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Hall of Fame
Nominations for the Swimming WA Hall of Fame have now closed. An announcement on any successful nominations will be made at the 2016 Swimmer of the Year Awards on Saturday 28th May 2016.
Sandra Yaxley OAM
Sandra competed at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics where she won a gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle C6 and silver in the women's 50m backstroke C6. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she won a gold medal in the women's 4x50m freesyle S1-6 and a bronze medal in the women's 100m freestyle S6 after breaking the world record in her heat and then again in the final along wth the other medallists. Sandra retired from swimming after the 1992 Paralympics but continued to be involved as a coach, working with both disabled and able-bodied swimmers and in 2000 she was awarded an Australian Sports Medal for her services to the sport.
Jennifer Reilly
Dual Olympian Jennifer Reilly has worked tirelessly for the sport she has already given so much to in recent years serving on the board for Swimming WA. Originally from Victoria Park Swimming Club, under the guidance of Roger Bruce, Jen represented Australia at 3 Commonwealth Games, winning 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, including her first medal as a 15 year old in the 400 IM, the event she won 8 times at the Australian National Championships. Arguably her best event Jen's time in the 400m IM is the 3rd fastest time swum by an Australian female, and remains the WA All Time Open record
Adam Lucas
Member of the 2004 Australian Olympic Team, Adam remains a well respected swimmer amongst the WA community. Competing for West Coast and training under Grant Stoelwinder, Adam's time for the 200IM remains the 10th fastest time swum by an Australian male and the 3rd fastest by a WA swimmer. Adam's record for the 400IM set in 2005, remains the WA All Time Short Course Record. Adam also hold the WA Residential long course record in the 400IM, along with the Residential records for both the short and long course 200IM. Adam's family continue their involvement in the sport of swimming with his father Ron serving on the board for Swimming WA.
Lara Carroll
Lara made her international debut as a member of the 2004 Australian Olympic Team making the finals in the 200IM, claiming bronze in the same event at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Competing for Fremantle Port Swimming Club under Simon Redmond, Lara's times in the 200IM and 400IM remain as the 7th fastest all time swum by an Australian female. Lara has previously been named as the WA Swimmer of the Year, Open Water Swimmer of the Year and Age Swimmer of the Year. Lara was the only person to have beaten Jen Reilly in the 400IM in 9 years at the Australian National Championships. Lara holds the WA All Time records for the 200IM for both short and long course, as well as the 400IM short course record.
Alf Matthews
Alf has been a member of Swimming WA's Technical Committee for 18 years. Alf was the first WA Country Referee to ref an Australian Swim meet, and is currently the only Country Referee to achieve FINA accreditation. Some of Alfs greatest achievements have been refereeing at two World Championships, the Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the Beijing Olympics. Alf also has a passion for football, having played over 300 A grade football games in the Mortlock Football league. When he is not tied up with his swimming commitments, Alf enjoys fishing in his boat and running his new business with his wife.
Frederick de Lacy
Phillip Harrington Jose
Lesley Arrowsmith
Peter Lawless
Peter Anderson
After achieving both Australian and FINA accredited referee status, Peter has since gone on to officiate at Olympic Games, Para Olympic Games and Pan Pacific Championships. He has kept interest in local sporting clubs and has become life member of Maddington Football and Sportsman Club.
Belinda Woosley
Belinda represented Australia at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 200m Backstroke.
Jonathan Van Hazel
Jonathan competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics Men's 4 x100 Relay Squad, after shoulder surgery, and was made captain of the WA State Team in 2005.
Deane Pieters
Some or Deane's many career highlights include representing Australia at the 1991 FINA World Championships, 1991 Canada Pan Pacific Games, 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and 1993 Kobe, Japan Pan Pacific Games taking out silver in the 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay.
Jacqui McKenzie
Jacqui hit the international swimming circuit at the 1991 Pan Pacific Games Edmonton, Canada taking out Bronze in the 200m Individual Medley. Jacqui also competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, 1993 FINA World Swimming Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Jacqui still holds the Residential LC 12yrs 200m IM record set on 5th January 1986.
Kevin Holtom
Kevin's passion for swimming started in 1963 when he joined West Perth Amateur Swimming Club. Kevin has dedicated so much of his time to Open Water Swimming that, after 20 years of service, Kevin retired in 2008 from all technical and administrative involvement with Open Water Swimming for SAL and Swimming WA.
Lorraine Dodd
Paralympic Swimmer Lorraine Dodd swam her way to three Gold Medals at the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics in the 25m Backstroke, 25m Freestyle & 25m Breaststroke.
Tracey Cross
Tracey is a triple Paralympian who has an abundance of medals to show for it. Tracey took out two gold and two silver at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games, two gold and a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and two silver and one bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Between all these medals Tracey was also crowned West Australian Youth of the Year in 1993.
Christine Barnetson
Representing WA, Christine competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games in the 200m Breaststroke.
Fiona Alessandri
Fiona took home a Silver Medal when she competed in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1989 Tokyo Pan Pacific Games. Fiona also made her way to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games
Grant Stoelwinder
Grant has been selected as an Australian Team Coach on numerous occasions including the: 2005 FINA World Championships, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, 2006 Athens Olympic Games, World Championship, 2006 Vancouver Pan Pacific Championships and the 2007 FINA World Championships.
Simon Redmond
Simon excelled to become an Australian Team Coach at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
Roger Bruce
Roger has been selected as an Australian Team Coach on numerous occasions including the: 2001 FINA World Championships, 2002 Yokohama Pan Pacific Championships, 2004 Athens Olympic Games, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2007 FINA World Championships.
Bernie Mulroy
Bernie has been selected as an Australian Team Coach on numerous occasions including the 1991 and 1999 Pan Pacific Games and the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth games. During his career Bernie coaches many successful Olympians including Neil Brooks, Julia Greville and Travis Nederpelt.
Gerry Stachewicz
Gerry excelled to become an Australian Team Coach at the 1985 & 1989 Tokyo Pan Pacific Championships, the 1987 Brisbane Pan Pacific Championships and the 1991 FINA World LC Championships
Lester Watkins
Lester excelled to become an Australian Team Coach at the 1991 Edmonton Pan Pacific Championships.
Kevin Duff
Kevin is an elite level coach who has excelled so as to become an Australian Team Coach for the 1973 World Championship Team.
Antony Matkovich
Antony represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games where he won silver as a part of the men's 800m freestyle relay team.
Todd Pearson
Todd stormed onto the international circuit at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games as a member of the gold medal 800m freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams. With two Olympic Gold Medals under his belt, Todd continued his swimming career at the 2001 and 2002 world swimming championships. He was selected as a member of the Athens Olympic Swimming Squad, where he won a silver medal as part of the 800m freestyle relay.
William Kirby
Bill hit the international swimming circuit at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998, finishing with a silver medal in the 200m butterfly. Kirby went on to swim as part of the Gold Medal 800m freestyle relay team at the 1999 Pan Pacific Games, the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships. During his career Bill was involved in six long and short course World Records.
Julia Greville
Julia represented Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics winning bronze as part of the 800m freestyle relay and at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games winning gold in the 800m freestyle relay where her team also set a Commonwealth Record. At the 1998 Fina World Championships, here in Perth, Greville won two bronze medals
Rachael Harris
Rachel Harris' first major international competition was the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, where she won gold in the 800m freestyle. Rachel also competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Helen Denman
Helen competed for Swimming WA at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where she won a silver medal as a member of the 4 by 100m medley relay team. She later relocated to South Australia, where she continued her swimming form at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, and 1999 World Cup Short Course event in Sydney.
Priya Cooper
Born with cerebral palsy, Priya began her swimming as a form of therapy. She was encouraged to compete in the 1991 National Wheelchair Games, where she won 9 gold medals. Priya then focused her sights higher winning 2 Gold and 2 silver at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games, and 5 Gold at the 1994 Malta World Championships. In addition, Priya has represented WA at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, winning numerous medals in both events. In addition, Priya broke numerous world records throughout her career.
Shelley Taylor-Smith
Shelley has represented WA in numerous marathon swims. In 1991 she was the World Race Record holder for both men and women in marathon swimming. Taylor-Smith is the holder of 15 World Race records and two records in the Guinness Book of Records for marathon swimming.
Ian Brown
Ian, a former AIS swimmer, is a dual Olympian who competed at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Olympics. 1990 was arguably Brown's year for swimming where, at the Auckland Commonwealth Games, he picked up three medals- Gold Silver and Bronze.
Nicole Redford
Nicole was a butterfly specialist, who represented Australia, and won a bronze medal behind Hayley Lewis at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
Kingsley Burgarin
Kingsley represented WA at five Paralympic Games, spacing from the 1984 New York Paralympic Games to the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. During his career, Kingsley won an astonishing medal haul of 5 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze paralympic medals.
Tom Stachewicz
Tom is a triple Olympian who represented WA at the 1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Stachewicz also represented Australia at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games taking home bronze in the 800m freestyle relay. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, he walked away with four medals.
Sarah Thorpe
Sarah Thorpe first emerged onto the swimming scene in 1985 winning bronze in the first Pan Pacific Games. In 1986 Sarah went on to compete at the Christchurch Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 800m freestyle relay and bronze in the 400m freestyle relay teams.
Barry Armstrong
Barry was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, taking home bronze as a team member of the 400m medley relay team.
Neil Brooks
Neil first represented Australia at the 1979 FINA Cup in Tokyo, before moving on to the 1980 Moscow Olympics at the age of 17, taking Gold in the 400m Medley Relay Team. Brooks took home 4 medals at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwelath Games, and won silver and bronze medals again in the relay events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Peter Evans
Peter is one of Australia's greatest swimmers. He was the only male swimmer in the world to win an individual medal and relay medal at both the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Peter also represented his country at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games
John Kulasalu
John first attracted international attention at the 1973 Long Course World Championships, as part of the silver medal winning 800m freestyle relay team. John continued his form at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth games, winning Gold in the 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle relay.
Ross Patterson
Ross represented Australia at the 1974 Commonwealth Games, winning silver as part of the 400m freestyle relay team.
Lyn McClements
Lyn was the first Australian women to win a gold medal for an Olympic butterfly event, which she did in the 100m butterfly at the 1968 Mexico City Games- setting a games record.
Lynette Watson
Lynne's internationalcareer first began at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics when she won silver in the 400m medley relay alongside fellow Perth Swimmer Lyn McClements, Judy Playfair and Janet Steinbeck. It was the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games however, when Watson's swimming success truly began. Lynne walked away with a haul of five medals, four of them Gold and two Commonwelath Records.
John Ryan
John was a member of the Australian team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where he won a bronze medal as a part of the 4 by 100m freestyle relay team. In 1966 John represented Australia at the Jamaica Commonwealth Games, where he was a member of the gold medallist, world record breaking 440 yard medley relay team. At these games John also claimed silver in the 110 yards butterfly event.
Elizabeth Edmondson
Elizabeth first broke onto the international swimming scene when she was only 14, winning three gold medals and breaking three world records at the 1964 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Elizabeth also took home two gold medals, and again broke the respective world records, at the 1968 Israel Paralympic Games.
David Dickson
David represented Australia at the 1960 Rome Olympics winning Bronze as part of the 800m freestyle relay. He took home two bronze medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 440yard freestyle and medley relay teams. Dickson also competed and medalled at both the 1962 Perth and 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games.
Kevin O'Halloran
Kevin was WA's first swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, which he did at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, as part of the World Record Breaking 800m freestyle relay team. Earlier in the games O'Halloran narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle by 0.4 seconds.
Sir Garrick Agnew
Sir Garrick Agnew was a dual Olympian who represented Australia in the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games. Agnew took home a silver medal in the 1950 Commonwealth Games, as part of the 880 yard freestyle relay team.
Evelyn de Lacey
Evelyn represented Australia in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and won gold at the 1938 Empire Games in the 110 yards freestyle.
Dorothy Green
Dorothy was a successful 1938 Empire Games swimmer, winning gold in the 440 yards freestyle and Silver in the 330 yards freestyle relay.
Ernest Hobbs
Ernest represented Australia at the 1938 Empire Games, where he won a bronze medal as a member of the 3 by 110 yards freestyle relay, alongside team mate Percy Oliver.
Percy Oliver
Percy dominated the Australian Championships in backstroke and freestyle between 1934 and 1940. Percy represented Australia at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Two years later, Oliver competed at the 1938 Empire Games, where he won gold for the 110 yards backstroke. At the same games, he also won bronze in the 330 yards medley relay team.


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The new year brings the need for a safe ride home, and this year was no different.
A local towing company provided a free safe ride this year.
Southside Towing offered to take those in need, and their car to any Bowling Green location.
Owner Randy Huff says he wants to help people out and keep people safe, because in his business he's seen to many deaths from drunk driving.
He says this year his drivers gave twice as many rides than last year.
"It was fantastic we had numerous places that participated. We gave numerous rides back and forth from different locations in town. We took over 250 people home this year and last year we did about 125-130," he says.
Huff says his goal for the 2014 new year is to double the amount of safe rides he provides.
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5 Nobodies Who Stumbled into Wars and Kicked Everyone's Ass
Wars are fought by elite, highly trained, barrel-chested soldiers with steely eyes and jawlines you could open a can of tuna with. At least that's what the movies would have us believe. No one pictures their sweet grandma strafing the border with an AK-47 in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, raining down death and destruction as epic as her homemade apple pie. But it does happen ...
In 1941, a small band of ragtag misfits led by Knud Pedersen, a teenager with no experience in arms or fighting, became the very first Danish Resistance group. The Winston Churchill-inspired Churchill Club took out dozens of Nazi vehicles, stole loads of Nazi weapons, spread anti-Nazi propaganda, and just generally made the Nazis feel about as wanted as that kid on the bus who wore way too much Axe body spray.
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Or the Danish school bus equivalent. Say, the kid with too many tulips.
The Nazis were crotchety old Mr. Wilson, and the Churchill Club was their Dennis the Menace. Through a series of wacky shenanigans, the club built up an arsenal of stolen weapons ... which they gave to the adults to use. Because stopping the war machine is no excuse for underage unsupervised gun use. No joke: Their motto was "If the adults won't do something, we will!"
Mette Lind Jorgensen
Ooh, those little rascals.
The Churchill Club kept right on spitting in those Nazi cornflakes until they were finally busted in 1942 ... after they set an entire freight train full of munitions on fire. Dang, those youthful shenanigans escalated quickly. Some members later established more formal resistance, while Pedersen himself went on to a life of helping young artists make a name for themselves in the Copenhagen area. Without his help, we might not have the works of Arthur Kopcke or ... Yoko Ono.
Hell, we almost forgive him for it.
#4. Three Medical Students Ambush a Nazi Death Train
Youra Livchitz, Robert Maistriau, and Jean Franklemon were medical students dissatisfied with a career of saving lives one at a time, so they decided to operate in bulk. The friends set up a plan to ambush the XXth Convoy to Auschwitz -- the train line that transferred Jewish captives to their deaths at the Nazis' most infamous concentration camp.
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The Nazis died out. The train lived on.
Yep: Three untrained civilians essentially set up the great Nazi train robbery.
On April 19, 1943, the XXth Convoy was carrying 1,631 prisoners to their likely demise, and three students were all that stood between them and the worst shower this side of a dorm. Armed with a hurricane lamp, red tissue paper, a pair of pliers, a pistol, and balls the size of planetoids, the students set about stopping the train to Auschwitz. They knew that engineers would slow the train if they saw an emergency signal on the track, so they glued the red tissue paper around a hurricane lamp, placed it on a bend in the track, and forced the train to a halt.
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Livchitz volunteered to stop it with his bare hands, but the others just really loved lamps.
Step 1 complete! Now, on to Step 2: Dealing with the 15 trained soldiers and their commander, who were guarding the prisoners.
Clearly, this operation had a rather steep difficulty curve.
So the plan was for Livchitz to take on any Nazi soldiers with just a pistol, while Maistriau and Franklemon used the pliers to get the transport car doors open? How bloody improbable does that sound? Toss a mohawked black dude into that mix, and you've got one of the less believable episodes of The A-Team. And yet the three students managed to get 115 people off of that train, and to freedom. You gotta love it when a plan comes together.
#3. Hugh O'Flaherty, the Priest Who Was Born Without the Ability to Give a Damn
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Despite the Germans bombing Dublin every now and again, Ireland managed to stay neutral for the duration of World War II. Too bad nobody told Irish priest Hugh O'Flaherty, who set about transforming his life into a giant middle finger pointed right at the Third Reich.
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Nazi trolling was his favorite hobby, other than golf.
While priests from Axis countries had to evacuate the Vatican after the entire country was surrounded by an Axis power, priests from neutral countries were allowed to remain hassle-free. However, after Italy surrendered in 1943, things started to get messy. Allied POWs in POW camps were now technically free, but stranded -- and it looked like the German forces were marching in to take them back. They needed someone to help them -- someone with shining moral character, a heart of solid steel, a haircut some would describe as "a drunken cloud," and a bitchin' orange silk cloak. Someone who could possibly be described as "the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican."
O'Flaherty sprang into action, accepting every POW (over 4,000 of them!) who came to the doors of the Vatican. From there, he began smuggling them out of Rome using his gigantic network of contacts, helpers, and disguised safe houses.
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Sometimes he disguised refugees as priests. Or cattle.
When the local German forces began to suspect O'Flaherty, did he abandon his hasty life of heroism? Oh no, he kept right on, wandering Rome in disguise, dodging assassination attempts -- he even had the balls to walk POWs right down the stairs of the Vatican in full view of the SS battalion watching from just outside the border. The last one, unsurprisingly, got him a bounty on his head. Despite being in the cross hairs of the SS and apparently priest-hatin' bounty hunters, O'Flaherty still managed to get every last one of the POWs who came to him to safety. When the war was over, O'Flaherty visited the very man who ordered him killed, Colonel Herbert Kappler, in prison. After what we have to assume were more than a few awkward conversations full of hateful pauses, O'Flaherty converted Kappler to Catholicism.
We're not even sure how that's a burn, but we are sure it's a pretty friggin' sweet one.


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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a Johnson & Johnson tuberculosis drug that is the first new medicine to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades.
The agency approved J&J's pill, Sirturo, for use with older drugs to fight a hard-to-treat strain of tuberculosis that has not responded to other medications. However, the agency cautioned that the drug carries risks of potentially deadly heart problems and should be prescribed carefully by doctors.
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WINTERSVILLE - Dozens of kids interested in flight and flying were on hand Saturday at the Ralph Freshwater Terminal at the Jefferson County Airpark for a program designed to promote flying.
The event, organized by Natalie Campana - one of the only licensed female pilots in Jefferson County - was to show young ladies - and some young boys - that learning to fly could be fun. Campana said the program was part of Women of Aviation Week, and was planned in partnership with the Pier Aviation Flight School.
"The elementary school-age children are making airplane gliders, while they also are making airplane magnets," said Campana, adding the day also included mini-flight school, airplane photographs, pizza and some of the older pupils taking a ride in an airplane. "The middle school-aged children went to mini-flight school today. They also got to tour the airplane out on the tarmac."
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GLIDER POWER — Franklin Mazzaferro, 7, takes a moment to take to the friendly skies with his self-constructed glider Saturday at the Jefferson County Airpark as part of Women of Aviation program. The program, which was free and open to children of all ages, featured a mini-flight school, airplane photographs, pizza and some of the older pupils taking a ride in an airplane.
During the flight school children learned about navigation charts, aerodynamics, pilot language and weather conditions necessary for safe flight. Women of Aviation Week, which is being celebrated internationally, is to encourage young ladies to experience flight for themselves, said Campana.
"This is all based on Women in Aviation Week," she said. "The goal is to get at least 15,000 kids nationally into the sky."
Campana, who said she was happy with the day's turnout, also said the weather was perfect for flight, and she expected 15 kids would be taking their first-ever flight in a small airplane by the end of Saturday's event. She added those attending the family-friendly event seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"They are having a ball," said Campana, adding she's planning to make the event an annual tradition.


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Evans 64
South Aiken 58
The T-Breds lost Monday 64-58. Evans was led by Jacob Buchanon's 20 points and Damian Foreman also contributed 13 points.
South Aiken got a big night from Jordan Dingle, who scored 23 points in the loss. Austin Kyles scored 10 points, Richard Davis added another seven and Latrell Brown chipped in seven of his own. The T-Breds (0-1) will look to get on track tonight at Grovetown at 8 p.m.
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Midland Valley 49
The Mustangs weren't able to beat the Wildcats in the second game of the Lake Murray Invitational tournament, falling 73-49.
Laney 71
Aiken 66
The Hornets were unable to beat Laney on the road, falling 71-66.
Laney was led by Khadiyah Tave, who scored 34 points in the opening win. Wynetta Wright also added in 15 points of her own in the win for the Wildcats.
Aiken was led by Hannah Williams, who had 22 points in the loss. Alexis Odum had 12 points, Rebecca Muir had 11 and Erin Gilmore had nine points.
The Hornets will look to even their 0-1 record tonight at Glenn Hills at 7 p.m.


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Nordea bank has ATMs and bureaux de change in both the Arrivals and Departures halls (before and after security). Wireless Internet is available in all public areas of the terminal. Fax/photocopying is available at the information desk in the Arrivals hall.
Eating and drinking:
Various restaurants, cafés, snack bars, fast-food outlets and bars are located throughout the airport.
Duty-free shopping is available in the International Departures hall,and in International Arrivals; various other shops are located throughout the airport.
There is a left-luggage and lost property office (tel: 64 813 477), located opposite the railway station. A porter service is available (tel: 64 810 444).
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But but but... buying it online deprives you of standing in line with all the other morons that don't understand technology.
It is sarcasim folks. I was having some fun and poking fun to all the mac-izens. They fell Jobs is GOD and Gates is the devil. I like them both and I think it is funny how an upgraded iPad was made HUGE. I do applaud apple for keeping the price the same and not ripping off their fans too much. I have played with an iPad and I do like it. I might just drink the cool-aid and go for it this time. My Dell 17inch PC is 5 years old and I do like the airplay features. But again, IT WAS A JOKE!


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Well, another problem here I don't get.
From what I know, sin(x)'=cos(x) right?
Well, here is a problem:
Find $\frac{d}{dx}(y\cos(\frac{y}{x^4}))$ ?
Let $u=y\cos(\frac{y}{x^4})$ and $s=y$, $v=\cos(\frac{y}{x^4})$
$$u'=v\frac{ds}{dx}+s \frac{dv}{dx}$$
$$u'=\cos\frac{y}{x^4} \frac{dy}{dx} + y \frac{d}{dx}(\cos\frac{y}{x^4})$$
Now the question, isn't $\frac{d}{dx}(\cos\frac{y}{x^4})=-\sin(\frac{y}{x^4})$ and here it's where it all ends? Why is the teacher going on and differentiates what's in the parentheses?


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What Bracha should you say on a hurricane? Oseh Ma'aseh Vereishis? You say Birchas Gomel if you travel over the sea; do you also say it if the sea travels over you?
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For sepharadim, Birkat HaGomel is said if you were in prison, bedridden for 3 days, or when you travel for more than 72 minutes outside the city (which seems to cover both the midbar and the yam). So just having a hurricane pass through doesn't make you chayav (or permitted, since safek berachot l'hakel) to say HaGomel.
Upon seeing/feeling uncommonly strong winds (a hurricane would qualify), on feeling an earthquake, lightning, or thunder, the Shulchan Aruch says to say Oseh Ma'aseh vereshit, and "if you want" Shekocho u'gvurato malei olam. (OC 227) The nosei kelim there say that the custom is to say Oseh Ma'aseh vereshit on lightning, and Shekocho u'gvurato malei olam on thunder. (The mishan berura's psak there is a little more complicated about thunder and lightning. Follow the link and scroll down to December 10, 2009 to see it.) The mishnah berurah (s.k. 4) says that you say Oseh Ma'aseh vereshit on winds and an earthquake.
Probably what you want to do is make the berachot on the lightning and thunder that will inevitably come along with the hurricane.
I haven't found a Sephardi posek who directly addresses earthquakes and winds. I would hope that Halacha Berurah vol 11 covers it, but I haven't visited a shul with a copy of vol 11 all week. If anyone else can look this up, please tell me what he says (I'm interested in both earthquakes and hurricanes), otherwise I'll try and find a copy over the next couple days.
Update: the Birkei Yosef (OC 227:5) says that you only say shekocho u'gvurato malei olam on wind if the wind is strong enough to shatter stones and mountains. Otherwise you say oseh ma'aseh vershit.
Update: I had a chance to look at Halacha Berurah vol 11 (OC 227), and here's the upshot. The Shulchan Aruch mentions 5 things on which one says oseh ma'aseh vershit and continues "or if he wants, he can say shekocho u'gvurato malei olam". Here are the 5 things, and what Halachah Berurah has to say about them:
The laws of when thunder and lighting come together are a bit complicated, you should read what he has to say. I've come to the conslusion from this that you should say a separate shekocho u'gvurato malei olam over the winds of a hurricaine, in addition to one for any thunder you might hear.
Many people say Birchas Gomel if they feel their life was in danger. (car accidents are a common case) So if you feel that the ocean is comming to you, and you are in danger and you escape, birchas hagomel is appropriate.
If you only witness the huricane from afar (you leave before it hits or you are in no danger at all) then Ma'aset Bereshis is appropriate.


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Prior to graduating from Columbia Law School, Nate Cross '13 never had the opportunity to enjoy the pomp, circumstance, and sheer joy of a full-on, large-scale commencement ceremony. While his University of Washington classmates walked across the stage in their caps and gowns at the school's graduation in 2006, he was doing push-ups under the sweltering sun in a Pensacola, Fla., field full of fire ants. Cross had chosen to pursue a military career following college, and he was already hard at work in the U.S. Navy's 12-week Officer Candidate School at the time.
Cross, a Washington-state native, earned an undergraduate degree in civil and environmental engineering from the university, and he spent the next four years serving as a naval officer. His work took him to Djibouti—an African nation positioned across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen—where he managed $80 million in construction projects at the only U.S. military base in Africa.
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I started my "putz project" back in December 2010 and to date it's been the MOST popular post on my blog. I won't even tell you how many blog hits I have received since then... and all from people who I am assuming are interested in making their own putz and/or cardboard houses for their own Christmas scenes.
It's a fun project to start, a very time consuming project (if you build them to last) and one that you can build on through the years and perhaps hand down to other generations.
All that being said, I have still not completed my putz houses.
In 2010 I started with the Martha Stewart type putz house. Links to different house pattern sites are listed in the "putz project" link above. The Martha houses are very nice, but a bit too large for my current tastes ~ so if I was to ever make that type of house again I would scale them down. You can see what that style looks like below.
In 2011 (I think it was), I began collecting vintage putz houses, so the ones I have made since are patterned after them. I do prefer them because they take up less space and seem "more vintage" to me, even though my chosen colour palette was not. I also tried to colour coordinate my paper window and door inserts to match the house colour scheme, which I think looks much nicer.
These ones pictured below still need a bit of glitter here and there, but apart from that I am happy with the result. This time I used mini bottle brush trees (I bleached them to tone them down) vs. the chenille bump stems I had used in 2010 that are decorating the landscape of the Martha houses.
Perhaps in 2013 I will carry on with some other style of houses to add to this unfinished project... then again maybe I should finish these first.
In the meantime, "Happy putz making everyone!!" ~ Lori


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(Editor's Note: This is a timeline review of the vents effecting former owner RG Steel and current owner Esmark Steel Group during the last few months.)
YORKVILLE - Early October 2012 - A change in ownership of the former RG Steel Yorkville had been approved by a Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge in Delaware. The mill was now part of The Esmark Steel Group - an arm of Esmark Inc.
The new ownership deal for the Yorkville mill included th\e limited participation of a Korean steel company focused locally at the nearby Ohio Coatings Company. At this point a deal was also announced that included Esmark's corporate participation in the ownership and operation of OCC, going forward.
Completion of the transaction had been unexpectedly brought to a stand-still several months earlier- and at the 11th hour - when it was learned RG Steel had not completed actions concerning environmental issues and unresolved violations known to state and federal officials, but which had been unknown to Esmark head Jim Bouchard and his team.
During a well-attended public event held in early October, hosted by Esmark on the grounds of the newly renamed OCRC - state officials celebrated the many future ventures expected to be developed in the near and long-term on the site - expanding the variety and diversity of assets presently there.
It was during this event that the governor of Ohio and others expressed very real interest in making sure plans to expand and broaden the nature of the business ventures on this large section of Brownfield riverfront property would not be limited to use solely by steel production interests, especially in light of the burgeoning oil and gas interests and ventures in the immediate region.
It was also noted at this point that the Esmark holdings include energy interests in other parts of the country, and it was likely their influence would soon be connected to the local region in some fashion.
It is known that Esmark has about two million barrels of strategic oil reserves in regions of Nebraska and Oklahoma.
Dec. 3, 2012 - Esmark Inc. and Esmark Steel Group executives shared expectations publicly that the recently acquired - but shuttered 100 year old mill - would be up and running by Spring 2013. It was renamed in the wake of the sale of the facility in bankruptcy court action of former owner RG Steel LLC, and would now be known as The Ohio Cold Rolling Company.
The now defunct RG Steel no longer was said to have any ownership presence in Yorkville.
Esmark Inc. is based in Sewickley Pa., and Chicago is the center of operations for The Esmark Steel Group.
Dec. 7, 2012 - Members of the United Steelworkers Union's Yorkville Local #1223 overwhelmingly voted to ratify a unique labor contact establishing conditions and terms for a potential union workforce at OCRC, should the mill see its anticipated restart become a reality as in advance of it certain actions would be expected to begin getting underway to allow for an orderly return to production - but now it would be as part of The Esmark Steel Group.
At the time of the contract vote with The Esmark Steel Group only a handful of steelworkers were actively in the mill at any point. No operations had been truly active since late spring and the mill was completely shuttered - other than an inventory operation in a single part of the facility which served largely to manage products of nearby Ohio Coatings Company.
It is important to note those few individuals who had been part of the RG Steel Yorkville workforce were now working under bare bones terms which set a flat hourly rate, and offered no benefits regardless the duties to be performed or individual's prior standing.
There was no existing contract in place immediately prior to the vote by the local steelworkers as it had been previously terminated as a part of the bankruptcy process: its termination brought with it the end of employee and retiree benefit packages.
Dec. 31, 2012 - Then came the fiscal cliff and the progress halting and success quashing impact it wrought nationwide, with waves of economic destruction and uncertainty being generated that had impact globally and will continue to have, according to steel industry experts worldwide.
Jan. 10, 2013 - Top executives within Esmark and The Esmark Steel Group were asked by The Times Leader to comment on the status of plans and preparations said to have been ready to drop into place when the ownership change was realized several months earlier - though there had never been a firm commitment or date set publicly for such actions to be realized. However, several timeframes had been rumored, though never confirmed.
"We certainly understand that there has been speculation about the current status of the Yorkville plant. As we have said previously, there are a number of important factors that are in play at this time, some of which are out of our control. The current steel market conditions and economic uncertainty are two mitigating factors affecting our plans and activities. We also were confronted with unexpected delays on the legacy environmental issues at the site prior to our acquisition of the Yorkville facility. It was also important to take the necessary time to negotiate a final collective bargaining agreement with the local union that worked for both parties. And, at the same time there were also broader market concerns over the end-of-year fiscal cliff negotiations that forced buyers to delay new orders until there was more clarity for 2013.
"When combined with other factors such as ensuring Ohio Coatings Company's commitments on product supply that Ohio Cold Rolling Company could not fulfill, our late entry into the annual tin plate contract negotiations process, and the effect of low-priced imports on the market, it's reasonable to assume that these factors and market volatility all contributed to our current situation.
"We are committed to restarting the Yorkville facility in an orderly process and, hopefully, in a less volatile steel market. We just have to work through these short-term challenges. Moving forward, we remain confident in OCRC's ability to serve the light gauge and narrow width coil niche marketplace."
Jan. 14, 2013 - Esmark and Esmark Steel Group's decision to postpone the restart of the former RG Steel mill in Yorkville was announced to the media. Specific influences included "economic uncertainty and volatility," according to article contained in the Jan. 14, 1013 issue of American Metal Market.
Jan. 23, 2013 - American Metal Market runs a story which includes a quote attributed to Esmark's Jim Bouchard directly speaking to the status of the postponed restart at Yorkville.
"While a new restart date has yet to be set, the Yorkville facility, which supplies substrate to Ohio Coatings Co., likely will be restarted sometime in the next year in time for the next round of annual contracts in the tin market."
The traditional window for tinplate annual contract discussions is the early fall, a point of reference confirmed by an official with Esmark Steel Group shortly after the story was made public in the daily publication as a part of an interview centered on details of a new ownership and operational structure for the existing entity: Esmark Technologies.
The widely reported on deal involved a new ownership plan created by the joining together of the Cleveland based international investment firm led by Uwe T. Schmidt, Stahlschmidt Inc. and The Bouchard Group LLC, which is owned by Bouchard.
The change will see the Cleveland firm holding a 60 percent interest in Esmark Technologies, and be directly responsible for its operations.
According to the AMM article of Jan. 23, 2013 'an immediate area of focus will be in capitalizing on the shale gas phenomenon in the Northeast,' according to statements attributed to Schmidt.
Comments made recently by Schmidt and Bouchard make it clear the expectations for portions of the Esmark properties and assets in Yorkville to be increasingly connected to the region's growing energy industry are going to move forward.
The unknown factor at present, according to local steel union officials, is exactly how this most recent deal involving Esmark Technologies and its interests and expanding relationships in the local energy community will impact the timeline for an eventual restart by The Esmark Steel Group at its OCRC works in Yorkville.
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In Natty I downloaded the latest version of Dropbox from their website. It should come with an appindicator rather than a systray icon, and it does so on my other Maverick installation.
However, it does not for some reason. That is very inconvenient, as these icons are blocked in Natty. I suppose that for some reason the system still installed an older version of Dropbox. How can i fix that/get the latest version to install?


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When you have mods(Modifications) to Minecraft, are people going to know like Admins, Operators, or even other players? Will the server be able to detect them?
Usually, the answer would be a solid no. In almost every case, the server cannot directly detect the presence of a mod. There are some mods that are specifically made to be recognizable to the server, but those are few, and even then, they can be modified to disable said functionality.
However, this does not mean that you are safe. Though servers cannot detect mods directly, they can sometimes detect the effects of them. For example, the NoCheat Bukkit plugin will detect if a player does certain things that a player is not supposed to be able to do, like fly, run super fast, place blocks in mid air, etc. Mods like this that are "cheat" mods can in some instances be detected by the server by their effects.
On the other hand, some mods will never be able to be detected by the server. For example, minimap mods don't change gameplay, so those don't have detectable effects. In cases like that, you are completely safe.
It does not detect the mods. Some mods are client side only and will have no affect on the server. For instance most of the MiniMap mods are Client only and work fine on servers.. texture packs, etc. Mods which alter how the game works for the player though generally will not work and results can range from what Dima said, the server glitches, to just outright crashing, usually just your client instead of the server. Take the recipe mod, if you do nothing with it the game works fine, try and craft a recipe book though (which will show up as that screen is client side) and BAM, booted from the server you will be for asking it to make something that does not exist.
Hope this helps.
PS: There are a set of server/client side mods out there that can self detect each other, but you have to set up both sides for this to work. After that any supported mods can be installed just by connecting to the server to get the rest of the mods on that server.. I forget the name of it, was for Bukkit.. Leaf maybe?
Yes for some reason the servers detect the mod but you will not be able to use it if the mod is not installed on the server itself, like for example i have woodcutting mod which lets me cut down the whole tree if i only cut 1 block of it but when i get on my friends server the tree just glitches out for me because he does not have the mod but i do. The other players wont be able to detect if you have the mod unless it something that glitches everything around you.
Most mods will not be detected, but hack mods will get you banned for flying, no clip, super running, etc.
Some mods may crash your client if you play on a server.
There is a server that specifically states no flymods or xray mods, meanwhile i have that plus more, i just don't use them on servers, they're more for aid in designing adventure maps. As long as you don't fly or act suspicious (like looking down at the ground all the time, which is a dead giveaway that you're using xray) you should be fine
It's possible to detect a few mods like TMI or forcefield, but you can only use them with the servers permission so they almost never will be detected.
Mods like pixelmon, tale of kingdoms and others do crash your client when joining a regular server because they rely on missing server-side features.
They can't. Almost all servers that say they can are trying to scare you into not doing it.


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Hi folkz,
In my current work I have to deal a lot with ext-groups (of modules). I feel kind of familar with the formalism, but I don't have a feeling about the meaning of ext.
Is there a informal/intuitive interpretation of ext-groups? I'm mostly interested in the case of $\mathcal{O}_X$-Modules for (toric) varieties or $\mathbb{C}[S]$-Algebras for a semi-groups $S$.
best regards, Johannes
ok, is see the connection bewteen group extensions of $N \to E \to M$ of $M,N$, but does this also hold for (f.g.) modules?
On the other hand, if I consider $Ext^i(M,N)$ by a free resolution $\cdots \to F_n \to \cdots \to F_1 \to F_0 \to M$ of $M$, does $Ext^i(M,N)$ tells me something about the morphisms in the i-th syzygy? e.g $Ext^1(M,N)$ 'are' the morphisms of the module generated by the relations of the generators of $M$ modulo the ones, which come from the trivial relations?


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- Hike from France to Spain on this historic trail
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- Some of the best mountain views in the Pyrenees
- Free day in the French beautiful spa town of Luchon
The 'Chemin de la Liberte' was the toughest of several escape routes across the Pyrenees during the Second World War; you can follow in the footsteps of history, from France to Spain, on this wonderful week long trekking holiday. Running from Saint-Girons in the Ariege district of France to near the village of Isil in Spain, the Chemin de la Liberte, or Walk to Freedom, has been an official way-marked walk since 1994 and can be completed as an excellent and challenging 4-day hike. After our first night in a comfortable chateau in Saint-Girons, once the German border forces HQ, our journey begins. Starting out the forested foothills of the Pyrenees we climb to cross the high mountains of the Ariege via the Refuge des Estagnous (2245m) and the Frontier Col (2522m). En route, we will pass safe houses and barns used as hiding places by the escapees and encounter rocky cirques, mountain lakes, boulder-fields and possibly snow-filled gullies, whilst marvelling at some of the finest mountain views in the Pyrenees. Our journey's end is at an excellent tapas bar in Val d'Aran, where we can celebrate the end of our 'walk to freedom'. Finally, we drive back across the border into France and end our adventure with a two night stay and a free day in the charming spa town of Luchon.
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- Meet at the group hotel in St Girons. A single transfer from Toulouse Airport is provided.
- Start at Pont le Chemin de Liberte, and enjoy the long walk through rolling hills to Aunac (766m).
- Today walk through beech forest and a along section of the GR10 to the cabane at Subera (1499m).
- A hard day walk today, over the Col de Craberous (2382m) and descent to Refuge d'Estagnous (2245m).
- Walk and cross into Spain at the Frontier Col (2522m), descend to Arties. Transfer to Luchon.
- Free day in Luchon.
- Departure day. A single transfer to Toulouse Airport is provided.
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Holiday Itinerary
Meet at the group hotel in St Girons. A single transfer from Toulouse Airport is provided.
KE Land Only package services begin with overnight at our accommodation in St Girons. A single transfer from Toulouse Airport is provided. Our journey into history begins here as this chateau was requisitioned by the Germans during WW2, and is situated on the aptly named 'Avenue de la Resistance'. We arrive in the afternoon and have some time to relax and meet the guide. The guide will give a briefing on the days ahead and distribute a 3-day lunch pack to group members. We have a back up vehicle for the first day and a half so we are able to travel light until we say goodbye to the support staff at the Col de la Core. Our clean clothes are transported to Luchon for the end of the trek.
Accommodation Hotel
Start at Pont le Chemin de Liberte, and enjoy the long walk through rolling hills to Aunac (766m).
After breakfast we say our farewells and embark on our trek. Our start point is the Pont le Chemin de la Liberte, inaugurated in 1995 after the old iron bridge was demolished for safety reasons. It was at this bridge that the driver sounded his whistle for the escapees to jump from the moving train and hastily collected by the Resistance and hurried into the woods. The escapees would walk this whole route in the night to ensure that they were not seen. Luckily we can enjoy the trek in the daylight with the beautiful backdrop of the mountains. This first day is a long one, but with only modest ascent and descent as we make our way to the first night's accommodation in Aunac (766m). Here we overnight in the gite set high up on the hillside with wonderful views across the Ariège, run by Francois and Claudine who prepare a superb dinner with vegetables from their own garden and locally sourced meat. Both breakfast and dinner are usually taken al fresco when the weather is fine.
Accommodation Gite / Hostel
Ascent 1070m
Distance 23km
Meals bld
Descent 675m
Time 8 - 9 hours walking
Today walk through beech forest and a along section of the GR10 to the cabane at Subera (1499m).
After breakfast we leave the gite at Aunac and, still walking with day packs we continue on our route over the Pyrenees towards 'freedom' and Spain. We walk through bracken and beech forests today giving us some welcome shade and coolness. Continuing onwards we walk along a section of the famous GR10 to the Col de la Core. Here, we rendezvous with our support driver and our bags for one last time before we commit to the high mountain. Now carrying our full loads we cut south under the Crete de Balame, climbing for another 2.5hrs until we reach the simple cabane Subera (1499m) by the rock wall of the Cirque de Lameza. The Cabane has had a recent make over and, though simple, now has several bunks and a fire place; a nearby stream allows us the opportunity to wash and there are wonderful views back to the north. If the cabane is occupied we will camp nearby.
Accommodation Gite / Hostel
Ascent 1370m
Distance 16km
Meals bld
Descent 650m
Time 5 - 6 hours walking
A hard day walk today, over the Col de Craberous (2382m) and descent to Refuge d'Estagnous (2245m).
Leaving the cabane we embark on our hardest day, with some challenging height gain! We pay our respects to the crew of the Halifax bomber, which crashed into Pic de Lampau. Remains of the wreckage still litter the ground and there is a simple memorial plaque set in the rock close by. Leaving this site we continue upwards to reach the Col de Craberous (2382m), the final ascent can still hold some snow early in the summer. We can enjoy some great views here while we stop for a breather before the steep descent for 300m to another small cabane where we can resupply with water. After a succession of lakes we start climbing up again initially through boulders before long granite slabs lead us to the Col de Pouech (2494m) from where we can see the Refuge d'Estagnous (2245m) below us. We have a warm welcome here from the guardians and the promise of a hot shower and cold beer! For those with energy left there is a chance to climb Mt Valier just above the refuge.
Accommodation Mountain Hut / Refuge
Ascent 1390m
Distance 13km
Meals bld
Descent 640m
Time 7 - 8 hours walking
Walk and cross into Spain at the Frontier Col (2522m), descend to Arties. Transfer to Luchon.
An early start on our last day of trekking. Leaving the Refuge we descend to Lac Rond, before climbing again for 200m. A narrow path leads up by the side of a water course and then traverses left to meet the Etang Long. Although a little exposed, this is a short stretch and there are cables in place. After a short break we begin the last push to the Frontier Col at 2522m. No need for our passports here as we cross into Spain and enjoy a long descent to the Noguera Palaresa River stopping for a snack and an optional swim in the Lac de Clauère – and Freedom for the escapees during WWII. We follow the river to the end of our trek at the Refuge del Fortet where we meet our pick up vehicles and transfer the short distance to the village of Arties where we have a well-earned beer and a chance to sample some of the Val d'Aran's best tapas for a late lunch. After eating our fill we jump back on the vehicle for the 1hr journey back into France and the lodge near Luchon where we overnight.
Accommodation Chalet
Ascent 200m
Distance 10km
Meals bd
Descent 1245m
Time 7 hours walking
Free day in Luchon.
A free day in Luchon. We can go for short local walk, or maybe do some cycling either off road or on some of the Tour de France's most famous Cols. There are options to have a soak in the thermal baths, or simply relax in Luchon with its pleasant cafes and restaurants.
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Meals b
Departure day. A single transfer to Toulouse Airport is provided.
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What's included
- Local professional English speaking guide
- Single timed returned transfers from Toulouse Airport
- All transfers within the itinerary
- Meals as detailed in the meal plan
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- Visas (if applicable)
- Tips
- Optional activities on free day
- Miscellaneous expenses - drinks and souvenirs etc
Whilst trekking we will have to carry our own share of food provisions with us for 1 dinner, 1 breakfast, 3 lunches and any snacks. Your guide will distribute these provisions amongst the group on the evening on day 1 in St Girons. We will have dinner provided by the wardens at the huts/refuges on day 2 and day 4. Breakfast once in the mountains will simply consist of bread, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and some jam. Lunch will be bread, cheese and meats. Dinner on day 3 will be co-ordinated by the guide and will be mainly dehydrated food (pasta etc..). Dinners in the Refuge and at La Feniere will be wholesome mountain food and usually 3 courses. You may wish to bring along some additional snacks of your own (granola bars, chocolate bars or sweeties) for your trekking days and to supplement breakfast in the mountains.
Meal plan
Joining Arrangements & Transfers
Anyone may use these transfers but it is your responsibility to check the timings of this flight prior to departure as schedules can change.
If your flight schedules do not permit you to take advantage of these transfers you will need to make your own transfer arrangements.
Hotel contact details and an emergency number will be provided with your booking confirmation.
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Spending Money
We estimate that €200 will be sufficient to cover all personal expenses including the not included meals and some beverages. This should also allow you to pay tips to the local staff. We recommend that you carry your travel money in the form of Euros since there will be not be any opportunities to change it once you arrive in St Girons, although ATM's are available in St Giron and Luchon. If you are intending to buy considerable quantities of soft drinks or beer, or expensive souvenirs you should budget accordingly.
Guidance on Tipping
Tipping is the accepted way of saying 'thank you' to you trekking leader and local team. Tipping is entirely voluntary and should be dependent on good service. We advise you to tip as a group.
Baggage Allowance
Whilst trekking you must pack everything, including your sleeping bag, camping mat, mess tin, mug, spoon and a small stove as well as your lunches and the 1 night dinner rations, into one backpack. You must ensure that the backpack is as light as possible. We recommend a 55-65 litre backpack for this purpose. Your main baggage will be left with the support vehicle and will be transferred to Luchon at the end of the trek. We recognise that for some of our holidays and for some of our travellers, the KE Trek Bag (see below) may not provide the best solution when packing for your trip. A bag with fitted wheels or a holdall with more than one compartment and more than one access zip can, in some circumstances, be more appropriate. We have no problem if you choose to use an alternative bag.
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All KE clients will receive a FREE KE trek bag. These have been specially made to stand up to the rigours of adventure travel. Your KE bag will be posted to you when your trip is guaranteed to run or on receipt of your booking if the trip is already guaranteed. If you have travelled with us before and already have a KE trek bag you can select an alternative free gift in the booking process.
This holiday involves going to moderately high altitude. During the course of your trip you will reach altitudes in excess of 2500 metres. Most people will have no difficulty with this level of altitude but before coming on the holiday, we recommend you read the advice on trekking at high altitude. You can also talk to one of our trekking experts if you have any concerns about altitude.
Equipment List
The following checklist should help you with your packing. As a general rule, you should keep the weight of your rucksack to a minimum.
You must bring the following items:
Rucksack – 55-65 litres
Waterproof bags (dry bags) for inside your rucksack
Hiking/Walking boots
Sleeping bag (comfort rated 0°C)
Camping mat
Socks – walking socks are best (2/3 pairs)
Trekking Trousers (not cotton)
Waterproof Over trousers
Thermal Base Layer
T-shirt or casual shirt
Fleece jacket or warm jumper
Waterproof jacket (with hood)
Warm hat
Earplugs (particularly if you are not the one snoring!)
Thin gloves
Head torch and spare batteries
Sun protection (including total bloc for lips, nose etc.)
Lip salve – with sunscreen
Water bottle x 2 litre
Trekking poles x 2
Pen-knife (note: always pack sharp objects in hold baggage)
Knife (as above), fork/spork, plastic mug, metal mess tin,
Small Wash kit and Pack Towel
Plastic Bag to keep essentials dry
Basic First Aid Kit including: antiseptic cream, throat lozenges, diarrhoea treatment (Imodium), painkillers, plasters and blister treatment, Insect repellent, and re-hydration salts (Dioralite)
The following items are optional:
Small padlock (to lock your KE trek bag)
Travel Clothes
Travel Shoes
Repair kit – (eg. needle, thread, duct tape)
Hill snacks
Sleeping bag liner (for use at the cabane & gite)
As you will be carrying your pack for 3 nights along with some of your food supplies, it is essential that you pack light!
For the night in the cabane you will need to bring a metal mess tin, mug and spoon/spork. These items should be as light as possible.
Group Size and Holiday Status
For each holiday there is a minimum number of participants required to enable it to go ahead. Once the minimum number is reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to run'. You can check the trip status for each departure in 'Dates and Prices' table. Other than in exceptional circumstances, we will not cancel a trip once it has achieved this guaranteed to run status and so you are free to proceed with your international flight booking and other travel arrangements.
Passport & Visas
A passport with 6 months remaining validity at the end of your stay is generally required. The information that we provide is for UK passport holders. Please check the relevant embassy or consulate for other nationalities. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct travel documents and visas for your holiday. Visa requirements and charges are subject to change without notice. If you are travelling outside the EU you should have at least 2 blank pages in your passport for each country that you visit.
Visa Europe
UK and USA passport holders do not require a visa.
Health & Vaccinations
You should contact your doctor or travel clinic to check whether you require any specific vaccinations. UK residents should obtain a free European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). This entitles you to state provided medical treatment, but is not a substitute for medical travel insurance which is still vital when travelling overseas.
The unit of currency in Europe is the Euro.
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Preparing For Your Trip
It makes a lot of sense to spend some time before coming on an this holiday getting some additional exercise. The fitter you are the more enjoyable you will find the experience. While regular hiking is the best preparation, any regular exercise (running, cycling, swimming etc.) is good for developing cardio-vascular fitness. Before setting off we recommend that you make time to fit in several full-day walks in hilly country with a large pack to ensure you have the necessary stamina to walk for long days with a heavy backpack.
Know before you go
As a reputable tour operator, KE supports the British Foreign & Commonwealth Offices 'Know before you go' campaign to enable British citizens to prepare for their journeys overseas, and we recommend that all KE travellers take a look at the FCO Travel Advice for their chosen destination on the official FCO website: www.fco.gov.uk. North Americans can also check out the U.S. Department of State website: www.travel.state.gov for essential travel advice and tips.
KE treat the safety and security of all clients as the most important aspect of any trip we organise. We would not run any trip that we did not consider reasonably safe. Should the FCO advise against travel for any reason, we will contact everyone booked to travel to discuss the situation. We receive regular updates direct from the FCO and are in constant touch with our contacts on the ground. If you have any questions about government travel advice, please call our office.
In summer, the climate is hot and sunny in the valleys and pleasantly cool at the high cols. The months of July and August usually provide the most reliable weather conditions. The temperatures that we can expect to encounter during the day will be quite varied, ranging from 10-25ºC from the lower valleys to the higher cols. It should be noted that mountainous areas generate their own weather systems and stormy weather cannot be ruled out at any time of year.
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Why KE?Hiking through history! During WWII around 800 allied airmen and Jewish refugees took the `Walk to Freedom` from Nazi occupied Europe. Follow in their footsteps of their journey, from France to Spain, across the spectacular Pyrenees.
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- Max group size: 10
- 4 days trekking
- Max. altitude - 2522 metres
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- 1 night Hotel
- 2 nights Gite / Hostel
- 1 night Mountain Hut / Refuge
- 2 nights Chalet
- 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 dinners
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