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Rolex Milgauss 116400GV with a 40mm stainless steel case, dark grey dial with the "lightning bolt" Orange seconds hand and the unique sapphire crystal green glass. Polished stainless steel smooth bezel, fitted to a solid stainless steel Oyster bracelet with double folding clasp. Powered by an automatic 3131 anti-magnetic automatic movement. This is the only Rolex model to ever feature a green sapphire crystal glass! Our unworn / new example comes complete with all case and bracelet stickers still attached, original boxes, stamped warranty card, booklet, serial swing tag. Supplied new February 2019.
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Ursula Schäfer Lamb (born, Essen  Germany 15  January 1914, died, Tucson, Arizona, 8 August 1996) was a distinguished American historian specializing in Latin American history, who published works on the age of exploration and  the history of science. She was a pioneering woman academic in Latin American history, whose interdisciplinary works on history of science and globalization antedate the boom in such studies.

Life and academic career
Lamb was born just before the outbreak of World War I in Germany and came of age in the interwar years.  She attended the University of Berlin (1933–35), during Hitler's early years in power, studying history of art. While a student there she aided Jewish families to escape from Nazi Germany.  She was openly anti-Nazi, and was arrested protesting a Nazi official's speech. In 1935 she was able to come to the U.S., with aid from Quakers, as an exchange student at Smith College. Lamb entered the graduate program at University of California, Berkeley, studying with Herbert E. Bolton. She earned her M.A. in 1937 and her Ph.D. in 1949. The topic of her master's thesis was "Americanization of the Forty-Eighters, 1848-1860," and her doctoral dissertation topic was "Nicolás de Ovando, comendador mayor of Alcántara and governor of the Indies."

Due to prejudices against women in the era, Lamb was "prevented from pursuing her first choices in an academic career." But her difficulties in the U.S. were compounded by her being designated an "enemy alien." Despite her 1939 marriage to a U.S. citizen, distinguished physicist Willis Lamb, who later won a Nobel prize, she could not live within 50 miles of the coast. She completed her dissertation on Nicolás de Ovando in 1949.

She taught at Barnard College (1943–51), Brasenose College, Oxford University (1959–60),  Yale University (1961–1974), and then University of Arizona (1974–84), where she retired in 1984. It was not until she was at University of Arizona that she held a tenured professorial position.

In 1990, she was recognized by the Conference on Latin American History Distinguished Service Award, its highest honor.  She was the first woman to receive it.  The Hispanic American Historical Review took the unusual action of publishing two obituaries of her in the year following her death, with the editor noting that the journal "is pleased to offer its readers another look into the life of a pioneer among women in the field of Latin American history."
She died of cancer in 1996, survived by her husband of 57 years. An obituary notes that she did not consider herself a feminist, but "she recognized the need for female scholars to be treated as equals." In her personal life she made a commitment "as a supportive wife to nurture another's genius."

Works
 Frey Nicolás de Ovando, Gobernador de las Indias 1501–1509 (1956)
 Science by Litigation: A Cosmographer's Feud (1969)
 The Quarti Partita en Cosmographia by Alonso de Cháves: An Interpretation (1969)
 Martín Fernández de Navarrete clears the deck: The Spanish Hydrographic Office 1802–24 (1980)
 Cosmographies and Pilots of the Spanish Maritime Empire (1995)
 The Globe Encircled and the World Revealed, editor (1995), which includes contributions by Charles R. Boxer, Charles Gibson, Samuel Eliot Morison, J.H. Parry, J.H. Elliott, Woodrow Borah, Murdo J. MacLeod, A.J.R. Russell-Wood, Wilcomb E. Washburn

Honors
Guggenheim Fellowship 1968–69
National Endowment for the Humanities, Senior Fellowship 1972–73
President, Society for the History of Discoveries 1975–77
Grant, National Science Foundation (1978–79)
Jeannette Black Fellow, John Carter Brown Library 1985
Distinguished Service Award, Conference on Latin American History 1990

Further reading
Andreas Daum, "Refugees from Nazi Germany as Historians: Origins and Migrations, Interests and Identities", in The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide'', ed. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan. Berghahn Books, New York,  , pp. 1‒52.

References

1914 births
1996 deaths
20th-century German historians
Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
Historians of Latin America
Latin Americanists
German women historians
University of Arizona faculty
20th-century German women

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When it comes to drama, mystery and romance, legendary daytime diva Linda Dano knows a thing or two. After many years appearing in primetime roles, Dano in 1978 joined the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as psychiatrist Gretel Rae Cummings. In 1982 she joined the cast of CBS' As the World Turns (a Procter and Gamble production). One year later she jumped to NBC's Another World (also a P&G series) where she played glamourous romance novelist Felicia Gallant -- a role that would bring her fame and a Daytime Emmy. She stayed with AW until 1999, when it was cancelled, and then moved back to ABC, where she returned to One Life to Live as Gretel Rae and brought the character to the three other soaps ABC telecast at the time: All My Children, General Hospital and Port Charles. In 2005 she appeared on CBS's Guiding Light (another P&G soap). Her career has also seen her host a daytime talk show on Lifetime titled Attitudesand launch successful fashion and home furnishings lines on QVC. This weekend she is making her Hallmark debut in Vines That Bind, the latest installment of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' new movie franchise Chronicle Mysteries, created by and starring another soap opera veteran, Alison Sweeney.
"This is my first thing for Hallmark and oh my God, I was a wreck!" Dano laughed during an exclusive interview with MediaVillage. "I know that seems strange after all the years working in daytime, but I hadn't acted in so long. What if I got there and it all slipped away? A couple of friends said, 'It's like riding a bike, don't be ridiculous, you will be fine.' But part of it being fine was the fact they are the nicest company to work with and get to know. Alison Sweeney was a big part of that, too. She creates that kind of atmosphere wherever she is. It was such a pleasure and I just had a great time."
Despite both being major soap opera stars Dano and Sweeney hadn't previously worked together, but they do have a history. "I knew Ali, all of us daytimers know one another from awards shows and things," Dano said. "When you have been in the business as long as Ali and I, you do cross paths and we have mutual friends. In fact, this all came about as I was on the phone with her at the beginning of last year and was telling her how much I loved her Hallmark movies and the network. She called in November last year and invited me to take part. It was an instant, 'Yes!' I just thought, 'How fun!'"
As it turns out, Dano's intuition was on point. "I know Ali is very proud of The Chronicle Mysteries, as she should be," she shared. "She's also a very nice producer. I do come with certain credentials, so I know when someone is good at something. It's something she was born to do and I am so happy for her as it couldn't have happened to a sweeter person. She just made our jobs so easy. (Co-star) Benjamin Ayres was also lovely. We bonded in the car on the way to the set. I had seen him in many Hallmark projects." (Sweeney, Ayres and Dano are pictured below, left to right.)
In the film Dano portrays Vivian Macklin, matriarch of a wealthy winery family who helped build the town of Macklin, which is under investigation by the Chronicle staff after reopening a long-closed case surrounding the death of local vintner Colton Saunier (James Grant). While his death was ruled an accident by local officials, Alex McPherson (Sweeney) believes there was foul play and vows to find the culprit.
For Dano, who left daytime TV in 2005 for rural life in Connecticut, the project has ignited her passion to work again. "I had a great ride on daytime and loved it all," she revealed. "After 18 years on Another World, I was invited back to ABC to revive my old character from the beginning of time, Rae Cummings who then moved around to all of their shows. It was unbelievable and had never been done before. It was so flattering and a lot of fun -- it was a wonderful experience.
"I did go back for my dear friend Ellen Wheeler who was producing Guiding Light," she added. "So, I did about 20 episodes of that show. However, I told her I'd do it on one condition, 'I want to be killed off and I want blood gushing out of my mouth.' She agreed to make me very bloody. I had never died on camera before. So, I do know a thing about murder."
Dano hopes there are more Hallmark projects on the horizon. "I'd love to do another Hallmark movie," she offered in closing. "It's a wonderful company. I'd love a juicy part in a Christmas movie as I am Santa Claus in my private life. I've never done one, so that would be incredible."
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines That Bindwill be telecast Sunday, March 3 at 9 p.m.on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
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In the style of Michaels last show "This Is It" visitors who attend the show from Off the Wall will be immersed in a spectacular pop – experience. A show in which everything revolves around the music of The King. In the midst of immense visuals and a flaming light show six virtuoso musicians and four professional dancers the characteristic Michael Jackson vibe to life.
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Improper Taxation of the Vowed Religious: How Glenshaw Glass Principles Can Reestablish Horizontal Equity
Samira Alić Omerović
The 1955 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. defined income as all "undeniable accessions to wealth, clearly realized, and over which the taxpayers have complete dominion." In cases where members of religious orders assign all earnings to their orders pursuant to the vow of poverty, this definition has not played a role in the courts' evaluation of proper tax treatment. Consequently, tax treatment of the members of these orders has violated the fundamental principle of horizontal equity, which states that similarly situated taxpayers should receive similar tax treatment. Instead, the Internal Revenue Service and three federal appellate courts have applied a formulistic agency theory that makes it virtually impossible for the vowed religious who work outside their orders to exclude the assigned earnings from income. In doing so, the IRS and the courts have misapplied the U.S. Supreme Court's assignment of income doctrine. Nonetheless, the agency theory has been applied in comparable non-religious contexts with favorable outcomes for the taxpayers. The inconsistent results demonstrate that the agency theory is flawed when it is applied to assignments made pursuant to the vow of poverty. This Note argues that courts should evaluate assignments of personal service income under the Glenshaw Glass "dominion and control" standard to reestablish horizontal equity and end the improper taxation of the vowed religious.
Samira A. Omerović, Improper Taxation of the Vowed Religious: How Glenshaw Glass Principles Can Reestablish Horizontal Equity, 51 B.C.L. Rev. 1247 (2010), https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/bclr/vol51/iss4/6
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The Women's National Basketball Association, created in 1996, is the first women's league to be fully endorsed by the NBA, their male counterpart. The first season began in June of 1997, following a much-celebrated gold medal win at the 1996 Summer Olympics for the USA Women's Basketball team. The league is divided into the Eastern and Western Conferences, much like the NBA, and the playoffs result in the Finals between the advancing team from each conference.The WNBA plays during the summer, between NBA seasons, using many of the same venues as their counterpart NBA teams. The regular season consists of 34 games, and during the middle of July, this play comes to a halt for the WNBA All-Star game, with the star players from the Eastern Conference facing off against the stars of the Western Conference.
The fans get to vote throughout the season as to who they wish to see in this game.The playoffs consist of series featuring the top four teams from each conference, with the first round between the first and second round being best of three series, and the finals being the best of five. Typically, the team with the best record will play the team with the fourth-best record, and the second and third best teams play each other in the first round. The winner of each series then play each other the second round (the conference finals), and the victor advances to the league championship finals.The WNBA started its first season with only eight teams (1997).
By the 2000 season, that number had doubled. Two teams were added in 1998, again in 1999, and four more joined the ranks in 2000. At the time, the league was collectively owned by the NBA. Upon finishing the 2002 season, the NBA sold the individual franchises of the WNBA to either their NBA counterparts hailing from the same city or to a third party owner. This caused two teams to relocated, and the Cleveland Rockers folded at the end of the 2003 season.
This was only the beginning of the troubles for the WNBA. The players threatened to go on strike in 2002 if they could not work out a new deal with the league, and this postponed the start of the 2003 season. Then, in October of 2004, Val Ackerman, the first president of the WNBA, announced her plan to resign.
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Swedish Universities received about 374000 applications for 30000 available seats in the previous years.
History of rich academic excellence with outstanding universities dating back to as early as 15th century.
Multi-cultural environments with about students of 160 nationalities.
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Sweden has introduced the system of tuition fee from the academic year 2011.
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Government is investing 110 Billion SEK for 2009 to 2012 in educational research.
Majority of Swedish Companies use English as official language.
Ranked 1st in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) rankings for third year in row.
Hosts two of the world's leading heavy truck and bus manufacturers.
Motor vehicle industry accounts for exports valued at 160 Billon SEK.
Long tradition of industrial and scientific excellence in life sciences with home to nearly 200 international companies.
Home to Medicon Valley with hundreds of Biotech, Pharma and Medtech companies.
Visa Process is hassle-free with affordable financial requirements.
Master programs offered by Swedish Universities are strongly connected to globally reputed research groups within the same domain.
Hundreds of companies advertise thesis projects, internships, jobs, doctoral positions through the student union of each Swedish University.
International Students are allowed to work part-time for up to 20 hours per week and full-time during holidays.
Swedes are known for their high academic standards and amazing education system. Not only do they foster most of the world leading companies and the Nobel Prize, but they also make sure that anyone who studies in Sweden gets equal opportunities. If you are wondering why Sweden, here are a number of reasons that will be able to persuade you that Sweden is the best choice for higher education.
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Canister X TV Review #7: Smallville, Season 7 (2007 – 2008)
Posted on October 24, 2015 7:25 pm by
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Smallville, Season 7 (2007 – 2008)
Kicking the season off, Clark fights a bizarro version of himself, picking up the cliffhanger from the previous season. Great start. Then things get even more cool with the emergence of a super . . . girl? Yup, you guessed it, Supergirl herself has arrived on Earth. Her name is Kara. She is Clark's cousin from Krypton and Laura Vandervoort does a fantastic job as the Girl of Steel, who not only proves that blood runs thicker than water, but also has no fear of heights like her farmboy cousin and does plenty of flying to prove it.
Not only is there one Supergirl in this season, but two. Kinda. Helen Slater, who played Supergirl in the 1984 movie of the same name, made an appearance as Clark's Kryptonian mother, Lara, in the episode that shared her namesake.
Season Seven was a load of fun and was one of the best ones of the series so far.
The only episode I didn't really like was "Wrath," where Lana gets Clark's powers and uses them to get her revenge on Lex. Again, this kind of thing was done before in Lois and Clark (the power transfer), and I was getting tired of seeing these repeat ideas as they had done Lois and Clark-type episodes in the past. Speaking of which, the Dean Cain episode, "Cure," made me feel like I was watching Lois and Clark all over again and though this episode was more filler than moved the Season Seven story arc along, it was cool to see Dean Cain back in the Superman universe. They even called his character Curtis Knox (see the initials?).
The last thing that bothered me about this season, more specifically the episode, "Quest," was the major playing up of Clark being some sort of messiah. I'm a Christian, so this probably bothered me more than most, but that aside, it still was overdone. Okay. We get it. Clark's going to save the world one day. Move on.
This season was a step up from Season Six, so 4.5 stars out of 5.
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Canister X Movie Review #75: Superman (1978)
Posted on March 25, 2015 2:53 pm by
Written by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton
Directed by Richard Donner
Runtime 143 min.
Before the doomed planet Krypton explodes, Jor-El and wife Lara send their infant son, Kal-El, to Earth to save his life. Discovered in a field and raised by Jonathan and Martha Kent, Kal-El—renamed Clark—grows up to discover he has powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. After leaving the farm after high school, Clark heads north and meets a holographic projection of Jor-El and learns who he really is and what he is meant to do. Twelve years later, Clark re-enters the world and becomes Superman, a symbol of hope in a world that desperately needs it.
Upon observing Superman's debut, the greatest criminal mind of our time, Lex Luthor, hatches a clever real estate scheme to destroy the Man of Steel while also making himself filthy rich.
With millions of lives in the balance as well as his own, can Superman stop Lex and put an end to the madman's plan?
Like most kids, I watched this flick a thousand times. Okay, maybe not a thousand, but as often as I could considering my parents taped it for me and I knew how to work the VCR. At one point, I think we even had a VHS tape that had all four Superman movies on it from when they aired on TV. Anyway, I'll freely admit this review is totally biased as we're talking about a movie—especially a Superman movie—from my childhood, and it's impossible for me to watch the movie now without memories of being a kid, holding my Superman action figure and watching Superman catch Lois Lane falling from a helicopter that's stuck on the side of a building.
That said, this movie is still aces for loads of reasons. One, it was taken seriously. I read somewhere that Christopher Reeve—who plays Superman/Clark Kent—put forth that he wanted to do it straight-laced. Up until then, you had the Batman TV series for men in tights (unless you counted the Green Hornet TV series, which was semi-serious), and then the cartoons. There was the George Reeves Adventures of Superman series in the '50s and the Kirk Allen series before that, but in terms of immediate "superheroes in people" memory, you had '60s Batman and that was it.
By taking the source material seriously, by playing Superman as if it's really happening, this was the first time audiences were treated to superheroes in real life and the filmmakers weren't kidding when they said, "You'll believe a man can fly." I know I did, both now and when I was a kid. Superman was larger than life on the screen, whether he was using his powers or not. He inspired hope, and the film didn't shy away from showcasing a Superman that fought for "Truth, Justice and the American Way."
We got to see Superman enjoy being Superman, especially during his first night out saving a cat stuck in a tree, stopping Air Force One from falling to the ground, apprehending a jewel thief and putting an end to a criminal/police car chase.
Christopher Reeve as Superman has been the benchmark every other Superman actor has tried to reach. His Superman is bold, idealistic, hopeful and kind. As Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, he did a fine job of really making you believe he was two different people when all he really had to use was a change of clothes, a new hairstyle and a pair of glasses. The guy changed his voice, his mannerisms, his speech—everything. I bought it. Go ahead. Put a picture of the two side-by-side and it's like two different guys, so I don't believe it when people nowadays say a pair of glasses is a stupid idea to conceal your identity. Ever have someone you know really well not recognize you after a haircut? It's happened to me and that's just a haircut not something covering part of my face like glasses. Anyway . . .
Margot Kidder was a solid Lois Lane: brash, driven and totally obsessed with Superman while being dismissive of Clark Kent. Her way of treating the two totally made the bizarre love triangle that is Superman/Lois/Clark work. Aside from some bad decisions that maybe we wouldn't expect a smart-as-a-whip reporter to make, she still sold it.
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. His version was good. I don't know much about the comics of the time, so I can't say how faithful he was. But in terms of being a good villain, for sure. And he was a bad guy here, an actual criminal and not the revered-but-shady businessman he would later become in the comics world.
The overall story: hey, it's simple, but so were most movies back then. At the same time, the superhero movies of today—as good as they are—could learn a lot from Superman and sometimes keeping things simple instead of just non-stop explosions and action is the better way to go. So much more room for character development and interaction.
This review wouldn't be complete without mentioning John Williams's iconic score. The "Theme from Superman" is right up there with Beethoven's Sixth. You play the tune anywhere and people recognize it. It's iconic, inspiring, heroic and like one of the folks who worked on the movie said—I think it was Richard Donner himself—you can actually hear the song say the word, "Superman."
Watch this movie. Just watch it.
You'll believe a man can fly.
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Do you find yourself spending more time on your smartphone than you used to? Do you find yourself mindlessly passing time by staring at a screen even though there might be more productive things to do? Do you find yourself spending more time texting, tweeting, or emailing as opposed to talking to people in real life?
If you answered yes to all the questions above then you certainly aren't alone. According to research from mobile phone price comparison site, bankmycell, the average smartphone user checks their device 47 times a day and 85% of smartphone users will check their device while speaking with friends and family.
The official name for smartphone addiction is nomophobia which is defined as the irrational fear of being without or unable to use your smartphone. But smartphones as we know them have been around since the iPhone was produced by Apple in 2007, D so why the sudden increase in smartphone addiction? With each new smartphone release comes a range of new features including easier access to the internet, social networking sites, apps, video and music. The nature of the content has evolved over the years and manufacturers have learnt how to create and feed our need for interaction.
However, Georgie Powell, Co-Founder and CEO of SPACE has created a solution to help you find your healthy phone/life balance. When Powell became a new mum in 2016 she experienced a wakeup call and began to reflect on her own phone habits. She explained: "I started to notice the emotional triggers that were driving me to my phone, and I knew once I understood these then my habits would be easier to change."
It was then that Powell found Breakfree, one of the original and leading phone addiction apps run by Nupur and Mrigaen Kapadia based in India. The team worked together to overhaul Breakfree – and so SPACE was born.
The idea of the SPACE app isn't to avoid using technology altogether because Powell realised this isn't realistic. However, it's about gaining control of how and when we use our devices. As Powell discovered first hand, it isn't an easy task to break bad habits and it takes more time than people realise. That's where the SPACE app comes in, to help its users think about how they use their GEORGIE POWELL , CO- FOUNDER & CEO phone and how it affects their life.
Users are urged to participate in a personality test when they download the app. Powell explained how she believes: "Habits form partly as a response to an emotional need. Our phone habits are no different. You might reach for your phone to feel excited, loved, needed, supported or even included. Once we identify what emotions are driving us to pick up our phone it becomes easier to be aware of those feelings, to stay in check with our behaviour and to shift our habits." That's why SPACE has created four categories of a phone user. As people use their phone for many different things, the app is urging people to recognise what their digital downfall is.
In the latest version of the app, SPACE launched an eight day course designed to give the users more information about why we as a society have this addictive relationship with our devices, and why they are designed to keep us hooked.
The app, which is available on IOS, Android and Chrome, allows users to set goals and track daily progress to manage their habits, compare digital behaviour with friends and family or even different groups across the world. Users can also use the toolkit to keep on track of achievements and break free from their devices. SPACE keeps users informed and inspired by its research, tips and motivational quotes.
Powell told me how SPACE decided to create SPACE@ because she saw that all of the problems associated with technology can't just be solved through technology. However, they can be helped through a series of real world experiences. In January, SPACE will be launching its first web group session with no more than ten people, to learn more about the science behind relationships with our phones, why our habits are so hard to break, and what you can do about it.
SPACE has recently connected with a retreat destination in France called La Jugie which is where SPACE will hold week-long retreats to help users live in the present again. Powell explained: "The retreats aren't meant to act as a digital detox because we don't think this actually leads to any behavioural change. But more of a digital wellness retreat where people get to think more critically about how they have become dependent on their devices and how that might be negatively impacting their lives."
So far, SPACE has been completely bootstrap funded with the exception of a small pre-seed round from family and friends at the beginning. The app is free to download but as the company decided it wouldn't allow advertising (as it believes it contributes to the attention drain of users and digital clutter,) they have to make money somehow. That's why SPACE Pro has been created. It is a bundle of tools and features which go one step further to help you find your phone/life balance.
"With hindsight I wish we had started raising funding earlier as this would have really helped us. However, the decisions you make at the time are normally dependant on what's currently going on in your life," Powell told me.
"Last year was the year that digital wellbeing really hit like a tidal wave. SPACE very quickly moved into a competitive market with Apple and Google both releasing new screen time tools. This made SPACE realise that it needed to move away from the core measurement aspects as that was what our competitors were focussing on. SPACE is focussed on personalised behaviour change," Powell continued.
A few of the different ways that the SPACE app differs from other screen time tools is that is has to be installed intentionally by users, it offers content to help educate about digital habits, it shares anonymised data back and users can compare usage across different platforms.
So as somebody who unlocks their phone 50 times a day, even if I don't have any notifications, I'm going to be making a conscious effort to find my phone/ life balance and live in the real world by downloading SPACE and maybe even get it down to 49 unlocks a day!


Posted by Eddie & filed under Mountains & hills, Travel, March 23 2007.
Yesterday I walked to the 1008m summit of Beinn Dearg, near Blair Atholl (photographs here). It was a very long walk, just over 30km and took me about 9 hours. A long walk like this, to reach a remote Munro summit, would normally be quite difficult this early in the year, but the weather was so settled, the snow cover so patchy, and the paths so good, that it was a fairly straightforward if tiring walk. I managed to get back to my car just before sunset too.
Views fom the summit of Beinn Dearg were impressive under blue skies and in great visibility, particularly of the high Gaick plateau to the north-west over which runs the 48km Minigaig route, which I walked the length of in late March 1999. When I did that walk, the snow cover in the area was even less than it was yesterday, allowing me to camp quite high up on the route, so this flies in the face somewhat of what I was saying in my previous posting 'Has climate change already affected hillwalking in Scotland and further afield?'. Perhaps my own personal experience of this is too subjective – maybe climate change is just not happening after all!
thinking of doing the minigaig at the end of this month .could you tell me which is the best way to walk this route.i.e. north to south or south to north.many thanks.
The Minigaig route is an excellent walk and spring is definitely the best time to do it. I did it south to north, and I think this is the best way to do it – sun is not in your face (if you're lucky enough to get sunshine) and you can do the high pass in the first day to leave a gradual descent for the second day.
thanks for the reply eddie.have changed plans and we are thinking of connecting the gaick pass with the minigaig in a circular route from dalnacardoch lodge and finishing in atholl.


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Altarnun is een civil parish in het Engelse graafschap Cornwall. In 2001 telde het dorp 976 inwoners.

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Civil parish in Cornwall