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11 unique experiences that only exist in Japan
Japan is a compact and spiritual country that is brimming with unique experiences you won't see anywhere else. Classic samurai and elegant geishas, Onsen baths and the celestial Mount Fuji, temples, shrines and tea ceremonies are just the tip of the iceberg. Here we dig even deeper; how about roaming the Japanese Alps or enjoying a traditional Kaiseki meal? These 11 highlights bring you closer to the real Japan.
Mount Fuji. Image: Gettyimages
The highest mountain in Japan is sacred and an integral part of the visual arts and Japanese literature. The volcano, with its snow-capped summit towers at over 3,776m above sea level. Thanks to its almost perfect, conical shape, Fuji looks as if it has been painted. The hot springs and five lakes in the Hakone region offer dreamy conditions for an escape from the city. Those who love camping will find some of the best campsites in Hakone, complete with a clear starry sky at night. From July to August, the hiking trails are open to different levels of difficulty. If you want to dare to climb the summit, you can take a 2-day tour. After a break halfway you reach the top in time for sunrise – incomparable!
Torii in front of Lake Ashi. Image: Gettyimages
Torii are part of Japanese architecture and are used as real or symbolic entrance gates to Shinto shrines. They each consist of two pillars with two horizontal bars and mark the boundary between the profane world and the sanctuary. Naturally, the transition to Mount Fuji also takes place in the watchful and consecrating presence of a Torii. So stop for a moment in front of the Kanadorii gate, go inside and then proceed onwards in high spirits.
Prayer plaques at the Meiji Shrine. Image: Gettyimages
Tofuku-ji temple in Kyoto. Image: Gettyimages
The majority of Japanese people associate with either Shinto or Buddhism and regularly bring their gods small and large offerings in the temples. Almost 2,000 temples fill Kyoto alone. Japan's landmark Kinkakuji Temple is located in Kyoto. Its upper floors are covered with gold leaf, and if it is reflected in the surrounding lake, the resulting impression leaves you speechless. Of the shrines, the Fushimi Inari shrine is the most famous, a seemingly endless path through hundreds of orange torii. The Meiji Shrine is also just as impressive. Dedicated to Emperor Meiji, who is celebrating his 100th anniversary this year, and his wife Shoken. The area includes an evergreen forest of more than 100,000 trees donated by people from all over Japan. Perfect as an oasis of calm in insatiable Tokyo.
Lake Ontake in the Kiso Valley. Image: Gettyimages
Autumn scenes over Lake Ontake. Image: Gettyimages
Kiso Valley
The Kiso Valley, located in the centre of Japan in Nagano, got stuck in another time. Bordering the east with the Central Alps and the west by Mount Ontake, it is here where you can experience true rural Japan. Mount Ontake is almost as high as Mount Fuji in size (3,067m) and has been a pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. Do the as the pilgrims did, and cleanse yourself in the Kiyotaki and Shintaki waterfalls before hiking the mountain. Or make it easy for yourself and take the cable car up to the 2,150m point and explore the shrines and lakes of the Ontake.
Tsumago. Image: Gettyimages
In the middle of the Kiso Valley, between Kyoto and Tokyo, an old trade route leads into the days of the Shogunate, when the road was an important artery from the 17th to the 20th century. A total of 11 post towns line the path, including Magome and Tsumago. The well-to-do villages and the route that connects them are well preserved. A rather steep road leads through the picturesque Magome, which with its mill and the Japanese half-timbered houses is an image of an ideal world. Just 8 kilometres further awaits Tsumago. Cars are off-limits on the main street of Tsumago; traditional minshuku and ryokan (inns) make the journey through time even more impressive.
Japanese Alps in autumn. Image: Gettyimages
Japan's mountains
Hikers know Japan is an enchanting mountainous terrain. The Japanese Alps are formed by three mountain ranges: Hida in the north, Kiso in the centre and Akaishi in the south. The most outstanding attractions include the majestic Kamikochi mountain ranges and Matsumoto Castle. Hike through deep gorges, past turquoise lakes in the Hakuba valley to the Chubu Sangaku National Park or let the sublime Senjojiki valley work its magic on you. The sensational views in Senjojiki are very effectively lined by the colours of the trees and plants that change with the seasons.
Tea ceremony. Image: Gettyimages
Kaiseki menu. Image: Gettyimages
Tea culture and Kaiseki
The meticulous procedures of a traditional tea ceremony have been determined by strict rules for over 1,000 years. This includes the seating arrangements and the use of certain utensils. A small meal creates the basis for the tea, Kaiseki. A successful Kaiseki menu is like a symphony of tastes and sensory impressions. Light broths, rice, pickled or cooked vegetables and fish relieve the stomach and are based, among other things, on the seasons. Such a ceremony should lead to serenity and contemplation and is described by the four terms Wa (harmony), Kei (respect), Sei (purity) and Jaku (silence).
Man in samurai dress in Kyoto. Image: Gettyimages
Samurai district
In premodern Japan, the samurai were the elite warriors who lived by Bushido rules and were characterized by their loyalty and self-discipline. Since they were at the head of the social structure at that time, they had the privilege of living in their own quarters. In the small town of Chiran on the Satsuma peninsula, you can visit houses and gardens in the samurai district that are over 250 years old. Unfortunately, visitors are not allowed to enter the samurai building, but seven of the gardens are freely accessible. All are kept relatively small, and five of them are dry Kareansui gardens (like the famous Ryoan-ji), symbols of minimalism that are supposed to encourage meditation.
Rock garden of Ryoan-ji. Bilg: Gettyimages
In general, landscape architecture in Japan is taken very seriously. Plants, moss surfaces and stones blend into well-thought-out compositions. A prime example of these melancholy scenic tableaus is the miniature rock garden by Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, which is reminiscent of an abstract work of art made of pebbles. Many of these gardens are designed as Kansho Shiki, that is meant for pure contemplation and not to be entered, giving the architects more freedom to impact the garden's admirers.
Onsen in Hakone. Images: Gettyimages
Onsen bath culture
Japanese bathing culture also follows stringent rules. People bathe clothe-free and separated according to gender, and in many bathhouses, tattoos and piercings are prohibited. The average temperature of a Japanese Onsen is a sweaty 41-42 °.
Valley of hell. Image: Gettyimages
In Hakone, at the foot of Mount Fuji, seven Onsen invite you to either wine or coffee baths. If that sounds too adventurous, then the open-air baths with a mountain panorama are just what you need. Elsewhere, the famous Dogo Onsen, according to legend, healed a wounded heron (and today you). The slightly alkaline pure water flows directly from the hot spring. In Hokkaido, Noboribetsu has some of the best Onsen in the country. The milk-white, mineral-containing spring water is known for its health benefits and flows from the 'Valley of Hell', a geothermally active zone. A hike in the area is very impressive, where the earth is steaming, and the rivers are foaming.
A geisha in Kyoto. Image: Gettyimages
Geishas of Kyoto
The epitome of Japanese femininity and sophistication are the geishas, and Kyoto is the heart of Japanese geisha culture. During their apprenticeship, which lasts an average of five years, a so-called Kami-san accompanies the young girls. In small houses – called Okiya – these ladies of high culture entertain their guests in a private setting with singing, dancing, and poetry. If you want to experience the art of the geishas live in action, you should catch one of the public appearances. Every day in April, the geishas perform in the traditional Gionja district of Gion Kobu.
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Astrology, the Kepler telescope, and extrasolar planets
T he orbiting Kepler telescope has spotted a Jupiter-sized planet around another star — a sighting that demonstrates it can see Earth-like planets if they are out there, scientists reported on Thursday.
The planet, called HAT-P-7b, was already among the 300 or so known so-called extrasolar planets, the team led by the U.S. space agency NASA reported. But measurements of its orbit by Kepler show the telescope will be able to see smaller planets, they reported in the journal Science.
"Kepler is operating at the level required to detect Earth-size planets," the team, led by William Borucki of the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, reported.
In the that I taped for last week's radio show I asked him his thoughts on adding new planets to the astrological repertoire. Steven's philosophy is "as above, so below," the principle on which astrologers usually rely in explaining how astrology works, applies to most things in the sky. Asteroids, Chiron (a sort of permanent comet), other bodies in the Kuiper Belt, all of these planetary bodies belong to our solar system and have some astrological effect for humans on planet Earth.
It seems to me, though, that astrology was given to us as a tool to observe planets in OUR solar system. Once we begin talking about planets outside of our solar system I would make the assumption that there would be no astrological effect on Earth.
Eris, Sedna, and Quaoar are all "trans-Neptunians," meaning they are located past Neptune but still within our solar system. I have just started incorporating Eris into client charts, and some astrologers are looking at Sedna and Quaoar. There are quite a few other trans-Neptunian bodies that are used by some astrologers, particularly those that call themselves "Uranian" astrologers.
Still – all of these are bodies within our solar system that are subject to the gravitational pull of our Sun. With the rapidly accelerating progress of space exploration there are hundreds or maybe thousands of new planets ready to be discovered. But does that mean they should all be incorporated into the birthchart? In my view, it's that gravitational pull to the Sun that defines whether or not a body in space has an astrological effect. The Sun is to the Solar System as the heart is to the human being, and it's that parallel that for me excludes any new exo-planet currently discovered.
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Weak sunlight filtered through the trees, shining on the two grubby men by the fire. Neither appeared rested – both had bloodshot eyes underlined by dark shadows and stubble on their chins. Heyes stirred the coals and looked sideways at his partner, who looked sourly back at him.
"That's what, Heyes, crazy?" the Kid asked, glaring dangerously at his partner.
"The way she looked at us! That's it?! That's why I got dragged out the back door of the saloon before I could even get a drink; that's why we rode half the night?! Because you didn't like the way she looked at us?!" Heyes threw up his hands and looked to the heavens as his voice rose.
"Yeah, Heyes, it was the way she looked at us. I've seen enough bounty hunters lookin' at us to know what that look means," the Kid shot back, his voice also rising.
"You're getting too jumpy, Kid. She was a nice lady – well dressed and staying at a good hotel. So we're on the trail again, all because you're leaping to conclusions about the way a nice lady looked at us," Heyes growled.
The two sat in silence, glaring at each other and finishing their coffee.
"Now who's leapin' to conclusions?" the Kid asked, smiling slightly, as he set about packing up his gear.
As soon as they had gone, a woman stepped from behind the bushes that had been concealing her. She put her gun back in its holster. "Toadsuck, hmm." She smiled and left.
As they rode into Toadsuck, Heyes and the Kid looked carefully around at the dusty street.
Their shoulders relaxed slightly as they ambled along the main, and only, street in the town.
"You keep tellin' me and I keep not believin' you," the Kid muttered.
"Sounds good, but maybe I should wire Mac before the four or five drinks – hate to think what I'd say afterwards," Heyes chuckled in response.
They pulled up to the hotel, dismounted, and entered.
A considerably cleaned-up Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry walked down the hall towards their room. As they walked, they were laughing and counting money.
"I'll wait to wire Mac, maybe we can win enough we won't need to bother him," Heyes agreed.
They laughed as they entered the dark room. Heyes shut the door and began to remove his gun belt as the Kid lit the lamp. A dark figure rose from the chair behind them, her silhouette indicating that she was armed.
Heyes and the Kid glanced at each other, grimaced, and did as instructed.
The woman speaking was pretty and holding a very business-like Derringer. As they got a good look at her, their eyes widened.
Heyes briefly closed his eyes before returning his attention to the gun pointed at him.
They sat on the edge of the bed.
It was Heyes' turn to glare at the Kid.
The two stood up simultaneously and started edging to different sides of the room.
"Back together, please, and SIT DOWN!" She emphasized her order with her gun.
The two sat side by side.
"Of course, it's Mel, Melanie Duster." While she spoke, she reached up and casually tore the shoulder of her blouse and pulled several strands of hair loose from her braid.
"What you do that for?" the Kid asked.
"Alright, Mr. Heyes, please tie Mr. Curry's hands to that bed post over there. I'll be checking them so make sure they're good and secure." Heyes gave her a look; she cocked her pistol; Heyes took the thongs she threw to him and tied the Kid to the bedpost.
"It's just Heyes," he muttered as he did as she instructed.
"So, darlin'…" began the Kid.
"Well, won't that be cozy," Heyes grumbled.
"So, Miss Duster, how did you decide to become a bounty hunter? You have to admit it's a pretty unusual occupation for a lady such as yourself." Heyes looked up at the woman sitting beyond reach of their feet in a chair placed between the two beds.
"Why did you become an outlaw, Mr. Heyes?" Mel countered, with a slight smile.
The Kid appeared to be slumped against his bound hands, dozing, his head moving as he breathed.
Mel looked at them somberly and nodded.
Heyes and the Kid, heads down and with grim expressions, walked slowly across the street towards the sheriff's office. Mel followed closely behind them.
The two looked at each other and kept walking slowly.
Suddenly, the sheriff appeared up the street running towards them.
"No time!" he interrupted again, tugging on her arm.
Heyes and the Kid stopped and looked on.
Mel planted her feet firmly and shook off the sheriff.
"Go ahead, Miss Duster, no need to hurry on our account." Heyes smiled at her.
They both grinned slightly and went in front of her, following the sheriff.
The sheriff, Heyes, the Kid, and Mel entered the office. The mayor was standing holding his wife, who was weeping and being comforted by her husband.
"Mel! It's about time you got here," the mayor exclaimed as they all came in. He ignored the others, focusing solely on his sister.
Hester turned from her husband and fell on her sister-in-law, crying hysterically. Mel stepped back under the impact and sighed impatiently, then patted Hester on the back while looking at her brother.
"Oh, Mel," Hester cried. "It's Jamie…" She broke down again, weeping.
Throughout this exchange, Heyes and the Kid had been standing in the corner ignored. They looked at each other and began to sidle to the door.
"Don't go anywhere," Mel exclaimed as she saw them approach the door.
Suddenly, everyone was looking at them.
"Who are you?" Robert asked.
"I'm Joshua Smith and this is my partner, Thaddeus Jones. We had some business with Miss Duster, but we can see you're all busy. We won't take up your time at this sad occasion, so we'll just be moving on," Heyes responded.
They looked at her, eyebrows raised and brows furrowed.
"Really, this is family business. We'd just be intruding," Heyes continued, and the two sidled closer to the door.
"Let me talk to them in private for a moment," Mel replied.
"How do we know you'd keep your word?" Heyes asked. The Kid looked skeptical.
"Do you have a choice? The sheriff's right there," Mel countered.
"Can't let the boy come to harm." Heyes shrugged.
"No, no, that would be terrible," the Kid agreed. "You have our word." They both held out their hands and shook Mel's.
"They took him from his room!" exclaimed Hester, before she broke down in tears again.
Heyes sighed contentedly and pushed back from the table while holding his coffee cup out for a refill from the obliging waitress. Once she had left, he looked at his companion who was still steadily eating.
"It's good, and I never know when I'm goin' to get a good meal, do I?" The Kid mumbled around a mouthful of biscuit and bacon.
Mel entered the café, looked around, stalked up to their table, pulled out a chair, sat down, and exhaled loudly.
"We gave you our word, ma'am," the Kid said, glowering at her then turning back to his meal.
"Thaddeus here is real particular about starting the day with a good breakfast," Heyes explained.
Heyes rolled his eyes but said nothing, nodding at Mel to continue.
"So maybe these kidnappers convinced him he wanted to go with them," Heyes speculated.
"I suppose," Mel murmured, eyebrows raised.
Before she could say anything else, the sheriff burst into the mostly empty café and hustled over to their table.
"Miss Mel, Mr. Jones, Mr. Smith," he started. "Miss Callie over to the dry goods said that Miss Novak the school marm said Mr. Humphrey the dentist – though I wouldn't go to him less'n I was desperate if I was you, he's also the undertaker – anyways, Mr. Humphrey told her that Henry the blacksmith spoke with Doc Johnson who said that there were two men he played poker with a few nights ago that he saw talking to Jamie back of the livery stable yesterday." He paused to draw breath. "Anyway, Rev. Carson said that he saw these two down to the creek camping. But no one has seen them today and I went down there and there's no one camped there, at least not now. So I was thinking you might want to look at their old campsite by the creek," he ended triumphantly.
Two cowboys sat by a campfire in a hollow among some large boulders. There were numerous bushes and a few trees in the area and the sound of rushing water in the background. It was an isolated spot.
"Hands up, ya low-down thievin' varmints!" a voice suddenly rang out.
Bill and Sam instinctively put their hands up while they looked around for the source of the orders.
"Hah, I got you good that time," a dusty ten-year-old chortled as he leapt from behind some boulders.
Bill and Sam lowered their hands, looking sheepish.
Sam interrupted, "It's just that it takes some time to get word to them, but don't worry, they'll be here in a few days; you can count on that." He reassured the boy while glaring at Bill.
"Well, if I find out you've lied to me, you'll be sorry," Jamie pouted. "My aunt's a bounty hunter, you know," he added conversationally.
"Let's play hide-n-seek," Jamie demanded, distracted. "I'll hide and you two count to one hundred, then try and find me," he instructed, running off.
Bill and Sam rolled their eyes but began to count loudly.
Heyes knelt down while the Kid looked over his shoulder. After a moment, he looked up at the Kid and stood, turning to the sheriff.
"What do you mean?" the sheriff asked.
"Hey, I was the champeen tracker of all southern Utah, you know," Heyes protested.
"Fresh two-week old tracks?" the sheriff repeated, scratching his head.
Heyes, the Kid, and Mel examined the ground under Jamie's window.
"Well, that could be Jamie's footprint there, so they didn't carry him. But can either of you find any other tracks?" Mel asked.
Hester rushed out of a room and again threw herself into Mel's unwilling arms.
"Ma'am, if we could just take a brief look, we might find something useful to help us track these men." Heyes took off his hat and nudged the Kid, who did the same.
Heyes and the Kid's lips twitched briefly as they glanced surreptitiously at Mel, who was glaring at her sister-in-law during this speech.
"Ma'am, your son's room," the Kid prodded.
She led them into the small bedroom, which was messy and cluttered with string, nails, seed pods, a small animal skeleton, snake skins, a bird's nest, marbles, a sling shot, and various books and dime novels – all the detritus left behind by a bright, young boy.
The boys smirked slightly. Mel rolled her eyes.
The smirks quickly vanished and slight frowns appeared.
"Hester, you're sure he was kidnapped, that he didn't just run off or this isn't some game Jamie is playing?" Mel asked.
"Oh, do you think it could be?" Hester's face lit up, then crumpled again and tears began to form. "No, I don't see how it could be; the note isn't in his handwriting, and he'd be back by now if he ran off, I just know he would. Something terrible's happened to my Jamie!" She began crying again. The three looked on helplessly, until Mel gently patted her back and led her out of the room.
"Doc, we have some questions for you," Mel announced as she strode briskly into the doctor's office, Heyes and the Kid on her heels.
"You think they had something to do with this? Terrible." He shook his head and dropped into a reverie.
"Doc, can you describe the men to us? Did they give names or anything?" Heyes prodded.
Mel, Heyes, and the Kid looked at each other.
"But did they say anything that might be helpful?" Mel asked.
The Kid grunted and glowered at the description of a gunslinger, but said nothing. Heyes looked at him, eyebrow raised, and mostly suppressed a smile; even Mel's lips twitched at his reaction.
The three took their leave.
Bill and Sam, now mud-spattered and disheveled, sat wearily by the campfire looking at the sleeping Jamie. Sam's right eye was rapidly blackening and both bore numerous scratches. Although covered in a layer of dirt, Jamie asleep looked young, innocent, and vulnerable.
"Sam, don't leave me alone with him, please," Bill begged.
Both looked at the sleeping boy and sighed.
Mel caught up to Heyes and the Kid just as they were about to enter the saloon. "Where do you two think you're going?" she stormed.
"You're just trying to slip out of town. I knew I shouldn't have trusted you," she fumed.
The Kid glared at her. "He told you; we keep our word. Now, I am goin' into that saloon and gettin' some drinks. If you don't like it you can come too, but don't blame us if the other men in there misunderstand your intentions. We ain't rescuin' you." He turned and walked away.
Heyes strode into the saloon after the Kid. "Suit yourself, Sweetheart; we'll know where to find you in the morning," he shot over his shoulder.
In the slender light of dawn, Heyes and the Kid spoke quietly as they tacked up their horses. They mounted and prepared to head out.
The two stopped and looked at each other.
The three rode along – Heyes and Mel in the lead, the Kid behind keeping a watchful eye on the countryside.
"We're not all alike, you know," the Kid said gently.
They looked where she pointed, then grimaced to each other as they reached the well and looked around.
"No cover," the Kid said.
"Let me think a minute, Kid." Heyes dismounted and thrust his reins into the Kid's hands while he walked away, pushing his hat back as he walked.
Mel and the Kid watched while Heyes paced and paced. He stopped, looked at the well then back towards town, shook his head, and resumed pacing.
"It's too bad your fiancé left, but you're better off without someone who won't stick around when times are hard," the Kid commented to Mel as they watched Heyes pace.
"I don't want your pity," she snapped.
Heyes ignored her and hauled a bucket of water up, which he then poured on the ground around the well. The Kid watched for a minute; then he hauled up the next bucket and poured that out as well. The Kid continued to haul buckets and splash them on the ground where Heyes indicated, while Mel watched, her eyes narrowed, and an exasperated expression on her face.
"What are you two doing?" she finally asked.
Mel glared at them then held out her hand for the bucket, filled it, and poured it on the ground.
The three rode up to the church and halted.
Mel was rubbing her hands.
The Kid watched her. "Bring gloves when we go back this afternoon," he suggested.
"We're gonna have to pour more water out again, you know," he smirked at her.
She rolled her eyes, dismounted, and went to knock on the door of the parsonage, next to the church.
Bill's eyes opened wide and his lips pursed; he glanced back at the path towards Toadsuck. "Only if you promise no scalping," he replied.
"I promise," said Jamie, crossing his fingers behind his back and smiling.
"…ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred." Bill looked up from the tree where he was hiding his eyes while counting. He now sported a bandage wrapped around his head. "Okay, kid, I'm gonna find you, then I think we'll try some roping, with you as the dang calf to be hog-tied," he muttered to himself.
Bill looked around, his attention caught by a clump of bushes that was gently swaying. "Got ya," he whispered and crawled into the bush.
Almost immediately he backed out rapidly, coughing and sputtering.
"Watcha doin', Bill?" Jamie asked, walking up behind him. Bill spun wildly, his eyes and nose streaming, muttered incoherently, ran to the stream, and began splashing water on his face. Then he shoved his whole head into the stream, holding it there as long as he could.
"Oh, yeah, guess I won again," Jamie replied. He wandered over to look at the bushes Bill had exited so rapidly. "Uh, oh," he said.
"Nothing, it's just… You didn't crawl that way, did you?" he asked, pointing through the bushes at an angle.
"Come on, we gotta move on to where we're gonna meet Heyes and the Kid. Sam's gone to fetch them, remember?" Bill growled, as his hands clenched and unclenched.
Heyes and the Kid were sitting on the hotel porch, their feet on the railing watching the street. Mel and her brother came striding up the street, climbed the steps, and walked over to the two men.
The Kid pushed his hat up and looked at them. "Mornin'," he greeted them.
"I left a note like he said. Didn't see anyone, though," Robert said.
"What did your note say?" Mel asked curiously.
"It better work!" Robert fumed at her then stomped off.
"Not until then?" Mel began to fume again.
The two stood up and walked towards the café.
Mel stared after them, then sighed and walked the other way.
"That girl sure is excitable," the Kid remarked to Heyes as they walked away.
"Sure is." Heyes grinned at him.
Once again, Heyes and Mel rode in front and the Kid followed, keeping a steady watch on the countryside around them.
When they reached the well, Mel dismounted and ran towards it. Heyes and the Kid followed more slowly.
"Where did your brother say he put the note?" Heyes asked.
They mounted up and headed out, this time the Kid in the lead as they followed the tracks.
The Kid rolled his eyes and finished pulling the saddle off his horse. He looked around, put down the saddle, and began to lay out his bedroll.
"Stop that! We have to keep going!" Mel exclaimed.
Heyes stalked over to the Kid. "Women! Bounty hunters at that!" he expostulated quietly.
Mel stared hard at him, turned, and began untacking her horse.
Heyes watched the Kid and Mel stare at the ground as they held their horses with one hand and gesticulated with the other. The two were arguing.
The two turned to him.
"Look, these are the only tracks we see, so I suggest we follow them. They take the right fork. We'll follow that for one hour and, if we don't see anything then, we'll turn back and try the left fork. Either way, we have a better chance of finding Jamie if we GET MOVING!" He finished loudly, then stopped and smiled sweetly at them.
Mel opened her mouth, caught his glare, and closed it again. She mounted her horse.
Heyes and the Kid did the same, and all three moved off down the right fork of the trail silently.
"Kid, can you see anything?" Heyes called to the Kid who was in the lead and looking intently at the ground before him.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're gettin' closer, so we might want to slow down some. Don't want to catch him before he gets back to their camp, Heyes," the Kid called back.
They slowed their horses from the quick walk they were using to a slow walk.
Mel dropped back so she was riding next to Heyes. "If you don't want folks to recognize you, why do you use your names so much?" she asked.
Heyes looked at her for a moment. "You're right; we probably use them too often. Maybe it's habit." He paused before resuming thoughtfully, "I don't know, maybe it's something else. Having lost our families young and now having retired and started out new; maybe using our names is how we hold on to ourselves." He stopped talking and rode forward to catch up with the Kid.
Mel looked after them then shook her head and followed.
Bill looked up from the burnt remains smoldering in the fire.
"Don't tempt me, kid, don't tempt me," Bill muttered then looked up at the sound of an approaching horse, pulling his gun out.
Sam rode up and dismounted before answering Jamie.
"Sure, Sam," said Jamie, running off excitedly.
Sam and Bill watched him run off.
Heyes, the Kid, and Mel lay on their stomachs looking down at the campsite. Heyes was looking through field glasses.
"Jamie's there alright and he doesn't appear to be injured at all," Heyes reassured her, handing her the glasses. He looked at the Kid over her head and nodded back towards their horses.
"Think faster, Heyes." The Kid went slowly back to Mel who was still watching through the glasses.
"He ain't that bad, Bill." Sam rolled his eyes.
At that moment, a large dollop of mud landed splat on his back, followed by several sharp pings as little rocks and nuts pelted the back of his head.
"Hey!" Sam shouted, turning around.
"Look, I made a sling shot," Jamie cried, racing up. "Now we'll have fun." And he raced off.
"Watch me hit that nest!" Jamie shouted.
They turned and saw him, about five yards away, launching a rock with the sling shot right at a bee's nest a little ways behind them.
Too late; an angry buzzing filled the air as the nest fell and the sky darkened with bees. Bill and Sam ran for the stream, slapping at the bees as they went, and plunged in, submerging their bodies.
Sam and Bill came out of the stream, water flowing off them. Bill's eye was swelling from the bee stings, and Sam looked as if he, too, had had several encounters with the bees.
He stormed over and grabbed Jamie, Sam right behind him. "I'm gonna kill you!" he shouted and began shaking Jamie.
A gunshot blasted in the air.
Heyes strode into the clearing. "Let him go," he ordered in his best outlaw leader voice.
Bill and Sam whirled around to see Heyes, the Kid, and Mel come into the clearing, pointing guns at them.
"We weren't really gonna hurt him, Heyes, Kid, honest," Sam stammered, putting his hands in the air.
"Even if he is the devil's spawn," Bill averred, letting go of Jamie, who appeared completely unharmed and was standing transfixed, staring at Heyes and the Kid.
"Just put your guns down over there, boys," the Kid interrupted.
Bill and Sam hastened to comply with the Kid's orders.
"Why are you holding guns on my friends?" Jamie demanded.
"No, they didn't; I came with them so I could meet these two." Jamie danced around Heyes and the Kid. "Can I be in the gang, can I, can I? I'd be real good at it. I can get into and out of anything," he boasted.
"Yeah, Jamie, we know she's a bounty hunter," the Kid stated.
Bill and Sam paled at the news and began to edge out of the group.
"You're not going anywhere, you two." Heyes called them back, using his gun to indicate where they should stand.
"Really, we quit," the Kid confirmed.
"There're times when it can be exciting I admit, but it's not much fun being chased by posses and getting shot at all the time. And Devil's Hole is a really boring place to spend your time," Heyes assured him.
Jamie listened to him then searched first his and then the Kid's faces. "I guess you're telling me the truth," he said, shoulders slumping.
Heyes and the Kid nodded; Mel looked thoughtful.
Mel, Heyes, Bill, and Sam watched the Kid and Jamie head off then Bill and Sam turned to Heyes.
Bill and Sam looked down and dug patterns in the sandy ground with the toes of their boots.
Bill looked beseechingly at Heyes. Sam frowned slightly then smiled. "I don't think we are, lady. How are you going to explain riding with Hannibal Heyes and Kid Curry? Or are you planning to turn them in when we get to town and claim the reward on them, too?" He carefully didn't look at Heyes as he spoke.
Bill's eyes widened and he opened his mouth then shut it as Sam stomped on his foot.
Mel looked at Heyes. "No, just no." She walked away.
Jamie wiped his mouth with his sleeve and sighed. Mel picked up the last corncake and broke it in half, offering the other half to the Kid before consuming her piece.
"Dishes!? Just because I am the only woman here does not mean I do the dishes," Mel exclaimed angrily.
The four men watched them leave.
"Okay, boys, get out of here," Heyes stated quietly.
Sam reached into his pocket and pulled out the two hundred dollars. The Kid took it, leaned over, gave them fifty dollars back, and pocketed the rest.
"What was that about?" Sam demanded angrily.
"The price of bein' delivered from sin. Use that money to get to Hiram's. It won't come so cheaply next time we have to save your sorry necks," the Kid responded coldly.
Sam and Bill looked at each other, then at Heyes and the Kid glaring at them, and gulped. They gathered their horses. "Say, if you're ever in California look us up at Hiram's. Hope we see you again, Heyes, Kid." They quickly mounted and loped away.
"Not if we see you first," the Kid muttered.
Heyes and the Kid watched them ride off then turned as Mel and Jamie came up from the stream.
"Hey, they're getting away!" shouted Mel.
Jamie was mounted behind Mel on her horse. The Kid and Heyes were also mounted.
"You can't do that, Jamie," the Kid responded.
Jamie and Mel urged their horse towards Toadsuck. Heyes and the Kid watched them go.
"Hmph." The Kid grinned. "Too late now; guess we'll just have to keep it." Heyes grinned back and the two loped off in the opposite direction from Toadsuck.
Author's note: According to the Texas State Historical Association, in 1869, a town was surveyed (and incorporated) next to the existing Toadsuck Saloon, from whence the town got its name. In 1880, the Texas and Pacific railroad built a line about a mile outside of Toadsuck, and by 1887, most of the population and businesses had moved over by the rail line. That new town was named Collinsville and incorporated in the 1890s. The current town of Collinsville, Texas, encompasses the land where the town of Toadsuck and the Toadsuck Saloon used to stand.
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Afghanistan's Vice President Muhammad Qasim Fahim died yesterday, in what the New York Times described as a heart attack. Fahim was a warlord with a checkered past and had ties, through a brother, to the looting and downfall of Kabul Bank. Because of his death, Afghanistan has declared a three day pause in campaigning for next month's election to replace Hamid Karzai. The Taliban has taken advantage of this pause to warn Afghan citizens against voting and to threaten violence against those who do vote.
Though Mr. Fahim was at the center of Mr. Karzai's government, the two shared a tumultuous history. In the mid-1990s, when Mr. Fahim was in charge of the Afghan intelligence service after the fall of the Soviet-backed regime, he ordered the arrest of Mr. Karzai, then the deputy foreign minister, on suspicion of spying for a rival faction within the government. The future president managed to escape when a rocket hit the prison where he was being held.
Nearly a decade later, Mr. Fahim backed Mr. Karzai's bid to lead Afghanistan after the Taliban's fall, and in exchange was named defense minister. But within months, as Mr. Karzai began moving to sideline Mr. Fahim, American officials picked up intelligence that the defense minister was considering an attempt to assassinate the president, according to current and former Afghan and American officials with firsthand knowledge of the episode. To head off the threat, the Americans quickly replaced the Fahim loyalists who were guarding Mr. Karzai with United States Army Rangers.
But they did not replace Mr. Fahim, concluding that the young Afghan government was too weak to risk a confrontation with one of Afghanistan's most powerful warlords. American and Afghan officials instead settled for vague statements that suggested Taliban threats had led to the bodyguard swap.
The Afghan Taliban said on Monday next month's presidential election was being manipulated by the United States, which had already chosen the winner, and threatened to use "full force" in attacking anyone taking part.


Haythornthwaite, Philip. British Rifleman 1797-1815. (Warrior Series, 47) Oxford, UK: Opsrey, 2002. 64 pages. ISBN# 184176177. Softcover. £10.99/$16.95.
Philip Haythornthwaite certainly needs no introduction from me to those who study the military history of the Napoleonic Era. With over 40 books published and having written innumerable articles and papers on military subjects, he is an acknowledged specialist in the field. He now turns his attention to the British riflemen.
The Osprey "Warrior" series takes a closer look at the soldiers who fought in the wars and brings their story to the general reader. Mr. Haythornthwaite covers everything from the early riflemen through the weapons, equipment, uniforms, recruiting, training, tactics to the services of the rifle corps. Along the way he touches upon not only the famous 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen), but also the lesser known rifle corps which served in the British Army of the time. He gives nearly equal time to the other riflemen in the peninsula, the 5th Battalion of the 60th Regiment of Foot (Royal American) — a unit which predates the formation of the 95th Regiment. Reading of the formation and growing pains of the riflemen is as interesting as reading about its service.
As with all Osprey's, there are numerous black-and-white illustrations, which Mr. Haythornthwaite has nicely balanced between the weapons, uniforms and portraits of the better known officers along with some biographical details. Sprinkled throughout the work are quotes and contemporary observations with reference end notes. He includes a bibliography divided into works on the history and arms and on the memoirs of those who served in the rifles and an index.
The colour plates are the focal point of the books and the ones by Christa Hook in this book do not disappoint. With ten colour plates, we get a fine look at the uniform and equipment of the riflemen and then some scenes showing recruitment, tactics in action and battle scenes. A feature of Opreys is a notice of the availability for purchase of the original paintings from which the colour plates are taken.
For a time, the short chapter on George Morrison of the Rifles in The Universal Soldier (1971) was one of the few places to read about campaign life in a rifle regiment. Now you can get the bigger picture in a concise form. If you follow the rifle adventures in the highly popular Richard Sharpe series of historical fiction or read the newer histories of the rifles, then this "Warrior" title makes a fine companion to them.


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Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in Asia. Due to its poor economic conditions, the citizens of the country have been suffering from serious health care industry problems for a long time. However, the health reforms of the past 18 years have improved the health status of people significantly. The reforms started in the recent years when the government initiated some policy improvement, particularly aimed at raising the standards of living and health status of the population. The improvements emanated from various strategies and approaches that would positively affect the condition of the people. Among these strategies were access to safe water supply, good sanitation, education, and poverty reduction.
In fact, according to UNDP Report of 2014, Bangladesh's HDI has increased by 0.558 value for 2013 that positioned its country to 142 out of 187 countries. With the said improvement, Bangladesh's life expectancy at birth has also upgraded by 5.8 years because of health programs of the government (UNDP, 2014).
Considering the health sector, the government merely relies on donations given by stakeholders. In 2006, a large percentage of the health sector expenditures came from donors like households, government, employers, and others. These donor programs for the health sector were initiated by the reforms made in the same year. This decision was attributed to the undeveloped Health Care Financing by the government. Consequently, the sources of funds for the health care services were sporadic, which led to the development of the cumulative budget for the said sector. Also, the health care insurance approach is still being reviewed because of the insufficient resources to support the health services (BBC News, 2015).
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Among the many issues of Bangladesh, the spread of the HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria are among the most serious ones. The country has been one of the most affected by the said diseases in the past years, encompassing many victims regardless of gender, age, geographical, and socio-economic status of the population. The low level of education was one of the sources of the increased cases of victims of such diseases along with the tendency to be promiscuous. Also, the access to contraceptives and other intervening techniques or methods has worsened the health situation in the country.
Gender and economic status are factors contributing to the existing inequality in the delivery of health services to the people. In most developing countries, the gravity of the health care issues is worsened by the unfair treatment and implementation of health care programs. There is a direct link between gender and economic status in the health care status of the people. Women tend to be deprived of health care benefits in poor nations. However, women require additional protection by health care systems as compared to men. Pregnancy, taking care of children, and other obligations that are usually given to women would make them vulnerable if not protected by any health care services or insurance.
Programs about reproductive health and free access to methods and resources that would give women the right to decide and take care of themselves and their children should be formulated by the government. Unfortunately, it is noticeable that women in developing countries are vulnerable to health care issues because of the insufficient policy or programs that would protect them.
Specifically, the increase in the number of patients with TB in poor countries like Bangladesh would usually come from low-income families. In addition, women have no free access to medical and health services from the hospitals and health care organizations. As mentioned, financing is one of the most serious problems in developing countries. The government cannot afford to implement a policy or program that would protect the women and poor people for free. In connection, insurance policies would certainly alleviate the conditions of women and the poor and equalize their status with other sectors of the society. The government has to formulate health reforms to address these factors that tend to worsen inequality (Anderson, n.d.).
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The lack of sex education and the increase of sexual activity among teenagers is being ignored by such countries as Bangladesh, which has led to the spread of STDs. A study was conducted correlating sex education with the spread of STDs has proven that sex education is one possible solution. The main task of the study was to validate the significance of sex education to the initiation of sexual activity of teenagers. At the same time, it should be noted that the implementation of sex education in the United States has been a controversial issue because of the common perception that it would become the main cause of initiation to sexual intercourse by teenagers. There is a public assumption that sex education would only worsen the increase in the number of pregnant teenagers. The study was a result of the alarming rates of teenage pregnancy and spread of AIDS in the United States. The hypothesis of the study is that sex education would bring heightened awareness to teenagers about pregnancy and the diffusion of AIDS virus through sexual intercourse. In effect, this would reduce the rates of teenage pregnancy and AIDS victims in the country (Kohler, Manhart, & Lafferty, 2007).
To test the hypothesis, the researchers conducted a survey among adolescents aging from 15-19 years old who were heterosexual. The study correlated the impact of sex education on the health conditions and sexual activities of the respondents. As a result, respondents who were subjected to comprehensive sex education had lesser tendency to become pregnant than those who were not introduced to sex education. The researchers concluded that sex education does not contribute to the increase in cases of AIDS victims and teenage pregnancy. In fact, teenagers who have formal education in sex education have become more aware of their sexual capabilities and responsible towards sex (Kohler, Manhart, & Lafferty, 2007).
Certainly, Bangladesh is also encountering the increase of sexual activity of teenagers because of the influence of western countries. It results in the increased chances of acquiring STDs or AIDs since there is a low level of awareness about the consequences of sexual promiscuity. For that matter, Bangladesh should find ways to at least increase the level of awareness of the younger population to reduce the percentage of people with such diseases.
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Health reforms are essential to alleviate the health status of the population. In fact, most rich countries today are giving enough attention to their health care insurance and health care policies because of the worsening health care issues in the world. In today's context, the issue of health insurance policy has been intertwined with the issue of poverty. Those who greatly benefit from the health care insurance system have been alleviated from the impoverished conditions while many have worsened because of inadequate treatment by health insurance companies of their clients. It is speculated that health insurance policy greatly contributes to the alleviation as well as worsening of the economic conditions of the people. An effective health care insurance system ought to consider certain criteria such as equity, the ability to alleviate the poor sector of the society and the amount of package that the beneficiaries would receive (Northwest Health Law Advocates, 2009).
Indeed, health care plan is important for the poor, women, spouses, children and disabled that ought to be considered by a universally applied insurance mechanism. It proves that a health care insurance system is quite beneficial to the general population. In fact, it is noticeable that most people in the low-income sector are dependent on the health care insurance with regards to their health needs. In connection, most developing countries should adopt a universal health plan with one payer system because of the overwhelming benefits that the recipients would obtain from such health care mechanism (Altom & Churchill2007).
For instance, the government of Bangladesh should address the said health issues by adopting the WHO guidelines, which is in line with the vertical approach. The health program should conduct child vaccination through the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). According to the said program, children are given immunization to fight the different kinds of diseases such as TB, diphtheria, influenza type b (DPT-HepB-Hib), pertussis, tetanus/hepatitis B/Haemophilis, and the like (World Health Organization, 2015). In relation, the World Bank announces that the Health Nutrition and Population Sector Program (HNPSP) Project for Bangladesh will increase further and would center on improved hospital services and nutritional services. Grants were given to the said country by various partners through World Bank from USD 335,000,000 to USD 387,983,352 to be used in health projects such as vaccines, contraceptives and others (World Bank, 2015). Consequently, from 1990-2010, there were tremendous decreased in the spread of such diseases based on the data on the causes of death, which state as follows:
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Causes of death in Bangladesh from 1990-2010
Diarrhoea, lower respiratory infections, meningitis, and other common infectious diseases – from 268.3 to 65.2
TB – from 29.6 to 18
Nutritional deficiencies- from 43.3 to 10.6
Chronic respiratory diseases 76.4 to 58.5 (World Health Organization, 2015).
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Preventing the spread of the diseases can have a positive impact on the health situation of the people of Bangladesh. The fundamental assumption is that sex education and the enhancement of awareness about the prevention of the spread of STDs can bring hope to the people that would eventually create positive effects to the economy. AIDS and other STDs create despair and frustrations while education gives hope and inspiration to the people. Moreover, the formulation of effective health programs would be very helpful to the people of Bangladesh that would eventually uplift the economy of the country.
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