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Bohemian Paradise
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The Bohemian Paradise (Czech: Český Ráj) is a protected landscape area located in North Bohemia, Czech Republic. It provides numerous options for hiking and biking through the environment.
Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj) earned its name in the nineteenth century due to its picturesque landscape in the foothills of the Giant Mountains, and its many castles and chateaus build in beautiful areas with sandstone rocks. In 1955 it was made the first Natural Protected Landscape Area in former Czechoslovakia. It has been very popular tourist destination since the beginning of 20th century.
In 2005, the original Protected Landscape Area of Bohemian Paradise was extended with the establishment of Bohemian Paradise Geopark, which now cover more than 700 square km. European Geoparks Network was established as a voluntary organization in 2000. The main objective of the EG Network is multilateral cooperation in the protection of geological heritage, education, support of geotourism and strategies for sustainable development of the participating territories. European Geoparks Network members are also associated in the Global Network of Geoparks, which is supported by UNESCO. Bohemian Paradise Geopark is the very first territory of this kind in Czech Republic. Geopark task is to show the unique geological heritage and the relationship between nature and our existence. Geopark denotes the importance of geological processes on human society and informs us how to responsibly use natural resources. It popularizes geology and propagates the historical, cultural and environmental qualities of nature and landscape to public. Geoparks promote all resources of the region, including the genius loci of many picturesque sceneries, the beauty of unique locations, the wealth of cultural heritage, traditional crafts, regional agricultural products and interesting local cuisine. Bohemian Paradise Geopark was again approved by UNESCO and also declared the first Czech National Geopark in 2010.
Bohemian Paradise is an area with a very interesting geological evolution. The geology has provided the foundation for the rich natural diversity of the region, for human settlement, agriculture, and commerce. There are only few places in the world where you can find such a wide variety of geological phenomena and where its diversity play such an important role in shaping the environment. All places are suitable for excursions for all who wish to enjoy the pleasures and excitements of geotourism and they are interesting and accessible even for people with minimal geological knowledge.
The distinctive sandstone formations of Bohemian Paradise were created as sea sediments of the Cretaceous Period. The landscape was later formed by volcanic activity, which also produced many of the precious stones for which the region is also famous. There is a long tradition in jewellery production, especially using famous Czech Garnets: cutting and setting precious stones, and engraving gemstones (glyptic).
Apart from the main areas of PLA Bohemian Paradise, the Jizera and Kamenice rivers valleys belong the sites of European Natura 2000 network of highly protected areas. Most of the landscape is protected according to uniform principles to ensure the diversity of fauna, flora and habitat types that are most valuable, most endangered, rare or reduced in their presence to a particular region (endemic).
A small fish Vranka Obecná (Cottus gobio) with completely stunted gas bladder, moving among the rocks across the river bottom in typical "jumps" live at the bottom of the clean mountain streams and rivers. The Jizera River is inhabited by trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario) and rainbow trout, there are also rarely eel (Anguilla anguilla) and river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) present here. Rivers, streams, natural pools, and their surroundings are inhabited by the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), non-venomous grass snake (Natrix natrix), Toad (Bufo Bufo), and the birds such as Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), Dipper (Cinclus cinclus), White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) and mammalian such as water shrew (Neomys fodiens), which all are bound to water habitats. The black stork (Ciconia nigra) appears in the Bítouchov area on the Rieger´s Path in recent years. The meadows are inhabited with papillons e.g. (Papilio machaon), and small lizards of Lacerta agilis, and Anguis fragilis specimen in sunny parts of the rocky hillsides, also the Balea perversa live here.
Forest vegetation on the slopes of the valleys are inhabited by black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), kinglet bird (Regulus ignicapillus), nuthatch (Sita europaea), warbler (Sylvia atricapilla), wren (Troglodytes troglodytes), Prunella modularis, and Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Merlin (Falco subbuteo), tawny owl (Strix aluco), wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), and spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), live in the forests. Rocky areas serve as home for swift bird (Apus apus), redstart bird (Phoenicurus ochruros), sparrowhawk (Accipiter nissus), kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), and great owl (Bubo bubo). Also raven (Corvus corax) can be spotted often.
Other common forest dwellers are mammals, such as squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris), shrew (Apodemus sylvaticus), hare (Lepus europaeus), fox (Vulpes vulpes), and roebuck (Capreolus capreolus), occasionaly moufflon (Ovis musimon) and wild pig (Sus scrofa).
A substantial portion of the area is covered by forest vegetation represented mainly by pines with the minority of oak and beech, and less by other deciduous trees. Other parts include meadows and river valleys.
Forests are predominantly consisting of beech (Fagus sylvatica), maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) sycamore (Platanus hispanica), birch (Betula pendula), linden tree (Tilia platyphyllos), white fir (Abies alba), oak (Quercus robur), and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). Spruce monocultures (Picea abies) grow in minor areas, for example the immediate vicinity of Rieger's path. Many rocky areas of Bohemian Paradise are covered by pine forest (Pinus sylvestris).
Jizera river serves as a corridor to the descent of mountain and piedmont species to lower altitudes, while the thermophilic plants are spreading upriver. The area is a home to many flowers, for example Saxifraga decipiens, subsp. Steinmanii, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria, Campanula rotundifolia, Digitalis grandiflora, Silene vulgarit, Polypodium vulgare, and Asplenium virose are present at the rocky slopes of the Jizera river canyon.
Mildly temperate climate of Central Europe offers hot days (max. around +35 ºC = 95 ºF) suitable for sun-bathing and watersports during summers and a lot of snow and good weather conditions for skiing during winters (max. around -20 ºC = -4 ºF).
Get in[edit]
The biggest towns of Bohemian Paradise are Turnov, Jičín, Nová Paka, Semily, and Železný Brod. They are connected with Prague, Liberec, Mladá Boleslav, and Hradec Králové by trains and buses, which run usually about every 2 hours. The fastest travel by car is on the motorway R10 (E65) about 80 km in the north-east direction from Prague to Liberec through Mladá Boleslav and Turnov. Another road E442 (R35) leads across Bohemian Paradise from Hradec Králové through Jičín to Turnov and continues to Liberec.
Buses from Prague to Turnov, Železný Brod, Jičín, Nová Paka, and other places in Bohemian Paradise departs from the bus station Florenc (subway line B and C in the center of Prague) and from the station Prague Černý Most (subway end-station at line B). All towns in the Bohemian Paradise Geopark´s territory are well accessible by regularly departing bus lines connecting them with Prague, Liberec, Hradec Králové and Pardubice.
A seasonal tourist buses provide the transport across the main sites in Geopark during the main summer season, which cover the main pedestrian and biking paths, and railway stations. Actual tourist bus timetables are available at tourist information centers, at bus stops, and on websites www.cesky-raj.info [1] and www.bohemian-paradise.info [2].
Bohemian Paradise can be accessed by train along the route No. 231 from Prague to Nymburk and the route No. 61, which continues to Jičín. Another main railway No. 41 leads to Geopark from Hradec Králové through Jičín to Turnov. Another mail railway with several tunnels through the foothills of the Giant Mountains line the route No. 30 from Pardubice to Liberec through the towns of Stará Paka, Železný Brod and Turnov, which is the main rail hub in the Bohemian Paradise. It takes about 2 hours by bus or 2,5 hours by train from Prague through Mladá Boleslav to Turnov and it costs about 130-150 Kč.
For actual timetable check the online Czech bus/train timetable [3].
Traveling across the Geopark area is free. Some of the castles and chateaus require small entrance fees, when you want visit their interiors and see their exhibitions.
Bozkov Dolomite Caves can be accessed only with a small entrance fee and a guide available there during opening hours.
Municipal museums and Art Galleries in the area of Geopark have their own individual admission fees.
Get around[edit]
Bohemian Paradise area is covered with a dense network of marked bike trails that pass through the most interesting places of Geopark. Many of the trails can be traveled on skis during winter.
Some of Geopark's trails are not suitable for anything except walking. There are numerous different colour-coded tourist marked trails which provide hikes as short as one hour or as long as an entire day. Some sections of the trails across rocky areas may include steep stairs, but most of them are safe even for families with small children.
Jizera River has good conditions for canoeing. Also rivers Kamenice and Oleška are navigable in the spring.
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Rock formations[edit]
Volcanites in Bohemian Paradise[edit]
The abandoned quarry Hvězda with the length of its wall about 170 m and a height of up to 25 m, located on Mt. Staropacká about 2 km from the town Stará Paka, is known as deposit of many precious stones. The deposits of pyroclastic rocks of phreatomagmatic eruption of maar volcano are exposed in this place. Massive amygdaloidal andesitoids and several types of irregular red-brown lenticular positions of tuffites and its agglomerates are present there. Almonds are somewhere plentiful, rare elsewhere, their size range from the cavities with millimeter dimensions to 15 cm in diameter. Moss chalcedony, agate, geodes, and calcite are to be found there usually.
The highest peak of Bohemian Paradise is a part of Ještěd-Kozákov ridge. It was created by uplifting along the Lusatian Fault 5 million years ago and it consists of Paleozoic phyllites, rocks of Carboniferous and Permian Ages, Cretaceous sandstones, and Tertiary basalt. A body of amygdaloidal melaphyres in the Votrubec´s quarry gives the evidence of volcanic activity in the Late Paleozoic Era. Various types of quartz, agate, jasper, chalcedony, zeolites, and more crystallized in the cavities of the melaphyre. Stones from Kozákov were used already by prehistoric hunters. A tourist lodge with restaurant is on the top of the hill, with a new 40 m high publicly available lookout tower offering wonderful view of the Bohemian paradise landscape.
The youngest volcanic activity took place here in the Tertiary period. Basaltic rocks cover the northern slope of the hill. Tephres, which appear at the beginning and in the middle of the volcanic activity, represent only about 5% of the mass produced. Columnar structure is a typical characteristic of igneous rocks that cooled near the surface. The columns of basaltic rocks lined up like organ pipes or presented in fan-like shapes are located on the northern slope. Volcanic bombs can be found on the top of Kozákov as well as in the former volcano crater at Prackov. Green olivine stones are mostly present in the basaltic rocks.
Mužský (463 m)
Basalt hill, of similar origin as Trosky, stands in the middle of a sandstone plateau lying in the southwestern part of the Bohemian Paradise about 2.5 km northeast from the town of Mnichovo Hradiště. The highest peak of Příhrazy platform is the basaltic remnant of the magma-supplying vein of former volcano. Gravitational collapse, supported by historical mining was the cause of a small cave in basalt. The plateau is divided by canyons into five parts called Hrada, Mužský, Příhrazské rocks, cliffs and rocks at the Drhleny, and rocks near castle Valečov. The area was inhabited already in the Neolithic Age. A beautiful view of the landscape around is available from the bare top of Mužský hill. A memorial of the fallen soldiers was built here in 1866. Village of Mužský located below the hill has been announced a historical reserve due to its original character.
Hill Strážník is quite famous and perhaps the only site in Europe, where the Star Quartz can be found. The origin of local unique radial star-shaped quartz is linked to the hydrothermal vein pervading through the melaphyre in the southeastern part of the top platform, called "Boroví". Weathering processes such as erosion, frost and slope sliding in the past caused the distribution of star quartz down the slopes. The maximum reported diameter of radial aggregates was 10cm. Nowadays, the site where the star quartz was found was covered with soil - to prevent further collecting - it was declared natural preserve in 1963.
Hill Zebín is one of the landmarks near the town of Jičín. A marshy landscape with shallow lakes was here about 17 million years ago. Then a hot magma penetrated into it, which was fractured into small fragments due to the reaction caused by its contact with water. However, the strength of the eruption has not increased much. That´s how the tuff cone was created, which was later filled with magma through the dike vein and a lake of lava formed in it. Abandoned quarry lying on the hillside reveals the structure of a scoria cone volcano remnants. A Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene was built in 17th century on the top of the hill.
Sedimentary rocks of Kumburk formation – Štikov arcoses 300 millions years old are shown on the wall of the abandoned quarry. Arcoses are distinctly horizontal and cross-bedded with fluvial channels. There are three silicified wood of Dadoxylon type embedded in various directions and levels inside north wall of the quarry. The biggest of them is about 75 centimetres thick in diameter. Sub vertical dike of Miocene basalt rock with maximal thickness of 1 metre intrudes on the east wall of the quarry. Small basalt bed of breccia structure with typical hexagonal seclusiveness occurs near the bottom of the quarry, it is probably the remnant of volcanic dike channel.
Castles, chateaus and castle ruins[edit]
Bohemian Paradise Geopark encompasses many castles and chateaus, often build in attractive locations on sandstone rocks. Some of the castles and palaces are in excellent conditions and they are offering an exhibitions of their historical interieurs with original furnishings and equipment, other are left as romantic ruins in the wild nature, suitable for a family trip.
Frýdštejn castle ruin
Well-preserved ruins of the castle rises above the valley of the Jizera River, dominated by the castle's highest tower which is its best conserved part. It is 15 meters high with a diameter of 9 meters and its walls are two meters thick. Frýdštejn was built during the 14th century. A number of small rooms, including a chapel, was carved directly into the rock. The owners of the castle superseded several times. The castle has lost its function after the sale in 1556, and it has been uninhabited since the late 16th century. Today the castle is owned by the municipality of Frýdštejn. Open: May to October 10:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Hrubá Skála Chateau
Chateau Hrubá Skála was built on a sandstone rock on the site of a former medieval castle rock, which was established by Hynek of Wallenstein. The castle was first mentioned as the property of Wallenstein dynasty in the charter of 1353. It was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau in the mid-16th century and later rebuilt in Neo-gothic style during the Romantism period. Chateau currently serves as hotel and offers a variety of unique dining experiences at restaurants and other representative rooms of the castle.
Hrubý Rohozec Chateau
Today´s Chateau Hrubý Rohozec was founded as a gothic castle around 1280. Later it was architecturally modified in the Renaissance, Baroque, and Empire style, which is now the most noticeable. Two libraries, dining room and green salon have been preserved with the original equipment to present date. The chateau exposition is arranged in cooperation with the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts. The castle is surrounded by park with a collection of stone masonry of the Romantic period. Open: October and April: weekends and holidays 9:00 to 4:00 p.m. May - September: Tue – Sun 9:00 - 17:00
Humprecht Chateau
Humprecht, designed by Carlo Lurago, was built as a small hunting lodge by Humprecht Černín John the Earl of Chudenice in the years 1667-1672. A banquet hall, library and black kitchen can be visited in basement, the women's and men's rooms with original furnishings and ladies' dressing rooms with a small picture gallery are in upper floor. Open: April and October, weekends, holidays: 9 to 3:30 p.m. May: Tue - Sun 9 to 4:30 p.m. June-August: Tue - Sun 9 – 5 p.m. Sept.: Tue - Sun 9 – 4 p.m.
Kost castle
Castle stands on a sandstone rock in the intersection of three valleys - Plakánek, Prokop´s, and Černý Pond. It was founded with its characteristic massive so-called White Tower in the late 14th century. Massive reconstruction of the castle has been done in the mid-20th century. At present, the castle belongs to the Kinsky family property. Open: April: Wed - Sun 9 – 4 p.m. May, June: Tue - Sun 9 – 5 p.m. July, August: daily 9 – 6 p.m. September: Tue - Sun 9 – 5 p.m. October: Wed - Sun 9 – 4 p.m.
Kozlov (Chlum) castle ruin
Rock castle Kozlov was built on several sandstone blocks at Chlum hill (358 m above sea level) above village Podháj. Only few remnants of the castle survived until present: small rooms carved into the rock, defensive moats and castle well. Mortises for the wooden parts of the castle are well visible in the rocks. The castle used particular natural rock formations as defense walls, which were extended by wooden fortifications. There are many interesting rocky outcrops around the castle area. The lookout of Karel Vaclav Rais is near the castle.
Kumburk castle ruin
Kumburk castle was founded around the year 1300 at the latest. The phase of the castle flourish immediately preceded the Hussite riots in 15th century. Castle´s outer fortifications were demolished in the 17th century, the castle itself was deserted and dilapidated. Kumburk stands on the former lava lake, which emerged when magma filled the crater created by an explosion caused by contact of hot magma with water-saturated sediments about 17 million years ago. Basaltic columns, which are arranged in the shape of an inverted fan below the castle remind us of that volcanic event.
Mnichovo Hradiště Chateau
Chateau is a magnificent example of Baroque residence. It was designed by architect Canevalle who started generous reconstruction of the former Renaissance chateau in 1696.The castle art gallery, Golden Cabinet, and the chapel with rich decorations were built after 1730. The castle rooms shows excellent examples of Baroque interior design. Opening hours: April, October: Sat, Sun and holidays 8:45 to 3 p.m., May, June, September: Tue - Sun 8:45 to 4 p.m., July, August: Tue - Sun 8:45 to 5 p.m..
Rotštejn castle ruin
The remains of a gothic castle lies in the Nature reserve Klokočské rock, which was established in 1985 on an area of 228.13 hectares. The sandstones form about 2 km long rock wall with several standalone rock pinnacles above village Klokočí. Rotštejn was founded by Markvarts family in 14th century, and it was abandoned in the early 16th century. Open: from Easter to the end of May: sat 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., sun 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., June-August: Mon - Fri 10 – 4:30 p.m., Sat 10 – 5 p.m. Sun 10 – 4 p.m. Sept - Oct: Sat 10 – 5 p.m Sun 10 – 4 p.m.
The Neo-Gothic chateau served as residence of the Rohan family of French origin. The palace rooms are equipped with original furniture, paintings and other accessories, most of the rooms also have splendid carvings. The chateau interiors are open to the public, including its large park. Open: January-March: 10 – 2 p.m., April: 9 - 3:30 p.m., May-August: 9 – 4:30 p.m., September-October: 9 – 3:30 p.m., November-December: 10 – 2 p.m.
Trosky castle ruin
The hill Trosky (488 m above sea) represents the remnants of volcanic scoria cone. The original volcano, which broke with the explosion through sandstone about 17,5 million years ago, was worn down by erosion over time. Only two highly resistant basaltic towers remained exposed, which are the remnants of conduit that once filled the vents inside the scoria and ash cones. The thicker one is called Baba and thinner is called Panna. The famous ruins are the remains of castle built here in 14th century. Opening hours: April and October: Saturday, Sunday and holidays 8:30 to 4:00 p.m., May-August: Tuesday - Sunday 8:30 to 5:30 p.m., September: Tuesday - Sunday 8:30 to 4:00 p.m..
Valdštejn castle
The oldest castle in the Bohemian Paradise was built around the 1260. Its residential function ended in late 15th century and the castle was abandoned. Ruined castle raised to a new glory with the efforts of Wallenstein family, who rebuilt it into a remarkable pilgrimage site with a unique genius loci in the 18th century. The new owners of Lex of Aehrenthal made castle available to the public and they finished the romantic adaptations of old residence into famous landmark in the 19th century. Open: daily, April and October: Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 9 to 5:30 p.m., May-September: 9 to 5:30 p.m.
Originally wooden castle was built on the rocks by family of Valečov after 1300. It was burned down by Henry Wartenberg after Hussite wars in 1439. A stone palace was built in the first half of the 15th century, another floor was added in next century. The castle later served as administrative center and the nobility did not live here anymore, it was noticed as abandoned in 1652. Since 1994 the castle is owned by the municipality Bosen. Open: November-February: Sat, Sun 10 – 5 p.m., March, April: Sat, Sun and holidays 10 – 5 p.m., May, September: Mon-Sun 9 – 5 p.m., July, August: daily 9 – 5 p.m.
Vranov - Pantheon castle
Rock castle Vranov also known as Pantheon with its length of almost 400 m is considered the most complicated rock castle in Bohemia. The form of the castle was determined by the sandstone cliffs, in which it was built before 1425. It was abandoned during the 16th century. Later modifications transformed the ruins of the castle into a romantic monument available to public called the Pantheon. Reconstruction was completed in summer 1826, when a chapel was built high above the Jizera valley. Open: April, May, September, October: Sat, Sun 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., June-August: daily 9:a.m. to 6 p.m..
Zbiroh castle ruin
Zbiroh castle was founded in the early 14th century high above the village Rakousy, where the Jizera river creates a great meander. Zbiroh is noticed in the written documents of king Wenceslas IV. , when it belonged to a prominent bohemian magnate Markvart of Wartenberg. During the long years of anarchy and chaos in the country after the Hussite wars, the castle Zbiroh along with other castles in this area become the outpost for robbers and bandit troops, therefore the army demolished it in 1442 and about 1458 is mentioned already as abandoned. Only remnants of walls and vaults carved into the rock remains us of the former castle today.
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Sandstone rock formations
Twenty minutes of hiking along almost any of the marked trails from the bus or railway stop will bring you to the stunning sandstone formations of Bohemian Paradise. These can be admired from the bottom of the valleys or from numerous lookouts along the trails atop the rock formations.
Leisure activities[edit]
Walking along the Geopark trails
The area of Bohemian Paradise Geopark is covered by colour-coded marked trails for tourists, which guide across the main interesting parts and which also connect the places with nearest bus and railway stations, and parking places in towns and villages of Geopark. New educative trails for geotourists are installed with geotags at the main sites, which can provide you with additional multimedia information available to your mobile devices with internet connection about interesting gelogical, archaeological, and other various interesting phenomena of the Bohemian Paradise landscape.
Biking and inline skating
Bohemian Paradise area is covered with a dense network of bike trails that pass through the most interesting places of Geopark. A new network of trails for biking and in-line skating through nature called Greenway Jizera was built along the Jizera river in the picturesque valleys and meanders leading from Semily through Železný Brod, Malá Skála and Rakousy as far as to Dolánky valley below the chateau Hrubý Rohozec in Turnov.
Water Sports
Jizera River has good conditions for canoeing. Also rivers Kamenice and Oleška are navigable in the spring. Upper parts of Jizera are suitable for experienced paddlers, while the Jizera near Turnov is quieter and easier for anyone. Many natural lakes and rivers in the area of Geopark offer refreshment during hot summer days. Some of towns in Geopark have municipal public swimming pools or aqua-centers. The quarry at Nová Rumchalpa is the base place for divers.
Many sites can be visited on skis during winter. When snow conditions are good, there are beautiful trails through Želejovské valley, Žehrovka valley, along the Golden path of Bohemian Paradise or on the ridge trail from Kozákov to Hamštejn. Downhill skiing is possible in these locations: Frydstejn: 1 lift, 600 m slope. Koberovy, TJ Koberovy: 1 lift, 350m slope. Kozákov, TJ Chuchelna: 1 lift, 500m slope. Líšný, TJ Líšný: 1 elevator. Lomnice n. P., V Popelkách: 1 lift, 300m slope. Tabor: 1 lift, 450m slope. Semily ski resort Nad Nádražím: 1 lift, 350m slope. Turnov: ski resort Struhy: 1 lift, 300m slope with lights.
Rock climbing
Bohemian Paradise offers many excellent opportunities for rock climbers. Sandstone rocks are protected, and therefore all the rules must be respected! Detailed information is available at information centers, on Internet etc., conditions may vary for different rock areas.
Paragliding and kiting
Kozákov hill has become very popular place for fans of paraglide-flying and kiting. There are three starting points (west, south and north) on its top. Landing place at an altitude of 484 m is marked by wind sleeves. Pilot courses and tandem flights are held here, in which the control is left to an experienced glider pilot, while the only thing you care about is a wonderful view of the Trosky castle and surrounding landscape, with no sign of engine noise, just a beautiful feeling of flight.
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Restaurants, pubs, supermarkets and shops are available in main towns Turnov, Jičín, Semily, Nová Paka, and Železný Brod and also in many smaller villages along the main tourist paths. Most of the castles and chateau sites offer refreshment and souvenir shops, the biggest Chateau Sychrov [4] and Chateau Hrubá Skála [5] have their own restaurants.
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Accommodation is available in many hotels in towns Turnov, Jičín, Semily, and Železný Brod and in many villages in Geopark. More information can be found on webpages:
List of accomodation in Bohemian Paradise [6]
Hotel Karel IV. [7]
Hotel Paradis [8]
Hotel Korunní Princ [9]
Pension Svatý Jan [10]
Hotel U Krále [11]
Hotel Štikov [12]
Pension Ráj Skokovy [13]
Many private pensions offer accommodation in the area. Český Ráj is also near enough to Prague that it can be done as a day trip.
Wild camping is not allowed in the protected areas of Geopark and in its sandstone caves. However, there are many public camping places available in the area of Bohemian Paradise, for example the most famous Autocamp Sedmihorky which lies about 6 kilometers far from Turnov in the direction to Jičín and Hradec Králové (road E442) at the central part of Hruboskalsko, just below the chateau Hrubá Skála.
Another campsites in Bohemian Paradise can be found on webpages: www.czech-camping.com [14], www.czech-camping.com [15] or www.ceskyraj.info [16].
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Isaiah 19
New Life Version
Word about Egypt
19 The special word about Egypt: See, the Lord is traveling on a fast cloud and is coming to Egypt. The false gods of Egypt shake in fear before Him. The hearts of the Egyptians become weak. 2 "I will make Egyptians go against Egyptians. Each of them will fight against his brother, and each against his neighbor. City will fight against city, and nation against nation. 3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become weak within them. And I will bring their plans to nothing. They will go to false gods and spirits of the dead for help, and to those who speak with spirits of the dead and use their secret ways. 4 Then I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a bad ruler. An angry king will rule over them," says the Lord God of All.
5 The waters of the sea will dry up. The river will become dry. 6 Manmade rivers will smell bad. The small rivers of Egypt will dry up. And the plants by the rivers will waste away. 7 The grass by the side of the Nile and all that is planted by the Nile will become dry, will be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishermen will cry in sorrow. All those who fish for a living in the Nile River will be filled with sorrow. And those who put out nets on its waters will become weak. 9 Those who make linen and white cloth will be very troubled. 10 The pillars of Egypt will be crushed. All the able workmen will be filled with sorrow.
11 The king's sons of Zoan are very foolish. The words of Pharaoh's wisest men are foolish words. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of early kings"? 12 Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you. And let them understand what the Lord of All has planned against Egypt. 13 The king's sons of Zoan have become fools. The king's sons of Memphis have been fooled. The heads of her family groups have led Egypt from the right way. 14 The Lord has mixed a troubled spirit within her. They have led Egypt the wrong way in all that it does, as a drunk man walks from side to side in what he has spit up. 15 And there will be no work in Egypt and nothing can be done by anyone, its head or tail, its palm branch or river-grass.
Good Will Come to Egypt, Assyria and Israel
16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shake with fear because of the hand which the Lord of All is going to wave over them. 17 The land of Judah will fill Egypt with fear. Whoever hears its name will be afraid of it, because of the plan which the Lord of All is making against them.
18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and promising to follow the Lord of All. One will be called the City of Destruction.
19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt, and an altar to the Lord by the side of its land. 20 It will be something special to see, to make the Lord of All known in the land of Egypt. For they will cry to the Lord because of those who make it hard for them. And He will send a Powerful One to save them, and He will take them out of trouble. 21 The Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and in that day the Egyptians will know the Lord. They will even worship with gifts on the altar. They will make promises to the Lord and keep them. 22 And the Lord will punish Egypt, but then He will heal them. So they will return to the Lord, and He will answer their prayers and heal them.
23 In that day there will be a road from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be the third country with Egypt and Assyria, a good and respected nation on the earth, 25 to whom the Lord of All has brought good, saying, "Good will come to Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My chosen people."

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I thank you for your kind congratulations on my arrival here, and shall be happy in finding that our negotiations on this side of the water are of effectual service to our country.
The general news here is, that all Europe is arming and preparing for war, as if it were soon expected. Many of the powers, however, have their reasons for endeavouring to postpone it, at least a few months longer.
Our enemies will not be able to send against us all the strength they intended; they can procure but few Germans; and their recruiting and impressing at home goes on but heavily. They threaten, however, and give out, that Lord Howe is to bombard Boston this summer, and Burgoyne, with the troops from Canada, to destroy Providence, and lay waste Connecticut; while Howe marches against Philadelphia. They will do us undoubtedly as much mischief as they can ; but the virtue and bravery of our countrymen will, with the blessing of God, prevent part of what they intend, and nobly bear the rest. This campaign is entered upon with a mixture of rage and despair, as their whole scheme of reducing us depends upon its success; the wisest of the nation being clear, that, if this fails, administration will not be able to support another.
Solicitations for military Appointments in JAmerica. Passy, [date uncertain.]
You know, my dear friend, that I am not capable of refusing you any thing in my power, which would be a real kindness to you, or any friend of yours; but, when I am certain that what you request would be directly the contrary, I ought to refuse it. I know that officers going to America for employment will probably be disappointed; that our armies are full; that there are a number of expectants unemployed, and starving for want of subsistence; that my recommendation will not make vacancies, nor can it fill them, to the prejudice of those who have a better claim; that some of those officers I have been prevailed on to recommend have, by their conduct, given no favorable impression of my judgment in military merit; and then the voyage is long, the passage very expensive, and the hazard of being taken and imprisoned by the English very considerable. If, after all, no place can be found affording a livelihood for the gentleman in question, he will perhaps be distressed in a strange country, and ready to blaspheme his friends, who, by their solicitations, procured for him so unhappy a situation.
Permit me to mention to you, that, in my opinion, the natural complaisance of this country often carries people too far in the article of recommendations. You give them with too much facility to persons of whose real characters you know nothing, and sometimes at the request of others of whom you know as little. Frequently, if a man has no useful talents, is good for nothing and burdensome to his relations, or is indiscreet, profligate, and extravagant, they are glad to get rid of him by sending him to the other end of the world; and for that purpose scruple not to recommend him to those they wish should recommend him to others, as "un bon sujet, plein de mérite," &c. &c. In consequence of my crediting such recommendations, my own are out of credit, and I cannot advise anybody to have the least dependence on them. If, after knowing this, you persist in desiring my recommendation for this person, who is known neither to me nor to you, I will give it, though, as I said before, I ought to refuse it." These applications are my perpetual torment. People will believe, notwithstanding my repeated declarations to the contrary, that I am sent hither to engage officers. In truth, I never had any such orders. It was never so much as intimated to me, that it would be agreeable to my constituents. I have even received for what I have done of the kind, not indeed an absolute rebuke, but some pretty strong hints of disapprobation. Not a day passes in which I have not a number of soliciting visits, besides letters. If I could gratify all, or any of them, it would be a pleasure. I might, indeed, give them the recommendation and the promises they desire, and thereby please them for the present; but, when the certain disappointment of the expectations with which they will so obstinately flatter themselves shall arrive, they must curse me for complying with their mad requests, and not undeceiving them; and will become so many enemies to our cause and country.
* For cases of this kind, and where it was absolutely impossible to refuse, Dr. Franklin drew up the following as a model for such letters of recommendation, and actually employed it in some instances, to shame the persons making such indiscreet applications; and to endeavour, in some measure, to put a stop to them. – W. T. F.
"Model of a Letter of Recommendation of a person you are
"The bearer of this, who is going to America, presses me to give him a letter of recommendation, though I know nothing of him, not even his name. This may seem extraordinary, but I assure you it is not uncommon here. Sometimes, indeed, one unknown person brings another equally unknown, to recommend him; and sometimes they recommend one another! As to this gentleman, I must refer you to himself for his character and merits, with which he is certainly better acquainted than I can possibly be. I recommend him, however, to those civilities, which every stranger, of whom one knows no harm, has a right to; and I request you will do him all the good offices, and show him all the favor, that, on further acquaintance, you shall find him to deserve. I have the honor to be, &c."
You can have no conception how I am harassed. All my friends are sought out and teazed to teaze me. Great officers of all ranks, in all departments; ladies, great and small, besides professed solicitors, worry me from morning to night. The noise of every coach now that enters my court terrifies me. I am afraid to accept an invitation to dine abroad, being almost sure of meeting with some officer or officer's friend, who, as soon as I am put in good humor by a glass or two of champaigne, begins his attack upon me. Luckily I do not often in my sleep dream of these vexatious situations, or I should be afraid of what are now my only hours of comfort. If, therefore, you have the least remaining kindness for me, if you would not help to drive me out of France, for God's sake, my dear friend, let this your twenty third application be your last. Yours, &c.
Introducing a Polish Officer.
Paris, 13 June, 1777. SIR,
The bearer, M. le Comte Kotkouski, a Polish officer, is recommended to me by several persons of worth here, as a man of experience in military affairs, and of tried bravery. He has lost his family and estate in Poland, by fighting there in the cause of liberty, and wishes, by engaging in the same cause, to find a new country and new friends in America. Count Pulaski, who was a general of the confederates in Poland, and who is gone to join you, is esteemed one of the greatest officers in Europe. He can give you the character of this M. Kotkouski, who served under him as lieutenant-colonel.
It is with regret that I give letters of introduction to foreign officers, fearing that you may be troubled with more than you can provide for, or employ to their and your own satisfaction. When particular cases seem to have a claim to such letters, I hope you will excuse my taking the liberty. I give no expectations to those who apply for them; I promise nothing; I acquaint them, that their being placed when they arrive is a great uncertainty, and that, the voyage being long, expensive, and hazardous, I counsel them not to undertake it. This honest gentleman's zeal is not to be discouraged by such means; he determines to go and serve as a volunteer, if he cannot be employed immediately as an officer; but I wish and hope, that your Excellency may find a better situation for him, and that he will be a useful officer. He has the advantage of understanding English, and will soon speak


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There's just one problem- she's what I call a "skimmer." In other words, my friend rarely reads a book from start to finish. Usually she reads the first few chapters, skips to the climax, and reads the ending (and not always in that order). It drives me insane. As a compulsive book finisher, I HAVE to finish the book unless it's (a) offensive or crude (b) against my beliefs or (c) just too plain horrible to finish. In my year of blogging, there's only one book that I haven't read in its entirety.
Now, I don't want anyone to be offended if you're one of these so called skimmers. It's just a personal pet peeve of mine. To me, it seems unfair to the authors and the novel, in my opinion. If the author wrote the book with 400 pages in a particular order, than he or she did it for a reason. That's how they wanted the story to be presented. Also, if you skip out on certain parts of the book, then you might be missing some of the best parts. You never know when beautiful quotes or shocking twists are going to pop up.
Well, I've come to the end of my mini-rant. Not only did I want to voice my own opinion, but I want to hear yours. Do you skim through books or read every word? Or is it a combination of both? Why or why not?


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Recently, my mum and I went halves in purchasing The Green Kitchen, a vegetarian recipe book full of beautiful photos and nutritious and easy recipes. It's written by David Frenkiel and Luise Vindahl, who live in Stokholm and they have an adorable little girl called Elsa.
One of the first things I recreated from the book was the Broccoli Salad with Pomegranate and Raisins. I followed it word for word and it's now one of my favourite salads. I'd never eaten pomegranate before (although I'd had the juice, but always mixed with something else) so wasn't sure what to expect.
Some people struggle with eating broccoli raw but it's really crunchy and nice! It's a really refreshing salad, and I can see us making it often, with the warmer summer months ahead.
So here I share the recipe with you. I recommend you purchase the book (or even have a squiz in your local library) for more delicious recipes! And check out their blog here.
Raw Broccoli Salad with Pomegranate and Raisins
You'll need:
- 2 heads of fresh broccoli
- 1 small red onion, finely chopped
- arils from 1 pomegranate\
- 1 1/4 cup raisins
- generous 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, toasted
- 1 cup plain yoghurt
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Separate the broccoli florets from the stalk and cut them into smaller bit sized pieces. The book says to slice the remaining stalk and use that as well but the hubby said no way. Place it in a serving bowl with the onion, pomegranate raisins and sunflower seeds. Toss to combine. Add the yoghurt, salt and pepper to taste, and then using your hands, mix the yoghurt through everything, making sure to coat all the broccoli florets.
Ta-da! Dig in.
It's a seriously different but beautiful salad.
Give it a go and tell me if you like it!


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Quick Shot Upsets In Plainridge Open
Published: June 12, 2017 8:45 pm ET
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Although having a very solid body of work this year, Quick Shot has been lightly regarded at the windows of late. Well those who kept the faith were rewarded on Monday as the big gun fired and won the $14,000 Open Handicap pace at Plainridge Park.
With four horses leaving hard off the gate, Quick Shot (Eddie Davis, Jr.) was taken back to fifth and safely tucked to the wood where he observed the proceedings for most of the mile. He watched Hes Marvelous (Nick Graffam) scorch the stonedust on the point while setting fractional times of :25.4, :53.4 and 1:21.2, pacing loosely on the lead.
As the race approached that third panel, the heavily favoured Givenupdreaming (Kevin Switzer, Jr.) had pulled from fourth, first over and Quick Shot snuck out right behind him and gained a perfect striking position. When the field came off the last turn, Quick Shot tipped three-high around Givenupdreaming and overtook the tiring Hes Marvelous for the lead. While a highly animated Davis was bouncing in the bike like he was sitting on a spring, Quick Shot was responding to the rhythm and paced away from his foes to win by a length in 1:51.2.
It was the third win in 19 starts this season for Quick Shot ($48.80) and it fattened his wallet to $43,833 for the year. The five-year-old gelded son of Art Major is owned By Kathleen Brewer and is trained by Arthur Brewer II.
In the $12,000 co-feature for conditioned pacers, American Rock (Jim Hardy) took advantage of a perfect two-hole trip behind Madiba Magic (Greg Merton) before shaking cover at the top of the lane to score a one-length victory in 1:52.1.
It was the third win of the year for American Rock ($8.20) but first since coming to Plainridge. The winner is owned by Stephen Zajchowski, Jr., David Thibault , Christine Thibault and Jim Hardy, who also trains him.
Kevin Switzer, Jr. and Greg Merton each doubled-up in the win column as did trainer Jackie Greene.
Racing resumes at Plainridge Park at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13.
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i've been having dreams that are so stressful to me that i wake up with a tension headache and in a foul mood. they consist of moving out of apartments, having to evict tenants for drug use, and last night's dream - not being able to put on a wedding dress.
in last night's dream, i was getting ready to be married to mr. pants (who never appeared in the dream) in a victorian house. okay, we were going to be married in the gazebo outside of the house. and it was 6:50 pm, and i was just trying to find a room where i could put on my wedding dress. i went all over this bloomin' mansion (it was HUGE) and couldn't find a single room to get ready in. then someone who worked at the event facility told me that usually the brides get ready in the bathroom. and i thought that was a terrible plan, because my dress could get wet or dirty and i basically loathe having my shoes off in a public bathroom. (side note: my dress was about the shade of brown that unbleached butcher paper is with tiny blue flowers and an ugly waist wrap thing that was on alison's paper dress that got her kicked off of project runway)
i decided that i needed to get a room. so there was a small, informal dining room that many of the guests and staff were using to work on small projects. (why the guests needed to work on projects? dunno) i decided to use that room, and went in and announced that i needed the room to get dressed, and everyone needed to leave. the fatal flaw in my plan was that there were 6 doors to the room, none of which locked. so i begged someone to find my mom to help me empty the room. my mom came in, people kept coming and going. whenever the room would be almost empty, new people would come in. so i'd get really unpleasant and order everyone out of the room - from the top of the dining room table - and almost everyone would leave, including my mom. so i'd beg her to come back, and she'd be hesitatant but would come back, however a ton more people would come in. i also suddenly realized that i had never arranged for a photographer. i eventually had a breakdown, started crying and begging everyone to leave. then it was finally just my mom and i. and suddenly, robin williams entered the room. and wouldn't leave, but was doing his spastic robin williams-ness.
so i threatened to break a wine bottle over his head.*
then i woke up.
*in my head this was the perfect threat because he'd be all fresh out of rehab and not want contact with wine. however the bottle was empty and he still wouldn't leave.
i've been having dreams that are so stressful to me that i wake up with a tension headache and in a foul mood. they consist of moving out of apartments, having to evict tenants for drug use, and last night's dream - not being able to put on a wedding dress.
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- The Grunt Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:17:00 pm
I'm glad that I'm not the only one having that dream.
- PuNk rAwK pUrL Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:49:00 pm
RAD! I love dreams! instead of Robin Williams, my dreams usually include a guest appearance by Mike Nesmith from the monkees. go figure. he always wears the cute little hat, and as it turns out, I was the one who knit it, even though I wasn't even born until a year or two after the monkees were on tv.


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The older you get, the more you begin to ask questions about whether or not things matter. Someone asked over the weekend if people still watch wrestling (yes). I'm sure someone is going to ask within the coming weeks whether or not people still watch The Simpsons religiously. And someone is going to ask you this weekend whether or not people watch MTV; in particular, whether or not the MTV Video Music Awards are still important.
As long as MTV has existed, so have music videos. The television part of its platform has long since shifted to a slate dominated by reality TV and original programming. But MTV has also opened the floodgates for smarter writing about music, about people and (quaintly) about the people who make said music. Thanks to being under the Viacom umbrella, the most genius stroke they've done in years involved making VH1 Classic into MTV Classic. Old episodes of Road Rules? Yes. The Real World back when it was the greatest reality TV show imaginable? On it. Yo! MTV Raps, MTV Jams, etc? Perfect.
The VMAs come this weekend at an odd time and in an even odder position. It used to be a prime-time, middle-of-the-week staple. For one Thursday night every September, MTV dominated our attention spans. Now the show is being wholly underpromoted on a Sunday night, the last Sunday before college football returns to wreck our Saturday plans and two weeks before our sports heroin, the National Football League, returns for 20 consecutive Sundays.
"Do we even care?" is the question?
Well, I'll give you an analogy. The Olympics just ended. The Men's Basketball portion of Team USA happened to be missing some obvious stars — LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, the list goes on. We ended up sending a virtual B-Team to Rio with a few A-Players on it, and won the gold medal going away. Now, would it have been more fun if we rolled out the same Death Machine we used in London? Of course.
Did we still watch Team USA bludgeon Serbia by 30, in the name of patriotism? Of course we did. And that's what the VMAs have become, part of our yearly mass watch cycle. The prestigious aspect of the show has died in recent years but still, its the MTV award show that means something. The original alternative to the Grammys has now existed for 31 years. And there's far more maladroit in saying, "I won this award but lost a MTV VMA."
Thanks to Twitter, something is going to happen that we'll consider interesting. Maybe Drake is going to get onstage and say something. Maybe he'll gyrate on Rihanna while she's accepting her Video Vanguard award and look sheepish about it. Maybe Beyoncé will perform for an entire hour and MTV will merely move away from the production buttons and let her work. Apparently they're giving Kanye West four uninterrupted minutes to do whatever he pleases. That's dangerous in itself. Not because Kanye is dangerous, but because Kanye could re-create the "Famous" video live onstage and creep us out. And the big hanger to let you even consider watching if you're not a Kanye or Beyoncé fan? Britney Spears is performing for the first time since 2007.
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Wrestling, much like pop culture, has been riding this wave of "anything can happen." The VMAs have held this theory to the fire for years now. It gave us Robin Thicke's career crashing like the Hindenburg while grinding on Miley Cyrus in a Zoot Suit. It also gave us Miley Cyrus purposefully flashing the audience before a commercial break. Britney Spears and Madonna kissing happened. Diana Ross lifting Lil' Kim's breast in 1999 happened. Taylor Swift becoming America's Victim for the next seven years happened. Ol' Dirty Bastard telling the world, "Wu-Tang Is For the Children" didn't happen at the VMAs but you thought it did, didn't you?
Thing is, all of the super interesting about this year's VMAs will have already been removed and erased. Taylor Swift probably won't come since it'll put her in a room with the Wests for the first time since July's "Kim Exposed Taylor"party happened over "Famous." Katy Perry won't be there. Since Adele isn't performing, I doubt she will either. An Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj performance won't move the needle, nor will Nick Jonas performing "Bacon."
Look, all of the nominees and categories all scream "smart" choices and obvious winners. Beyoncé is going to win the Breakthrough Long Form Video award for Lemonade and Best Collaboration Video for "Freedom." Nobody knows why Bryson Tiller is up for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Don't," but Drake's "Hotline Bling" will probably win that one. The categories that serve up the best arguments? Anyone where Adele and Beyoncé are going up against one another. That means Best Pop Video, Best Female Video and Video of the Year. Rihanna may not win a single one of those awards yet she's getting the Lifetime Achievement Award, which is such a cold game.
Know what I'll be doing Sunday night? Probably watching and live-tweeting the VMAs. Why? Because it's become programmed in my brain to do so. You don't miss award-show television because award show television usually gives us the absolute best (and worst) of social media.


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As I pointed out in my post from 2 years ago, the NHL is by far the most diverse league when it comes to the number of nations represented on any one given team. Every once in a while I like to salute one of those countries. This time it's The Republic of Finland. I am thrilled to present our … Read More
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I am a hockey addict. It's Stanley Cup playoff time and I am unable to control the compulsion to watch. I go through agonizing withdrawal in the months that follow. I believe, however, that I've made an important step in being able to admit to you, and to myself, that I am an addict. But it wasn't always this way. … Read More
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Sit Down and Watch The Game!
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The Stanley Cup finals begin Saturday night, so naturally, everyone wants to make their predictions so that they might look smart at the end of the series. Let's see what "the experts" think:
Matthew Barnaby – Wings in 7
John Buccigross – Penguins in 6
Scott Burnside – Penguins in 6
E.J. Hradek – Wings in 7
Pierre LeBrun – Penguins in 6
Barry Melrose – Wings in 6
(ESPN deserves credit for naming the number of games. As you continue, you'll see that most folks just picked the winning team.)
Bob McKenzie - Wings
James Duthie - Wings
Darren Pang - Wings
Ray Ferraro - no selection
Maggie the Monkey - Penguins
CBS Sports(line)
Wes Goldstein – Penguins
Greg Cimilluca – Penguins
Erin Brown – Penguins
Michael Hurcomb - Wings
Bruce Ciskie – Penguins
Adam Gretz – Penguins
Tom Mantzourainis – Penguins
Eric McErlain – Penguins
Kevin Schultz – Wings
Susan Slusser – Penguins
Jim Fox - Penguins in 6 (via video)
Naturally, the Penguins bloggers are picking the Penguins while the Red Wings bloggers are picking Detroit.
Since I'm a homer, I'll pick the Penguins in 6. Feel free to make your own predictions in the comments section. You can also add a tidbit (funny or not) about the series. My random prediction is that Craig Adams will score the final goal of the series.
Update: Sunday May 31
I found a few more predictions since I published this post.
Ross McKeon - Red Wings in 6
Matt Romig - Penguins in 6
Puck Daddy (aka Greg Wyshynski) - Wings in 7
Seth @ Empty Netters - Wings in 7
Saturday, May 30, 2009
2009 Stanley Cup Finals Predictions
The Stanley Cup finals begin Saturday night, so naturally, everyone wants to make their predictions so that they might look smart at the end of the series. Let's see what "the experts" think:
Posted by Sean at 8:55 AM
Labels: 2009 Stanley Cup Finals
2 comments:
- Toad268 said...
Yes, this was a game of bounces. To be exact, three of them. All leading to Detroit goals. I believe that this game will prove to be the easiest for the Wings. They will see a whole new level of tenacity and drive in game two tomorrow night. I also don't see too many changes from our perspective. I like how we played. I don't like the back to backs, but it is out of our hands. I have confidence that the Pens will prevail. Don't worry.
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- Term Papers said...
Good information to have. Thanks


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Reviewing the Audit
After you've clicked the "Complete Audit" button (and synced your audit if you're using the iOS app), your audit is now in the "In Review" stage. This stage gives you the opportunity to review your audit notes and answers before finalizing the audit and generating the audit report. During review, you can change your answers, add or expand on your notes for each question, and add pictures and/or documents to each question.
Note: Unless the audit creator checked the "Show compliance status while audit is "In Review"," the compliance status of each question is not revealed until the audit is finalized. That's on purpose, and to help maintain the most accurate answer (not the most compliant).
This is a good time to provide context for things that require more explanation than you had time to address while conducting the audit. For example, you may have answered a question about a map of your video camera locations. In review, you can upload the map and add a note explaining when it was last updated.
This is also a good time to review all questions that you've marked as "Pending" (these are marked with a yellow dot in the "In Review" stage). Ideally, the "In Review" stage is when you'd gather the information you need to change Pending answers to "Yes" or "No." When you finalize your audit, all questions still marked as "Pending" will generate Action Items.
- Sometimes changing an answer to a question will trigger new questions that need to be answered. For example, if you originally answered "No" to the question "Do you manufacture edibles?", then changing the answer to "Yes" will trigger a subset of questions about edibles manufacturing. When this happens, you will be placed back into the audit, at the question whose answer you just changed. Your audit will go back into "Pending" status until you answer the new questions and click the "Complete Audit" button again.
- Sometimes changing an answer to a question has the opposite effect: it will remove a subset of questions that you've already answered. For example, if you originally answered "Yes" to the question "Do you manufacture edibles?", then you answered a subset of questions that pertained to edibles manufacturing. If you change this answer to "No", then that subset of questions that you've already answered will be removed from your audit. Before this happens, you'll receive a warning prompt.
Finalizing the Audit
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Note: After an audit has been finalized, you cannot change your answers.
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Why the discount retailers are here to stay
Mid-market retailers may be struggling, but discount chains are thriving as more financially strained and savvy customers change where they're shopping.
Value-for-money prices are the main draw. Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart estimates that the discount grocer's pricescome in as much as 40 percent lower than traditional grocery stores and 25 percent lower than big-box discounters.
For many shoppers, the prospect of cutting their weekly shopping bill during the global financial crisis was enough to get them in through the door. But once they discovered—and then became used to—shopping at discount retailers for their clothing and grocery needs, their perceptions changed and many never went back to the traditional stores.
The numbers are proof of this phenomenon. Almost 6,000 discount stores popped up across the U.S. between the end of 2010 and 2015 with sales soaring from $30.4 billion to $45.3 billion during the same period, according to retail research firm Conlumino.
And sales for discount retailers in the U.S. beat out traditional retailers by far: T.J. Maxx along with its sister store Marshalls rack up $304 in sales per square foot. Ross brings in about $288 per square foot. Traditional retailer Macy's, in comparison, averages only about $158 per square foot.
It's not just lower-income groups are the only segment interested in discount stores. The coveted affluent millennial market – people born between 1980 and 2000 who make over $100,000 a year – is responsible for about 25 percent of sales at Dollar Tree and Dollar General.
Gaining market share
While the discount retail market is booming, growth isn't a given and a comprehensive plan need to be in place. "A whole plethora of value retailers have been quite aggressive in the marketplace," says Scott Burns, JLL's Retail Brokerage Lead in Los Angeles. "And they're not just growing organically on an individual basis; they're acquiring other stores, taking those stores out of the equation." In July 2015, Dollar Tree completed the acquisition of Family Dollar to create a discount retail behemoth with 13,600 stores across 48 states and five Canadian provinces.
Increasing their store presence is another favourite move. "Dollar Tree grew its market share by expanding its locations and upgrading the quality of its real estate," Burns explains. "As their market share and brand recognition has increased they have been able to locate stores within closer proximity than in the past utilizing the density of many of the major metro areas to their advantage."
It's not just where the discount retailers locate their stores: what happens inside is equally important: their rapidly changing inventory holds huge appeal for fashion conscious shoppers. "Discounters are really good at changing up their inventory," says Burns. Customers go in and have a "seek and find" experience. "When they are rewarded, they can't wait to come back to see what else they can discover." Discount grocer chain Aldi for example, has recently added lines in organic quinoa and coconut oil, as more shoppers pay more attention to the quality of the food they're eating.
Besides a changing inventory, discount retailers know that American consumers place importance on brand names, says Burns. "You go into discount stores, and they'll have good-quality brands at discount prices. While there's nothing new about that model, it's what helps discount stores gain market share from traditional retailers," he says.
Plus the way the merchandise is presented has also changed. "A typical dollar store today looks very different to one 10 years ago," Neil Saunders, managing director at Conlumino, tells CNBC. "It's lighter, it's brighter, it's more shoppable."
A changing landscape
With discount retail chains now firmly established – and nurturing their own growth plans – the pressure is on to fight for their place in a rapidly changing retail landscape.
German discount grocer Lidl, which offers high quality food at very low prices, entered the US market in 2017 having built a sizeable – and disruptive – presence in Europe. Aldi is also expanding in the U.S. market with another 900 stores planned over the next five years.
"The discount trend in the U.S. isn't going away," says Burns. "But it won't grow at the rate we saw between 2009 and 2014. The massive growth we've seen will level out."


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A few days ago, I was going through some old cassette tapes and I came across an old tape that stirred a few sweet memories for me.
When I was a little girl…probably before Kindergarten or perhaps the same year, Fiddler on the Roof, the movie, came out. I don't know if I saw the movie in the theater…I honestly can't remember. However, I do remember riding with my mother in the car and listening to the music. When Tevye begins singing "If I were a Rich Man," Mom and I would sing right along with it. Perhaps this sounds natural to most people…but honestly Mom was not one to listen to vocal music in the car. She used to say that she would get too involved with the music. We had instrumental music playing the in car all the time…but to have a vocalist singing music was different. Mom was a classically trained musician and singer who was a performer and teacher. At that time in my life, Mom had several vocal students as well and piano students. So, when Mom listened to something – she listened with a critical ear. It was hard for her to really listen to music and enjoy it.
Fiddler on the Roof was different for Mom. I don't really remember Mom driving that much. She quit driving by the time I was 10 years old. Once my siblings started driving, she really didn't need to and she really didn't enjoy it. So, for me to remember riding in the car with Mom driving and singing music from the stereo was significant. Whenever I hear the music from the soundtrack, it takes me back to my childhood and singing in the car with my mother.
My niece was in Fiddler on the Roof in high school. By that point, Mom's health was poor and she couldn't really sit in the seats at the theater. She wanted to see it, but her health didn't allow that. I remember Dad and I sitting there watching the opening scenes in the play. I got quite emotional listening to the familiar music. My niece wasn't too happy that she didn't get the role of one of the daughters…instead she played Yente, the Matchmaker. I remember telling her that no one remembers who played the daughters from the Broadway production…but everyone remembered Bea Arthurs who played Yente. Yente was scene stealer of a character, and my niece was one of the most memorable characters in that production.
I remember going home after the play and my Mother was anxiously waiting to hear how it went. After talking about the kid's performance, I told her that the music made me a bit teary eyed. She asked me why…and I told her that I remembered riding in the car with her singing "If I were a Rich Man" along with the soundtrack. Mom smiled at me and said that she remembered that too. The next day, while we were back in the den working on our computers, I played the soundtrack on the stereo. Once again…we sat together listening and singing along to the music.


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Igor Dzialoshinskii
Dzialoshinskii, Igor' Ekhiel'evich
Born Feb. 1, 1931, in Moscow. Soviet physicist. Corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1974).
Dzialoshinskii graduated from Moscow State University in 1953. From 1957 to 1965, he was on the staff of the Institute of Physical Problems of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1965 he joined the staff of the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1972 he was appointed a professor at Moscow State University.
Dzialoshinskii's main works deal with quantum statistics and with the theory of weak ferromagnetism in antiferromagnetic substances.
Dzialoshinskii has been awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.


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SIMPLE HARMONY is a beautiful example of this classic SWAN 68. She has been mainained at a very high level since new.
Hull is in "single skin" construction using glass/aramid hybrid fibre reinforced polyester laminate with uni-directional fibres (giving excellent strength and fatigue properties.
Hull colour, gelcoat NGA 2000 white.
Cove and waterline stripes in dark blue.
The deck is of GRP sandwich construction with foam core, and teak laid
Teak laid decking new 2010 (14mm at time).
Ballast keel is a lead casting with antimony.
Rudder of foam filled GRP with high-tensile stainless-steel stock, with two roller bearings.
Mast stepped through deck onto galvanized steel mast step.
Engine bed is GRP with steel reinforcements.
Cable steering gear. Destroyer type steering wheel, diameter 70" (1.8m) covered with elk-hide.
Anodized aluminium toe rail, bolted through hull-deck joint.
Lewmar Ocean Series Wavespring
2 x 1000 SEST Genoa sheets (electric)
2 x 700/2 SEST Spinnaker sheets (electric)
2 x 46 CST Traveler winch
2 x 66 CST Running backstays Electric
2 x 66 CST Genoa/spinnaker/main halyards
2 x 66 SEST multipurpose winches on coachroof aft of halyard winches (electric)
Besenzoni hydraulic folding gangway at transom
Stainless steel stemhead with opening, headsail tack hooks and 2 chain rollers
Gates in lifelines both sides at midships
Electric anchor windlass Titan "A"
Auto wireless control and chain measuring system installed 2017.
Deck and manual control with 3.5 m cable
Chain locker with hatch
300 ft of 7/16" (91.4m) high-tensile chain, new 2016
1 CQR 75 lb anchor
1 Bruce 20 kg anchor
All interior joinery in accordance with best yacht practice and standard Nautor standards at the time of build. Visible woodwork in teak with hand rubbed satin finish.
Please note the aft cabin is modified in 2010 post build and now offers a single bed to port and a double bed to starboard. There is a table also to port by the single bed (which can be used as a sofa) – see pictures.
Description from forward:
Wooden upper pullman berth port side
Drawers under lower berth.
Sail bin with workbench. Crew head and wash-basin.
Doors aft to both guest toilets
Removable stainless-steel bar rope stowage
Each with:
Double lower berth and Pullman upper berth.
Hanging lockers and drawers.
Roller blinds and mosquito nets on deck hatch.
220V adjustable ventilators
"L" shaped table on portside with settee on centreline
Settee on starboard side and small coffee table
Curtains for all hatches and portholes
White ceiling with direct and indirect lights
Drinks locker, starboard side forward of settee.
Bottle stowage under portside seat
Flag stowage aft of mast.
Philips flatscreen TV.
Sony Video CD.
Alpes Inox gimballed 4 burner stove with oven, grill and pot holders (stove new 2017)
Microwave oven
Alpes extractor hood over stove
Stainless steel sinks, on centre line
Vertical fridge, 2 separate 230 V units
140 litre Freezer
Corian work top
Chart table with shelves and drawers and chart towage under table top
Built-in instruments
Electric mains control panel on engine area bulkhead
Sliding door between main cabin and corridor to aft cabin
Wet locker aft of engine area access door.
Modifid 2010 to provide two beds.
Single bed (sofa) to port with table, double bed to starboard.
Hanging locker. Lockers
220V Wall ventilator.
En-suite head / shower area with Tecma silence WC, separate shower compartment, sinks, mirror, storage locker.
New saloon cushions and covers, 2016-17.
Mattresses in forward guest cabins renewed 2014.
Mattress in owner cabin 2010.
Bedding, sheets, pillows.
Tableware, cooking equipment, crockery, cutlery, glasses included.
Crew covers for saloon seating.
Significant varnish work, saloon, galley, chart area and other areas, re-done 2016-17.
Creative home theatre system, 2010
Perkins M 200 Ti disel engine, (upgraded from standard at build) 200 hp / 186 kW
Max-Prop 3-Blade feathering propeller diameter 800 mm
Engine start panel replaced 2016
Total fuel capacity 1.400 litres, in three s/s tanks with feeder input for each tank.
Technicomar SYS 6 200 l/h each - membrane installed below galley floorboards
Shenker 24V 100 l/h
Condaria 12002 air conditioning in all cabins (works in reverse cycle for heating).
Total water capacity 1.580 litres in four s/s tanks with one single deck filler inlet.
Tank level indicators.
Pressure system for hot and cold water.
Tanks vent to galley sinks.
Hot water tank boiler 60 litres with heating element, thermostat and connection to engine heat exchanger.
Hot and cold deck shower aft and midships.
Electric pump for deck-wash/extinguisher.
Seawater pump.
Tecma, electric marine toilets (4), 2010.
2 Manual bilge pumps, 1 electric and 1 engine driven.
Bronze seacocks below water line.
220/24V Inlets in all cabins and 12V with converters.
New service batteries, 2016 (capacity increased with 6 batteries – from 540 Ah to 1200 Ah, 24 V
Engine and generator starting batteries AGM type, replaced 2014-5
2 x batteries for electronics, replaced 2016, 240 Ah/5 h
LED lights, installed new 2014
Automatic lights in all lockers and wet locker
Parallel switch between service and starter batteries
Parallel switch between service and instrument batteries
Cantalupi lights
Shore power connection inlets, 220 V 50 A and 115 V 50A with transformer 6 kW
Westerbeke BED 16‑514 16 kW
Generator hours as at June 2019:
2 Inverters AGF IST6 and IST9 (1 new 2012, 3Kw)
70 A Battery charger (new 2012)
50 A battery charger (radio batteries)
175 A Alternator on engine for service and 55 A for engine starter
35 A Alternator on generator for charging generator starter battery
Fuselli 6" compass on steering wheel pedestal
B&G Hydra Pack navigation instruments
7 x FFD
Analogical repeater 360° in aft cockpit
Analogical repeater 45° in aft cockpit
NMEA Repeater interface at navigation
Rudder angle indicator in cockpit
Autohelm 7000 hydraulic automatic pilot with panel at navigation and in cockpit.
Back-up autopilot installed 2018, independent of primary system with hydraulic pumps installed in series with throw valve, control installed over mid-companionway.
Radar Simrad 4G digital radar dome, new 2015
Plotter Simrad NSS12 evo 12 on steering wheel pedestal , new 2016
Plotter Simrad NSE-8 Koden with screen on navigation
GPS Simrad Gs15
Plotter e antenna AIS Simrad AI50
Colour plotter Lorentz Excalibur (C-Map) at navigation
GPS Principal Koden at navigation
Electronic barograph 24h Meteoliner LCD
VHF Simrad at navigation, WHF Raymarine in cockpit
Vehicle cellphone at navigation with antenna and exterior ring
Mini-M Sailor + fax
VHF E antenna Simrad RS82
EPIRB Simrad GPS Manual release
Weatherfax Furuno FAX 208° with Navtex
KVH Tracphone V3-IP broadband system, new 2014
I = 27.30 m
Nautor aluminium mast, painted white, with three spreaders.
Stainless steel rod standing rigging, from 2010 (now due for full service / replacement).
Carbon "park avenue" style boom, 2010.
Harken System C track for full batten mainsail
Reckmann manual furler for the fore-stay.
2 Spinnaker poles and jockey pole
Lazy jacks
Running rigging
Four function Navtec System V hydraulic control panel in aft cockpit, operating – backstay, inner forestay, babystay and boom vang.
Genoa Halyard with high pressure return.
Ullman Mainsail, 2015
Ullman Jib, 2016
Ullman Staysail, 2018
Other sails:
Furling Genoa (2000)
Storm jib
Details of the new sails inventory
Built by Ullman Sails - Jannie Reuvers Sails, Capetown, June 2015
Full-batten main, Voyager Series
Carbon 12k 60% & Vectran 1k 40% with white taffeta skin on both sides
Built by Ullman Sails - Jannie Reuvers Sails, Capetown, July 2016
100% furling jib, Phantom Series
12k Carbon 60%/1k Vectran 40% yarns, with white taffeta skin both sides
Built by Ullman Sails - Jannie Reuvers Sails, Capetown, March 2018
Dacron 13.93
Sprayhoods over entrance hatch and over aft cockpit
Mainsail cover, 2018
Cushions and backrests for the center cockpit
Center cockpit table transformable in sunbathing platform
Large aft locker
LED foredeck spotlight, installed 2015.
16 person life-raft with hydrostatic release, SOLAS A pack, new 2014
McMurdo G8 AIS SmartFind Cat II EPIRB with GPS, new 2018
Fire extinguisher with remote control for engine and generator space
Ongoing / continual annual maintenance of sea cocks, engine, generator, systems and equipment, zincs, winches, bottom paint, etc.
Install back-up autopilot; mount independent of primary system with hydraulic pumps installed in series with throw valve; autopilot head installed over mid-cockpit companionway.
McMurdo G8 AIS SmartFind Cat II EPIRB with GPS
New canvas sail cover
Auto anchor wireless control with anchor-line measuring system installed
New anchor chain installed - 300' of 7/16" high-test to improve strength and feed through rollers
1st reef on boom – fabricated anodized aluminum box with ball-bearing sheave and larger pin
New stove installed
New service batteries with 6 new batteries (doubling house capacity to 1200 amps at 24 volts), New 2 batteries that power electronics.
Upgraded cockpit chartplotter to Simrad NSS12 evo2 – pulled new Ethernet wire into pedestal, fabricated stainless mounting plate with vents
Install Simrad 4G digital radar dome
Install LED foredeck spotlight
Upgraded vessel in order to achieve UK Commercial vessel status, achieved October 2014, (vessel resumed UK Pleasure vessel status August 2018).
Full service on the Navtec System and all the hydraulic cylinders.
New teak 14mm
New deck flush hatches
Interior; new headliners, new fabrics, new mattresses in owner's cabin.
Owner's cabin modification in order to have two berths outboard on either side of cabin.
Big engine refit
Big generator refit
Renewed 4 toilets x Tecma 24v.
Removed all old antifouling and replaced by new International Gelshield and new antifouling.
New carbon park avenue boom
New paint on mast
New standing rigging
New refrigeration compressor.
New Reckmann furler for stay.
New water maker 24v Schenker 100 L/h
Checked propeller shaft and changed bushing
Rudder bearing checked
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


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Work under this project includes a select number of existing lift stations to be serviced with an appropriately sized stand-by generator at each site. Each site does not currently have a backup power source to service the affected sanitary sewer pumping and control systems during power outages. Through this upgrade to backup generators, the selected lift stations will be able to maintain continuous sewage flows during a power outage.
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I've been doing legacies on my own time since the Sims 2 was in style, and have recently returned to the Sims 3 in hopes of joining the ranks of successful Legacy Writers! For this, I'm combining two of my favourite variations on the legacy: Matriarchy and Rainbowacy (which is why it's in the rainbow section here).
The first several chapters are on Livejournal, but then I discovered Livejournal's picture limit, so we're now on Wordpress as of 3.3. Thank you for your patience because I have none.
Follow the Matrons as we take on the world with what will become a blindingly multicoloured house stuffed with grandmothers, mothers, and a whole lot of little children!
Generation 1 (Founder): White
1.1: A Clean Slate
Generation 2: Red
2.1: Rosy Red Rompers
2.2: What Do You See?
2.3: Too Meta
2.4: Mating Dance
Generation 3: Orange
3.1: The Pitter-Patter of Orange Feet
3.2: Pretty in... Orange
3.3: Growing Up and Letting Go (now on Wordpress)
3.4: Loopholes (aka Wedding Special!)


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BRITISH women's wardrobes are overflowing with £5billion of clothes that are too small for them.
A new WeightWatchers survey reveals seven out of 10 obese women believe they are not overweight.
And a psychologist says most fat ladies only give themselves a month to try and drop a dress size, which can lead to feelings of failure and stress.
Instead, experts say slimmers simply need to take longer before giving up the fat fight.
The results, reported at the weekend, show one in five females refuse to go near half of their entire clothes rack because they've outgrown it.
The study found that on average £259.20 worth of clothes are stashed away in cupboards because their owners can't squeeze into them anymore.
Dress sizes in the past 10 years have risen on average from size 12 to between 14 and 16.
WeightWatchers' experts warn that having piles of clothes that don't fit can hamper a would-be slimmer's hopes.
Psychologist Linda Papadopoulos said: "It can end up having an adverse effect.
"Rather than encouraging us to lose weight, there is a danger that we feel a failure because so many clothes don't fit.
"This can result in comfort eating and becomes a vicious circle that is hard to break."
And dietician Zoe Hellman said women are being "unrealistic" when deliberately buying clothes too small with the aim to shed weight.
She said: "It is a great target but women are being unrealistic about the time it takes to lose weight, which inevitably leads to them losing motivation and giving up."
Instead of quitting a slimming plan after the average of a month, they should stick to their guns for longer before stepping back on the scales to see the results.
"They should be leaving around eight weeks."
The survey also discovered that Brits are bad at judging other people's weight.
Most people wrongly thought TV cooking Queen Nigella Lawson is a size 14 when she is really size 16.
And nearly a third judged This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby to be a size 10 or smaller when she is actually a 12.
Men are piling on the pounds too, with the average Brit bloke's waistline measuring 37 inches – an increase of three inches since 1998.
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