‘Rocky’ the sheepdog: an unlikely hero in the mountains

This summer, the bestselling travel author is deep in the Georgia Caucasus, with family in tow. This is part of a series: For other instalments, click here.
Possibly the greatest danger to hiker’s in Georgia are the famed Caucasian sheep dogs. Trained to defend their flocks, the dogs are as vicious as they are enormous, the largest rivalling ponies in size.


Mangy-looking, with ears and tails clipped off (so marauding wolves can’t clamp on), they bark incessantly.
We have found most can be

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Jays can’t solve Nova in loss to Yankees

BY SHI DAVIDIsportsnet.ca

NEW YORK -- Unburdened by the major tasks facing him the previous two falls, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos is firmly locked in on the big-league club as the 2011 season's finish line draws near.His September checklist is loaded with questions related to the 25-man roster, ones he'll hope to get a better read on over the remaining 3½ weeks of the season."We can really focus early in the process on improving the 2012 club, we have a bit

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Jays ride hot bats into New York Friday

Ivan Nova would rather focus on piling up victories for the New York Yankees, not for himself.
The rookie right-hander looks to continue his impressive run of success Friday night when the Yankees host the Toronto Blue Jays.
Nova (14-4, 3.96 ERA) is 6-0 with a 3.60 ERA since being recalled from triple-A Scranton on July 30 and 10-0 with a 3.52 ERA in 11 starts since losing to the Angels on June 3.
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He allowed three runs

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Taylor Lautner for VMAN Magazine

Posted upon September 1, 2011 in Editorial, Fashion
Taylor Lautner got himself all greased up to be photographed by Steven Klein as well as styled by Nicola Formichetti. for VMAN magazine.

We’re not certain if it’s lighting, makeup, photoshop or a multiple of all three, though this usually hardly looks similar to him to us.
On who he unequivocally is: “If I’m not filming, I’m promoting, as well as if it wasn’t Twilight, it was a opposite movie, so it got unequivocally busy. But

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Goldman Agrees To Halt Mortgage Robo-Signing

Goldman Sachs and two other firms have agreed to stop some of their more controversial mortgage-signing practices, New York officials said Thursday.
Goldman’s mortgage subsidiary had been under fire for what’s been called robo-signing. That’s when mortgage company officials sign and notarize foreclosure documents without properly reviewing them. Goldman is one of a handful of mortgage providers accused of the practice.
Under the agreement announced by New York’s Department of Financial

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Lawrie hits tiebreaking homer in Jays win

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BALTIMORE -- Brett Lawrie has been in the majors for a month, and the Baltimore Orioles already have seen enough of the kid from Canada.
Lawrie hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, Yunel Escobar had his second straight four-hit game, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated Baltimore 8-6 on Thursday.
Lawrie made his debut at Camden Yards on Aug. 5. Since that time, he leads all rookies in homers (seven), triples (four) and extra-base hits

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