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Lycian Way is great, if sometimes a bit tiresome, to get a sense of true Mediterranean Turkey, away from crowded beaches, fancy resorts, and posh palm trees.
Get in
Both Fethiye and Antalya are well-connected to most cities in the country by inter-city buses. The nearest international airports are located at Dalaman for the western trailhead and at Antalya for eastern end.
It's fairly easy to get to western trailhead by minibuses (dolmuş, take those heading for Ölüdeniz, and get off just south of Ovacık/Hisarönü roundabout, at the large sign of 'Montana Resort Hotel') or even on foot from downtown Fethiye.
There are no fees or permits to be taken care of for hiking or camping along the Lycian Way.
Investigated and then waymarked by Kate Clow, a Britishwoman living in Turkey, with the help of a number of volunteers and Turkish Ministry of Culture in early 2000s, Lycian Way connects a number of villages, mountain hamlets, Lycian and Roman sites on its route and ranges from 0 mt (sea level) to 1,800 mt summit of Mt Tahtalı (known by the name Olympos in ancient times) at elevation. It's not a single footpath that has been intact since times immemorial, rather it's a collection of ancient paths, mule and caravan trails, forest and backcountry roads. For many sites, it's the most convenient way to get to, and still many others let themselves to be enjoyed only by those taking the effort to hike the trail.
Although there are some hikers doing the whole trail in one go, most people prefer to do it in sections, and in fact some sections are more popular than others. Some short sections of the trail near the major towns can even be regarded as a day trip.
Once littered, it is very hard to clean the trail up, as it mostly lies on a remote and rugged territory. Therefore, following leave-no-trace guidelines is important. Also, think ahead carefully about what you will need and what you won't, as anything that is regarded as "trash" will need to be carried to the nearest garbage bin - a convenience even some of the mountain hamlets completely lack, let alone the trail itself.
April-May and October-November is reported to be best to hike the trail, as it's warm (but not infernally hot unlike in summer!) and not rainy (unlike winter) during these months.
Signs and waymarks
The standard waymark of Lycian Way is a half white, half red rectangle. There is no uniform distance between each mark along the route, when the trail start to twist and turn, they become more frequent and when the trail lies as a straight line, converting into an easily-visible path, then they become rarer. They are mostly painted on rocks along the route, though you can also spot some on utility poles, garden walls, or on the actual path itself.
Side paths straying from the main trail -and usually arriving in very off-the-beaten-path sites (in a literal sense!)- have marks similar to the standard rectangles, just yellow replaces white.
Other waymarks include a "turning" or an "S" rectangle (again half white, half red) with an arrow on, which mean there is a curve (or S-curves) coming ahead. They sometimes can be found immediately before the curve. There are also frequent "<" marks on the trail. These can be confusing if you interpret them as arrows, which they are not. They are instead meant to mimic the shape of the trail at that point. Therefore ">" mark would indicate that there is a switchback in the trail, NOT that you should go right. A "red cross" is marked on "wrong" trails and roads, usually accompanied by the standard rectangle painted on the "correct" way.
Once every five or so years, a number of volunteers replenish the waymarks. However, in the meantime some local villagers, at their all good will, repaint the marks on some sections and this may cause the new marks shifting a few (hundred) metres on either side of the actual trail. However, this is not a very big problem as the "new" marks will join the "old" marks somewhere in some way, so you will not get lost even by following these "accidentally" painted marks.
Signs, easily-recognizable, distinctive yellow arrows with the header Fethiye'den Antalya'ya Likya Yolu, i.e. Lycian Way Fethiye to Antalya, are nowhere as frequent as the waymarks, but still can be seen, and indeed are useful, on most junctions (where for example trail separates from a main road) and at village exits. They name the next destination on it with the distance in kilometres. Note the distances on signs are approximate, so don't worry if you see the distance going up or down by 1 km on the next sign.
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While the official start of Lycian Way is in Ovacık, the northern suburb of Ölüdeniz, you can hike it all the way from Fethiye (about 15 km away from Ovacık, and the hub of the region) without having the need to referring to road sides with the help of adjoining trails.
Total distance: 8-9 km
Waymarked recently, a cobbled and wide medieval trail through a pine forest link Fethiye to Kayaköy, the "ghost town" on the hills, providing a quite easy hike between these locales, with the only hard (if it's summer and you are carrying a large backpack, that is) section being the first or so km out of Fethiye (ascenting and no shade). Some sections of this path is surfaced with tarmac though, so your peaceful walk will be intersected by the road a few times, but these sections are short fortunately.
The waymarks of this trail are sometimes yellow&red, suggesting that this is a side trail, while some other marks are white&red, meaning that this is the main trail. Yellow defaced with white and white defaced with yellow are also common. But no matter what, they are frequent and visible enough as not to let you get lost. Sign are headed with Likya Yolları rather than the usual Fethiye'den Antalya'ya Likya Yolu and Kayaköy is referred to as Kaya (Levissi) on signs.
From downtown Fethiye, start by following brown "Kayaköy" (sometimes "Kaya" or "Karmylassos") road signs. From the corner of the mosque, turn right (towards the hills/rock tombs), pass by the minibus stop (with minibuses heading for Kayaköy). Then you will come to a T-intersection, turn left and then about a couple of hundred metres later, right (look for the street sign saying "Kaya"). This will take you to the tarmac road out of Fethiye, heading for Kayaköy, after passing by a Lycian sarcophagus right in the middle of the road before you left built-up area. First the road follows the bottom of a valley, with rock tombs small and big carved on both sides. After having a bird's eye view of Fethiye to the right, the road will swing left, still ascending. After passing by a few cottages on the left, you will see the first sign of the trail with the arrow pointing left that reads "Kaya (Levissi) - 9 km". Follow the sign and cross into the forest beside the small stone bridge over a dry creekbed. If you miss this entry point, continue on the main tarmac road to Kaya winding left, until you come to a fountain with cold water on your right. This is another entry point to the trail (the sign will also show you the way): Refill your bottles here because this is the last fountain until Keçiler, about 6 km away. The path will start as a dirt road with loose pebbles scattered about. After a short ascent, and before the trail swings toward right, there is a beautiful view of the Gulf of Fethiye towards the left. You can rest here if you are tired already. After a hundred meters, the dirt rocky trail transitions to a cobbled path that gently ascends towards the hilltop. After the 6 km mark, the trail comes to a T with the tarmac road. At this point the tarmac road splits into two, continue to the right. There is a small cemetery at this intersection that is not well marked, but can still be of interest. After keeping on the side of the road for about 1 km, and having the first distant view of the ghost town between the trees, there is a "Kaya (Levissi) - 5 km." It may look like it's showing the tarmac road, but it's NOT and is easy to miss! It's actually showing the (re)start of the good ol' cobbled path, not clearly visible at this point and not nearly as wide or as defined of a trail as the cobbled one you were walking on earlier. Follow the rocky path that leads down to the right, away from the tarmac road. The trail soon turns into the forest, while the road keeps lying straight. After a gentle descend into the forest, the path is once more intersected by the road. This time, there is no sign or nearby marks to show the way. From where you exited the forest, you'll need to go to the right a few meters and you will quickly see a rocky path, soon turning into a wide cobbled path, leading down to the right and down from the tarmac road. The trail will keep descending, and will cross the tarmac road again, at which found you need to walk a short ways to the right on the tarmac road and you will again see the wide cobbled path. The forest is then replaced with the first houses you see since leaving Fethiye. This is the village of Keçiler, nowadays a neighbourhood of Kayaköy and is 2 km away from Kayaköy. A coffeehouse will welcome you into the village, take the path to left at the crossroad in front of it. From this point on, you will walk on a flat dirt village road. Shortly, the road winds right and passes by two Lycian sarcophagi on the left and carved tombs behind them in the hillside as well as another sarcophagus on the right of the road. After this, you will, for the last time, join the tarmac road that descends from the hill to the left. This is the road that's following you since Fethiye. After walking on the side of it a little bit, you'll come to the village square with a large fountain on the left (very warm water!). You should take the straight road for Kayaköy, and a (fell as of July 2009) sign says the road to right leads to Afkule and Gemile (17 km, not accessible other than hiking). After a quick walk between some restaurants, you will arrive in the centre of Kayaköy. The ghost town should be seen seen along the hillside in front of you.
In Kayaköy, there are a number of guesthouses, restaurants, a grocery store (cash only; on the left of the road turning right in front of the church, ask for market, pronounced maar-cayt), and an old fountain. The water from the fountain doesn't taste wonderful but is drinkable as many people, even non-locals, drink from it with seemingly no problems. There is also a simple map of the village made of an illustration on the side of the road between the fountain and the church. Note that it's posted reversed: Anything that shows up on the right of the illustration is on the left of you and vice versa.
From Kayaköy, you have two different trails to choose from to get to the official trailhead of Lycian Way in Ovacık: the first takes you to the beach next to the Blue Lagoon at Ölüdeniz, the second takes you right to Ovacık over the hills. If you choose to take the route via the beach, then you will have to walk on the side of the ascending road with somewhat heavy traffic (in high season) between Ölüdeniz and Ovacık for about 3 km. You have, however, the option of taking a minibus (dolmuş) to avoid that section anyway.
The route via beach to Ölüdeniz
Total distance: about 6 km
This route is reported to be one of the easiest hikes in the region (always descending, after the brief initial ascent that pass over the hill behind Kayaköy) and can comfortably be taken in 2 hours. The trail is well marked with the usual red&white or red&yellow rectangles.
The route starts near the St Taksiarhis Church (Upper Church) in the centre of ghost town. The trail partially runs through pine forest and offers impressive views of the sea below and St Nicholas Island off shore. At one point the trail connects to the road next to the beach clubs and leads to Ölüdeniz.
The route that leads straight to Ovacık
Total distance: 7 km
The route begins at the St Taksiarhis Church (Upper Church) in the centre of ghost town, which is also the start of the trail to Ölüdeniz.
Total distance: about 8 km, elevation: 250 mt to 750 mt
Ovacık and the nearby Hisarönü are located on the major road between Fethiye and Ölüdeniz. They are both fairly developed resorts typical in the area. They have all kinds of tourism infrastructure: Lots of hotels and guesthouses, restaurants and bars, grocery stores which accept credit cards and which carry a large selection of foods and drinks.
The official start of Lycian Way lies east of the road connecting Ovacık with Ölüdeniz. From Hisarönü roundabout (north of Ölüdeniz), walk towards the direction of Ölüdeniz, and in about 1 km later, you'll see the first yellow sign of Lycian Way on the left of the road; or on the right side of the road 3 km uphill from the coast of Ölüdeniz. It says Kirme 10 km, and all signs on this section drop Kozağaç in favour of Kirme as the first settlement on the route. However, this small sign is obscured by the adjacent much bigger signs of Montana Resort Hotel (easily visible) and some other signboards informing about Lycian Way project erected by local charities.
For this section, take along at least 5 litres of water per each person as this is a hard walk almost always ascenting with no descends or level grounds, there is almost no shade and there is no water source for 8 km straight on the route other than three rainwater cisterns with buckets recruited from old cooking oil tins. However, the cisterns are of no use unless you have purifying tablets or filters, as the water inside is full of mosquito larvae and stinks to high heaven. Take this note seriously before attempting the trail especially in summer.
After passing by the Montana Resort Hotel and a smaller guesthouse, the tarmac road gives way for a dirt (but still wide) forest track. You'll pass under the start sign of Lycian Way at this point. From this point on, all waymarks are the standard white&red.
Trail begins in a pine forest, but the trees will disappear eventually in favour of Mediterranean shrubland (the maquis) and the forest track will turn into a narrow footpath, sectionally cobbled but mostly covered with loose gravel. With some fantastic views of the Blue Lagoon to right, you'll start ascenting along the trail which turns and twists on the side of the mountain. This mule trail was the only connection of the inhabitants of the hamlets of Kozağaç and Kirme to the rest of the world until 1983, when a much wider dirt road was bulldozed from the other side of the mountain. It's still rarely used by local shepherds and their flocks. Be extra careful in this section as there is shometimes literally nothing between you and cliffs metres high. There are also some forking trails that should not be taken, so watch out for those red crosses at the junctions. At some point of the trail, green/turquoise dots will join in, however, they are not the marks you should be following. They rather show the way for the trail climbing up from the Ölüdeniz beach direct to the summit of Mt. Babadağ (1,970 mt). The green dots will accompany white&red rectangles until near Kozağaç.
Along most of the length of this section, you'll occasionally hear screams and 'yippees'. Don't worry, no one is in trouble. Just look above and you'll see the paragliders flying from the summit of the mountain to the beach.
After a sometimes-heavy and shadeless ascent which may seem like it will last forever, and passing through the occasional gate carved into rocks blocking the trail, you'll arrive the last cistern and a large tree which offer lots of shade under which to rest. However, be careful about scorpions and other possibly dangerous arachnids in this area. At this point, you have taken about two-thirds of the trail to Kozağaç with about a third more to go. If your water has started to go low, start water saving measures: Drink only when you are really thirsty, drink only one or two gulps, and stop eating snacks. The first (drinkable) water source is in Kozağaç.
The trail once more starts ascenting after the cistern. About 1 km away from Kozağaç, it will suddenly turn into level ground covered with larger gravel and some new constructions, including one looking like a fortress/castle with its large stone-covered towers will welcome you back to civilization here. The trail will afterwards join a wide dirt village road and after turning left while having the full sight of the village of Kozağaç, you'll arrive in the first fountain with very cold and good-tasting water to the left of the road. However, do not use soap in this fountain to avoid sud build-up as the long trough below the fountain is where local goats water. You can use soap, however, at the lower fountain coming from the trough as the wastewater there goes directly down the drain.
The green dots will draw apart to their way near the fountain, but as mentioned, they are not the marks to be followed.
Distance: about 4 km, elevation: 750 mt to 650 mt
Kozağaç is a mountain hamlet with only a few houses sandwiched between the towering granite body that is the Mt. Babadağ above and the high cliffs of the Kıdrak Valley below. There is no accommodation or a shop to speak of in this hamlet. The hamlet lies, however, just under the way of paragliders.
The trail will start slowly descending at the exit of Kozağaç, at where you will pass by another fountain with cold water. After passing by the abandoned school building you'll arrive in a section covered with fine grey sand. This is the bed which a part of the mountain slided in an earthquake in 1957, and still tens of big rocks fall and some pass through that bed every day. About 100 metres after the grey sands, you'll pass next to a source of water. It's not easily visible as it's not a fountain really, only a blue hose with no sink or through, but according to locals, the tasty water there comes from the very summit of the mountain and has no chance of contamination. At this point, you'll enter a pine forest. Most guidebooks and maps speak of a shortcut immediately on the edge of the cliffs through the forest here, however, there were no waymarks in the forest as of July 2009, and the waymarks along the wide dirt road were persuasively sufficient that the Lycian Way lies on the road, at least at the moment. Though no matter whether the trail lies there or not, walk into the forest to the edge of the cliff to have a rest against a stunning view of Kıdrak Valley below, a much more grandiose version of the more famous Butterfly Valley (7-8 km further away on Lycian Way). The resort lying on the edge of the bottom of the valley is Club Lykia World.
After a short and gentle ascent, view of Kıdrak Valley will fade away soon, as well as the pine forest, and the dirt road will wind towards left. After passing by another abandoned school building and a fountain full of bees, you'll arrive in a junction. As the waymarks show you, take left into the village of Kirme. The other roads lead to Karaağaç, a village still higher in the mountains, and Ölüdeniz via Faralya (this is the road used nowadays by local people and vehicles to get to the villages of Kozağaç and Kirme).
Distance: about 4 km, elevation: 650 mt to 350 mt
Kirme, like Kozağaç, is a mountain hamlet with no accommodation or shops, but is slightly bigger than Kozağaç. The trail will immediately start twists and turns as soon as it enters the village, so watch the waymarks carefully. From this point on, you will always be descending until Faralya. After finding the right exit at the little maze between the garden walls in the village, you'll walk along a little valley with a dry creekbed in the middle and surrounded by fields and orchards. After passing two fountains in the valley, in addition to one inside the village, you'll start quickly losing elevation towards Faralya on the side of a hill covered with shrubs. After climbing down some rocky terrain, with rocks lined like a gentle stair, you will suddenly arrive in a stream with a little waterfall which will welcome you to Faralya. Next to the waterfall is the hotel Die Wassermühle, converted from the old watermill of the village. You can quickly refresh yourself with the water, however still keep adhering to leave-no-trace guidelines as the stream forms the waterfalls in the Butterfly Valley below and once more used by travellers there.
Distance: 8 km
Faralya is the village on the cliffs above the Butterfly Valley. This is the first village on Lycian Way since Ovacık which has a number of guesthouses, a restroom (albeit a squat type primitive one, though they have running water and liquid soap; next to the mosque of the village - don't look for a Blue Mosque, it's a green little building. It's for free), a grocery store (Faralya Market; cash only, a very meager selection of vegetables, drinks, and snacks; it's located at the exit of the village, on the road to Kabak, though you will have to stray away from the Lycian Way as it's located after where Lycian Way forks from the road), and garbage bins (there is one in front of George's House, about 200 mt off the trail towards the cliffs of Butterfly Valley). There is a fountain in front of the mosque, but the water doesn't taste very good and it comes out of a moss-covered marble wall.
After arriving to Faralya at the side of the Die Wassermühle, the Lycian Way joins the tarmac road that is coming from Ölüdeniz. For a view of -or climbing down to- the Butterfly Valley, walk to right towards the direction of George's House opposite the mosque. This is a small village, so after passing away the mosque and a Lycian or Greek sacrophagus on the hill near it to left, the village ends. The Lycian Way quickly turns left into the forest after the exit of the village, abandoning the tarmac road towards Kabak, which is referred to as either Faralya (Kabak) or Kabak on signs from the point you entered Faralya on (Die Wassermühle).
Climbing down to Butterfly Valley
The climb is comparatively steep and there are ropes to use in several parts. Nevertheless the well trained locals can do the climb up form the valley in 15-20 minutes. Not suggested to climb in rainy weather since the rocks become slippery. One can stay there in the bungalows or tents for rent (40-80TL), go to visit the natural park with the waterfall or take a ferry to Ölüdeniz.
For some more details and safety tips on climbing down to the Valley, see Faralya article.
Distance: 7 km
Kabak, consisted of an upper village proper and a number of bungalows below on the coast, has a number of guesthouses and a small grocery store (cash only; at the upper village).
There are 2 ways to go to Alınca — via the beach of Kabak (descends down to the beach and connects to the hill road later) or via the hills around the valley with the fabulous sea views from the up. On the way one can find nice wild camping places.
From Kabak on, until Kınık (which is about three days walk away), there are no running water sources except the notable exceptions of the mosques at the hamlets of Bel and Dodurga, and most villagers rely on rainwater cisterns around this area. While you will not have problems regarding water for drinking or having a shower in the guesthouses along this section, be ready to filter your water from sparsely located cisterns in the countryside out of the hamlets. Also keep in mind that some cisterns that were noted at outdated guidebooks might have fallen out of use in the meantime, so plan ahead and pack along accordingly.
Distance: 9 km
Alınca is an upper hill hamlet of just 13 households with no descend to a beach. There is no shop in the village. However, a villager, named Bayram, rents rooms for 50 TL a night. There is another recently opened guesthouse in the village, housed in a stone building named [Alamut] (☎ +90 252 679-10-69 (cell phone: +90-537-852-86-46, [email protected]), [1]. )
From Alınca, there are two ways — either the (non-waymarked) paved road used by vehicles or the actual Lycian Way route, which traverses a section which went through a landslide badly deformed the hillside, as well as some very narrow paths with deep cliffs just the length of a feet away from your steps — those afraid of heights will want to note that before heading out!
Between Alınca and Gey one can find a running water source if one continues hiking on the road (around 3 km away from Alınca after passing few farm houses on the left).
Close to Alınca, an alternative trail leads away as well, which goes through the village of Boğaziçi (4 km).
Distance: 6 km
The official name of Gey is Yediburunlar and it is comparatively bigger village compared to Alınca and has a mosque, 2 shops (named Lycian market, cash only), WC and a water source brought there just few years ago. This is again upper village with no descend to a beach.
The village mayor (muhtar) Bayram (not to be confused with the other Bayram in Alınca) rents a room and open-air patio of his two-story wooden house to hikers for overnights stays. Bayram can also reportedly arrange transfer of your excess luggage to your final destination with his pickup. There is also another, beautifully located boutique-type guesthouse (Yediburunlar Lighthouse) just outside the village, run by a Turkish-South African couple that has 1 small room they keep for walkers on the LW.160lira for 2 persons, half board. tel +90 252 679-10-01" mobile: +90-536-523-58-81" email- [email protected] or www.walkyediburunlar.com" Cliff-top views. Open year-round.
There are 2 ways to continue to Bel — direct route that continues from Lycian market to the right or you may take the side trail through the ruins of Sidyma near the modern village of Dodurga, which is a little longer.
Distance: about 10 km
Continue from the Lycian market in Gey to the left taking the road that starts to ascend, if around 20 min later you will pass the water source building on your left then you are on the right path. Continue until you will reach crossroads with few households from where you need to take the ascending road again. There on the top you should find the Lycian road signs again. Continue to Sidyma — the road will start to descend, first you will see the the castle wall on the left, but your way continues to the modern village Hisar first (drinkable water sources available) and after that you will find the ruins of an ancient city of Sidyma. The ruins that survived until these times are mainly the tombs though and few other ancient house ruins sometimes hidden in the bushes and the trees.
In order to return to Bel you will need to come back to the Lycian Way sign 'Bel 3km' and from there the road is descending all the time, you will pass also the few households visited before from where you will continue using the descending road to the left (not taken before). After a while on your left you will see a village down in a valley with a mosque which is Bel.
Distance: 10 km
There is a mosque in Bel with drinkable water available.
The signposts along the trail in this section indicate a settlement named Belceğiz between Bel (4 km away) and Gavurağılı. However, Belceğiz is just a single stone-built dwelling that belongs to an old shepherd who lives there just sometimes. The place around the dwelling though is very good for camping and has also fireplaces. During the night though it might become humid and cold. The only water source there — a cistern — is drinkable if purified or boiled before usage.
The way from Belceğiz to Gavurağılı descends down from the mountain.
Distance: 6 km
Gavurağılı is a hamlet with very few households, no shop and seems no drinkable water sources as well. One can use the car road from Gavurağılı to arrive to Pydnai in case the Lycian waymarks are lost.
Distance: 8 km
Pydnai consists of the ancient town remains on a hill with an intact surrounding wall (which makes up most of what remained there to see in the town nowadays). Out of the walls, the town is surrounded by marshy ground, which was possibly a gulf serving as the harbour of the city back in ancient times. Lycian Way enters the city wall from one gate, and exits from another one after traversing the ancient town from one end to the other.
Pydnai (also spelled Pydnee on non-Lycian Way road signs) is situated close to the modern village of Karadere municipality where one can find a shop and several drinkable water sources, but it is around 2.5 km extra walk one way to the shop from Pydnai. In Karadere municipality one can find also shuttles to the nearby villages and towns including Kınık (Xanthos).
After traversing Pydnai, the trail descents towards the coast (if the way marks are lost one can just continue in the direction of the beach) and crosses River Özlen (Özlen Çayı) close to the river's mouth on a narrow, flimsy-looking wooden bridge at the western edge of Patara beach.
Most of this section lies on the level ground of a coastal plain, through an uninspiring "sea" of greenhouse plastics.
Distance: 4 km
Letoon was the main religious centre of Lycia, ruins of which now lie on the top of a slightly higher hill surrounded by greenhouses covering the coastal plain.
You will pass Eşen Çayı, known in ancient times as Xanthos River on a modern road bridge immediately at the entrance of Kınık, a relatively big-ish town on the route (at the very least, it's the biggest one since you left Faralya, or even Ovacık behind), and the hub for visiting both Letoon and Xanthos.
Distance: 1 km
Kınık is comparatively big town with lots of tomato green houses, ATMs, plenty of shops, cafeterias, bus station and available places to stay overnight. There are many signs from Kınık showing the direction to Xanthos — which one could say is almost in the town itself — situated on the hill just to the left after crossing the bridge to enter Kınık. Even though Xanthos is a museum with an entrance fee (4 TL), sometimes after its working hours it is possible to visit it for free.
Passing Xanthos and continuing the road a little bit forward away from Kınık one can find a nice camping place next to the grain field and olive trees.
Total distance to Üzümlü: 17 km
At the beginning of this section you will cross D400, the main highway between Fethiye and Kalkan.
The trail runs on the top of an ancient aqueduct for quite a while in this section.
Üzümlü is a large-ish village with a restaurant (offering trout on the menu) and a guesthouse run by the village council (muhtarlık misafirhanesi).
Here, there is a branching side trail (16 km) with a loop at the eastern edge of Patara beach (and the ruins of ancient city of Patara).
Distance, Akbel to Bezirgan 10 km.
At this section of the route, a side trail leads to the modern town of Kalkan, 3 km away.
The trail follows the main highway of the region for part of this section, passing by the town of Kalkan.
On the open plateau before arriving at Bezirgan, you will pass along a number of wooden granaries with corrugated metal roofs. These structures are said to be centuries old and the very same design is purported to be used by Romans or even Lycians.
Distance: 7 km
Bezirgan is a large uphill town (yayla) with guesthouses available.
Distance: 13 km
Sarıbelen is a small village. A local villager named Neşet rents his patio for campers, as well as Tim, an Australian settled in a distance from the village.
Gökçeören-Hacıoğlan Deresi
Distance: 8 km
A guesthouse run by a villager named Hüseyin is available in Gökçeören.
Hacıoğlan Deresi-Phellos
Distance: 14 km
Hacıoğlan Deresi is, unlike other location names found on the Lycian Way signposts, not a settlement but is just a creek (dere translates "stream" in Turkish).
Distance: 3 km (But Lycian Way signposts drop Çukurbağ in favour of Antiphellos, which lies 11 km away from Phellos)
Phellos was a mountaintop Lycian city. Well-preserved typical Lycian sacrophagii is among what can be seen here.
Distance: 8 km
Çukurbağ, like Bezirgan, is another large-ish uphill town, yayla.
Distance: around 19 km
Antiphellos is the ruins of an ancient city just east of major town of Kaş (about 0.5km). Kaş is comparatively big touristic town with ATMs, shops, cafeterias, hostels, hotels, bars and a bus station. It has a little beach (Küçük Çakıl Plajı) inside the beach clubs close to the city center and a bigger beach (Büyük Çakıl Plajı) around 20 min walk away from the center.
The Lycian way continues from Büyük Çakıl Plajı to Limanağzı (about 3km), but be careful at one point the way branches into 2 - one continues over the hill forward and the other one descends to Limanağzı with a beach club, including restaurants and drinkable water sources.
From Limanağzı you can continue the Lycian way and reach the point where the both paths connect again, but one should be careful not to take the path back to Kaş since the Lycian way marks disappear for a while on the correct path and appear only later on. The path goes also through the fenced garden area and arrives later on to the uninhabited beach. In the next inhabited area there was a construction of a beach club (as of June 2011) where it was possible to buy water from the workers. The Lycian way from here continues on the road and then next to the seaside again passing several nice wild camping sites and the beach near Üzümlü. Later on the way is well marked until ancient ruins without particular name known. From this point the Lycian way marks might be faded and difficult to notice (as of June 2011). At the last Lycian way mark when facing the ruins the path continues behind you and does not follow the road down. Time to time there are also some stone made marks by people next to the faded Lycian way marks to attract attention of the trekkers. If the way marks are hopelessly lost one can try to reach the road which is on the left if the ruins passed before are behind you. On this road further you will arrive also to the Lycian yellow arrow with the direction to Kılınç (Apollonia). The first inhabited place which one will reach is Boğazcık. It is a little hamlet without any shops or drinkable water sources apart from Ali Kızmaz's pension where one can stay also over night or have a lunch, but one should take into account that in the hottest season the people are migrating to highlands. From here one can continue to the ruins of Apollonia or pass by the modern village Kılınç with a mosque and a little shop. The shop though might be closed at the hottest season because the owner might move to highlands, too.
Distance: around 7 km
The ruins of the ancient town Apollonia are located close to the modern little village Kılınç. In fact on the yellow arrow signs both names appear together.
Üçağız is known also as ancient Kekova.
Total distance: 21 km
Major localities and sights in this section are:
Demre is the last place with accommodation options until Finike, 30 km away, a distance which is hiked in three days by most hikers — a tent or sleeping bag is essential for two nights in this section.
Total distance: 12 km
At Goncatepe, the trail reaches its maximum elevation of about 1,800 mt above sea level.
Total distance: 18 km
Finike is a modern major town and Lycian Way merges with the major highway D400 (or, rather ceases to exist) here, until near Mavikent, which is about 20 km away in the east. Taking public transport (or even hitchhiking) is the obvious sensible choice to cross this uninteresting coastal plain, covered by nothing else but greenhouse plastics.
Total distance: 8 km
Distance: 16 km
It takes at least 5 hours to hike this section which is one of the remotest parts of the trail. Inexperienced hikers are generally advised not to attempt this section alone, even by Kate Clow herself.
Some maps show a single source of water in this section, about a quarter of the way short of Adrasan, but most hikers report of not noticing it, so have extra water supplies when attempting this section.
Total distance: 20 km
At Çıralı, Lycian Way branches into two: one of the routes closely follow the coastline (if sometimes actually a little away from the beach itself), and the other via the mountains inland. The routes merge again in Gedelme up in the mountains and keep running towards north.
Coastal route
Total distance: 22 km
Between Aşağıkuzdere and Gedelme, there are some mountain gorges, as well as a Roman bridge over a creek to pass.
Mountain route
Total distance: 29 km
Between Yukarı Beycik and Yayla Kuzdere, you'll pass just east of 2,300 mt-high summit of Mt Tahtalı, one of the mountains known as "Olympos" to ancients.
Gedelme-Göynük Yaylası
Total distance: 11 km
Göynük Yaylası-Hisarçandır
Total distance: 22 km
There is a variety of lodging (mostly family-run guesthouses and some campgrounds) in some of the villages along the route, usually 10 km inbetween. However at some remoter sections, wild camping is your only option. Plan ahead to see whether you will be needing camping gear or not.
Stay safe
You'll be mostly fine and safe by following the marks and keeping on trail, but there are certain things that one should be wary of.
While you may receive a weak signal in some parts of the trail, you'll be mostly out of GSM coverage while hiking in the remote parts.
Get out
If your legs are not sufficiently tired yet, why don't you give the Saint Paul Trail, which is another 500-so km waymarked trail lying between eastern suburbs of Antalya and Yalvaç up in the north that is even wilder and more remote, a try?


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Nicole Atkins has a brand new album, Mondo Amore. She plays Johnny Brenda's on March 10, and Free At Noon Friday, January 21!
Nicole Atkins taught herself to play the guitar at the age of 13 after chancing upon one in her attic. The Neptune, New Jersey native and former XPN Artist to Watch had already mastered the piano (at age 9), and had an early appreciation for iconic artists like Johnny Cash and Robert Plant. Those early influences drove her into New York City's anti-folk scene in the mid '00s, where she found like-minded musicians and a growing audience. A bidding war resulted in her signing with Columbia Records (who she has since severed ties with), who released her debut, Neptune City. A long-awaited follow up, Mondo Amore, is on the way.Website: www.nicoleatkins.com/
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Allegations about elephant mistreatment do not appear to have shaken corporate support for an upcoming Wii Ringling Brothers circus game.
Earlier today, we reported that the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organisation is calling for the cancellation of Take-Two's upcoming game based on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (the so-called Greatest Show on Earth).
Take-Two, a company that has weathered protests against Grand Theft Autos, Bully and Manhunt declined to address PETA's allegations that the Ringling Bros. circus violently mistreats its elephants, but backed the game: "As a matter of company policy, we don't comment on the business affairs of our licensors," the company's vice president of communications, Alan Lewis, told Kotaku. "We fully stand behind all of our products."
As for the circus, it has been attacked by PETA for these matters before.
"We vehemently disagree with PETA," Steve Payne, spokesperson for the circus' parent company, Feld Entertainment, told Kotaku. "We're proud of our animal care. The Asian elephant has been a symbol for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey for its 139 year history... the commitment to animal welfare and conservation for the endangered Asian elephant is something we do every day."
He pointed to the circus' Center for Conservation and its ability to pass government animal inspections "everywhere we go" as proof that PETA's criticism is wrong.
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LOS ANGELES — At this stage, when the Celtics are just trying to string together consecutive encouraging quarters, it was too much to ask to compete with the league's deepest and most impressive team at Staples Center.
And the Lakers were nowhere close to downtown Los Angeles late Thursday night. The Los Angeles Clippers have put quietly and matter-of-factly put together a long string of wins, while the NBA focus has been squarely on the dysfunctional Lakers.
With an array of players who took turns carving chunks out of the still-developing Celtics' defense, the Clippers used 21 points from Matt Barnes and 16 from Blake Griffin to overwhelm the Celtics, 106-77, for their 15th straight win.
It wasn't that the Celtics played that poorly. They played their typical up-and-down, topsy-turvy game, but against a club that had won its previous 14, it turned ugly in the fourth quarter. Kevin Garnett tallied a rather dispassionate 16 points as the Celtics, with 18 turnovers, missed layups and defensive breakdowns, proved unprepared for such a challenge.
The Clippers (23-6) scored the first 8 points of the fourth quarter to lead, 90-67, and the final 10 minutes were rendered meaningless. After an impressive win over the reeling Brooklyn Nets on Christmas Day, the Celtics knew they would be hard-pressed to beat a team playing so well and they were right.
"I thought we really out-thought the game," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "I told our guys that. I could hear all the talk about different coverages. We play the same defense every night for the most part and I just thought we were out-thinking ourselves and I probably should have stopped it, but I didn't."
Los Angeles made few mistakes (eight turnovers), drained 12 3-pointers, outscored the Celtics in the paint, 42-26, and led by as many as 32. The Clippers are so balanced, coach Vinny Del Negro was able to limit his starters to fewer than 30 minutes. Griffin played just 26.
In the end, it became embarrassing. Barnes canned a 3-pointer with just less than three minutes left that extended the Celtics' deficit to 105-73. And it could have been worse had Los Angeles not missed 12 free throws.
The game got away in the third quarter when Caron Butler sparked a 9-0 run for a 78-57 Clippers lead. Rajon Rondo countered with a late 3-pointer to beat the clock, cutting the Celtics' deficit to 15 entering the fourth, but that's all the resistance they had left.
"They shot a high percentage tonight; it was a team effort," Rondo said of the Clippers. "I give them a lot of credit from start to finish. We played great the last game, but tonight our offense was a couple of steps behind."
The second quarter was dominated by the combination of Barnes and Jamal Crawford, who combined for 21 of the Clippers' 30 points in the period. Barnes converted two 3-pointers, the first gave Los Angeles a 40-28 lead that capped an 8-0 run after the Celtics sliced the deficit to 4.
Barnes's second 3-pointer extended the Clippers' lead to 50-38 with 5:18 left as the Celtics had to leave someone open defensively after double-teaming Griffin. And try as Courtney Lee might, he couldn't defend the unrelenting Crawford, who dribbled – and dribbled – until he found a crevice to slither through for a runner.
He scored 13 points in the quarter, which included a rainbow 3-pointer that nearly clipped the scoreboard for a 53-40 Clippers' lead. The Celtics couldn't get consistent stops, even when they scored consistently. Trying to stay close, the Celtics drew to within 56-47 on Garnett's two free throws with 50.5 left.
Crawford, however, dazzled the fans with his ball-handling, finishing two runners off the glass for a 13-point halftime lead. The Celtics' defense was cracking, allowing Los Angeles to shoot 54.3 percent and the bench to score 30 points.
With a crowd invigorated by LA's other team emerging as the league's best, the Clippers sliced through the overwhelmed Celtics in the first eight minutes as if they were untouchable. The Clippers pushed the ball at every opportunity, drained shots from the perimeter and dumped the ball into Griffin and DeAndre Jordan for easy hoops over their smaller opponents.
The Clippers used two 3-pointers from unheralded Willie Green, two layups from Griffin, and another pair from Jordan to take an 18-4 lead in the first 5:47. The crowd went into a frenzy and the Celtics were just trying to hang on before being obliterated by the barrage of dunks and 3-pointers.
Finally, the Celtics grew comfortable with the late start in their first game of the season on the West Coast. Rajon Rondo, in yet another duel with adversary Chris Paul, worked the ball around, giving Jason Terry and Paul Pierce opportunities to score. The Celtics couldn't capitalize, however, missing 12 of 19 shots in the first quarter and they trailed at quarter's end, 30-20.
Rivers decided to blend defense to confuse the Clippers but some of the zones were leaving the perimeter open, and Los Angeles drained 4 of 8 3-pointers in the first period and received 9 points from Griffin. The demoralizing aspect for the Celtics is that the Clippers had yet to unleash their bench, and they didn't let up in the second period.Gary Washburn can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @gwashNBAGlobe.


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I've waited in anticipation—at a level reserved only for Harry Potter and Chuck Palahniuk—for months for this book! If you've read pretty much any of my other posts, you know I have an almost unhealthy love for all things Martha. So when I heard Martha was coming out with a cupcake book? Martha + Cupcakes = OMG. My head just exploded. How could I possibly not love this book? I absolutely adore her cookie book, and the Baking Handbook is my bible. There's no way this book could be anything less than perfection, right?
I know I'm obviously more than a little biased when it comes to writing this review, but I'll try my best to push aside my Martha love for a moment, and view the book as I would any other. It'll be hard, and I might slip up once or twice, but bear with me. I'll try to make this as fair as possible.
The first thing I noticed about this book? It's gorgeous; I mean it's absolutely beautiful. Every single recipe has a full page color picture to go along with it. I love being able to see what I'm making! That's really how I figure out what I want to make! Does it look amazing? Does it make me want to lick the page? With these recipes, yes it does. Every single one of them. These pictures are fabulous. The whole book is laid out very well. Separated into 8 categories, such as Swirled and Sprinkled, Filled and Layered, Piped and Topped, Holidays, and Celebrations, there's a cupcake for every occasion, or even just because.
I'm kind of jumping the gun here doing a review without trying out some recipes first… Forgive me. I'm just so excited about this book! But I promise, there will be recipes made—many of them. I've had the book for 4 days and I've already gone through it cover to cover at least a dozen times. I have about 15 recipes marked to try immediately! I just can't decide which one to try first! So I can't say right away how the recipes turn out, but if it's anything like past experiences, they'll be great. Martha has never failed me. I've made many of her recipes in the past from several books, magazines, shows, and her website, and they've almost all turned out beautifully. There have been some close calls, but I know that those were all my doing, rather than Martha's. I trust that this book will be no different in its level of research and testing to bring the very best to you. The recipes are written clearly and simply, with the beginning to average baker in mind. There are a few recipes in the mix that may push the boundaries up into the above average baking category though. I can't see a lot beginning bakers feeling confident creating Spun Sugar Crowns or Candied Hazelnut Spears, no matter how easy Martha makes it seem. Honestly, I don't know how confident I feel making Spun Sugar Crowns… or even serving the bird's nest looking things to others… Sorry Martha. It's just a little too "elegant" for me.
In true Martha style, not only does she give you great recipes to make, but also creative ways to package and present your creations. There's a whole section in the back called Displaying and Giving. There are a lot of cute ideas such as using photos to top your cupcakes, or using them as place settings at a dinner party. I absolutely love the idea of using the Chinese Food Take-Out box as a to-go container for cupcakes. Just stick a small cardstock insert with a hole in it down in the bottom. Sit the cupcake in the hole, and now it won't fall over and wreck the icing! I'll totally have to remember that if I ever open a bakery. I can definitely see myself using those! There's even a section of templates and clip art to copy and cut out! And of course, there's the obligatory section for true beginning bakers, identifying various ingredients and tools you'll use in the course of your baking. Every book has this, so it's not a real surprise to find it. And they're even showcased with pretty pictures... But these are definitely meant for beginners. Or even less than beginners... If you need a picture to help identify chocolate, maybe you shouldn't be playing with the fiery box those of us not living in a cave call an oven. There is some good information about what to look for in ingredients, and which brands may be best, but most average bakers won't find a lot of new information in this section. I do however, like the page that shows the different piping tips and designs they create. This is really helpful for those bakers who don't do a lot of decorating with icing. I know when I was first ventured into the world of piping, I had a whole set of tips, and no idea what any of them did. At least this shows you the styles you'll get using each one.
With 175 ideas, there's a lot in this book to come back to over and over again. It's slightly on the high end of a trade (soft cover) cookbook at $24.99—most run anywhere from $15 to $20—but there's a ton of stuff in here to make it worth it. It's definitely one that I would recommend owning if you're a baker, and definitely if you're a cupcake lover! With its multitude of beautiful pictures, it makes a great gift as well! I say definitely check this one out! And get ready to see a lot more cupcakes featured on the blog, cause I've got a lot of baking to do! I think I'll start with these. Mmm… Snickerdoodles...
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"Promoting Collaboration across Disciplines," held on April 12, 2014,
celebrated the outstanding scholarship and research of more than 400 graduate
and undergraduate students from each of the University's six colleges and
"Presentation topics
spanned the gamut of curriculum areas, giving insight and lending testimony to
what students are exploring through their studies," says Linda Davidson,
assistant dean of the College of the Arts and chair of the Symposium Organizing
Committee. "In a sense, the program, as a whole, may be regarded as providing a
great 'snapshot' of a segment of University learning outcomes over the past academic year."
More than 250 poster, oral and multimedia projects were
presented at the daylong event, held in University Hall. "The Symposium is special for many reasons,"
notes Davidson. "It is the only university event which showcases the scholarly
achievements of undergraduate and graduate students from across the University,
representing all six colleges and schools."
At the conclusion of the program, the top entries in
four catagories each received $500 awards with Sharmin Uddin receiving the
award for Best Oral/Mulitmedia Presentation (Undergraduate). Her project was "Does
administering different degrees of calorie restriction biweekly improve dietary
adherence: A mathematical approach," advised by Professor Diana Thomas.
Kelly Triece received the award for Best Oral/Multimedia
Presentation (Graduate) for "Examining wildlife habitats associated with road
mortality hotspots in New Jersey." Her coauthors are Natalie Sherwood, Meiyin
Wu, Gretchen Fowles and Brian Zarate, and her faculty advisor is Professor
Meiyin Wu.
The winner of the Best Poster (Undergraduate) category
was Anthony Strobolakos, with coauthors Dajana Borova, Alvin Mercado,
Mollie Rosenkrantz and Fady Sidhom. The presentation title was "Molecular
detection of Ranavirus in the northeastern US: The largest Ranavirus screen in
North America," and the faculty advisor on the project is Professor Kirsten
Robert Moore received the award for Best Poster (Graduate)
for "What predicts visceral adipose tissue: Trunk shape or trunk size?" His
coauthors were Diana Thomas, Steven Heymsfield, Manfred Mueller, Anja
Bosy-Westphal and Courtney Peterson, and Professor Thomas is the faculty
On the same day, the College of Science and Mathematics
hosted the second TechLaunch Future Scientist Award competition. Twelve
students from the College were invited to present their research to a panel of
judges with the top two receiving monetary awards donated by members of the
College of Science and Mathematics Advisory Counsel.
The first place award ($1,000) went to Rabih Balilli
from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research topic was "A
computational evaluation of the steric and electronic contributions to the
stability of the structures of a- and β-D-Glucopyanose part 4: Energy versus
Geometry for a- and β-D-Glucopyanose in aqueous solution." Balilli's faculty
advisor on the project is Professor Marc Kasner.
Second place
($500) went to Shivani Patel from
the Department of Biology and Molecular Biology. Her topic was "The inhibitory
effects of EGCG and EGCG-stearate on Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) in cultured
human epithelial A549 cells." Professors Lee H. Lee and Sandra Adams are her
faulty advisors.
"We've been told by our colleagues in industry that
universities are great at producing scientists but they often arrive on the job
under-prepared to fully engage in the critical area of communication," notes
College of Science and Mathematics Dean Robert Prezant. "The TechLaunch Future
Scientist competition offers a unique program among science and math student
research symposia where students demonstrate their prowess in verbal
communication thus lending perspective to this need in today's industry, government
and academic worlds."
Both of the TechLaunch Future Scientist Award-winners this year are in the College of Science and Mathematics' Science Honors Innovation Program (SHIP), the highly selective program that provides the opportunity for exceptional science students to participate in two-year, intensive research programs mentored by College faculty.


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Make Yourself Indispensable in Today's Economy
A college economist recently opined that we have entered the era of "the disposable worker." Employers can and will toss out workers whenever they no longer need them or can find someone better. What he didn't say, however, was just as important. We have also entered the era of "indispensable talent" and that gives all of us the power to find and hang onto the job of our dreams.
To make sense of the new importance of talent, we have to first understand what it is. Contrary to popular mythology, talent is not a select skill or extraordinary accomplishment. It is not reserved for Lady Gaga and the winner of the Super Bowl. Talent is the capacity for excellence and an attribute of our species. Everyone has been endowed with the gift of talent. We all can excel.
Why is excellence now indispensable to employers? Because global competition has meant that they are no longer competing with cheap labor. They are going toe-to-toe with other companies that are employing well educated, highly motivated workers performing at the top of their game. As a consequence, American companies cannot survive let alone prosper with workers who do just enough to get by or are content to languish in mediocrity.
Now, before you rise up in righteous indignation, I am NOT saying that unemployed people are obsolete or substandard performers. What I am saying is that everyone - those of us in transition and those of us who currently have a job - are going to have to work smarter and harder than we ever have before. Not because we've been deficient, but because our competitors are more proficient than they've ever been.
The good news is that every single one of us is a "person of talent." We all have the inherent capacity to excel. To reach that level of performance, however, we will have to take two important steps.
Resetting Yourself for the New Job Market
Whether you're 22 or 62 or anywhere in between, the formula for finding a great job or hanging onto one is exactly the same. You have to be working at your talent and at the top of your game.
What does that mean?
Your talent is the intersection of passion and practicality. It is what you love to do and do well. If you're making a ton of money but have to drag yourself out of bed to go to work each day, you're not working at your talent. If you've built a career in a field where you're competent but unchallenged, where you earn a decent living but no sense of satisfaction, you're not working at your talent.
Why is that important? Because when you're not working at your talent, you cannot perform at your peak. You may be doing O.K. today, you may even be maxing out on your performance reviews right now, but the day will come when even your best won't be good enough. Why? Because you'll be competing with people who are working at their talent, and they'll have what it takes to excel.
So, Step 1 is to do a little self exploration. Turn off the cell phone, tune out of iTunes and get to know yourself better. If you are working at your talent, great; proceed to Step 2. If you aren't, however, take the time to figure out just what is your capacity for excellence. You deserve to know. And, to have it at the center of the one-third of your life you'll spend at work.
Once you know your talent, you then have to determine which occupations will enable you to work with it. I realize that's easier said than done, but there are both private and public resources that can help. Among the former are professional career counselors and coaches while among the latter is the U.S. Department of Labor's free O*Net database, located online at www.onetonline.org.
In today's highly competitive economy, however, working at your talent is only half the answer. Unfortunately, it's possible to be in the right field and still not perform at your peak. How? By disrespecting your gift. By not providing your talent with the skills and knowledge you need to put your talent to work.
So, Step 2 is to care for your talent. In today's economy, the value of your occupational expertise is directly tied to the pace of technological innovation. According to Moore's Law, the power of technology doubles every two years. As a result, the half-life of your skills and knowledge is now down to just twelve months, regardless of your profession, craft or trade. In essence, you have to be continuously reinforcing your ability to excel - even when you're working full time or looking for a job.
Today's unforgiving economy confronts each and all of us with a choice. Will we let ourselves be designated a "disposable worker" or will we reset ourselves as an "indispensable talent?" Will we continue to do things as we always have or will we tap our innate capacity for excellence and beat our global competitors at their own game?
Thanks for reading,
Visit my blog at Weddles.com/WorkStrong.
August 2011
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The St. Cloud State men's hockey team jumped seven spots up to #12 in the most recent USCHO.com poll, released Monday evening. The Huskies took three points in Grand Forks this past weekend against North Dakota.
Other WCHA teams in the top 20: #1 Minnesota (split with MN State-Mankato last weekend), #7 UND, #10 Denver (DNP), #14 Nebraska-Omaha (swept Bemidji), #15 MN State-Mankato, and #19 Wisconsin (swept Anchorage).


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SOURCE: Global Lending Services
November 08, 2012 18:00 ET
ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - November 08, 2012) - Global Lending Services LLC, an automotive sub-prime lender founded by auto industry veteran Douglas Duncan, proudly announces its executive team members.
After a long and expansive search, GLS has assembled a group of key executives, which collectively have over 100 years of industry experience, to lead the company to its goal of becoming a leader in the auto sub-prime industry.
Leading the team as Chief Executive Officer, Gary Lorenz joined GLS in March and has lead integration of GLS and the platform and assets of Resurgent Auto Finance following their acquisition on Aug. 13, 2012. Gary previously served as the President of Wells Fargo Auto Finance, where he was responsible for a $29B loan portfolio and operations in 49 states. Gary also managed over 5,500 employees and 22,000 franchise and independent auto dealers in the U.S. and Canada. Gary is a graduate of the University of Northern Iowa and the Hawkeye Institute of Technology with degrees in Accounting and Business.
Serving as Chief Financial Officer, Mark McCall also joined the team in March and has been instrumental in the process of developing relationships with GLS' equity partner, BlueMountain Capital Management, and GLS' debt facility provider, UBS. Mark has over 18 years of investment banking experience. He has worked with some of the world's top firms, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and he has raised over $80B in his career. Mark graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Economics and the University of Virginia with an M.B.A.
Robert Hurzeler serves as GLS' Chief Operating Officer and brings with him 25 years of progressive industry knowledge and experience. Bob is based at GLS' branch office in Greenville, SC where he manages teams of Underwriters, Funders, and Collectors. Prior to GLS, Bob worked with Wells Fargo Auto Finance, where he was responsible for all operations related to the 1.6M customer company and originations that peaked at $2B per month. Bob earned his B.A., Business Management from Concordia University.
Ken Gang, Chief Risk Officer, comes to GLS from Hyundai Capital America, where he served as the Head of Consumer Credit & Risk Management. Since joining the GLS team, Ken has developed a new, more competitive product and revamped the product that GLS purchased from RAF. Ken earned his BS, Marketing Management and his MBA, Finance and Accounting from the University of Illinois.
Lou Loquasto has been named the Chief Marketing Officer. Lou and his team are focused on developing efficient processes and effective communications for dealers, agents and sales representatives. Lou has also been supportive in developing a GLS market ready program. Prior to joining GLS, Lou worked at Wells Fargo as Head of Marketing and Strategic Initiatives and at Black Book as Head of Lender Solutions. Lou has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Auto Finance Association, serving one term as President. Lou earned his B.A., Marketing from the University of West Georgia and his MBA from Drake University.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the central bank could begin scaling back its easy money stimulus policies – namely its $85 billion a month in bond purchases -- later this year and wrap up the program by mid-2014.
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But tapering the program will be entirely dependent on a stream of positive economic data, Bernanke stressed during a press conference following two days of Fed meetings.
"Policy is in no way predetermined," Bernanke said.
In an effort to provide clarity to the Fed's plans for slowing the program known as quantitative easing, Bernanke for the first time offered a specific timeline for potentially winding down the bond purchases.
Stock markets fell in the wake of Bernanke's attempt at clarification, with the Dow falling as much as 170 points. Bond yields rose to a 15-month high.
Markets have gyrated for weeks on speculation, fueled by mixed messages from the Fed, over when and how the Fed will ease out of quantitative easing. Stock markets have soared for three years under the program and many analysts are expecting a selloff and increased market volatility when the Fed announces a firm date for scaling back the purchases.
Bernanke stressed that nothing is written in stone. The asset purchases will start to wind down only if labor markets show real traction. In addition, economic data released between now and later in the year will have to justify ending the purchases, he explained. Finally, inflation will have to be climbing back toward the Fed's target rate of 2.0.
"Our policies are tied to how the outlook evolves," Bernanke said.
Bernanke also backed away from a specific target for when the Fed may start raising interest rates. The Fed has said for months that it won't raise rates until unemployment falls to 6.5%, but Bernanke on Wednesday called the 6.5% rate a "threshold" rather than a target.
Other factors will have to be in play, such as 2% target rate inflation, for the Fed to start raising rates when unemployment hits 6.5%, he said.
Inflation has fallen in recent months to nearly 1%, raising fears of deflation.
Using a car as an analogy, Bernanke said the Fed's eventual tightening policies will be akin to "letting up on the gas pedal as the car picks up speed."
Earlier, the Fed announced in its policy statement no significant changes to its stimulus programs. The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC), which sets most monetary policy, wrapped up two days of meetings on Wednesday and released its latest forecasts and statement at 2 p.m.
The Fed said it will continue buying assets at a clip of $85 billion a month, and hold short-term interest rates at essentially 0% for the foreseeable future.
The central bank, leaving its options open, said it is prepared to increase or reduce its purchases based on the trajectory of the economy. However, downside risks have 'diminished' since the fall.
The central bank also said it sees the unemployment rate falling faster than it forecast in March. It now sees the jobless rate clocking in at 6.5% to 6.8% next year, from 6.7% to 7%. At the same time, it also upped its forecast for economic growth in 2014 to 3% to 3.5%, from 2.9% to 3.4%.
Two Fed policy makers, James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Fed, and Esther George, president of the Kansas City Fed, dissented from the majority of Fed members, a sign of growing disfavor with the central bank's long-term loose fiscal policies.
In wording remarkably similar to each of its recent monthly statements, the Fed said its policies will remain intact until labor markets stabilize and the recovery gains firm traction.
In its statement, the Fed said the economy continues to grow at a "moderate pace" and that labor markets are strengthening. The unemployment rate, however, remains too high.
Economic data since the FOMC last met in May has been mixed. The unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 7.6%, but mainly because more people returned to the workforce looking for jobs, a positive sign. Meanwhile, consumers spending rose to its highest levels since the financial crisis despite higher payroll taxes and mandated government spending cuts that went into effect in May. And housing prices have been rebounding in many areas of the country throughout the first half of 2013.
Scaling back quantitative easing could raise mortgage rates, which has raised concerns that the strengthening housing market could be negatively impacted.
For months Bernanke had been intentionally cagey about the Fed's intentions, insisting that the central bank is ready to start tapering off from its bond purchases. But he's been vague about when and how that might happen. He was far more specific on Wednesday.
Bernanke is called a "policy dove" because he supports stimulus policies. In recent months he has faced an increasingly vocal group of opponents within the FOMC who believe too much easy money will lead to runaway inflation and other unintended consequences. This group is known as "policy hawks."
Bernanke declined to comment on his future during the press conference. Speculation that he won't be nominated for another term as Fed chairman grew earlier this week after President Barack Obama hinted that Bernanke's term is likely over.
Fed Vice-Chair Janet Yellen, a strong supporter of Bernanke's loose fiscal policies, is widely expected to replace Bernanke.


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Pie Bakeoff 2008 Special Mention: Best-Looking Pie Best Pie Bakeoff 2008
Voting for the best Original and Classic pies in our Best Pie Bakeoff 2008 has finished, but we wanted to also weigh in editorially with three Special Mention awards.
Read on to see why we awarded this Special Mention to Susan and her luscious pie!
We saw some really good-looking pies in this contest. In fact, this Special Mention was the hardest to decide. We went back and forth over the droolingly-delicious tarts, pies, and galettes, but ultimately we couldn't pass up the sheer food porn of Susan's images. This pie makes us want to get into the kitchen right now, which is what good food imagery should do.
Congratulations, Susan! We'll have your prize out to you soon.
And thank you again to everyone who took the time to share your recipes, pie photos, and good advice with us all. There were splendid pies in this Bakeoff.


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As human beings, we know we all have some of both the best and the worst in us.
The worst we can always spot, but what is it that brings out the best in us? We all have a "best" – a selfless side that goes the extra mile for someone or something we believe in. We have seen the TV news stories about that amazing person who ran across three lanes of traffic to pull a child out of harm's way, or shielded someone from a bullet and might have lost their own life doing it. Who are these people? How are they different?
I'm not sure they are; most of the time the follow up story on them shows them to be just ordinary folks who acted instinctively in the middle of the routine of their daily lives. The rest of us think about what we would do in a similar situation, but I don't think we can really know for sure unless or until we are faced with a comparable set of events. It does not seem as if those "heroes" thought much about their own personal safety as they reacted to an unfolding disaster. These people, as wonderful as they are, aren't the only "heroes" out there.
Our society is made up of hundreds of thousands of individuals who are also heroes but rarely make the news. They serve in clubs and groups, on boards or perhaps not, but they give their time and sometimes their money to help someone in need. They fill sand bags when their house isn't in danger of flooding. They leave their homes and jobs and drive across the country to help rebuild a house for someone who lost theirs in a tornado. They hand out food to those who are hungry and coats to those who are cold. They pay for eyeglasses for someone, a heating bill for another; they make prayer quilts and teddy bears for those who are sick and in need of comfort. They are there when they are needed, ready to do anything they can to help or comfort another person who is suffering. Whether they are working within their own family or their community or on the other side of the globe, it does not really matter. They are all there.
A week or so ago some of my friends got together and put on a benefit for me to help with some of the medical bills that are not covered by my insurance. Regardless of which side of the political fence you are on, I think we can all agree that the healthcare system in this country is a problem. Getting sick and having extensive surgery these days is expensive business, even with insurance. Without it, the situation is impossible. So this act of kindness by people who had no other motivation to do what they did except kind hearts and a desire to ease someone else's suffering is amazing. There were people there that I did not even know, but they came out because they cared. This is humanity at its best; these are the people we want our kids to grow up to be like. As I get more and more healed, these are the people whose acts of kindness I will pay forward every chance I get.
Are you a giver? If not, think about becoming one. Random acts of kindness or deliberate ones are real and they carry their own reward – they heal the giver and the recipient!


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Tuesday, September 11
the first two weeks of school
12 comments:
- Miss Kindergarten said...
You are simply wonderful! Thanks for sharing what you do!
- 11 September, 2012
- Mrs. Cupcake said...
Wowzers, you did a lot!! And I love it all!!
A Cupcake for the Teacher
- 11 September, 2012
- Lisa said...
Oh my! Your students completed so many activities in just 2 weeks! I am amazed! :) Thanks for sharing!
~ Lisa
Teaching Kindergarten Kiddos
- 12 September, 2012
- sarah said...
I love everything you do!!! So adorable!
- 12 September, 2012
- Cindy Calenti said...
I am so impressed... you've really been busy. Everything is amazing. Thanks for sharing (even though you must be exhausted).
Granny Goes to School
- 13 September, 2012
- megandw said...
Super cute ideas! Your kiddos must love school:)
I just love how you display everything...so cheerful!
- 15 September, 2012
- Miss Trayers said...
Everything is just so bright and colorful! Love all the graphing-I need to get better about that myself. :)
- 16 September, 2012
- EFL Preschool Teachers said...
How did you make the face for the boy and girl graph ?, they are so cute. I posted a link to your blog at my Facebook group: ESL/EFL Preschool Teachers. Your ideas are great for English Language Learners.
- 28 September, 2012
- Julie said...
I love love it!! It all looks super duper cute! :)
- 29 August, 2013
- doreen opiela said...
So cute! I want to be in your class
- 26 July, 2014
- Evelin Hernandez said...
These are all super cute!!! I'd love to know where the crafts came from and if you have templates. I especially love the eyes on all your crafts!
- 15 August, 2015
gosh-I loved all your ideas until I saw your example of Anchor charts- Especially the colors that make sense!!!! Dr. Seuss, Claude Monet and Picasso would cringe at that example. And for Goodness sakes- please let kids color outside the lines! That is where the magic happens
- 12 September, 2017


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New Harry Potter Book Gets Record Orders
At a record pace, advance orders are piling up for the next Harry Potter.
Since Wednesday's long-awaited announcement that the fifth Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was coming out June 21, tens of thousands of readers have already pre-ordered J.K. Rowling's latest adventure story.
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com both said Friday that advance orders were well ahead of those for the fourth Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," published in July 2000. "Goblet of Fire" had advance orders of 400,000, Amazon.com's largest ever pre-order. Barnes & Noble.com also said "Goblet of Fire" was its largest pre-order.
On Friday, "Order of the Phoenix" was No. 1 for both online retailers.
Amazon.co.uk said it had 30,000 orders for the book in the 24 hours after its publication was announced, well on the way to topping the record 65,000 for "Goblet of Fire." A spokesman in London for the book chain Waterstone's said advance sales have been "huge."
Rowling's four published titles have sold an estimated 192 million copies worldwide in hard and soft cover, and the books have been published in at least 55 languages and distributed in more than 200 countries. The first two books have been adapted into hit movies.