, while striking out seven with two walks.
Christian Yelich and Jesus Augilar each hit home runs for the Brewers, who lost for just the fifth time in 13 games. Yelich's home run off Kershaw was his 16th. Aguilar, who went deep against Dodgers reliever Erik Goeddel, hit his 26th.
But this game was all about the Dodgers' offense. The starting outfield of Pederson, Bellinger and Puig each had four RBIs. Acording to STATS LLC, the only other time that happened was in 1964, when the Milwaukee Braves' trio of Hank Aaron, Rico Carty and Lee Maye did it.
Bellinger snapped an 0-for-13 slide when he lifted a 0-1 pitch from Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin off the right-field foul pole for his 18th of the season. It was his second grand slam this season and third of his two-year career.
"It was fun," Bellinger said. "You never expect to score that many runs, but when you do, you just try to take advantage of it at the plate and I think we did a good job of that today."
Chacin (10-4) gave up nine runs and five hits with four walks over 4 1/3 innings. It was the right-hander's worst outing since giving up eight runs over 4 1/3 innings June 24 at home against the St. Louis Cardinals.
"They have a good lineup," Chacin said. "I feel like they always have a good lineup and they have good guys like (Manny) Machado and Dozier. They're going to be the team to beat in the National League and hopefully we play against them again."
Infielder Hernan Perez and catcher Erik Kratz each made his third appearance on the mound for the Brewers.
Pederson started the Dodgers' home-run binge when he led off the game with a drive deep into the seats in right field. It was the seventh leadoff home run of his career, with four of those coming this year. He added a three-run shot in the seventh to give him 16 on the season.
Puig had a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the seventh to give him 14 on the season. Dozier, who was acquired from Minnesota at Tuesday's trade deadline, hit a three-run shot to left field in the fifth, his 18th. It was Dozier's second home run in two starts with the Dodgers.
Turner hit his sixth home run after coming off the 10-day disabled list earlier Thursday. He had been out since July 22 with a strained right groin.
The Dodgers scored double-digit runs for the second time in the second half, both against the Brewers. It was the 10th time this season the Dodgers have scored 10 or more runs in a game.
The Dodgers won the season series against the Brewers 4-3 after splitting the four-game series at home.
Despite crushing the Brewers on Thursday, the Dodgers continued the theme postgame that Milwaukee is a team they could see in the postseason.
Kershaw admitted he wasn't at his best despite earning the victory over six innings, and said a relentless Brewers offense was part of the reason.
"One of these days, maybe in the payoffs, I'll figure out how to get Yelich out," Kershaw said. "He's swinging the bat unbelievably right now and fortunately our bats were a little bit hotter tonight."
Kershaw was asked about how tough the Brewers lineup would be in October.
"All the way up and down the (Brewers) lineup (there are) a lot of guys are swinging the bats," Kershaw said.
The Dodgers are expected to add new reliever John Axford to the active roster Friday for the start of a three-game series against the Houston Astros. The Dodgers acquired the right-hander at Tuesday's trade deadline.
Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (rotator cuff inflammation), who has been out since the start of June, will have at least two more minor league rehab starts before he returns to the Brewers' rotation.
Dodgers: 2B Chase Utley went on the 10-day disabled list because of left wrist inflammation opening a roster spot for Turner (right groin strain), who was reinstated to the active roster. … LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (strained left groin) went four scoreless innings, giving up two hits, in a rehab start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. … LHP Zach Rosscup (left middle finger inflammation) pitched one scoreless inning in a rehab outing also at Rancho Cucamonga.
Brewers: RHP Junior Guerra (6-7, 3.43 ERA) will take the mound at home on Friday in for the start of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies.
Dodgers: LHP Alex Wood (7-5, 3.68) starts the opener of a three-game series against the Astros.
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Double Bass Course
acterised by good spirits, mutual acceptance, support and reliability. Most important of all is the aspiration to professionalism: after all, following completion of nine to ten semesters at the Uni-
versity, the students should be in a position to find work in a cultural landscape now more and more threatened by cutbacks. In this context, here are some basic questions that need to be considered before starting a study course in music:
- Why do I want to study music? Because being a "musician" is a good job,
with which you can, if you are lucky, earn good money or become well-known?
Or because I have such a powerful need to make music that I have no other professional option?
- Am I ready to practice every day for the rest of my life, and to give up a great deal for it?
- Can I accept that as a musician I can never finish learning?
- Am I able to work more and to work harder than others?
- Can I handle failures and disappointments and still keep going, without giving up on my goal?
- a reasonable size class of eight to at most ten students, making it possible to work individually and intensively
- regular and continuous double bass tuition (no student ever yet improved because the Professor was on tour!)
- individual piano accompaniment for up to one hour a week
- regular concerts by the class, internal and public
- seminars with principal bass players of leading German orchestras
- recordings of rehearsals, plus full recording productions using the latest digital technology
- involvement in varied chamber music, theatrical, and of course orchestral projects
- a "Pop/World Music" course, which invites you on to join in further activities
- excellent outfitting, with eight double basses, a Yamaha grand piano, and two classrooms of our own, equipped with an Internet connection.
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Emilio Peroni: piano accompaniment, Silvio Dalla Torre: double bass,
Henry Schwarzkopf: double bass teaching methods
Emilio Peroni: piano accompaniment, Silvio Dalla Torre: double bass,
Henry Schwarzkopf: double bass teaching methods
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She Left Me the Gun: My Mother's Life Before Me (Hardcover)
"One of those memoirs that remind you why you liked memoirs in the first place... It has the density of a very good novel... As you do with the best writers, you feel lucky to be in Ms. Brockes's company." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A chilling work of psychological suspense and forensic memoir, She Left Me the Gun is a tale of true transformation: the story of a young woman who reinvented herself so completely that her previous life seemed simply to vanish, and of a daughter who transcends her mother's fears and reclaims an abandoned past.
"One day I will tell you the story of my life," promises Emma Brockes's mother, "and you will be amazed." Brockes grew up hearing only pieces of her mother's past—stories of a rustic childhood in South Africa, glimpses of a bohemian youth in London—and yet knew that crucial facts were still in the dark. A mystery to her friends and family, Paula was clearly a strong, self-invented woman; glamorous, no-nonsense, and frequently out of place in their quaint English village. In awe of Paula's larger-than-life personality, Brockes never asked why her mother emigrated to England or why she never returned to South Africa; never questioned the source of her mother's strange fears or tremendous strengths.
Looking to unearth the truth after Paula's death, Brockes begins a dangerous journey into the land—and the life—her mother fled from years before. Brockes soon learns that Paula's father was a drunk megalomaniac who terrorized Paula and her seven half-siblings for years. After finally mustering the courage to take her father to court, Paula is horrified to see the malevolent man vindicated of all charges. As Brockes discovers, this crushing defeat left Paula with a choice: take her own life, or promise herself never to be intimidated or unhappy again. Ultimately she chooses life and happiness by booking one-way passage to London—but not before shooting her father five times, and failing to kill him. Smuggling the fateful gun through English customs would be Paula's first triumph in her new life.
She Left Me the Gun carries Brockes to South Africa to meet her seven aunts and uncles, weighing their stories against her mother's silences. Brockes learns of the violent pathologies and racial propaganda in which her grandfather was inculcated, sees the mine shafts and train yards where he worked as an itinerant mechanic, and finds in buried government archives the court records proving his murder conviction years before he first married. Brockes also learns of the turncoat stepmother who may have perjured herself to save her husband, dooming Paula and her siblings to the machinations of their hated father.
Most of all, She Left Me the Gun reveals how Paula reinvented herself to lead a full, happy life. As she follows her mother's footsteps back to South Africa, Brockes begins to find the wellsprings of her mother's strength, the tremendous endurance which allowed Paula to hide secrets from even her closest friends and family. But as the search through cherished letters and buried documents deepens, Brockes realizes with horror that her mother's great success as a parent was concealing her terrible past—and that unearthing these secrets threatens to undo her mother's work.
A beguiling and unforgettable journey across generations and continents, She Left Me the Gun chronicles Brockes's efforts to walk the knife-edge between understanding her mother's unspeakable traumas and embracing the happiness she chose for her daughter.
About the Author
EMMA BROCKES writes for The Guardian's Weekend magazine and has contributed to The New York Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle. She is the winner of two British Press Awards—Young Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year—and while at Oxford won the Philip Geddes Memorial Prize for Journalism. Her book What Would Barbra Do? How Musicals Saved My Life was serialized on the BBC. She lives in New York.
Praise For…
"[A] courageous, clear-sighted book, which shifts between memoir and elegy as it examines the persistence of family secrets and the fragile interface between innocence and knowledge ... Brockes handles her toxic material with a lightness of touch that navigates skillfully between tragedy and bleak comedy... [Brockes's mother] did not need to leave her daughter a gun in the end. Her real bequest to Brockes was the psychological freedom to be able to confront the past without inhibition, and to take straight aim at it. The gun is this book." --The Guardian (UK)
"She Left Me the Gun is quite simply an extraordinary book. In the hands of any halfway decent author, this would be an incredible story: a mother with a mysterious South African past who arrived in England in her early twenties with a beautiful antique handgun and a mission to forget who she used to be. In the hands of a writer as gifted as Emma Brockes, it's basically the perfect memoir: a riveting, authentic tale elegantly told.' --Sunday Telegraph (UK)
"Full of intellect and feeling and dartlike expression. It's one of those memoirs that remind you why you liked memoirs in the first place, back before every featherhead in your writers' group was trying to peddle one. It has the density of a very good novel... As you do with the best writers, you feel lucky to be in Ms. Brockes's company throughout She Left Me the Gun. She is mugged; her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and swastika-wearing bikers roar up. She never loses her composure... This is a grim story, but it's also a love story." --Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"An exemplary family history and immensely brave... Brockes's descriptions of South Africa and her newly discovered family (towards whom she is loyal and generously affectionate) are astute and, one feels, tempered by the tightly coiled wayward nature of the freshly grief-stricken. It makes the slow pace of the revelations all the more honourable and heartfelt. The result is a wise, tender letter of love to a mother and her incredible sense of love and necessary self-sufficiency." --Helen Davies, Sunday Times (UK)
"This soul-searching tale is a shocking trail of murder, violence, incest and betrayal that leaves her both shocked and proud ... Emma Brockes writes with dry humour and a refreshing lack of sentiment as she unravels the complex family ties that have become twisted into a difficult and at times almost impenetrable web of hidden suffering." --Daily Express (UK)
"The riveting memoir about how a prizewinning British journalist reclaimed her mother's traumatic past... The story of Brockes' quest to understand her mother's past is powerful on its own, but the backdrop against which most of the narrative unfolds—a country with its own history of rapacious violence—makes the book even more poignant and unforgettable."
"This astonishing, unsettling book examines the relationship between knowledge and love. Vigorously unsentimental, deeply absorbing, and written with fierce wit, it is an unstinting look at what it means to be innocent, at any stage of life, and how obsessively we all seek and avoid the many faces of truth."
—Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree and The Noonday Demon
"A beautiful, wise book. It deals with some of the grimmest aspects of human experience, but it is also one of the most genuinely uplifting works I have read in years. Emma Brockes's superb, clear-eyed narration is an object lesson for any aspiring memoir writer. She Left Me the Gun deserves to become a classic."
—Zoë Heller, author of The Believers and Notes on a Scandal
"Emma Brockes sets out on a delicate journey to uncover a secret locked in the heart of her own family's darkness. A harrowing tale of murder and incest emerges, unfolding by stages in this utterly compelling psychological memoir."
—John Berendt, author of The City of Falling Angels and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


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In our 5 à 7 Friday Cocktails series, Susan Semenak shakes, stirs, pours and shares a new cocktail recipe every week all summer long.
MONTREAL - Nothing beats a cold beer on a dog day of summer. Add kick to your brew with this Mexican michelada, a spicy-savoury cocktail that's a cousin to the Bloody Mary. Add as much or as little chili heat as you can stand.
Serves 1
Kosher salt and hot sauce for rimming glass
1 12-ounce bottle pilsner beer, such as Corona, well-chilled
Juice of one small lime
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon hot sauce, such as Tabasco (or to taste)
Dash of soy sauce
2 ounces tomato juice or Clamato
Place a beer mug in the freezer for at least half an hour. Pour a little hot sauce onto one small plate and a little kosher salt onto another. Remove beer glass from freezer and dip the rim first in the hot sauce and then in the salt.
Pour in cold beer and remaining ingredients. Stir to combine. Add ice and serve.


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The shortest increments of time known to humanity are the following, beginning with the most brief:
— One week
— A New York minute
— One decade
— A sec
— Like five minutes
It's that decade, so wily. Writers love using the word so they don't have to do math. Something invented in 1938 has "been around for decades." Wow, decades! That's like, forever. Except they fly by quick. Live through two or three of them, and you realize, Oh, shit, if that's how fast 10 years can trickle by, I'm going be dead in like five minutes.
But rest assured that 10 years can also be a really, really long time, at least when we're talking about sports blogs. Why, back in 2003, when "Hey Ya!" was the song of the moment (it holds up!) the Web was still in an prolonged pubescence. People relied newspapers and magazines and news crawls for their sporting informations. There was such a thing as sports-talk radio, but it would be unrecognizable today, as it was full of white men in fedoras barking in their classically trained 1930s play-by-play announcer voices. The notion of going "online" to write "opinions" about "sports" seemed as laughable as putting a person on the moon! (Because the Space Race had been over for decades, you see, not because we didn't have the means.)
For one indication of how benighted 2003 was, have a look at this list of "Best Sports Blogs" that Forbes assembled in September of that year. It begins by describing a dystopian hellscape and then heads downhill from there.
Just turn on your radio, watch TV or go to a cookout, and you'll inevitably hear one know-nothing or another comment on the sports story du jour.
You're no doubt cringing at the memory of all the conversations you had at cookouts about how the Yanks were due to win a World Series or how Carmelo would surely defend Syracuse's title or how Lance Armstrong's cancer treatments made him so good at winning Tours de France. People knew nothing back then. Yet the nightmare only festers from there:
Surprisingly, that sports-centric stream of consciousness hasn't flourished on the Web. Sports blogs, i.e., Weblogs—Internet journals that give their creators and visitors a soapbox to air ideas—are few and meager. That may be because established sports Web sites—like Disney-owned espn.com, AOL Time Warner's si.com or the online sports sections of outlets such as The Washington Post or News Corp.'s Fox News—give fans their fix. Indeed, there is no economic incentive to start a sports blog—even the finest ones we perused were barely able to cover costs.
With the benefit of hindsight, we know most of this would be considered true even today. Blog is still short for Weblog, which is still technically an Internet journal that serves as a forum for ideas, except now the Web is so pregnant with blogs that people scarcely distinguish them from websites at large. ESPN.com and SI.com and the Washington Post and Fox are all mainstays in sports coverage, but they've also become ecosystems for their own blogs, which are themselves a mixture of reporting and idea-soapboxing. There is still almost no economic incentive to start a sports blog. That is, unless you're going to hump the living hell out of it, perhaps yoking a human raft of free labor to the enterprise and then sell it to a company eager to take possession of a vehicle for cheap or unpaid labor. But you'd never do that, because that would be wrong.
So what were the top sports blogs of 2003, in the estimation of Forbes? These five merited mention: badjocks.com, Off Wing Opinion, fuckedsports.com (now defunct), fanblogs.com and yankeefan.blogspot.com. That last one was in the midst of some serious growth back in the summer of aught-three: "1,000 hits in May, 2,000 in June, 3,000 in July and 6,500 in August." Gosh, if that exponential trend had continued for the past 10 years? Why just think of the page hits.
But that didn't happen. Instead, starting in 2005, you got the likes of Deadspin, an independent newsgathering and commentary site known for its fearless, intrepid journalism. You're welcome.
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BOSTON (AP) The Senators are heading home with a chance to eliminate the Bruins in Ottawa.
Not that they've had much trouble with them in Boston.
Bobby Ryan scored early in the third period, Craig Anderson stopped 22 shots for his fourth career postseason shutout and the Senators beat Boston 1-0 on Wednesday night for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
It was Ottawa's fifth straight win in Boston dating to 2015 and seventh victory in eight tries - home or away - this season. Game 5 is Friday night in the Canadian capital.
''We worked so hard to get home ice for the first round of the playoffs,'' Senators forward Zach Smith said. ''It's nice to get some wins here and go back and potentially have the chance to close it off at home.''
Tuukka Rask made 26 saves for Boston, which had a goal disallowed in the second when Ottawa coach Guy Boucher challenged and the replay showed Noel Acciari was offsides.
The Bruins need a victory on Friday to force the series back to Boston.
''We'll show up, show some character,'' Rask said. ''We've been on the other side. Us, as veterans, have to make sure the young guys don't hang their heads.''
Every game so far in this best-of-seven series has been settled by a one-goal margin, including back-to-back overtimes in Games 2 and 3.
''You're not going to win 7-6 every night,'' Bruins forward Brad Marchand said. ''You've got to be able to play any style, so that's the way it is.''
The game remained scoreless until 5:49 into the third, when Erik Karlsson's shot deflected off Rask to his stick side. Ryan pulled it from his backhand to his forehand and swiped at it as Zdeno Chara dove behind Rask into the crease to try to knock the puck away from the goal line.
''There's always a game or two in the series where it's like chess. It's nice and slow and strategic moves,'' Anderson said. ''We played our system to a T. We weathered the storm early and just stuck with it and made good on our chance in the third.''
The 6-foot-9 Chara was able to reach out and prevent the first attempt from going in, but Ryan pushed it over the line with his second.
The Bruins pulled Rask with almost 2 minutes left and managed a couple of scoring chances - both from Marchand - but Anderson turned them away.
''Very good goaltending on both sides,'' Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. ''Their guy was one goal better than us.''
NOTES: Bruins D Colin Miller returned after missing Games 2 and 3 with an unspecified injury. ... Ottawa D Mark Borowiecki missed his second straight game. ''Boro is getting closer every day,'' Boucher said. ... Ottawa F Tom Pyatt left after a hit from Kevan Miller early in the first. ... Bruins C Patrice Bergeron, a three-time Selke Trophy winner, was named a finalist for the award for the sixth time Wednesday.
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UPDATE: I just got a chance to chat with Chairman Pitts, who said the press release on his plans has been ready since May, but he waited until lawmakers were (finally!) through with the summer of special sessions before sending it.
"The last two (regular) sessions are the hardest I've ever had," Pitts said.
Pitts said he thought about retiring previously, but that he was reluctant to leave when former Senate Finance Committee Chairman. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, retired because he thought it was necessary that one of the chamber's budget writers have experience.
Now, he said, Finance Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, is experienced and "he'll do a great job" along with whoever succeeds Pitts.
Pitts said he has no intention of running for a statewide office.
"I don't know what I'm going to do. Enjoy life," he said. Pitts said he wants to spend more time with his grandchildren – twins who are age 4, and a 6-year-old – and that played a part in his decision.
"I see that they're growing up, and their other grandparents play such a role in their life, and I'm not able to," Pitts said. "I thought, they're not going to be this age long."
Meanwhile, Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, urged Pitts to reconsider.
"I understand Jim's desire to step away from the Legislature after 20 years of sterling service, but his wisdom and leadership will be needed more than ever in the next session," said Uresti. "His work ethic, his handling of the budget and the respect he has earned from fellow lawmakers have made him indispensable to the legislative process."
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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, who has served two decades in the Legislature, said Thursday he won't seek re-election.
"My goal has been to give my all for those I represent. I have done so, now it's time to come home. It has been a tremendous honor to serve in the Texas House of Representatives on behalf of the citizens of Ellis, Hill, and more recently Henderson counties," Pitts, R-Waxahachie, said in a statement.
"I truly believe there is no better place in which to live, work, and raise a family than the great State of Texas, and I am proud to have been able to help make Texas even better over these past twenty years," he said.
Pitts has been a guiding force on the budget through the most challenging of times, including in the 2011 legislative session when predictions of a revenue shortfall forced billions of dollars in cuts to services including public education – and in 2013, when lawmakers ended up with more money than forecast and struggled to agree on how much to restore to schools and other key areas.
He was named to Texas Monthly's list of "10 best" lawmakers in 2005, 2009 and 2013.
Despite often being a position of having to tell his colleagues "no" on additional funding for particular projects, Pitts has a genial air and wry sense of humor that has made him a popular lawmaker.
A colleague once said of Pitts, "He can tell you — as he has done me — to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip."
Pitts said his decision to retire from the Legislature is "one of the hardest I have ever had to make, but ultimately it is time for me to close this chapter of public service. I am looking forward to spending time with my family and friends and seeing what new opportunities and challenges life has in store."


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Annapurna Khayar Lake Trek
|Trip Summary
|Trip Name
|Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking
|Trip Duration
|15 nights/16 Days
|Trip Start/Ends
|Trip Code
|Trip Cost
|USD 1415 per person
|Group Size :
|Minimum 4 upto 16 passenger
|Fly or drive to Pokhara and 35 minutes and start the trek according to itinerary and drive back to Kathmandu
|The Route
|Maximum altitude (3200m) Poon Hill and (3868m) Tyangboche monastery, 5/6-hrs average walking per day, easy trail.
|Trip Facilities
|Well managed teahouse/Lodges.
|Spring: March - April/Autumn: September – November
|Highlights of Annapurna Khayer Lake Trekkng
|Sightseeing in Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath, Patan Durbar square, Pashupatinath, Boudhnath and Bhaktapur Durbar square.
|Himalayan mountain flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara
|Lake valley of Pokhara
|Mid -hill cultural explore, Gurung, Magar, Brahmin, and Ksetri are the inhabitants mainly
|One of the best views from Poon Hill showing whole Annapurna, Dhaulagiri ranges
|Ascend to Kopra Ridge, Visit Kaire Lake
|One of the best views from Poon Hill showing whole Annapurna, Dhaulagiri ranges
Outlined itinerary
|Arrive in Kathmandu
|Welcomed by our representative Meeting and briefing about trip
|Excursion day in Kathmandu
|Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swoyambunath and Patan Durbar square, meeting and briefing
|Fly to Pokhara (820m) then trek to Australia camp
|Scenic Himalayan flight, Lake valley of Pokhara, Good view of Annapurna range
|Trek to Landrung village
|Gurung village, stone Building
|Trek to Ghandrung
|Gurung village, Bee Hive
|Trek to Tadapani
|Watch tower in village
|Trek to Dobato
|Colorful rhododendron forest, stunning views of the Annapurna Himal
|Trek to Kristibung
|Colorful rhododendron forest
|Trek to Khopra Phedi
|Excellent views of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Annapurna South, Tukuche Peak and Mt. Nilgiri
|Explore around Khopra and Khayar Lake
|Excursion to Khaiyar Lake, Possible to observe annual Festival
|Trek to Swantha
|Trek to Ghorepani
|Magar village, biggest Rhododendron forest,.
|Trek to back Pokhara
|Sunrise view over the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna range
|Drive to Kathmandu
|Scenic drive to Kathmandu
|Leisure day
|Farewell meeting and Dinner
|Departure day
|Flight onward destination
Cost Includes & Excludes
Annapurna Khayer Lake trekking route is newly introduced trekking trail which is situated at western part of Nepal on Annapurna region and this trekking can be defined as untouchable destination by the trekkers because the lack of its publicity in Annapurna region.
Khayer trek is one of the exotic and interesting treks in Nepal, uncrowned terrains providing the golden chance to explore traditional villages, incredible scenery, infinite and diversity of culture, spectacular views of silvery mountains and tempting views of river and exotic valley can be seen on the way of trekking trail.
Khayer Lake is key attraction of this area except and trail to this trek is mainly dominated by the colorful rhododendron forest, which blooms in spring. The area holds two big festivals every year. All the locales gather together on the top of the ridge (Khopra Hill) twice a year (once in the month of March-April and another in the months of July-August). In the first case the locales slain Yak and drink the blood while it is hot as well as the perfect treatment for any kind of illness. On the occasion of sacred-thread replacement day (Full Moon of August), people believe that will be fulfill their wishes after visit this Lake. People also believe that to touch in the water of Khayar Lake, they will be salvation after death. Likewise, the married barren women came here to ask for the fertility of their wombs. This trekking area with mixed of culture and excellent Himalayan scenery including Mt. Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I, Annapurna II, Anapurna III, Annapurna south, Machhapuchhare, Hiunchuli, Lamjung Himal, Tukuche peak,Nilgiri etc.
Arrival Information: We don't expect any problems, and nor should you, but if for any reason you are unable to commence your trip as scheduled, as soon as possible please contact us at email@example.com or call us at +977-1-4258476 or +977985105037 as emergency contact. Our airport representative will be waiting with your Name or Nepal Adventure Point sign on it. Please check carefully once you exit the baggage hall as there seem to be hundreds of people waiting outside in the arrival gate and have not made contact with our representative within 30 minutes , we recommend that you make your own way to the hotel and we will pay you back taxi cost if this occurs.
Pre-meeting and trip briefing: On this trek, we give a short brief about Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking trip at hotel on the same day of your arrival and introduce by your group leader and team members. At the mean time, we will provide an opportunity for individuals to ask questions about your trip. Pre-trip meeting covers the information regarding the personal equipment, acclimatization among others. We believe that pre-trip meeting is very important in order to better preparation of the trip.
Service Level: This trip is leveled as a standard which means standard hotel rooms are provided with breakfast, sightseeing tours and guest houses and lodges with private room with share bathroom.
Group Size & group joining: The minimum group size is 4 and the maximum is 16. However, if you'd like to make a group booking for more than that, we will be happy to arrange this for you. Our entire trip is a group joining basis unless any one does not request the private or the personal trip.
Important Stuffs: National park entrance permit and TIMS card required for Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking trip so we suggest you to post us 4 passport-size photos copies of passport & visa (If you already taken the visa from your homeland), insurance policy. You should also have contact numbers of next to kin, Bank and insurance company and your travel agent/ flight booking office.
Accommodation: During the Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking trip, you will be sleeping and eating on tents. Camping trek team includes a team of leader/guide, cook, Sherpa, kitchen staffs and porters. We provide standard hotels in Kathmandu like hotel Manang/Marshyangdi or similar category with breakfast.
Single supplement: All accommodations are based on double occupancy. If you prefer single accommodations, you must pay a single supplement fee, which is listed to the trip itinerary. If you are traveling alone and wish to share accommodations, we will try to match you with a roommate of the same gender. If there is no one with whom you can share, you are required to pay a "forced" single supplement fee, which is usually half of the regular price supplement. On some trips, and/or some places, single accommodations are not available.
Food & Drink: The meals are includes on this trip, mostly the buffet style breakfast will be provided in the hotel in city. We provide plenty of hygienic, tasty and nutritious meals three times a day which could be in form of a variety of local and western dishes. Breakfast consists of a choice of porridge, muesli and cereal followed by omelet, fried or scrambled eggs with chapattis or bread. Lunch is generally a selection of salad, cooked vegetable dishes, pasta and traditional breads. After a long day on the trail, dinner is a hearty 3 course meal - soup, followed by a variety of vegetable, meat, rice and pasta dishes and completed with a plain dessert. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate are also provided with all meals. Nepal Adventure Point always encourages using locally produced grains and vegetables to make sure they are fresh enough. Our experienced staffs always make sure to feed you with hygienic and well cooked food of remarkably high standards as they know good health is vital to an enjoyable and successful trek and climb. The vegetables are treated by potassium permanganate/iodine and you are always served with boiled water. Antiseptic soaps and potassium or iodine treated water are provided for washing.
Daily feature of Camping Trek: Normally you will be woken at around 6AM with a cup up hot tea and followed by a small bowl of hot water to wash your face brought to your tent. Before breakfast you pack your gear into your kit bag which is then taken by the porters and will not usually be available to you until camp that afternoon. We are usually on the trail between 7.00AM - 7.30AM. Following a good morning's walk around 3-hrs lunches will service en-route each day at a picturesque sport at around 12/01 PM usually an hour lunch break to allow for the trekker's. After lunch, our tents builder Sherpa will go ahead and set up the camp. The afternoon walk is generally a little shorter and camp is usually reached by around 3PM to 4PM. When you reached at the camp, everything will be ready and afternoon tea will be served. Until dinner there is time to rest, explore the surrounding area and villages or sit and chat with the crew and local people. The dinner is usually served around 7:00 PM to 7:30PM. In the evening afford some of the best memories of your trek, whether it is talking, playing cards, chatting with the crew or joining in some singing and dancing with your trekking crews or with the local people, its always a special time till around 9PM then the time to sleep.
Staffs: Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking trip is accompanied by one of our local group leaders, one assistant guide will provide above 8 trekkers. This arrangement ensures that should anybody in the group fall sick, the trip can still go ahead as planned. Our local leader prides themselves on a thorough knowledge of the mountains, the people and villagers who live there, the flora, the fauna, and historical, cultural, religious and social aspects of the region in which you will be travelling.
Believing that the porters are important and impossible to complete the trip so besides your leader and guide the trek will be accompanied by one porter or pack animal for every two people. We do not allow porters to carry exceeding 25 kgs in tea-house and 30kgs weight during the camping treks. It is because of human being respect, their rights and against any exploitation on its operation. We provide good health insurance, good equipments, working training and of course good pay with lots of encouragements. You can leave the rest of your luggage at the hotel where you were staying before the start of the trek, or at our local agent's office.
Acclimatization: Keep in mind that you will be reaching at 4300 meters high. Walking fast at such elevation could lead to medical complications (Acute Mountain Sickness) which could be serious. There is less oxygen compared to sea level in high-altitudes places. The higher, altitude will be the less oxygen in air. Your body needs a days to acclimatize to this environment, which is why we will stop a day rest in trails-head destination. Although we provide information regarding AMS insurance, the only option for treatment is descending (evacuation). We advise that clients with known heart, lung or blood diseases, or clients over the age of 60 to discuss with their doctor before traveling with us. Symptoms of AMS include mild to severe headaches, dizziness, fever, loss of appetite or stomach pain; it is important to alert our staff if you are feeling poorly to ensure that illness does not progress.
Safety & Security: Many national governments provide a regularly updated advice service on safety issues involved with international travel. We recommend that you check your government's advice for their latest travel information before departure. We strongly recommend the use of a neck wallet or money belt while travelling, for the safe keeping of your passport, air tickets, travellers' cheques, cash and other valuable items. Leave your valuable jeweler at home - you won't need it while travelling. Many of the hotels we use have safety deposit boxes which are the most secure way of storing your valuables. A lock is recommended for securing your luggage.
Health & Medical Advice: Trekkers must have the good level of fitness for mountain trekking, at least walking 7-8 hours each day at high elevation, climbing and high expedition you are requested to have the complete medical improvement from your travel doctor to attend the trip. You should consult with your doctor for up-to-date medical travel information before you are travelling. We recommend that you carry a First Aid kit as well as any personal medical requirements although our leader is carrying enough. Please be aware that sometimes we are in remote areas and away from medical facilities. NAP reserves the right to exclude any traveller from all or part of a trip without refund if in the reasonable opinion of our leader they are unable to complete the itinerary without undue risk to themselves and/or the rest of the group.
Medical Supplies: The supplies listed here are recommended for any trek. Since some of them are prescription drugs, you should visit your doctor and discuss the trip with them and obtain prescriptions. If your doctor makes recommendations contrary to the suggestions here, follow your doctor's advice, and obtain substitutes for these items. It is not necessary to burden yourself with a lot of medicines for the trek, though you should carry enough to take care of minor problems. The ones listed here are sufficient for most situations. You should be sure to provide your supply of own aspirin, band aids, etc.
Basic first aid supplies
Suntan lotion or sun blocking cream
Lip salve (Chapstick, Blistex, or Glacier Cream)
Foot powder
Bandaids (plasters) and tape
Moleskin or other blister pads
Elastic (Ace) bandage
Antiseptic cream
Throat lozenges or cough drops
Decongestant tablets
Iodine - small bottle for water purification
Toilet paper & matches or a cigarette lighter to burn used TP
Bactrim, Norbactin or other diarrhoea remedy
Travel Insurance: Travel insurance is compulsory in order to participate on any of our trips. When travelling on a group trip, you will not be permitted to join the group until evidence of travel insurance should provide us up on arrival. Such travel insurance must cover medical, emergency evacuation and full trip cancellation. We strongly recommend that the policy also covers personal liability, cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects.
Checklist for Annapurna Khayar Lake Trekking
Essential Gears - A pair for running shoes, a pair of lightweight pants and long shirts for day time, one pair short pant for trekking, a pair of warm trousers, rainproof jacket with hood, gloves, woolen socks, underwear, water bottles, day pack (30–35 liter), toiletries, towel, small torch or headlamp with spare batteries, sun block, personal medical supplies if any, camera and film.
Seasonal gears - In addition to the essential gears, one need to bring other gears relevant to the months (season) and altitude of your chosen trek as follows:
Months: (Nov / Dec /Jan / Feb / March trek below 3000 Meters) - Lightweight walking boots, woolen jumpers or polar fleece, thermal under wears, cotton t-shirts, sunhat, sunglasses.
Months: (Sept / Oct / April / May trek below 3000 meters) - Lightweight walking boots, woolen jumper, cotton t-shirts, sunhat, sunglasses.
Months: (Nov / Dec / Jan / Feb / March trek above 3000 meters) - Medium walking boots, 2 woolen jumpers or polar fleece, thermal under wears, woolen pants, wind proof / water proof over pants, snow gaiters, scarf, cotton t-shirts, sunhat, sunglasses.
Months: (Sept / Oct / April / May trek above 3000 meters) - Medium walking boots, a pair woolen jumpers or polar fleece, thermal under wears, woolen pants, wind proof / water proof over pants, snow gaiters, scarf, cotton t-shirts, sunhat, sunglasses.
Optional Gears - Small padlock, money belt, penknife, binocular, energy bars, chocolates / sweets, personal diary, playing cards, books, small swing kid etc.
A Tailor-made itinerary: It is possible to customize your suggested trip itinerary. Perhaps you would like to treat yourself to different hotel or add a few extra days to the itinerary? You can also request a transfer to another destination if you like. Just let us know what you want when you complete the quote request form or call or email us for more help. We will help design the tour to suit your specific requirements and dates.
Itinerary Disclaimer: This information is provided in good faith. However, we have design our entire adventure travel itineraries and holidays with care and experiences that stem from our previous clients, comments and our own research. We must understand that adventure travel goes to the remote part of the mountain where weather, physical conditions of team member and flight delayed or cancel will affect the plan itinerary without prior notice so NAP reserve the right to change itinerary at any time without any pre consultation with clients. Our itinerary is brief, as we never know exactly where our journey will take us because of our walking style, physical level and the regions we visit, please understand us travel can be unpredictable. Whatever we have provided in this Trip Details document is a general guide to understand of our travel destinations.
Spending Money: Every traveller is different and therefore spending money requirements will vary. Some travellers may drink more than others while other travellers like to purchase more souvenirs than most. Please consider your own spending habits when it comes to allowing for drinks, shopping and tipping.
Money Exchange: American Dollars are we accepted in Asia and exchange rates fluctuate often. There are many ATM machines in major cities that accept both Visa and MasterCard. Most shops also accept visa and master card but they may charge a 2-4% service charge fee.
Trip Members' Responsibility: Trip members have the responsibility to select a trip appropriate to their abilities and interests. We are also happy to discuss the trip with you. Trip members are responsible for preparing for the trip by studying the detailed itinerary and for bringing the appropriate clothing and equipment as advised.
Respect Local Dress: In Nepal the standard dress is more conservative than it is backing home. In predominately while you travel in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India we ask that you dress respectfully and avoid very short shorts/skirts and singlet's/tank tops when visiting temples or mosques or other holy sites or local villages.
Transportation: Deluxe private vehicle are provided while on city tour, airport transfers, tourist standard buses to and from your trekking or climbing destination.
Additional trip and hotel: In addition to this tour, we can organize trip extensions both within Nepal and other neighboring countries. You may want to try white water rafting or go on a jungle safari in the deep jungles of Chitwan National Park or take a cultural tour. You may as well take a trip to Tibet, Bhutan or India, whichever appeals more to you.
If you also wish to add extending trips or extra nights hotel accommodation before or after your trip then sent us details via e-mail or fill in our online booking form.
Tipping: It's not compulsory but tipping the porters and guides is customary and always greatly appreciated. A rough guideline is US$ 4-7 per person a day for guide and US$ 3-5 per person a day for the porter, however if you wish to tip more that is always welcome.
Clients Feedback: We are not 100% but we do always committed to providing the best service to make complete satisfaction in order to maintain the best value what you have paid and expect. Your feedbacks are always welcome and appreciated; they provide valuable insight for us for future trips. We are happy to give you the opportunity to communicate openly about your thoughts and experiences with us. Please leave your feedback with us at the end the trip. Both your good and not so good comments will help us to make our service more effective and efficient in the future.
Last minute booking: We accept your last minute booking with 100% payment no later than seven days prior to trip starting date only in case of Nepal trips, but last minute booking will not be accepted for Tibet and Bhutan.


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Military Science is the name of the academic department that provides ROTC instruction at the university. The program includes a specified sequence of leadership, management, and professional knowledge classes as well as hands on leadership experience.
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Women make up about one third of all our cadets.
Contracted cadets earn a tax-free monthly stipend for up to 10 months each year (freshmen $300, sophomores $350, juniors $450, and seniors $500).
ROTC scholarships at St. Bonaventure University pay full tuition and mandatory fees. This is in addition to the monthly stipend listed above and a $1,200 annual book allowance. In addition, St. Bonaventure University provides contracted cadets a generous room and board grant. New York state, students receiving full tuition ROTC scholarships are not eligible for NYS TAP per NYS regulations. If an additional award such as a PELL grant causes an "over award," the over award will be corrected by reducing the SBU Resident Grant by the amount of the over award. The student will continue to receive his/her contracted award through a combination of ROTC, SBU, federal and outside funds.
Only if you sign a contract do you incur a service obligation as an Army officer. You can serve either part time or full time. All students are welcome to take our courses, regardless of their interest in military service.
Officers lead soldiers while planning Army training and operations. Enlisted lead, follow, and execute orders.
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CHICAGO – Court documents that often precede a lawsuit have been filed by a U.S. law firm on behalf of a relative of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
The filing in Chicago asks a judge to order Malaysia Airlines and Chicago-based Boeing Co. to turn over documents related to the possible "negligence" caused the Boeing 777 to crash, including any documentation about the chances of "fatal depressurization" in the cockpit.
"Additional pleadings will be filed in the next few days against other potential defendants who are designers and manufacturers of the component parts that may have failed in the aircraft," Chicago-based Ribbeck Law Chartered attorney Monica Kelly said in a statement. The documents filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court seek to preserve evidence.
They were filed on behalf of Januari Siregar, who the law firm says is a relative of Indonesian-born passenger Firman Chandra Siregar. The filings were not clear about their exact relationship.
Kelly said lawyers are asking a judge to order Boeing to provide the names of companies that manufactured the locator beacon, the electric components, batteries and fire alarm systems, the emergency oxygen generators and those who last inspected the aircraft's fuselage. The law firm is also seeking from Malaysian Airlines the identities of people with information about the training of the crew; their physical and psychological evaluations; and the security practices of the airline.
Boeing spokesman John Dern declined comment. Phone and email messages were left for airline officials Wednesday.
In its corporate self-portrait, Ribbeck Law boasts of its success at obtaining compensation for the families of victims of aviation disasters. The National Transportation Safety Board complained after the crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco last year that some attorneys may have violated a U.S. law barring uninvited solicitation of air disaster victims in the first 45 days after an accident.
The NTSB pointed specifically at Ribbeck Law, reporting the firm to Illinois' Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. It was unclear Wednesday if the agency took any action on the complaint.
At the time, Kelly said the firm legally and ethically obtained its clients related to the crash and that all initiated contact with the firm, which is representing 83 passengers of the Asiana flight.


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I still have a few minor flaws to fix on this, and I'm pretty sure you'll be able to see that the mosaic pins are a bit off center. Other than that, much respect to all who actually do rehandles, it is harder than I thought it would be, even if I did most of it by hand. I can't see using sanders being that much easier. The photo was shot using my phone, but I think it captures what I've done so far pretty well
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TwoTonic Knight wrote:You point out the one, but don't really draw attention to the other: It seems pretty obvious that its supposed to be mail on the crown. I see utterly no reason to suppose that the texture means ONLY mail or means ONLY not mail. The one does not exclude the other in either direction - LEGO has always been prone to adapting one thing to another purpose.
Really? I never thought of the crown as having mail on it. Then again, what do I know. Its all quite subjective isn't it? Personally, I always took the texture of bricks to mean nothing more than an unfinished or wheathered surface. I certainly don't have your historical expertise, but from a design standpoint, I'm not convinced one way or another that this was ever intended to be mail. Honestly, the Crown just seems like a modification of the existing flailed helmet. Its surface texture simply the by-product of appropriating elements from an existing design.


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Brigadier General Edward Cardon
In the latest installment of the Kansas City Public Library's General Knowledge series, Brigadier General Edward Cardon, deputy commandant of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, speaks on Leadership in Challenging Times on Thursday, January 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
Cardon, whose extensive military background includes time spent as special assistant (Strategy) for the Army Chief of Staff and deputy commanding general (Support), Third Infantry Division, will discuss how his recent assignments in Iraq have influenced his views on leadership development.
Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the presentation. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage at 10th and Baltimore.


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March in Hungary remembers the Holocaust
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Seeking atonement for their relatives, the grandchildren of some of those involved in the Holocaust joined the annual March of Life walk this year as it shifted to Hungary.
Dozens of Hungarians joined about 250 Germans on the trek — a five-day walk along the route taken by tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews who were marched to Germany and Austria as forced laborers at the end of World War II.
Some 550,000 Hungarian Jews died in the Holocaust, including many of the forced laborers.
This year's participants reversed the route — walking from the Austrian border to Budapest, the Hungarian capital.
Frank Pfeiffer's grandfather voluntarily joined the Waffen-SS, the military arm of the Nazi Party, and wife Barbel's grandfather helped build the electrical system at the Auschwitz death camp, including the wiring of its gas chambers.
At Auschwitz, about a third of its victims were Hungarian Jews.
"I have deliberately come on this march to ask for forgiveness from the Jewish people and the survivors," said Pfeiffer, a 44-year-old travel agent. "As the grandchild of a perpetrator, I want to express how deeply sorry I am at what my grandfather did."
The couple did not discover the truth about their relatives' actions until a dozen years ago, when they began researching their families' pasts.
"We are here with my husband to say the words our grandparents were incapable of," Barbel Pfeiffer said during Friday's remembrance at the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities. "Words cannot undo the events of the past, but we regret what happened with all our hearts."
Commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary have been tainted by disputes between Hungarian Jews and Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government.
Authorities have apologized for Hungarians' actions in the Holocaust, but a statue commemorating the 1944 Nazi occupation of Hungary is being erected despite protests from Jewish groups, who see the memorial as an attempt to diminish Hungarian officials' role in the deportations.
Zoltan Pokorni, a former education minister, said last week that Germany's occupation of Hungary was "an explanation but not an excuse" for the fate of Hungarian Jews.
"The murderers were Hungarian and the victims were also Hungarian," Pokorni said. "This is our issue, not a distant historical question."
A German pastor began the March of Life events in 2007. Since then, more than 20,000 people have taken part in reconciliation marches in 13 countries.


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Learn how to draw circles using Logo. Wait a minute! Are they really circles? If not what are they?
This is the second in a twelve part introduction to Logo for beginners. In this part you learn to draw polygons.
More Logo for beginners. Now learn more about the REPEAT command.
Learn about Pen Up and Pen Down in Logo
What shape and size of drinks mat is best for flipping and catching?
Logo helps us to understand gradients of lines and why Muggles Magic is not magic but mathematics. See the problem Muggles magic.
You can use a clinometer to measure the height of tall things that you can't possibly reach to the top of, Make a clinometer and use it to help you estimate the heights of tall objects.
Exploring balance and centres of mass can be great fun. The resulting structures can seem impossible. Here are some images to encourage you to experiment with non-breakable objects of your own.
Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?
What happens when a procedure calls itself?
Can you puzzle out what sequences these Logo programs will give? Then write your own Logo programs to generate sequences.
Write a Logo program, putting in variables, and see the effect when you change the variables.
Turn through bigger angles and draw stars with Logo.
How many differently shaped rectangles can you build using these equilateral and isosceles triangles? Can you make a square?
Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons combine to create semi-regular solids?
Draw whirling squares and see how Fibonacci sequences and golden rectangles are connected.
This part introduces the use of Logo for number work. Learn how to use Logo to generate sequences of numbers.
Learn to write procedures and build them into Logo programs. Learn to use variables.
More Logo for beginners. Learn to calculate exterior angles and draw regular polygons using procedures and variables.
Did you know mazes tell stories? Find out more about mazes and make one of your own.
Galileo, a famous inventor who lived about 400 years ago, came up with an idea similar to this for making a time measuring instrument. Can you turn your pendulum into an accurate minute timer?
Make a spiral mobile.
Make an equilateral triangle by folding paper and use it to make patterns of your own.
A game to make and play based on the number line.
If these balls are put on a line with each ball touching the one in front and the one behind, which arrangement makes the shortest line of balls?
Have you noticed that triangles are used in manmade structures? Perhaps there is a good reason for this? 'Test a Triangle' and see how rigid triangles are.
It might seem impossible but it is possible. How can you cut a playing card to make a hole big enough to walk through?
Follow these instructions to make a three-piece and/or seven-piece tangram.
You could use just coloured pencils and paper to create this design, but it will be more eye-catching if you can get hold of hammer, nails and string.
Make a mobius band and investigate its properties.
How can you make a curve from straight strips of paper?
Make some celtic knot patterns using tiling techniques
Follow the diagrams to make this patchwork piece, based on an octagon in a square.
In this article for teachers, Bernard uses some problems to suggest that once a numerical pattern has been spotted from a practical starting point, going back to the practical can help explain. . . .
A jigsaw where pieces only go together if the fractions are equivalent.
Arrange your fences to make the largest rectangular space you can. Try with four fences, then five, then six etc.
Have a go at drawing these stars which use six points drawn around a circle. Perhaps you can create your own designs?
This article for students gives some instructions about how to make some different braids.
This article for pupils gives an introduction to Celtic knotwork patterns and a feel for how you can draw them.
What shapes can you make by folding an A4 piece of paper?
As part of Liverpool08 European Capital of Culture there were a huge number of events and displays. One of the art installations was called "Turning the Place Over". Can you find our how it works?
What shape is made when you fold using this crease pattern? Can you make a ring design?
A description of how to make the five Platonic solids out of paper.
This is a simple paper-folding activity that gives an intriguing result which you can then investigate further.
Here is a chance to create some attractive images by rotating shapes through multiples of 90 degrees, or 30 degrees, or 72 degrees or...
Can you cut a regular hexagon into two pieces to make a parallelogram? Try cutting it into three pieces to make a rhombus!
These models have appeared around the Centre for Mathematical Sciences. Perhaps you would like to try to make some similar models of your own.
Use the tangram pieces to make our pictures, or to design some of your own!
Using these kite and dart templates, you could try to recreate part of Penrose's famous tessellation or design one yourself.
Make a ball from triangles!


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The Ejs Parallel Plate Capacitor model displays a parallel-plate capacitor which consists of two identical metal plates, placed parallel to one another. The capacitor can be charged by connecting one plate to the positive terminal of a battery and the other plate to the negative terminal. The dielectric constant and the separation of the plates can be changed via sliders. You can modify this simulation if you have Ejs installed by right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
Ejs Parallel Plate Capacitor model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_bu_capacitor.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models. Additional Ejs models for Newtonian mechanics are available. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.
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Softball and volleyball are on tap next month in Waldron for a fund-raiser by the Class of 2011.
Tournament director Jeff Bernath is looking for a dozen men's teams and eight women's teams for the double-elimination event June 28-29 at the Waldron High School fields.
The cost is $125 a team and teams will hit their own ball. Teams are allowed two runs and subsequent homers will be ruled as outs.
A trophy will go to the first-place team and ASA rules will be followed. Winners will receive free entry into Waldron's Labor Day marathon.
A co-ed tournament might also be scheduled.
To register, call Jeff Bernath at 517/286-6598.
A coed volleyball tournament will begin at 10 a.m. June 28. The entry fee is $60 a team. To register, call Scott Knapp at 517/286-6436.