Month: May 2015

On Saturday, April 25th at 11:56am Nepal Standard Time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near the village of Barpak, Nepal, about 75 KM northwest of Katmandu.

The devastation from the quake was widespread and complete. As of the writing of this post, over 7000 are known dead with tens of thousands more missing. The effects were felt all over Nepal, from avalanches that killed climbers on the slopes of Everest and K2, to the myriad small villages which were left isolated with most or all structures in town damaged or destroyed, to the damage and collapse of hundreds of important cultural landmarks in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in and around the Katmandu Valley.

One of those UNESCO sites is Durbar Square in Bhaktapur, the target of this week’s search.

Bhaktapur means “Place of Devotees”, and Durbar Square contains a series of temples and other structures, some dating back to the 15th century AD. Many of these are now in ruins.

Some coverage of the area
BBC
CNN

Those who found it (and hopefully took the time to help in some small way):

• Garfield
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• hhgygy
• Walter_V_R
• Paul Voestermans
• Ashwini Agrawal
• Marcel
• ndrqu
• krenek
• mehmet durmus
• RicardPG
• Lelie
• Charley Seavey (after the hint)

Seriously? You need a hint?

It’s a PLACE where you would go if you are a DEVOTEE

Given the situation here, we realize that this is an easy contest, and that is on purpose. Our thoughts are with the people suffering here, and we hope that you will take the time to click on one of the links below and donate to organizations that are in a position to help right now. We have chosen these charities because they are good quality, with low expense ratios and solid reputations, and because they are on the ground now providing assistance in the area. We also welcome your suggestions for other charities that you would like to see listed here.

• Seva Foundation — This organization is focused on eye care issues in that part of the world. They already had folks on the ground at the time, so they have shifted their focus to help out. Charity Navigator has rated them 4 stars.
• Médecins Sans Frontières
• The International Foundation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Oxfam

  We will return to making you actually search for the locations in earnest next week. In the meantime, enjoy a fairly easy 2 points

Since 2002, Roulston Lake is home to the World Pond Hockey Championships. This year, the competition included over 120 teams from 15 different countries. Over the years, teams from places you really wouldn’t expect to see hockey teams, like the Cayman Islands and Egypt, have participated.

Those who scored without a penalty were:

• Garfield
• Jesus Rodriquez
• Walter_V_R
• Lighthouse
• ndrqu
• Phil Ower
• Mehmet DURMUS
• krenek
• lelie

And those who needed a power play advantage to score (after the hint):

• rob de wolff
• RicardPG
• Paul Voestermans