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Research suggests allowing pets in the workplace reduces stress, enhances morale, increases productivity and profitability. Small-business expert Susan Solovic joins Lunch Break on Take Your Dog to Work Day to explain how your furry four-legged friend could be a boon for small businesses. Photo: Getty Images.
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Big Turnout Likely as Iran Chooses New President
On the eve of Iranian elections, RAND senior international policy analyst Alireza Nader discusses how the outcome could shape U.S.-Iran relations.
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Guatemala Travel Essentials
Much of the country maintains a warm climate year round, though it is largely determined by altitude, and there are regional variations (see Volcanoes). The rainy season runs roughly from May to October, with the worst of the rain falling in September and October.
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Guatemala is one of the cheapest countries in the Americas for travellers, though there are plenty of opportunities for a modest (or serious) splurge if you feel like it. The extremely frugal may be able to get by on around US$140 a week in most parts of the country, or below US$120 in a budget travellers' hub like San Pedro La Laguna. However, if you're after a little more comfort (travelling by shuttle bus and staying in rooms with an en-suite bathroom) you can expect to spend around US$200 per head per week, if you're travelling as a couple, while solo travellers should reckon on perhaps US$260 a week. For US$75 per day you can expect to live quite well. Things are more expensive in regions where the local economy is tourist driven (Antigua in particular). A sales tax (IVA) of twelve percent is usually included in the price you're quoted in most places, except smart hotels. Similarly, the ten percent Inguat accommodation tax is often excluded in luxury places, but rarely elsewhere.
Crime and personal safety
Personal safety is a serious issue in Guatemala. While the vast majority of the 1.8 million tourists who come every year experience no problems at all, general crime levels are high, and it's not unknown for criminals to target visitors, including tourist shuttle buses. There is little pattern to these attacks, but some areas can be considered much safer than others. Warnings have been posted in the Guide where incidents have occurred. It's wise to register with your embassy on arrival, try to keep informed of events, and avoid travelling at night. Officially, you should carry your passport (or a photocopy) at all times.
It's important to try to minimize the chance of becoming a victim. Petty theft and pickpocketing are likely to be your biggest worry. Theft is most common in Guatemala City's Zona 1 and its bus stations, but you should also take extra care when visiting markets popular with tourists (like Chichicastenango) and during fiestas. Avoid wearing flashy jewellery and keep your money well hidden. When travelling, there is actually little or no danger to your pack when it's on top of a bus as it's the conductor's responsibility alone to go up on the roof and collect luggage.
Muggings and violent crime are of particular concern in Guatemala City. There's little danger in the daylight hours but don't amble around at night; use a taxi. There have also been a few cases of armed robbery in Antigua and on the trails around Lago de Atitlán. The Pacaya and San Pedro volcanoes are now well-guarded and considered safe, though there have been robberies on other volcanoes, including Agua.
Reporting a crime to the police can be a long process, it's best to contact ASISTUR first to smooth the process. Most insurance companies will only pay up if you can produce a police statement.
Drugs including marijuana and cocaine are readily available in Guatemala. Be aware that drug offences can be dealt with severely and even the possession of some weed could land you in jail. If you do get into a problem with drugs, it may be worth enquiring with the first policeman if there is a "fine" (multa) to pay, to save expensive arbitration later. At the first possible opportunity, get in touch with your embassy in Guatemala City and negotiate through them; they will understand the situation better than you.
Guatemala's police force has a poor reputation. Corruption is rampant and inefficiency the norm, so don't expect that much help if you experience any trouble. That said, they don't have a reputation for intimidating tourists. If for any reason you do find yourself in trouble with the law, be as polite as possible. Tourist police forces have been set up in Antigua, Panajachel and Tikal, and English-speaking officers should be available to help you out in these places.
The sheer number of armed security guards on the streets and posted outside restaurants and stores is somewhat alarming at first, but after a few days you get used to their presence, even if it is disconcerting to see an 18-year-old with a gun outside McDonald's.
Power (110–120 volts) and plug connections (two flat prongs) are the same as North America. Anything from Britain or Europe will need a transformer and a plug adapter. Cuts in the supply and fluctuations in the current are fairly common.
Entry requirements
Citizens from most Western countries (including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and most, but not all, EU states) need only a valid passport to enter Guatemala for up to ninety days. Passport holders from other countries (including some Eastern European nations) qualify for a Guatemalan visa, but have to get one from a Guatemalan embassy or consulate. Citizens from most developing world nations, including much of Asia and Africa, need to apply for a visa well in advance. If you're wondering whether you'll need a visa, phone an embassy for the latest entry requirements; Guatemala has embassies in all the region's capitals.
Although there's no charge to enter or leave the country, border officials at land crossings commonly ask for a small fee (typically US$2.50), which is destined straight for their back pockets. You might try avoiding such payments by asking for un recibo (a receipt); but prepare yourself for a delay at the border.
It's possible to extend your visit for a further ninety days, up to a maximum of 180 days. To do this, go to the immigration office (migración) in Guatemala City at 6 Av 3–11, Zona 4 (t 2411 2411; Mon–Fri 8am–4pm). You'll need to present your passport, photocopies of each page of your passport (there's a machine in the office), a photocopy of a valid credit card (front and back), and pay the extension fee (US$15); your extension is usually issued the following day. After 180 days you have to leave Guatemala for 72 hours.
In 2006 a so-called CA–4 Central American visa system was set up to facilitate visa-free travel in the four countries of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua. When you entered the region you were issued with a ninety-day visa. However, at the time of research CA-4 appeared to be dead. But to be sure, if your Guatemala visa is coming to an end, extend it by travelling to either Mexico or Belize, which are outside the CA-4, or get an extension in Guatemala City.
Guatemalan embassies and consulates
For a full list of Guatemalan embassies consult w minex.gob.gt (Spanish only), and click on "directorios", and the link to embajadas.
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8 A St, King's Park, Belize City t 223 3150, e [email protected]
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Joachim-Karnatz-Allee 47, Ecke Paulstrasse, 10557 Berlin t 030 206 4363, w botschaft-guatemala.de.
Colonia Lomas del Guijaro, c/Londres, Bloque B, casa 0440 Tegucigalpa t 2232 5018, e [email protected] Consulate: 23 Av & 11 Ca, S.O., Colonia Trejo, San Pedro Sula, t 2556 9550.
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Gay and lesbian travellers
Homosexuality is legal for consenting adults aged 18 or over. However, though Guatemalan society is not as overtly macho as many Latin American countries, it's wise to be discreet and avoid too much affection in public. There's a small, almost entirely male scene in Guatemala City.
A comprehensive travel insurance policy is essential for visitors to Guatemala. Medical insurance (you want coverage of US$2,000,000) should include provision for repatriation by air ambulance, and your policy should also cover you for illness or injury, and against theft.
Contact a specialist travel insurance company, or consider the travel insurance deal we offer. A typical travel insurance policy usually provides cover for the loss of baggage, tickets and – up to a certain limit – cash or cheques, as well as cancellation or curtailment of your journey. Many of them exclude so-called dangerous sports (this can mean scuba diving, whitewater rafting, windsurfing and kayaking) unless an extra premium is paid. Try to ascertain if your medical coverage will be paid as treatment proceeds or only after return home, and whether there is a 24-hour medical emergency number.
When securing baggage cover, make sure that the per-article limit – typically under US$750/£500 – will cover your most valuable possession. If you need to make a claim, you should keep receipts for medicines and medical treatment, and in the event you have anything stolen, you must obtain an official statement (una afirmación) from the police.
Web services are very well established in Guatemala. Wi-fi is very common in all the main tourist centres, where most hotels, hostels and cafés provide access. You'll find cybercafés everywhere too, even in small towns and villages. Connection speeds are generally fairly swift in the main urban centres but can be painfully pedestrian in more remote areas. Rates vary, starting at US$0.80 per hour.
Almost every town has at least one laundry; most will wash and dry a load for you for about US$3–4. Self-service laundries are rare. Many hotels and pensiones also offer laundry facilities; the budget places often have a pila (sink) where you can wash your own clothes.
Postal services are quite reliable, though many locals use courier companies to send important packages and documents overseas. The best way to ensure speedy delivery is to use the main post office (correos) in a provincial capital. Generally, an airmail letter to the US takes about a week, to Europe from ten days to two weeks. Receiving mail is not generally a worry as long as you have a reliable address – many language schools and tour operators will hold mail for you. The Poste Restante (Lista de Correos) system is no longer operational.
Bear in mind it's very expensive to send anything heavy home. You may want to use a specialized shipping agency instead: see the Antigua and Panajachel "Directory" for recommended companies.
Courier companies (DHL, Federal Express, etc) are establishing more and more offices throughout the region; even small towns now have them.
Rough Guide's Guatemala and Belize map (at a scale of 1:500,000), also covers a sizeable part of western Honduras and most of northern El Salvador. International Travel Maps and Books (ITMB) also publishes a reasonable Guatemala map (1:470,000). Both are printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper.
Locally produced alternatives include an offering by Inguat (US$2) using a scale of 1:1,000,000. Virtually all car rental outlets will provide you with a free map, though most are pretty ropey.
The Instituto Geográfico Militar produces the only large-scale maps of the country. At a scale of 1:50,000, these maps are accurately contoured, although many other aspects are now very out of date. You can consult and purchase them at the institute's offices, Av de las Américas 5–76, Zona 13, Guatemala City (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm; t 2332 2611, w ign.gob.gt). Most can be bought for around US$6.
Guatemala's currency, the quetzal (Q), has been very stable for over a decade. But because fluctuations can and do take place, we have quoted all prices in US dollars. (At press time, the rate was Q7.80 to US$1, Q12.3 to £1 and Q10.41 to €1.) The US dollar is by far the most widely accepted foreign currency in Guatemala; that said, it is not a semi-official one, and you can't get by with a fistful of greenbacks and no quetzals. Euros and other foreign currencies are tricky to cash; try foreign-owned hotels or stores.
Debit and credit cards are very useful for withdrawing currency from bank ATMs but are not widely accepted elsewhere, so don't count on paying with them except in upmarket hotels and restaurants (let your bank know in advance that you'll be using it abroad). Beware expensive surcharges (ten percent is sometimes added) if you do want to pay by a card in many stores.
Cashpoints (ATMs) are very widespread, even in small towns. Charges of US$2–3 per withdrawal are widespread, but those using the 5B network, including Banrural, did not charge at the time of research. It's important to note that most Central American ATMs do not accept five-digit PIN numbers; contact your bank at home in advance if you have one. You'll probably never have to use them, but it's wise to have a back-up of a few travellers' cheques (American Express is by far the most widely accepted brand, and in US dollars) or US dollar bills in case the ATM network fails or your card gets gobbled by a machine.
Note that all currency exchange counters at Guatemala City airport were offering appalling rates (see Museo Miraflores). At the main land-border crossings there are usually banks and a swarm of moneychangers who generally give fair rates for cash.
Opening hours and public holidays
Guatemalan opening hours are subject to considerable variation, but in general most offices, shops, post offices and museums are open between 8/9am and 5/6pm, though some take an hour or so break for lunch. Banking hours are extremely convenient, with many staying open until 7pm from Monday to Friday, but closing at 1pm on Saturdays.
Archeological sites are open every day, usually from 8am to 5pm, though Tikal is open longer hours. Principal public holidays, when almost all businesses close down, are listed below, but each village or town will also have its own fiestas or saints' days when many places will be shut.
There are no area codes in Guatemala. To call a number from abroad simply dial the international access code, followed by the country code (t
502) and the number (all are eight digit).
The cheapest way to make an international phone call is usually from an internet café. Prices start at around US$0.15 per minute to the US or US$0.25 to Europe via web-phone facilities. Local calls are cheap, and can be made from either a communications office or a phone booth (buy a Ladatel phonecard).
Mobile (cell) phones
Many North American and European mobile phones, if unlocked, will work in Guatemala. To avoid roaming charges all you'll need is a local SIM card (Tigo and Claro are the most popular networks and have excellent coverage). Phones can also be bought locally from as little as US$20 (including around US$15 of calling credit). Keep an eye out for the "doble" and "triple" offer days, when you can get two to three times the top-up credit you pay for.
In indigenous areas and the countryside you should avoid taking pictures of children unless you get permission from their parents. Sadly children are stolen from their families every year in Guatemala, and rumours persist that Westerners steal babies for adoption. There's less of an issue in urban areas, where the population is better educated, but even here be sensitive.
Otherwise Guatemala is an exceptionally rewarding destination for photographers with outstanding scenic and human interest. It's polite to ask before taking portraits, but if you're in a marketplace using a zoom it's easy to get shots of people without being too intrusive.
Memory cards for digital cameras are quite widely available; print film and video tapes are getting rarer, but can be bought in most towns. Many internet cafés have card readers and will be able to burn your pictures to a CD for around US$2.
Guatemala is on the equivalent of Central Standard Time in North America, six hours behind GMT. Daylight saving is not used. There is little seasonal change – it gets light around 6am, with sunset at around 5.30pm in December, or 6.30pm in June.
Tourist information
Information about Guatemala is easy to come by inside the country, but less available in Europe or North America. In the US, you can call Inguat, Guatemala's tourist information authority, on the toll-free number t 1 888 464 8281, while Guatemalan embassy staff in Europe and Canada can often help out too. The material produced by Inguat is colourful, though much of it is of limited practical use. Often specialist travel agents are excellent sources of information.
Staff at Inguat, at 7 Av 1–17, Zona 4, Guatemala City (t 2421 2800, w visitguatemala.com), are always helpful and English-speakers are available. The organization has smaller branches in Antigua, Flores, Panajachel and Quetzaltenango, and at the airports in Flores and Guatemala City. All branches should have hotel listings and dozens of brochures and leaflets. Generally the main office and the Antigua outpost are the most reliable. Inguat also helps maintain a telephone assistance line for tourists in Guatemala, t 1500.
If you're in the UK, the Guatemalan Maya Centre, 94A Wandsworth Bridge Rd, London SW6 2TF (t 020 7371 5291, w maya.org.uk), is one of the finest Guatemalan resource centres in the world. It's open by appointment only, and well worth a visit, with over 2500 books on Guatemala, videos, periodicals and an incredible textile collection.
Useful websites
Dedicated to Guatemala's former colonial capital, with cultural events and listings.
Concentrates on the Atitlán region, with interesting features plus some hotel and restaurant listings.
Informative site dedicated to the Copán region in Honduras.
Academic reports from Mayanists, maps, and articles about flora and fauna.
w fhrg.org
Website of the Foundation for Human Rights in Guatemala, offering comprehensive coverage of the current human rights situation, plus news reports.
Website of the Washington-based Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA, which publishes regular reports plus urgent action notices.
Good place to begin a search for a Spanish school, with a list of professional schools and plenty of tips.
w guatemalaweb.com
Everything from ATM locations to Maya ceremonies, though some of the practical information is out of date.
News, features and comment about Guatemala in English.
The Guatemala page on the Latin American Network Information Center's website is a fine place to begin a search; here you'll find a comprehensive set of links to websites for everything from nonprofits and language schools to magazines and museums, as well as various academic and tourism resources.
London-based Guatemalan Maya Centre's site has good articles and links.
Strong on art and history of the ancient Maya, plus some wide-ranging cultural essays.
All the latest reports about the ancient Maya.
w mimundo-photoessays.org
Superb photojournalism from an independent reporter.
w mostlymaya.com
Useful practical travel information based on first-hand experience and good cultural content.
Content from the popular Antigua-based tourism and travel magazine.
Concentrates on the Quetzaltenango area, with comprehensive language-school and business listings, plus popular discussion boards.
Dedicated to Guatemala's second city, with good cultural information and practical content.
Travellers with disabilities
Guatemalans are extremely helpful and eager to help disabled travellers. Nevertheless, visitors with disabilities are faced with many obstacles. Wheelchair users will have to negotiate their way over cobbled streets, cracked (or nonexistent) pavements and potholed roads in cities, towns and villages. Getting around Guatemala by public transport can be exhausting for anyone, but trying to clamber aboard a packed chicken bus with a wheelchair or walking sticks, even with a friend to help, presents a whole set of other challenges. Plenty of disabled travellers do successfully make their way around the country though. Most of the main sites are connected by tourist shuttle minibuses, which pick you up from your hotel, and have a driver whose job it is to assist passengers with their luggage. Many Guatemalan hotels are low rise (and larger, upmarket places often have lifts and ramps), so it shouldn't be too difficult to find an accessible room. You'll only find disabled toilets in the most expensive hotels.
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Installing the PHP redis extension on Mac OS X
Recently I took a look at Redis, a popular and advanced key-value store. Peeking at the supported languages section of the project's website you'll notice a lot of client libraries available for PHP. Two out of them caught my particular attention: Rediska due to it's impressive Zend Framework integration and phpredis as it's a native PHP extension written in C and therefore supposed to be blazingly faster than vanilla PHP client libraries. The following blog post will show how to install and configure the aforementioned, native PHP extension on a Mac OS X system.
The next steps assume that you've installed redis on your machine. In case you are using MacPorts and haven't installed the key-value store yet, all it takes are the following two commands and you're good to go. In case you prefer Homebrew for managing your package/software installations, there's also a Formula for redis available that allows you to install it via brew install redis.
sudo port install redis sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.redis.plistThe very first step for building the native PHP redis extension is to get the source code by cloning the GitHub repository of the extension without it's history revisions.
mkdir phpredis-build cd phpredis-build git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nicolasff/phpredis.git cd phpredisThe next task is to compile the extension with the following batch of commands.
phpize ./configure make sudo make installThe next to last step is to alternate your php.ini, use php --ini | grep 'Loaded' to get the location of it on your system, so that the redis module/extension is available to your PHP ecosystem. Therefor simply add extension=redis.so in the Dynamic Extensions section of your php.ini. Afterwards you can verify that the redis module is loaded and available via one of the following commands.
php -m | grep redis php -i | grep 'Redis Support'To make the extension also available to the running Apache PHP module you'll need to restart the Apache server. Looking at phpinfo()'s output in a browser you should see the entry shown in the next image.
For testing the communication between the just installed redis extension and the running Redis server, I further created a simple test script called redis-glue-test.php you can fetch from GitHub and run via the next commands.
curl -s http://gist.github.com/raw/402018/redis-glue-test.php -o redis-glue-test.php php redis-glue-test.phpWhen you see the following shown console output you're good to go. Happy Redising!


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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#296 - max gradient computation is not thread safe (isosurface)
Opened by Grimbert Jérôme (Le_Forgeron) - Sunday, 09 June 2013, 09:26 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Tuesday, 11 October 2016, 14:53 GMT
It appears as a side effect of investigation of #294: the code in isosurf.cpp, inside
if(gradient < temp) gradient = temp;
is not thread-safe (The code is used at render time, there is a data race between < and = operation, as gradient is stored in the global object and accessed in write mode by the cited code)
It is only important if the gradient is initially undervaluated (otherwise, all is fine, no write-access)
- Field changed: Status (Assigned → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on GitHub as #113.


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Bowmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky
Review: Bowmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 90.5/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted on July 17, 2011
The Bowmore Distillery sits at the edge of Loch Indaal where the briny breezes of the sea blow directly across and into the warehouses full of Bowmore whisky barrels. This means that at least some of that salty brine is bound to make its way into the casks and set its imprint into the flavour. The distillery itself contains two pairs of stills, six Oregon washbacks, and it is one of the few remaining Scottish distilleries to produce its own malt on its own malting floor. The location of the distillery next to Loch Indaal, and the peated barley produced under Bowmore's own malt drying kiln have been linked to the unique flavour and character of the whisky know as Bowmore.
I should mention that due to the sheer volume of whisky produced by Morrison Bowmore, there is insufficient room to age all of the casks in the Bowmore seaside warehouse facility, nor does the facilities' malt floor have the capacity to produce all of the malted barley to meet Bowmore's requirements. However, both portion of whisky aged in the Bowmore warehouses, and the portion of malted barley produced on their malt drying floor are significant such that these unique characteristics of the Bowmore Distillery are well worth noting.
The Bowmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky is part of the core range of Bowmore Single Malts. This whisky is matured in a combination of American Bourbon Casks and Spanish Sherry casks. I was given a small set of 3 200 ml sample bottles of the Bowmore 12, the Bowmore 15 (Darkest) and the Bowmore 18 year Old Single Malt Whiskies for review here on my website. My review of the Bowmore 18 Year Old is the third review in the series.
In the Bottle 4/5
The presentation for the Bowmore 18 Year Old is shown to the right. The presentation (except for the labels) is exactly the same as for the previously reviewed Bowmore 12 and 15. The bottle is in the style of a bar room whisky, designed to be easy to hold, easy to pour, and of course easy to store on the bar shelf. This presentation is simple but classy. I am pleased that the closure is a high density cork which seals the whisky in properly and gives me that nice satisfying 'pop' when I first open the bottle.
My only quibble is that I would like to see a little more information on the bottle sleeve or label. Scotch whiskies come in many different styles, and although the whisky is identified as an Islay Single Malt, a few tasting notes on the bottle sleeve would be helpful for the consumer in determining whether this style of Islay Whisky would be suitable for him or her. This is especially important as we climb up the rungs into the more expensive expressions in the core range. The customer (who is spending some good money here) deserves to know whether he or she will be buying a smoky peat-filled whisky, or a whisky with a lighter profile.
In the Glass 9/10
The Bowmore 18-year-old is a rich bronze colour in the glass a little darker than the previously reviewed Bowmore 12 Year old, but a little lighter than the Bowmore 15 (Darkest). Legs which are not particularly fat nor particularly slender train down the sides of the glass after a quick tilt and slow swirl.
The immediate nose is full of dark chocolate caramel. The peat and sherry smoke sits just behind giving the whisky an aromatic flair and accenting the richness of the chocolate scent. Dry fruit is evident in the form of prunes and raisins and there are even faint echoes of cherries in the breezes. As the glass decants, the chocolate begins to separate from the caramel, and the oak begins to manifest rich baking spices. The peat has turned to willow and spruce boughs with even a bit of green moss in the very back of the aromatic breezes. I find the nose to be very complex, and the glass is inviting me to begin sipping.
In the Mouth 55/60
The Bowmore 18 leads out with the rich taste of chocolate toffee which permeates all of the other flavours I encountered. The peat and sherry smoke flavours become evident immediately as they ride in the currents of that chocolate accenting the flavour with herbal tones from the peat and dry fruits (like raisins and prunes) from the sherry. The oak is making things just a little heated in the mouth but a strong undercurrent of sweetness works with this heat making everything taste delicious. Like the Bowmore 15, the sherry smoke is very compatible with the peat, however in this expression the oak has joined in and the triumvirate of influences creates a kind of wonderful medley in the mouth that continues to ooze chocolate and toffee.
There are other subtleties evident as well which include a touch of salty brine, a hint of floral and herbal flavours dancing in the peat, and little pockets of fresh fruit (plums) and citrus peel which bob up and down in the currents of the whisky. I like the complexity, and I like the balance of flavours which seem to work together with no single element dominating the rest.
In the throat 13.5/15
The finish is loaded with chocolate that just keeps coming. Bits of scattered tea leaves mingle with a few brown sugars and caramel and the final exit is punctuated by light peppery oak tannins.
The Afterburn 9/10
Tasting the Bowmore 12, the Bowmore 15 (Darkest) and the Bowmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Whiskies in progression has been a fun exercise. In the case of these three malts it was evident as I sampled the older editions that the whisky was becoming smoother and more well-rounded with each step up. As well, each whisky has become progressively sweeter as it has spent more time in the oak barrels. This means, as you can imagine, that I enjoyed the Bowmore 18 very much. It is a very nice Whisky!
You may read some of my other Whisky Reviews (click the link) if you wish to have some comparative reviews.
As always you may interpret the scores I provide as follows.
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be more familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
4 Responses to "Bowmore 18 Year Old Single Malt Whisky"
March 23, 2013 at 11:56 am
hi chip..been going back to some of my old bottles of single malt lately as the morph to a rum guy started with florida and was the libation of choice for years.anyways ,comparing the highland parks,macs[vat strength,12,15,18],balvenie 15,laphroig 10, etc .to newer bottles at friends' bars has made me realize there is little conformity to the brands older examples.not sure why but very few of the new examples are anywhere near as enjoyable as my older bottles with the notable exception of the laphroig 10 as my go to. suppose the marketing/merchandising bean counters at these distribution conduits are not malt guys as much as their former decision makers were . happy trails russ
March 23, 2013 at 2:11 am
I drink almost exclusively Islay peated Scotches (and rum) and I have to say that Bowmore is probably the only Islay that I'm not fond of. The 18yr has, imo, a rubbery/apricot undertone which I'm not crazy about. But I find most of your reviews spot on so I'd be curious to read your take on Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laphroaig. Caol Ila, Bruichladdich PC8 and Talisker (not an Islay, but peaty and yummy). I honestly have to say that standard whiskies have become much less interesting since sampling the aforementioned scotches. Oh, and congrats for giving the Macallan 12 and 18 the same grade. I have them here and have done multiple taste tests and for the life of me I can't see where the extra $150CAD has gone.


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While on the ship, kids can enjoy the ever-changing scenery, watch for wildlife or take advantage of the just-for-kids clubs offered by many cruise lines. Like adults, kids will also enjoy the wide variety of food and entertainment on Alaska-bound cruise ships. When it's time to go ashore, kids can stretch their legs in a variety of Alaskan ports, such as Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway, which all offer family-friendly activities.
One of Ketchikan's major attractions is an incredible collection of totem poles at Totem Bight State Historical Park, Saxman Native Village and the Totem Heritage Center Museum. Families can also browse the shops along Creek Street, where the buildings are raised on stilts, or visit the nearby Tongass National Forest or Misty Fjords National Monument.
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Follow your own trail
The simplest way to navigate with your Suunto Spartan is to use your breadcrumb trail, the track you already have traveled. It is automatically drawn as a dotted line when you are tracking an activity in a sport mode that has GPS enabled. (Read more about sport mode customization and sport mode settings here)
Following your own breadcrumb trail comes in handy if you wish to find your way back to your starting point the same way you came.
You can zoom in and out of the route view by tapping the screen or keeping the middle button pressed. Adjust the zoom level with the upper and lower buttons.
Find your way back to your starting point
Another handy way to navigate with Suunto Spartan is to use its Find back feature. If you are using GPS when recording an activity, Suunto Spartan automatically saves the starting point of your exercise. With Find back, your watch can guide you directly back to your starting point.
While the breadcrumb trail leads you back to the starting point along your original route, the find back feature shows you the direct direction and distance to the starting point.
To start Find back navigation swipe left or press the middle button until you have reached the navigation display. (Note that you need to be tracking the entire activity from the beginning for the watch to know your starting point.)
Swipe up or press the lower right button to open the shortcut menu. Scroll to Find back and tap the screen or press the middle button to select.
Once Find back is selected, the navigation guidance is shown as the last display on the selected sport mode.
Navigating to Points of interest
With your Suunto Spartan you can navigate to any Point of interest (POI) that is in your watch POI list. You can either create POIs in Suunto Movescount and sync them to your watch, or save locations as POIs on your watch as you go.
Learn more about Navigating to a POI and about creating them here.
Navigating a route during exercise
To navigate a route you will first need to create one – or select an existing public route – in Movescount and sync it to your watch.
To get started with route navigation select your preferred sport mode (that uses GPS) and then swipe up or press the lower right button to open the sport mode options. Alternatively, if you already are recording, keep the middle button pressed to open the sport mode options.
In the options select Navigation and then select Routes. You will see a list of the routes you have synced to your watch. Select your preferred Route with the middle button for more route info. Then press the upper button to start navigating. If you have not started the exercise recording yet, the last step takes you back to the sport mode options. Scroll up to the start view and start your recording as normal.
While exercising, swipe right or press the middle button to scroll to the navigation display where you will see the route you selected. You will see your position in relation to the route. If you leave the planned route, the watch will show an Off route message. You will also see the track you have traveled as a breadcrumb trail.
You can zoom in and out by tapping the screen or keeping the middle button pressed. Adjust the zoom level with the upper and lower buttons.
If you have entered waypoints on your route, your watch will notify you as you approach them. These same notifications work also when navigating to POIs. When customizing sport modes you can also add ETA (Estimated time of arrival to a waypoint) and ETE (Estimated time to route's end) as data fields.
While in the navigation display you can swipe up or press the lower button to open navigation options. From the navigation options, you can, for example, save your current location or select another route or POI to navigate.
You can also start route navigation by selecting 'Navigation' from the launcher and then scroll to your preferred route.
Route altitude navigation
If you are navigating a route that has altitude information, you can also navigate based on ascent and descent using the route altitude profile display. While in the main navigation display (where you see your route), swipe left or press the middle button to switch to the altitude profile display.
The altitude profile display shows you the following information:
Top: your current altitude
Center: altitude profile showing your current position
Bottom: remaining ascent or descent (tap screen to change views)
If you stray too far off from the route while using altitude navigation, your watch will give you an Off route message in the altitude profile display. If you see this message, scroll to the route navigation display to get back on track before continuing with altitude navigation.
Please note: The sport mode you are using needs to have GPS enabled to be able to access the navigation options. If the sport mode GPS accuracy is OK or Good, when you select a route or POI, the GPS accuracy is changed to Best.


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We're seeing the remnants of what was Hurricane Ida. She formed in Central America as a late season storm, did a lot of damage, then turned north, heading straight towards us. We had a few moments of concern but the forecasters kept predicting it to head north, weaken in strength, hit land somewhere near Pensacola Florida, then zig east, right towards us. That is exactly what it did. It made landfall at Dauphin Island, Alabama. It looks like we are in for a good bit of rain.
We've had a very mild hurricane season this year and this storm formed in November and kind of surprised everyone. Hurricane season is supposed to end at the end of November, but I have seen a hurricane threat on News Years day in 2004 or 2005. Those were the 2 years that Florida got slammed with storms all season long.
I have been considering buying a new SLR digital camera in the future. They take wonderful pictures like the old SLR cameras, but are still in the digital format. I like seeing my photo as soon as I take it so that I can re-take it if necessary. The only problem is that you have to purchase and use several different lens's just like the old style 35mm cameras. I sold mine years ago once I went digital and have not missed the lens changing or the weight of all that equipment. I like to carry my camera while hiking or kayaking and my Olympus C50 Ultra Zoom is so light I barely know it's there. I also never have to change the lens for whatever shot I want. I LOVE it. The camera can take ultra close-ups (macro) as well as long distance. It is only a 4 megapixel camera, but has a 10X optical zoom lens with a 4x (if I remember correctly) digital zoom. It's the equivalent of a 38-380mm camera. Most people say the digital zoom is useless because it's too grainy to get good photos, but I disagree. There are a LOT of times without my digital zoom, I would not have been able to get the shot. In fact the majority of my photos are taken with the full digital/optical zoom. I like take a lot of wildlife shots and need that zoom to get a good close photo. I agree that maybe they don't look great if you want to blow up the photograph, but that is something I rarely do.
Flowering tree taken without zoom
same tree with zoom of a flower
I didn't think they made the ultra zoom cameras anymore and was concerned that if something happened to this one, I would have a problem. I LOVE this camera. Fortunately I found another camera that appears to be even better. It has a 26-520 mm equivalent lens, which is a 20x optical lens and a 5x digital lens. This is over twice as powerful and with a 10 megapixel camera. The suggested retail price is only $349.95. Much cheaper than the SLR cameras.
After looking a while I found that Olympus made another ultra zoom camera. This one retails for $449.95.
It has an even stronger zoom with the equivalent of 26-670 mm lens. That's quite a zoom for such a small, lightweight camera. It's also a 12 megapixel camera with a 26x optical zoom with a 5x digital zoom. You multiply the 26 times 5 to get the equivalent of 130 times the zoom.
I think this will be on my list of must have's.


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that "stewardesses" is the longest word you can type with your left hand on a qwerty keyboard?
I can hold my right hand behind my back and still type "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"
I was waiting for some doof to pull this, but I wasn't anticipating it would be you.
Actually type, not just hit the keys with whatever fingers are free at the time. You know, with your fingers on the asdf jkl; and your thumbs on the spacebar. People still learn how to type in school, right?


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Carrasco throws bullpen; Giambi set to be activated
ST. PETERSBURG -- Indians manager Terry Francona said Jason Giambi should be activated before Tuesday's game against the Yankees at Progressive Field.
Giambi opened the year on the disabled list with a back injury, which has worked out for Cleveland as it awaited the end of Carlos Carrasco's six-game suspension.
"I think he's going to be fine," Francona said of Giambi. "He's able to be activated on Tuesday, and I don't see any reason that won't happen."
Francona said he was already thinking of ways to work Giambi into the lineup, though he won't make it a priority until the Tribe heads north for Cleveland. Francona would like to start Giambi against a right-handed starter, but said the Yankees rotation is "in flux" and noted that lefty Andy Pettitte is scheduled to start Tuesday. The Yankees' rotation is currently aligned so that right-handers Ivan Nova and David Phelps will start Wednesday and Thursday, however.
"I certainly don't want him to sit a week," Francona said. "I'm going to do with him just like I do with everybody."
Carrasco, meanwhile, joined the Indians on Saturday and threw a side session in the bullpen. He is scheduled to be activated and start Tuesday's game against the Yankees. Francona said Carrasco had one more day remaining on his six-game suspension, but he should be able to watch Sunday's series finale alongside his teammates in the visiting dugout at Tropicana Field.
"Once we're done here [with Saturday's pregame workouts], we've got to dispose of him," Francona said. "He can be in the dugout starting tomorrow."


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