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The Kahaani movie is about Vidya Bagchi and her husband who have been living a quiet life in London. But when her husband, Arnab Bagchi, comes to India and goes missing, Vidya is pressed to do something about it. Six months pregnant but determined to find her husband; she flies to Kolkata to find her husband on her own. The city is in the middle of the Durga Puja festivities and the police are turning out to be very un-helpful. Vidya has nothing more than a few fragments of memories and the very little that he told her about the place when she was still in touch with him. Little incidents make Vidya realise that nothing is as it seems to be and even with people trying to convince her that her husband does not even exist, she works relentlessly to find the truth for herself and her unborn child. Even at the cost of her life.
The interesting part about the Kahaani Movie is where usually the movies get adapted from books, Advaita Kala, the writer of the script of the movie, is not planning to write a book on the similar lines with a few twists to kept he suspense of the story intact. The launch of the book by Advaita Kala is expected to be somewhere around the end of 2012.
Directed by Sujoy Ghosh and with such an interesting storyline the Kahaani movie rating can be expected to be fairly decent. Even the trailer leaves the audience wanting more. If the script is palyed out right then The Kahaani movie can be expected to be a very refreshing and new concept to the Indian Cinema. After many brilliant, and some not so brilliant performances, this time, Vidya Balan is seen as a six months pregnant woman. Her dedication to the role might be counted as a big step in making the Kahaani movie a success.
So far the Kahaani movie reviews for the songs have been pretty good. The movie includes a lot of Bengali numbers including and Amitabh Bachchan version of the famous Song 'Akla Chalo Re'. Also there's the jazz and heavy metal nuber 'Aami Shotti Bolchi' which has lyrics underlining the socio-economic state of the city.
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Thanks to the explosion in powerful consumer mobile devices, a growing number of government employees want to use their smartphones or tablet PCs for work. Instituting so-called "bring your own device" policies may make economic sense for cash-strapped public agencies, and they'll certainly make users happy. But for CIOs, the trend also raises uncomfortable questions about security and retention of public records.
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Backing from the two would give Yell the necessary 95pc of acceptances it needed to amend its bank loans and open the door to a £500m equity raising.
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I've been on a somewhat extended vacation and there's lot to update you on.
I say somewhat because I've been checked out for multiple reasons. Since mid-May, I've been juggling some amazing and challenging projects outside of the day job. One these projects I'd like to share with you this week in a separate post. Overall, it has been a tough journey to get all of it done, mostly due to one major development at the day job – a promotion. You heard that correctly. You're now reading the blog of Mr. Manager. Well, just content manager.
I have been on vacation too. A short trip my girlfriend, Reanna, and I took to go enjoy the wilderness of Yosemite National Park. It was the perfect trip that ended the last few months of chaos. A few things happened on this trip:
- I started writing a short story, one that will take some research to round out but am excited to finish.
- I write a scene for a short film that will either die like many other ideas I have or become a cool short to make over a weekend one day.
- I took a ton of photos that I need to sort through.
- I write notes and recorded video updates throughout the trip.
- Learned a great deal about Stephen Mather and want to discuss/write about him – and where are the rich folk like him in the 21st century.
Like my vacation last year, I've come back to reality refreshed. Two things that I plan to immediately follow up on are the photos and turning the trip notes and videos into blog posts.
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2013: quietest hurricane season since 1982
Still five weeks to go in hurricane season, only Andrea made U.S. landfall
November 1, 2013
This is the quietest season for Atlantic hurricanes since 1982.
One year after Hurricane Sandy, the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history, this year's season may be best remembered by what hasn't happened.
More then 100 people died in the U.S. as a result of Sandy, which made landfall Oct. 29, 2012. Some cities, and many families in the Northeast, are still rebuilding home and lives after the storm. As far as total damage, only Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was more costly.
Fast forward to 2013, and with less than five weeks to go to the end of the season: the first storm, Andrea, is so far the only one to make landfall in the U.S.
The 2013 season was kicked off with dire warnings from the National Hurricane Center and Colorado State University climatologists Philip Klotzbach and William Gray that there would be an above average number of hurricanes and severe hurricanes. Those storms have failed to materialize.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) NOAA) said there would be seven to 11 hurricanes. Both the Weather Channel and AccuWeather also predicted an unusually active season.
Part of the reason the current season is comparatively weak is drier than usual air over the storm's breeding grounds in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and increased vertical wind shear, which worked to offset the conditions that brew those storms, such as above average sea temperature in the tropical Atlantic and a stronger West African monsoon. Those mitigating factors are impossible to predict.
Forecasts and outlooks, however, serve one main purpose, said Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist and spokesman at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
"Outlooks are a reminder hurricane season is here and you need to be prepared," he said. "In 1992, if I told you there will be only seven storms and only one hurricane to hit, would you prepare? The answer was no, that was a big mistake: that was Andrew, the last Category 5 hurricane to strike the U.S."
Colorado State researchers, who had predicted an active season this year, are getting together soon to figure out the reasons for their miss, said Gray, a Colorado State professor and head of the university's Tropical meteorology Project.
In his 30 years in this line of work, "this is the most unexplainable year, " Gray said. "You live and learn. It just shows you that there are features of the atmosphere we just don't know yet.
Hurricane season doesn't officially end until Nov. 30, but forecasters say it would take a barrage of late-season storms to bring this season up to average levels, let alone above average.
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ARTIST: Empty
Empty's second EP opens with a brand new track, "Castrated," and it's a bit of a departure for the Australian group's previous work. Less geared toward dark atmosphere and much more focused on rhythm, "Castrated" is Empty's most unabashedly club-oriented offering to date, with pounding bass lines and hard trance-inspired synthesizers backing coldly aggressive vocals. In direct contrast, second track "Alone (Disharmony Remix)" is almost pure ambient, and gives the original a more psychedelic, almost uplifting mood, with spaced out synths muffling raspy vocals. The rest of the remixes run the gamut from gritty industrial, as on the Zintek remix of "Castrated," which features distorted guitars and crunchier vocal processing, to cleaner dance material, as on the bouncing electro breaks of "Scarred (JVL 7" Construction Remix)." Most familiar to fans of Empty's first EP are the Process Void Ripped Remix of "Torn" with its moody pianos, analog chords, and Skinny Puppy-inspired rhythmic stomping, and the Pask Remix of "Alone," with its hints of glitch music revealing themselves through chopped up beats that pan across the stereo channels behind robotic vocal effects. Also worth a mention is the In-Tranzit Remix of "Castrated," which finishes things off with a four-on-the-floor club killer that manages to be extremely dark and evil despite its prominent use of cowbell. Sonically diverse but well-crafted, this is an enjoyable if brief collection that promises more great things to come.
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Learners will be introduced to the concepts of error analysis, including standard deviation. They will apply the knowledge of averages (means), standard deviation from the mean, and error analysis to their own classroom distribution of heights. They... (View More) will then apply this knowledge to data from the Student Dust Counter (SDC) onboard the New Horizons mission to determine the issues associated with taking data, including error and noise. Note: Updated links to the Student Dust Counter Data Viewer and website are provided under Related & Supplemental Resources (right). (View Less)
Learners will relate the concept of density to the density of dust in space. They will use mission data from the Student Dust Counter (SDC) data viewer to determine the density of dust grains in a volume of space in order to answer questions... (View More) concerning the distribution of dust in the solar system. They will discover that space is much more sparsely populated with dust than they may have thought. Students discuss their findings with the class. Note: Updated links to the Student Dust Counter Data Viewer and website are provided under Related & Supplemental Resources (right). (View Less)
This is an activity about the declining strength of Earth's magnetic field. Learners will review a graph of magnetic field intensity and calculate the amount by which the field has changed its intensity in the last century, the rate of change of its... (View More) intensity, and when the field should decrease to zero strength at the current rate of change. Learners will also use evidence from relevant sources to create a conjecture on the effects on Earth of a vanished magnetic field. Access to information sources about Earth's magnetic field strength is needed for this activity. This is Activity 7 in the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the movement, or "wandering," of our Earth's magnetic poles. The learner will explore this concept by measuring and calculating the distance the Earth's north magnetic pole has moved over the past 400 years and calculating... (View More) the rate at which the magnetic pole location has changed its position during that time. Finally, learners will use this information to extrapolate how the region for viewing aurorae may change over the next century at the present rate of polar wander. This is Activity 6 in the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
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On Thursday evening, Nov. 12, join Boston's internationally-acclaimed Ensemble Chaconne and mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal for a fascinating tour of music from Shakespeare's plays, including songs from Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, Henry V and As You Like It.
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The North Manchester performance, "Measure for Measure: The Music of Shakespeare's Plays" includes:
"The Willow Song," sung by Desdemona before her murder in Othello
"It Was a Lover and His Lass," from As You Like It
"O Mistress Mine," from Twelfth Night
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"Go from My Window," from Ophelia's mad scene in Hamlet
"Greensleeves," quoted in The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Player Content Revolution
In a previous post, I discussed the impact that independent gaming has had on the world of AAA development. Today, I'd like to address how the trend that led to the prominence of indie games - the free market nature of the Internet - has had one other noteworthy impact on the world of gaming: player content. Because of social media, increased connectivity and more active dialogue between creator and consumer, the amount of player-made content available online has positively skyrocketed.
What's more, developers have begun to take notice of these passionate individuals. Valve's implemented the Steam Workshop, and modding tools now seem to be a standard offering with every other PC game released. Mods are considered a legitimate and vital part of the experience on PC.
Today, I'd like to take a look at how we arrived at this point.
On the surface, the answer is simple. The PC is an extremely open platform, and the Internet is the purest example of a free market that's ever existed. Combine these two elements together, and you've a recipe for a great deal of empowerment on the part of consumers. People can effectively create anything they desire if they've the tools and expertise necessary, at which point they can proceed to share their creations with whoever they see fit.
In the case of gaming, content creation is inextricably tied up with the culture. In order to understand how the free market has impacted the games industry, we must first take steps to understand how modding has impacted consumer-developer relations. In order to do that, we're first going to need to look at why people mod. For that, we're going to turn to Hector Postigo, and his piece "Modding to the big leagues: Exploring the space between modders and the game industry."
"Despite the uncertainty of landing a job in the industry, modding continues and modders give a number of reasons why they do it," writes Postigo. "Primary among these is that modding acts as a bridge to online community. Gaming is an important element in the lives of modders. Many of them already ahve some technical skill, and modding is a way to explore more deeply their love of gaming. For those that don't have coding or design skills, learning to mod from veterans of the modding community is a way of entering a deeper world in gaming, a world where they get to decide how a game looks, what its narratives will be, and how it will represent the world. Modding is empowering."
The Internet - and later, social media - allowed these sorts of communities to form, allowed gamers to share this sense of empowerment between one another. In most cases, actual development firms wouldn't enter the picture until much later. Occasionally, the discourse between developers and modders was openly antagonistic. At some point, however, developers began to realize just how valuable modders were. This was effectively free content for their games - additional DLC developed at no cost to them that would keep people playing (and buying). Gradually, a shift began to occur.
Valve was at the fore of this shift, using Steam as a platform to encourage modders to ply their craft. They weren't the only ones, either. Epic, for example, has released the Unreal Development Kit as an open-source offering. With developments like this, Postigo notes, we've seen what he terms a 'professionalization 'of the modding community. "For example," he writes, "in many extensive exchanges on modding forums like the Mod Database side, members discuss which engine would suit which type of game concept - they talk about purchasing engines, rather than games."
Not only that, we're seeing more and more instances in which modding is legitimized. From the runaway success of Dota (a Warcraft III custom map which spawned an entire genre) and Counter-Strike (a Half-Life mod, and one of the most popular mods to date) to the flurry of sandbox games hitting the market of late and the birth of organizations such as ROBLOX, the power is slowly but surely shifting into the hands of the players, a trend which is mirrored elsewhere, in other markets.
At the end of the day, the Internet and social media both have forced a radical shift in the way businesses and brands connect with their consumers, considerably empowering the latter. In gaming, this has brought a whole host of independent developers into the spotlight, while at the same time encouraging a whole new generation of modders who are actively re-imagining how to play games.


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3. Types
The Tenor Trombone
The tenor trombone is pitched in B flat (i.e. it sounds a tone lower than music written for it in C, and its bottom note is B flat). This is the instrument that is most often used in classical and jazz situations. Orchestral models tend to have a larger bore size, while most jazz players prefer the brighter sound of small-bore trombones.
The Alto Trombone
The alto trombone is pitched a fourth higher than the tenor, in E flat. Its used primarily in specific orchestral situations, and with its shorter scale than the tenor, tuning can be a little tricky as the slide positions are closer together. Its sound is brighter and clearer, which can be very effective in a recording studio. However its a little used instrument, partly due to the fact that classical composers write for it in the alto clef, which most players dont read.
The Bass Trombone
The bass trombone is pitched in B flat as the tenor, but usually has a wider bore to give a fuller, richer sound. In order to give the instrument a seamless range from the pedal tones upward (notes not normally accessible on a tenor trombone), the bass trombone is usually equipped with either one or two rotary valves which bring additional lengths of tubing into play. These valves effectively lower the bass trombones pitch to F, E flat and sometimes G.
The Valve Trombone
The valve trombone generally has no slide, but instead three valves similar to those of a trumpet or tuba, and is most often used in jazz or big band music by soloists often trumpeters choosing to double on the instrument. The superbone is a rarer version that has both valves and a slide. Because of the extended intervals involved, the valve trombone can be hard to play in tune.
The Soprano Trombone
The soprano trombone is pitched an octave higher than a tenor trombone, and is sometimes called a slide trumpet. Its very rarely heard as its small dimensions also make it very hard to play in tune.


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A date for the diary for all roadies! The Northern Road Relays take place on 25 March 2018 in Blackpool and we are keen to enter men's and women's teams!
For a men's team we need 12 runners and for a women's team we need 6. Legs are a mix of approx 9.5km and 5.2km.
Further details to follow, but we are looking for early expressions of interest for what promises to be a great team occasion!
So pencil the date in your diary and let Jack Wood know if interested in joining the men's team or let me know for the women's team.
To get a sense of the occasion read Petra's report from last year: http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/index. ... 7&month=03
Thanks, Caroline Howe


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Barry has over 30 years of experience in managing facilities. As a member of the safety committee, he helped the team develop and co-edit "The Treatment Center Safety Program", which presents a current, impartial and comprehensive look at safety and facility procedures. He also implemented a number of operational and programmatic protocols that led to the facility's accreditation by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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December 16, 2015
6:00 pm
Identifying renewable forms of energy is becoming a high priority for most nations around the world. From solar power to windmills, startups are looking at new ways for us to power everything in our life.
One Albuquerque, NM-based startup, SunPort, is fully embracing the need to ween off of fossil fuels and making solar power more accessible. In an interview during Celebrate 2015, SunPort Director of Information Systems Nick Williams discussed American's desire to use solar power, but is unfortunately lacking the means to acquire the necessary hardware.
Whether it be due to personal credit or because people rent, adding solar power to their home is a challenge. However, there are intangible ways of using solar power through the use and purchase of solar credits.
According to Sol Systems these are based on "renewable energy credits, or RECs, which are tradable commodities that represent the green attributes associated with energy generated from renewable energy resources, such as sunlight, wind, or water. One REC is generated every time one megawatt-hour (MWh) of clean, renewable electricity is produced. Solar renewable energy credits or SRECs are simply RECs generated from solar power."
Using this approach, SunPort created a tangible device or a manifestation of the concept. SunPort is sensor that is plugged into a wall that houses a power meter and bluetooth chip. Using the sensor, it talks to their servers where SunPort then purchases the matching amount of solar energy on the user's behalf.
"It really puts the bar in the floor as far as accessing solar energy, and makes it so anyone can do it without a contract or credit or anything like that," said Williams. However, the SunPort team had several initial challenges and the largest was tied to explaining how everything worked. "We were talking about his [SunPort CEO Paul Droege] vision and his problem, and what we decided is that you have to make it tangible, you have to make it a physical object, so that people can understand. And that's what this is. It's a just a manifestation of the access to that sort of market."
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Brave Italian troops - Oh no, it's sheep
Huangshan Mountain and porters
Wiltshire- Kennet&Avon Canal
New Forest
Hughenden Manor - Disraeli's House
Cardiff bay
Monte Rosa and its glacier
Vintage steam engine in East Sussex
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The road winds steeply, ever-upwards, deeper and deeper into the Bieszczady Mountains in the south-eastern corner of Poland.
Below you can see the sea of green valleys and fast flowing rivers. I am on the hunt for little Przewalski horses and bisons which are under protection and live in small conservation centres.
Deep in the forest we creep through beech and pine trees to meet cute brown foals feeding and fooling around. Though fully domesticated they seem shy and unwilling to be touched. Undeterred we decide to do some more hiking and spot as many wild creatures as possible.
And this is a perfect place as the landscape is sparsely populated and densely forested full of sweeping vistas and home to brown bears, solitary lynx, European bisons and even a few packs of wolves.
This area used to be a melting pot of Ukrainian Bojki and Lemki ethnic groups, Poles and Jews living together. But the WWII and the ethnic cleansing actions after the war have irreversibly changed the face of this region. The indigenous inhabitants were forced to leave and the nature took the reign again.
It became the Polish "Wild West" where dreamers, sensation seekers and people with the past but no future started to arrive and create new communities in their own unique style.
The mountain range is not very high with the highest peak of Mt Tarnica only reaching 1346m but gentle peaks and their sweeping pastures known as "Poloniny" offer great, unbroken views of wilderness and mountain ranges straddling Polish, Ukrainian and Slovakian borders.
For those who like hiking, mountain biking or horse riding this area is a real contender. And it's quickly becoming popular with tourists especially in summertime.
You can't travel through Bieszczady without conquering its highest peak of Mt Tarnica.
Our starting point is a small resort of Ustrzyki Gorne and our trail leads first through the dense forest.
It's a hot summer day and the woods provide a welcome shade especially that our trail becomes rapidly steep and rocky.
Only when we reach the edge of the forest and enter lovely green pastures full of wild blueberries and tall pink flowers we are offered some respite from climbing up the hill. The views of surrounding peaks are spectacular but the sun is still merciless.Fortunately, there is a light breeze and the visibility is perfect.
The Tarnica Peak with its huge metal cross shimmers in the distance. It's a steep and rocky trail from now on but the mountain panorama is worth the effort.
At the top you can admire the highest peaks of Szeroki Wierch, Krzemien, Kopa Bukowska, Halicz, Polonina Carynska and Ukrainian Pikuj.
From Tarnica you can continue the red trail to the other summit of Halicz or like us follow the blue trail down to a small village of Wolosate (the length of our trail – 4 hours).
The whole area is full of hiking trails offering an easy access to beautiful mountain vistas.
One of the most popular is Polonina Wetlinska (1255m). Our start is at Wyzna where the trail is quite easy at the beginning but becomes steep once you reach the forest.
We climb up for twenty minutes until we reach wide pastures and reach the highest lying mountain hut known as "Chatka Puchatka" (Winnie the Poo Hut). It's worthwhile to walk the whole ridge of the Polonina (around 1 hour) and admire mountain ranges.
Coming down is easy – you can either follow the yellow trail back to Wyzna Pass (1 hour) or the black trail to Gorna Wetlinka (50 minutes).
Once you get tired from all this walking there is a lovely resort of Solina nearby with a large lake and the biggest dam in Poland. It's 664m long and 82m high and offers lovely views of the lake surrounded by dark green mountain peaks.
The dam itself is pretty spectacular and at the summit you have both the banks connected by the embankment with the lake on one side and the sheer drop of the cliff on the other.
It's a great place to unwind, swim, kayak or just simply go shopping for souvenirs. There is no shortage of bars and restaurants either.
For us observing the sun go down behind the hills and listening to gentle waves lapping the sandy banks of Solina was the perfect finish to our mountain adventure.
mar 13
There is no shortage of quintessentially English rural places. And Wiltshire is a perfect example, full of green pastures, narrow and winding country lanes, picturesque villages dotted among chalk hills and over 100 miles of criss-crossing canals.
The Wiltshire landscape manages to incorporate as many English emblems as it can. But even by its high standards the Lacock village with the Abbey in its midst is truly unique.
On arrival, I'm greeted by a quirky Abbey Country House surrounded by woods, green pastures and by medieval cottages untouched by modern alterations.
I gasp with childlike wonder at picturesque, historic streets lined with crooked white cottages or stone houses. Shops, houses, pubs and barns remain exactly the same as they looked in the 18th century.
Apart from many parked cars nothing has changed over the last 200 years and you can expect to bump into Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet at every corner.
No wonder that the village has become a favourite with film producers. It's most famous appearances include "Pride and Prejudice", "Cranford", "The Other Boleyn Girl" and Harry Potter films.
There are narrow, winding lanes to explore and a delightful King John tea house with its peaceful and secluded pub garden and serving excellent cream teas.
Just before St. Cyriac's Church it's worthwhile to turn into a small lane Nethercote leading to the Packhorse Bridge built in the 1700s . Two streams link together and encompass the village on one side.
The most historic building is the old Tithe Barn dating from the 14th century and still in a good shape both inside and outside.
After wandering medieval streets and visiting a quaint bakery it's time to explore the unusual Lacock Abbey and its fascinating 800 years of history.
The Abbey is a mix of different architectural styles and built upon the foundations of a former Benedictine Monastery (nunnery).
You can enter medieval rooms and a cloister court and soak up its monastic past.
Upstairs you will see impressive Tudor halls, treasures of a devious Tudor courtier, the 18th century dining room, the dance floor from the 1920s and William Henry Fox Talbot's museum. It's a small museum crammed with photographic equipment and celebrating William Talbot's contribution to the invention of modern photography especially negatives.
On your way back through this pleasant land, amongst gentle rolling hills and thatched cottages, you can stop to discover the Wiltshire's main waterway -The Kennet&Avon Canal which runs for 87 miles across the countryside.
In Denizes there's a great walk along the canal where you can admire Caen Hills Locks in action. The Canal climbs for 2 miles through a series of 16 locks and it's interesting to observe boats passing underneath.
A few miles to the east there's the world's oldest steam-driven beam engine at Crofton Pumping Station.
The station is open in summer and invites visitors to go inside and see two huge steam beam engines dating from 1812.
Outside there are lovely views across the canal and a big picnic area.
the best is by car
Lacock village in Wiltshire SN15 2LG
Denizes Wharf SN10 1EB
Crofton Pumping Station is 2 miles from Great Bedwyn
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There are not many airports in the world with a worrying tag of being the most dangerous in the world. But Lukla in the middle of the Himalayan Range can easily boast this title. And this is exactly our starting point in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary to conquer the Goddess Mother of all Himalayan Peaks – the mighty Mt Everest.
For such a tiny strip of a runway cut into a mountain cliff the air traffic is heavy with several small planes taking off and landing. But it's only busy when the weather conditions are good and at this moment we're not so lucky. So far we've spent 3 days at Kathmandu Domestic Airport waiting for clouds to lift off. No pilot would take a risk of flying a small metal tin when it's misty as they do not use any radars or GPS apart from mobiles.
The domestic airport is a total chaos and a source of bewilderment for tourists trying to make out any sense from random announcements.
At last, we hear that our flight can start and the pandemonium ensues. People fight to get to Tara or Buddha Airlines ticket offices, waving and shoving their tickets into workers' faces. This is a moment when people stop caring whether planes will actually reach their destination. Everything seems better than spending another day at the airport. Our group keeps it cool as we managed to bribe a flight attendant and are quickly whisked outside to our plane.
The flight is relatively short around forty minutes and rather uneventful. We admire deep gorges and knockout mountain views along the way. The best are eight thousand metres peaks towering above clouds in front of us and, of course, the abrupt landing on top of the cliff and sharp braking on a very short runway.
In Lukla we're surrounded by hundreds of porters and tin-roofed lodges with funny names such as "5* Lodge-hotel". No wonder that we quickly opt for a more modestly named "Sherpa Inn Lodge" where we can indulge in drinking Everest Beer still priced only at 350NPR ($4) per bottle. I'm savouring the taste knowing that prices are going to climb together with our hike.
We begin our trek with a series of short trekking days to ensure we acclimatise. Even Lukla is based on 2800metres and our final ascent is up to 5600 metres high. The first part of a trek is strenuous but pleasant with the hot Nepalese sun beating down and us following the banks of the Dudh Koshi river, up and down winding mountain trail heaving with tourists and locals alike.
Our main task is to duck away and let donkey and cow trains laden with heavy loads to pass through. After seven hours of steep trail we reach a lodge and land exhausted in a dining room. The food is vegetarian with a heavy reliance on rice, vegetables and noodles combined with eggs.
In the morning we slowly make our way along the river and then cross the river a few times using large suspension bridges. The steep hill is heavy-going and we get a piece of advice from our Sherpa guide Ang Nuru "There is one vital thing for you to learn to avoid the mountain sickness". We all lean in to absorb this nugget of wisdom which will turn us into real mountaineers. "Just move very slowly – Chukum, chukum" he shouts and laughs. With a heavy sigh we continue through the Sagarmatha National Park and make a final ascent over 1000 feet to reach Namche Bazaar.
It is a buzzing trading place for Sherpas and Tibetans and full of backpackers. Exhausted but exhilarated we admire numerous terraces painstakingly carved out from steep mountain slopes. It's a good resting place full of shops and even two "Irish" pubs. Signs advertise happy hours, beer while shops sell trekking gear, Buddhist CDs and Tibetan jewellery.
Next morning we slowly make our way down to the Khumjung village at the foot of the sacred Khumbila Mountain. Suddenly the view in front of us is superb. The sky is deep blue and the sun gilds countless mountain tops, and I can see the distinctive shapes of Ama Dablam, Everest and Lhotse.
Khumjung looks firmly uniform with whitewashed houses with green roofs, a pretty stupa and a famous Edmund Hillary school founded in 1960. But the most unique thing there is a yeti skull locked away in the Khumjung monastery. For only 100NPR a monk will open a metal box and you can glimpse a large head covered by thick brown and bristly fur. Unfortunately, locals do not allow anyone to touch their cash cow – not even scientists managed to obtain its DNA.
Over the next two days we continue our ascent stopping at small villages, passing through enchanting rhododendron forests and herds of grazing yaks until we reach a famous Buddhist Monastery at Tengboche (3900metres).
Now we can really enjoy the sweeping views of the bright-white summits of Nupste (8100m), Ama Dablam (6812m), Lhotse (8513m), Everest (8848m). They are everything I hoped they would be – divine and majestic.
We are now ascending steep hills on the way to Pheriche - a high lying mountain village deep in a valley surrounded by jaw-droppingly beautiful peaks of Lobuche, Ama Dablam, Island Peak, Makalu and Champulo.
It's a bleak and unforgiving place above the tree line, a rocky and rugged terrain. In Pheriche there is a small mountain hospital where we meet the English and Polish volunteer doctors who help victims of an acute altitude sickness. We even witness a rescue helicopter mission carrying sick tourists from Lobuche back to Kathmandu.
It's becoming much colder and tougher to follow the trail. We dine daily on Dal Bhat - the staple diet of lentils and vegetable curry. Other choices are pasta, eggs, noodles or dumplings followed with hot tea and a constant increase in price the higher the elevation.
The only problem is the higher we go the food becomes steadily worse. No wonder our early nights consist of dreaming about steaming hot sausages, fruit and chocolate.
From now on we follow the Khumbu Glacier climbing over rocky stones.
There are many stone memorials (chortens)along the way commemorating climbers who died on Mt Everest. The line of lonely chortens standing forlornly on the ridge, surrounded by the Mt Pumori's jagged rocks and beaten by relentless howling winds reminds everyone about the human frailty against the forces of nature.
The Khumbu Glacier is dotted with frozen lakes and huge boulders scattered around. At last we reach a tiny village of Gorak Shep (5100m) surrounded by a desolate plain and overlooked by the highest peaks. From there there is a relatively short two-hour but somewhat challenging hike especially at the present altitude.
We reach a placard stating simply Mt Everest Base Camp 2012 and in the distance we can make out expedition tents just below the ice fall at the bottom of the Everest. It's hard to believe that even at this dizzying height of 5350m climbers have another 3.5km upwards to reach the summit. All slopes are covered by snow thick in some places or translucent ice elsewhere. The sheer power of nature is very present and humans seem very frail in comparison.
The next night we have to wake up early at 4am to climb Kala Pattar (5500m) to get the best view of the west and south face of Everest and Lhotse. The trail is very strenuous, the wind numbingly cold and penetrating and everything hidden in complete darkness. On the way I pass two emerald lakes gleaming in the rising sun and am confronted by a massive wall of Everest. The view is amazing and the Everest face so close that you can see the climbing route to the summit. Though I am on the verge of hypothermia I still manage to snap a few photos and pose in front of the most famous mountain in the world.
Coming down is a much faster affair and we pass more secluded villages. Watching yak herds coming down the ridge with the snow-dusted mountains is nothing short of spectacular. We have to share the trail with yak caravans - cuddly looking but quite moody and easily frightened creatures. The moment we see them there is a yak alert and we let them pass first.
It's now downhill as we descend sharply past gushing waterfalls, forests and hidden valleys.
On the way we stop at a village of Pangboche famous for its 17th century gompa (monastery). It is beautifully painted, full of prayer wheels, trumpets and colourful pieces of material hanging from the ceiling.
Down and down we go, through stunning scenery of high peaks behind us until we reach Ghat and,finally, Lukla.
As we chill out in the lodge awaiting our return flight to Kathmandu, recounting our experiences, I think to myself that nothing can compare with the thrills and beauty of the Himalayas. And we only managed to get there thanks to help from our Sherpa porters Kami, Mingwa, Yanggi and our guide Ang Nuru.
There is not much I can add to this as I watch the sun again rising over the Himalayas, giving each peak form, colour and revealing the spectacular proportions of this unforgettable landscape.
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Stepped in more than 2000 years of history, Nepal's capital is a colourful albeit chaotic melting pot of Asian cultures and traditions. It contains two fabled cities – Kathmandu itself and Patan City separated by the holy but extremely polluted Bagmati River.
The first impressions are much less spectacular than expected. The city is compact and surrounded by distant hills with a mish mash of buildings in different state of disrepair and overflowing with traffic.
The sweet incense mixes with more unpleasant dump smells and the incessant noise of honking cars, taxis and motorbikes is disorientating.
There are plenty of cars but they're even outnumbered by human traffic. Many people carry enormous loads on their backs. They carry almost anything so seeing a small lean man under a massive fridge seems almost normal.
Masses of people push their way along the cobbled, narrow alleyways, with hooting taxis and rickshaws trying to overtake them.
Amongst the crowds are men in police uniforms doing nothing but standing and pointing. Not surprisingly, everyone ignores them and charges forward. It's quite remarkable that despite chaotic scenes there are hardly any road accidents. I think it's all to do with a chilled-out attitude of Nepalese drivers.
Kathmandu is also a dog and cow-friendly city with huge numbers of them wandering freely and feeding off the steaming piles of rubbish. In all this chaos and amongst countless rows of shops lining the streets offering their wares you can suddenly encounter mesmerising sights of beautifully carved temples and monuments. And this is exactly what gives Kathmandu its sense of mystery. You never quite know what can be found round the corner.
Most tourists end up in Thamel, a tourist-friendly area full of cheap guest houses, a myriad of shops and restaurants for all budgets. With its warren of winding lanes it's easy to explore on foot, shop around or tuck into traditional Nepalese dishes such as dhal and curry, momos or a noodle soup. But remember to carry a torch at night as the electricity supply is rather haphazard.
The best place to start exploring is the iconic Durbar Square in central Kathmandu famous for its numerous palaces, courtyards and pagodas.
The variety of these intricate temples is astonishing and it's easy to spend the whole afternoon there admiring the sights and,at the same time, dodging Sadhus- holy men very much intent on parting you from your rupees.
Just to confuse you Kathmandu boasts another Durbar Square just south of the Bagmati River in Patan City.
It is a more intimate place with an enchanting complex of palaces and temples.
Apart from Hindu temples there are amazing Buddhist stupas such as the Boudhanath Stupa.
It is one of the most important stupas in Asia and 40 metres tall one of the biggest as well.The all-seeing red, white and blue eyes of Buddha are painted on all four sites and surrounded by hundreds of fluttering prayer flags, prayer wheels and images of Buddha.
It's surrounded by numerous restaurants and what's better than admiring the views from their roof terraces with the Everest beer in your hand.
However, my favourite Buddhist temple is called Swayambhu Temple ( Monkey Temple) which crowns a hill overlooking the Kathmandu valley.
I particularly enjoyed observing red-clothed Buddhist monks spinning hundreds of prayer wheels and herds of cheeky Rhesus monkeys running around us in noisy groups. Just do not offer them any snacks or you will be left with a nasty bite. The site offers a fantastic view over the city and you can watch endless stream of pilgrims ascending stone steps up the steep hill.
Kathmandu truly throws everything together – the good, the bad and the ugly.
It will leave you both exhausted and exhilarated.
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It's early morning and I am ready to start a discovery trail in the far-flung corner of Poland's Bieszczady Mountains.
This rugged and isolated terrain bordering with Ukraine and Slovakia is full of gentle peaks with sweeping pastures known as "Poloniny" at the top, dense beech forests and fast flowing rivers in the valleys.
This is a wild landscape with great views and home to brown bears, lynx, European bison and quite a few artistic souls.
It is a perfect place to try hiking and horse riding or exploring an authentic and picturesque trail of old wooden Orthodox churches and chapels.
The whole region is dotted with these pretty timber churches that have been the part of this landscape for over five centuries.
This area has always been an ethnic and religious borderland where Poles, Jews, Ukrainians and Russians have lived together. But the 20th century history has been a turbulent one especially the Second World War and its aftermath when all the Russian ethnic groups called the Lemks and the Boyks were forcibly removed from the region. You can still discover some abandoned villages , nowadays, half hidden in high grass and bushes and 59 Russian and Greek Orthodox churches.
Most of them concentrate around a little town Sanok known as the "gateway to Bieszczady".
Sanok with its attractive old town is a starting point of the wooden architecture trail and a place where you can find the biggest Open-air Museum of Folk Architecture in Poland.
The museum is vast and situated on a high hill by the San river.
It's many picturesque trails lead through the perfectly preserved 19th century Galician town with its Polish and Jewish workshops, a post office, a fire station and townhouses. From there you climb forested slopes until reaching the 18th century orthodox church and then down again to open fields running between whitewashed houses and flowery gardens.
Walking through the park you will encounter tiny shrines and farm houses, wells carved out of massive tree trunks, small windmills and farm enclosures with curious goats and placid sheep. It is fascinating to wander around among old cottages, sit down on the porch or look inside the old shops. Most of interiors are furnished and decorated as they were 200 years ago.
Some manor houses boast good quality furniture in stark contrast to poor rural cottages where people and farm animals shared the same big and smoky room with animals huddled together in one corner and people sleeping on long wooden benches.
There are over 150 wooden buidings to explore dating from the 17th to the 20th century. There you will find public buildings such as rural schools, shops, farm houses, animal sheds and even industrial structures such as the 19th century petroleum machinery. All buildings are dedicated to different ethnographic groups such as the Lemks, Boyks, Western Pogorzans, Eastern Pogorzans and Dolinians and are segregted into separate sectors.
I particularly liked small orthodox churches from the 18th century and the 17th century wooden Catholic church. You step into the dark not knowing what to expect and then suddenly lights are switched on and you are simply dazzled by golden interiors and very colourful wall murals. The central part is always taken by the impressive "ikonostas" - a golden wall with row upon row of beautiful icons. It is a symbolic border between a real and a mystical world with the altar hidden behind the "ikonostas" and never visible to the congregation. There are always a few rows of icons starting from the lowest representing the Christ, his mother and the saint patron of the church. The next row shows twelve saints and the scenes from the Christ's life. Above there will be Jesus Christ with his Apostols and the highest level presents Old Testament Messiahs around the Christ on the cross. It's a place to reflect, full of beauty and melancholy.
There are many more of these architectural pearls to discover around Sanok where roads wind up around hills passing sleepy villages, scattered shrines and hidden cemeteries. Some of the Orthodox churches are still in use but many have been abandoned. They stand alone and forlorn usually perched on the top of a hill.
One of the most valuable is the monastic Orthodox church in Ulucz from 1510 with the unique polychromy. It's only 20 km from Sanok but the place feels very isolated. The church is on top of a forested hill and surrounded by a very old Ukrainian cemetery- an atmospheric but somehow unsettling place. A legend says that villagers three times tried to build this church at the bottom of the hill but three times all their building materials have been mysteriously moved to the top. At last they understood that the hill is a sacred place and moved the church there.
Another beautiful Russian orthodox church still in use is in a tiny village of Hoszow. It is also built on a small hill and surrounded by ancient oak trees named after the Russian saints Cyril and Metody. We were lucky to meet an elderly villager who kindly let us inside the church where we could admire elaborate wall paintings and the golden "ikonostas". He sadly stated that this place will soon share a fate of other abandoned churches as there are only eight elderly families left in the village.
Nearby, there is a big Boyks church in Rownia village and an abandoned church in Liskowate from the 17th century. Only remnants of the bell tower remain and some of its onion domes are lying scattered in the grass.
Other notable examples of orthodox churches are in Smolnik, Kroscienko, Radoszyce and Komancza.
And for all of you who do not have time to travel long distances there is a special place in a village called Myczkowce where over 140 orthodox churches have been lovingly recreated in the Miniature Park.
All miniatures stand together on ten little hills and grouped according to geographical and cultural heritage representing Polish, Ukrainian and Slovakian Orthodox architecture. You can unwind there and listen to old orthodox choir singing. A perfect place to start or finish your trail of discovery.
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The smell of smoke, white steam and the whistle of an engine rises up from the dark green and dense woodland near the Sheffield Park Station.
The scene is idyllic and a red brick station is maintained in the original Victorian style of the London to Brighton and the South Coast Railway.
The Bluebell Railway does a line along the 18km route between the village of Horsted Keynes and Sheffield Park.
The station opened in 1882 at the request of the Earl of Sheffield but its fortunes waned and it closed in 1958. It was saved from extinction by a group of enthusiasts in 1960 and became a popular tourist trail.
The main station is a typical Victorian building with the original ticket office, a museum, a shop and the Bessemer Arms pub.
Two platforms are linked by an overhead bridge.
With a childlike delight I observe a black locomotive puffing away and pulling several bright green and old-fashioned Pullman carriages full of relaxed and beaming passengers.
With the sun out what can be better than a leisurely trip on board of a vintage train when it rolls gently through the forest and open pastures of the East Sussex. You travel in comfort enjoying a traditional afternoon tea and admiring views. You could easily be in the Edwardian era.
The surrounding countryside is very pretty with an abundance of open heathland, dense woods, numerous and extremely picturesque bridges and gentle green hills.
The line is adorned with daffodils in spring and bluebells in May (hence its name).
For me the most exciting part is the locomotive workshop and a shed housing veteran engines and rolling early 20th century stock located at the station.
The display includes late 19th and early 20th century vintage locomotives and a black beast of the Brighton engine from the 1940s.
The train departs from Sheffield Park Station at 11am, 1pm and 3pm and train tickets are from £13.50 (children £6.80).
By car: Sheffield Park Station is on A275 East Grinstead to Lewes road
By train: southern trains operate between London Victoria to East Grinstead
Only a mile from the Sheffield Park Station, across a beautiful countryside , lies Sheffield Park and Gardens.
There are four lovely lakes linked by cascades and waterfalls, and fringed by rhododendrons and azaleas.
When in bloom their bright colours reflect in waters adding a wow factor to the place.
The park is famous for a huge selection of rare trees and shrubs and was originally laid out in the 18th century by "Capability" Brown
and beautifully maintained by the National Trust.
I particularly enjoyed magnificent Californian seqoias, flaming red acers, dates and palm trees.
It is a perfect weekend hideaway and a picnic site. With 120 acres of parkland and endless pastures outside with flocks of sheep there's a lot to discover and enjoy.
by car: midway between East Grinstead and Lewes (free parking)
Entrance fee is £7.80
The road through Kent snakes along leafy lanes and across quiet pastures and wooded parklands.
Chartwell set amongst wooded hills and with sweeping views is only 30 miles from London and an oasis of peace and tranquility.
Hidden from the road behind a high brick wall, Chartwell was bought by Winston Churchill in 1922 and stands high on the slope offering great views of the lush Weald of Kent.
It is a spacious, anassuming house with large gardens where Winston Churchill and his family lived for 41 years. The house is very private, full of family personal possessions and lots of photographs on display.
There is a small museum on the top floor with many interesting gifts and honours Churchill accummulated from world leaders and his many admirers. His studio is full of books he read and wrote and many of his ever-present cigars.
You can also admire his art studio and take a look at his paintings.
The house is surrounded by a beautiful garden and an expanse of grass leading down to a long lake with a small promontory – Winston's favourite relaxation spot where you can also sit down on a chair and enjoy this idyllic place.
Nearby, there is a rather big and oval swimming pool where a small herd of cows with their calves are enjoying the lush pastures.
At the back of the house you can wander around a productive kitchen garden surrounded by a long kitchen wall built by Winston himself during his 7 years of wilderness.
There are lots of old fruit trees, colourful shrubs, herbs and roses surrounding the house.
When the sun comes out it is a perfect place to be.
from London – leave M25 at exit 5 or 6, 2 miles from Westerham in Kent TN16 1PS
The property belongs to National Trust
Admission fee is £10.00
Just a few miles from Chartwell you will find a very charming, old village of Westerham with lovely houses, Churchill's and General Wolfe's statues and a rambling ancient cemetery next to a delightful little church – half hidden in grasses and tumbling down the slope of the steep hill.
Just around the corner from Westerham's main square there is The Quebec House - the childhood home of General James Wolfe, victor of the Battle of Quebec.
Along the road to Ide Hill and 2 miles from Westerham you will encounter a secluded 19th century garden set on the very high hill and called the Emmetts Garden.
There are spectacular views of the surrounding hills and valleys from the top and wooded hillsides to explore.
The best way is to wander around its scenic paths through blossoming rhododendrons displaying fiery colours ranging from purple, pink, orange, red to yellow and white. In the middle there is a lovely rock garden with many exotic shrubs and an extensive rose garden as well.
two miles from Westerham, Kent TN16 1PS
The garden belongs to National Trust
Admission Fee £6.00
It is the beauty of porcelain figurines and elaborately painted dinner sets that come to your mind when Meissen is mentioned.
It was a great success story when Germany unravelled the mysteries of porcelain production in the 18th century. Before it has been zealously guarded by the Chinese who had a total monopoly and could charge a top dollar for it.
No wonder that the Elector of Saxony, a great porcelain collector and a main supporter of its industry in Europe, established the Meissen Porcelain Factory in the Albrechtsburg Castle in the centre of Meissen and made a success of it in the following years. There is not one royal castle in Europe without its Meissen porcelain collection from Britain to Russia.
Today when you arrive in this pretty and elegant town you won't immediately notice porcelain souvenir shops but you can't avoid the Old Town perched high above the Elbe River with its Gothic castle of Albrechtsburg and soaring church towers.
It was in the castle where first experiments to make porcelain took place. Today it houses museums and- you guessed it- an impressive porcelain collection. And in the Church of St. Nicholas you will find the largest figures ever made from Meissen porcelain.
We skipped the Porcelain Museum as I found its entrance fee a touch too high and instead concentrated on exploring a lovely beer garden nearby. But I heard it's a fascinating place for all porcelain enthusiasts as you can learn everything about porcelain invention and its production methods.
The whole Old Town is compact with plenty of pretty buildings and charming restaurants. The best way is to wander around and explore little lanes, climb the stairway up on the hillside stopping at beer terraces and enjoying great views of the town below, the Elbe river and distant hills stretching to the horizon. Pretty soon you will pass the Gate Tower (Schlosstreppe), old city walls and ,hey, you are in front of the castle.
At the bottom of the hill there is a picturesque Market Square with the 15th century Town Hall on one side and a lovely parish church opposite. The square is surrounded by old buildings – all lovingly renovated and you can follow various steeply stepped lanes leading up to the castle on the hill.
Meissen is not only a perfectly preserved old town in Saxony but is also very accessible from Dresden.
This winning combination together with distinctive Saxon wines attract plenty of tourists throughout the year.
In Meissen there is no shortage of pretty little wine taverns where you can stop for a glass of wine. And in summer, if you see a broom outside a house, it means that wine is served inside.
And this is definitely the best reason to stop there.
By rail – from Dresden take S-Bahn (27 km – 30 minute trip)
by Boat – From Dresden Elbe River Excursions ( 2 hour trip)
Perched on a hill and overlooking a small Saxony town of Konigstein is the mighty Festung Konigstein (Konigstein Fortress).
In its 800 years of existence it has stopped all its enemies and remained unconquered until the arrival of present-day tourists eager to climb its walls, admire its might and enjoy great vistas from the top especially the Elbe River bend.
It is undoubtedly Europe's biggest mountain fortress with impenetrable 40 metre high walls, 60 buildings inside to explore and covering an area of 9.5 ha.
For all its aloofness it is very accessible as you can choose to climb the hill following a picturesque and winding path which only takes 30 minutes or take a cute courtesy train from the town centre.
The fortress is truly massive and you need a least half a day to see everything but the experience and the views are definitely worth the effort.
The first document to mention Konigstein dates back to 1241 and refers to it as a castle. Originally it belonged to the Bohemian Kingdom but at the beginning of the 15th century it passed into the hands of Saxon rulers. Since 1589 it was turned into a fortress and remained one until the beginning of the 20th century.
Throuhout its history different Saxon regiments have had their base there and many buildings have been added reflecting different architectural styles from Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque to the 19th century Neo-Gothic Garrison Church.
The fortress have also some other unusual wonders such as the deepest well in Saxony (152.5 metres) dug in 1563 and still being operated for tourists to marvel at its sheer drop.
The army supply warehouse with its sloping surface perfect for rolling massive barrels down to the bottom is another treasure. It holds "The Great Cask" – the largest wine barrel in the world with a capacity of 238,000 litres.
Other treasures include a collection of cannons and regimental Saxon uniforms. The interesting fact is that Bismarck used to keep millions of silver talars in the fortress – obviously trusting its impregnable walls.
The sheer drop of massive walls of the George Castle and the stark entrance gate with the Royal Saxon Coat of Arms is particularly impressive.
I also liked the collection of royal cannons and the ornate Baroque Lilienstein Tower perched precariously over the cliff but with stunning views of the Elbe River below and surrounding hills.
After all this exhertion there are ample opportunities to sample traditional German fare of bratwurst with mustard and a schnitzl with potatoes.
The fortress is a magnificent place just waiting to be discovered. So don't just stay in Dresden – get on a bike and get there.
By car: by motorway A17 – Dresden – Prague (Pirna exit), then federal road B172 in direction Bad Schandau
By Urban Railway: S-Bahn line S1 – Dresden – Konigstein – Schona
By Boat: Dresden – Konigstein – Bad Schandau
Admission Fees: 8 EURO
You can find free parking in Konigstein town.
The car park next to the fortress has a parking charge.
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Two heavyweights of German literature – Goethe and Schiller stand side by side and gaze above us at the Theaterplatz in Weimar. Just by looking around the centre I can see that this compact city is a stunning architectural pearl.
If you ever travel through Thuringia in the south-east part of Germany just make a stop in Weimar and you won't be disappointed. For a small city of 65000 it has a vast cultural heritage to offer.
Weimar was home to the giants of German literature: Goethe and Schiller, home to classical music and a composer Franz Liszt, the birthplace of the Bauhaus movement and the place where Germany's first democratic constitution was signed after the First World War, giving its name to the Weimar Republic period of 1918 – 1933.
It's an easy place to explore with many compact squares surrounded by old townhouses and numerous museums, palaces and monuments on every corner and sumptuous gardens near the centre of the city.
In Theaterplatz you can admire the imposing National Theatre with the symbolic statue of Goethe and Schiller
and The Bauhaus Museum at the opposite side of the square.
From there narrow and winding lanes lead to the Schiller House and the Goethe House where his famous "The Faust" was written and his memorabilia can be seen.
Nearby, the main art museum – The Schlossmuseum with its first class collection of paintings ranging from Renaissance until the beginning of the 20th century occupies the City Palace –
a sprawling building with a distinctive tower which is situated on the banks of the river Ilm and surrounded by a large classical park designed by Goethe himself.
Just to the south of the palace the view opens onto the impressive baroque buiding with a columnal porch. It is a well known music school founded by Franz Liszt in 1872.
We follow more winding lanes until we reach the 16th century Herderplatz with its white Herder Church famous for Lucas Cranach the Elder's altar triptych (1552). It is a UNESCO site and I'm a bit disappointed to find church doors firmly bolted. It seems we arrived there after the closure time at 4pm.
We have to move on to the picturesque Cranach House rising above a colourful market square where an arty coffee shop tempts us to take a break and tuck into delicious cakes.
The square boasts pretty as postcards buildings and an impressive neo-gothic Town Hall.
Our visit culminates in Weimar's Historical Cemetery just outside the city centre. It has a park-like feel with its dark green tree alleys, old walls engraved with family graves and little criss-crossing paths.
A richly ornamented Russian Orthodox Chapel rises above the cemetery and its gilded onion domes draw attention to the burial site of the Russian Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, the wife of Grand Duke Carl Friedrich.
The mausoleum chapel was built for the Russian Tsar's daughter in 1860s. Even soil from Russia was brought especially for her last place of rest.
The whole cemetery is a lovely secluded spot perfect for wandering around and discovering classical graves of many Weimar celebrities. The coffins of Goethe and Schiller can be viewed together with Goethe's close confidante Charlotte von Stein.
After all this cultural nourishment we're ready for culinary Thuringian specialty such as the original bratwurst with mustard.
By train – from Dresden, Berlin, Leipzig or Halle. The centre of town is a 20-minute walk south of the train station
By car – along E40 between Erfurt and Dresden


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The campaign debuted last year and was created by brand strategy firm The Partners and creative agency muirhoward, both based in London. The budget was undisclosed.
The campaign uses Deloitte's green dot logo—first introduced in 2003 as a green dot following its name—against a background of simple black and white images to symbolize opportunities for moving ahead.
For example, one ad uses the green dot as a doorknob on an open door. Another uses it as the sun emerging from the clouds.
"The bold and striking visual style of the campaign, with the Deloitte green dot as the hero set against a black or white background, perfectly captures the clarity, leadership and direction of Deloitte's point of view in a way that is unique and unforgettable, akin to our brand promise," said Luis Gallardo, global director-brand and marketing at Deloitte. "Ultimately, the green dot represents our unique point of view, our people's voice to clients."
The campaign includes print and online ads running in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Globe and Mail and Washington Business Journal and also includes out-of-home ads, social media and an internal campaign.
"We wanted to create something that broke that mold and did for the [professional services] sector what Apple iPod advertising or Nike advertising did for theirs" said Jim Prior, CEO of The Partners. "Green is a positive, energetic color, symbolic of moving forward, progress and action, especially when used in circular form—all of which are attributes that are particularly true of Deloitte."
As part of the campaign, Deloitte this week will introduce the "Green Dot Challenge," an internal contest that lets employees create their own "Green Dot" visual and headline using an online application. "When we think about mass media, we are not thinking about print or TV—we are thinking about our 170,000 people," Gallardo said, referring to Deloitte's global workforce. "We wanted to make this campaign truly unique and get all of our people engaging with it. We want to make them our brand managers."


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qnap recently released their hd station (video for reference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu59r_MrVag&noredirect=1) and more info http://www.qnap.com/hdstation/us/
Is this a viable option to skip your media player? I think its really cool how you can have a file share/backup/ BT dl and more all in one with the QNAP. Anyone have experience on the product?
any feedback is greatly appreciated
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Mark Joyce makes his television debut this Saturday at the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Aberdeen.
It gets better for him - he's making it against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
As he told me at the qualifiers, 'this is the reason I play the game.'
Mark has only been on the circuit since the start of last season. Indeed, this is only the ninth ranking event he has played in.
What chance does he have of causing an upset? You never know which Ronnie will turn up, of course, but it can be hard adjusting to the different conditions. TV lights, a big arena and, we hope, a large crowd will take some getting used to.
Nevertheless, Mark should think of his friend and fellow West Midlander Martin Clark, who made his TV debut at the 1987 International in Stoke against Dennis Taylor, then very much one of the sport's top stars.
The result? Clark 5, Taylor 0.


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Macy's to go Leaner by Shutting Five Stores and Cutting 2,500 Jobs
Nearly 2,500 employees of Macy's are likely to face the axe in the coming days, with the company also deciding to down the shutters on five of its stores. At the same time, Macy's announced that it will be consolidating and restructuring its regional management and merchandise planning employees.
The company feels that it can potentially improve efficiency in certain specific areas, without having to compromise its customer service levels. Macy's CEO Terry Lundgren said that the company will continue to address the evolving needs of its customers even as it makes improvements in specific areas.
According to Macy's, these changes that it plans to bring about, are likely to help the company save up to USD 100 million annually. This news sent sheers among investors and as a result, the company's shares saw a 6.4% spike in after-hours trading.
According to industry analysts, this decision by Macy's is what one would expect from a management that's heads up. This is being hailed as a proactive and favorable step.
Once the changes have taken effect, Macy's would be operating 844 stores in all that would employ approximately 175,000 associates. Earlier, in 2012 and 2013, the company had announced that it had eight new stores on the cards. But these stores are still either in the planning stage or are being constructed.
On the day Macy's made this announcement, its rival J.C. Penny's stocks had sunk over 10% post the retailer's release of an ambiguous statement about its holiday season sales performance. J.C. Penny's statement simply stated that though the company was 'pleased' with its holiday season sales, it did not give away any figures reflecting the same.


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There's a need to get Seminole County's little league baseball better organized.
The events of the past two years in which individuals and teams have been cheated out of the opportunity to participate is living proof that a void exists.
There's a need to get Seminole County's little league baseball better organized.
The events of the past two years in which individuals and teams have been cheated out of the opportunity to participate is living proof that a void exists.
When players have been found to be too old for the program they've been involved with for an entire season or have been found to be living in the wrong zone for several seasons it illustrates that not enough is being done to insure that youngsters are given the best opportunities to further what can be a life-long career.
Just as youngsters who are being denied a chance to participate -- because of adult oversights -- are being cheated the same applies to volunteer coaches who put in months of work with those young men only to learn that both their and the team's work is being taken away.
Jerrey Thurston, who last year managed the USA champion Altamonte Springs Major League All-Stars, has several solid ideas of what can be done to help the situation.
Thurston's All-Stars of last year was a well-oiled machine both on and off the field. He surrounded himself with an excellent coaching staff. There wasn't a problem that arose that Thurston's group couldn't handle. Even to the point of getting his All-Stars free of the mandatory staying on the Little League complex in Williamsport.
''I'm not certain of the logistics,'' Thurston said. ''But I'm sure a county-wide little league organization would certainly solve many of the problems.
''We need to get those little league programs under the same umbrella,'' Thurston said. ''I'm sure it can be worked out to satisfy the legalities with the people in Williamsport.
''With every city in Seminole County in the same organization it will help pull us together,'' Thurston said. ''That's the major need: getting every organization working together for the youngsters who are involved in the program.''
Thurston would also like to see more high school baseball coaches take an active part in the little league regular season programs.
''They could send an assistant to work part-time with our teams during the regular season so that when all-star time came around those coaches could become part of the all-star programs,'' Thurston said. ''High school coaches need to be closer to our programs. Especially the older age groups.''
Thurston feels no 14-year-old and few 15-year-olds belong in the American Legion program that are being run by high school coaches.
''That level of competition is just too intense for a 14 or 15-year old,'' Thurston said. ''Those players need to be with youngsters their own age.''
Thurston plans to become a member of the Altamonte Springs Little League Board of Directors and will recommend that a move be made to get with high school coaches. He also wants to suggest a change be made in the size of the playing field for the Junior (13-year-olds) League.
''It's just too drastic a jump for a boy to be playing on 60-foot bases as a 12-year-old and then move to 90-foot bases as a 13-year-old,'' Thurston said. ''I'd like to recommend that we make it a gradual increase of say 75 or 80 feet.''
Naturally the same applies to the difference in distance of the pitching mound. As a 12-year-old the pitcher is at 46 feet. As a 13-year-old it increases to 60 feet, 6 inches.
''That's why you see so many 12-year-old pitchers who dominate their leagues have trouble adjusting to the distance the next year,'' Thurston said. ''It's just too large of a difference in such a short time.''
Pony Baseball, which Seminole and West Seminole programs operate, has rules governing gradual increases in the distances of the mound and bases with each different age group.
Another idea Thurston is throwing around is just how to get Sanford area youngsters involved in little league.
''I've noticed that so many of those boys don't play baseball after they turn 13,'' Thurston said. ''It sure is a waste of talent.
''I'm not sure where they could play little league, if it would be Deltona or Oviedo or our league,'' Thurston said. ''But they sure need to be playing somewhere.''
And Seminole baseball leagues can use a few more Jerrey Thurston's to help operate their programs.


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Seriously? Do I really waste my time on YouTube? Not as much as I did when it was a novelty, but I do return to favorite videos when I need a laugh. This month has had more valleys than peaks for me and mine, so I've clicked these links several times. They serve one purpose: they make me smile. I'm going to list three of them and a bonus "kitty song" to hopefully brighten up your day.
1. The "Use Condoms" commercial video – it's not dirty, just super funny. Trust me! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luZ_-E0PlXs
2. The best wedding party entrance ever filmed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0
3. A model wipes out during a Paris fashion show. It's not the fall that's funny, but the anchormen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JICRtY-epH4
Bonus: This song will be with you all day! Share it with cat lovers. My kids LOVE this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo
Anyone else have a favorite YouTube clip? Feel free to make us laugh!


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My name is Darrek and recently found out about lucid dreaming and would like to have an experience on it. I subscibed to the 10 steps to lucid dreamjng course and I would like to ask some questions along the way to ensure that I'm doing the right things.
1. I've been trying some methods of lucid dreaming but always seem to fall asleep in non-lucid ones. One example that I did is incubation, but when I did all those, I couldn't sleep. However I would slowly lose focus in my mind and then fall asleep, like i'm forgetting about my intention to lucid dream. Am I doing it right? This leads to my 2nd question.
2. Should I be trying to lucid dream on my own? Or do I just follow the steps of the course and just go into non-lucid dreams for now?
3. For step 1, is there a minimum amount of dream recall that I should record each day? Sometimes the duration of my dreams differ each day.
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