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Members of Harvard's winning boat (Right to left: James O'Connor, Josh Hicks, Charles Risbey, Andrew Holmes) of The Visitor's Challenge Cup celebrate their win (photo courtesy Henley Royal Regatta).
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England – The Harvard heavyweight crew capped an impressive season by claiming The Visitors' Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta for the first time ever Sunday. The Crimson beat its Newell Boathouse counterparts, the Harvard lightweight crew, in the first all-Harvard final at Henley since 2002.
Harvard also picked up a second-place showing from its freshman eight, which was downed by DSR Laga (Netherlands) by 2 1/4 lengths in The Temple Challenge Cup.
"It was awesome having a Harvard-Harvard final and having all three of our boats advance to Sunday," said Bill Manning, Associate Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew. "To be the only American crew to win and win at Henley for the fourth straight year is a great accomplishment for the program."
It was the first regatta for Harvard since the passing of legendary coach Harry Parker on June 25. The Leander Club of Henley-on-Thames flew its flag at half-staff to honor Parker, who helped Harvard to three records at Henley, more than any other university, during his 51-year career. Sunday marked the 30th Henley win by a Parker-coached Harvard crew.
Harvard's heavyweights jumped to an early lead and continued to build its advantage throughout. By the midway point of the race, the Crimson had the Visitors' record in sight as the boat was nearly even with the pace Leander Club & Imperial College London set in 2011. Harvard cruised from there and crushed Leander's record by five seconds to cross the finish line three lengths ahead of the lightweights.
Both crews sent four members of their respective varsity eights to The Visitors' Challenge Cup, a coxless fours event. The crews' varsity eights combined to go 15-0 in dual races and win both EARC Sprints titles in 2012-13. The lightweights also claimed the Head of the Charles Regatta and the IRA National Championship.
The Harvard freshmen were outdone by a group of older athletes out of Delft University of Technology that represented DSR Laga, one of top three Dutch rowing programs. DSR Laga pulled ahead early and the Crimson could not muster a comeback.
Incoming freshmen Matthew Carter and James Johnston also left Henley with a title. Carter rowed with Abingdon School and helped it defend The Princess Elizabeth Cup with a 1/2-length win over St. Edward's School. Johnston was in the Leander Club 'A' boat for its Prince of Wales Challenge Cup victory, 4 1/2 lengths ahead of Aalesunds Roklub and Moss Roklubb (Norway).
Vincent Breet '16 advanced through to Sunday's racing in a double representing Tuks Rowing Club (South Africa) in The Silver Goblets and Nickalls' Challenge Cup, but fell in the final.
The Visitors' Challenge Cup
Harvard 'A' (Heavyweights) Boating
Stroke: Andrew Holmes; 3: Charles Risbey; 2: Josh Hicks: Bow: James O'Connor
Harvard 'B' (Lightweights) Boating
Stroke: Alexander Bonorris; 3: Stuart Taylor; 2: Austin Meyer; Bow: Matt O'Leary
The Temple Challenge Cup
Harvard Boating
Coxswain: Don Kim; Stroke: Rory Glover; 7: James Croxford; 6: Craig Slater; 5: Gregory Edwards; 4: Stefano Belfiore; 3: Adam Janes; 2: Achim Harzheim; Bow: Abraham Polinsky


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'ZflOTI&RS' •Mm: II3H? SHELF 21 Among other functions, books serve to inspire, to inform and to amuse. Without intending any official Firm endorsement, the editors of HirS Reports invite readers' attention to the titles on this page as candidates for their time and attention. Your Sight: Folklore, Fact and Common Sense, by Bernard Seeman. Little, Brown and Company, 1968, 242 pages, $5-95- Accountants are among those professionals who can least afford to neglect their eyes, yet some may be giving their eyes less than the full protection and care their value merits. How many accountants, for instance, submit to periodic eye examination? How many put off a visit to an ophthalmologist until repeated tearing or headaches force them to go? A regular eye checkup (yearly for people past age 40) is just one piece of practical advice offered in this colorful and explicit book, written for laymen by a veteran medical reporter. With the help of an extensive glossary of medical terms, drawings and photographs, Mr. Seeman succeeds in making clear the nature of human sight, the diseases that affect our eyes, the steps we can take to protect them, and, finally, what laymen should know about such aids to sight as eyeglasses and contact lenses. The author points out the hazards of direct sunlight in summer and winter, and suggests wearing optically ground sun glasses to protect the eyes from strong sunlight or its reflection, on the beach, the water or in snow. And he cautions against reading under the high-intensity lamps that have come into vogue recently. Parents are told that a child's first examination by an ophthalmologist should come no later than at age four. They are alerted to possible eye difficulties in children by a series of questions such as: "Does the child rub his eyes excessively?" and, "Does he seem to be doing badly in school, or have difficulty learning to read and write?" Mr. Seeman's book discusses recent advances in eye-saving techniques, and the hope for even greater progress offered by current research. It points out to would-be donors of eyes for corneal transplant a message that bears frequent repeating: do not think you can "will" your eyes, but rather let your family and physician know that you wish to donate them in order that others may see. For those looking for an agency serving to prevent blindness or to help the blind, there is a list of public agencies and private organizations working in this field. The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong, by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. Morrow, i969, 179 pages, $4.95. This is humor and satire in the spirit of Parkinsons Law, but it cuts deeper than that highly successful book of the 1950s. Dr. Peter's principle holds that: In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. If he does his work well, he is promoted. This continues until he has risen too high for his abilities. He has thus reached his "level of incompetence," and there he stays. The temptation is to visualize the other fellow as we read; but occasionally the open-minded will find himself taking a healthy look in the mirror. The Innovators: How Today's Inventors Shape Your Life Tomorrow, by the staff of The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones, 1968, 110 pages, $1.85. The popular image of the inventor as a determined loner, created by the history books a generation ago, has been replaced by that of the corporate "groupthinker," a faceless figure in a large organization. The Innovators is a fascinating paperback packaging nine recent articles published in The Wall Street Journal. It shows that while group-thinkers in large R&D departments of companies are responsible for a large measure of America's industrial and technical progress, they are not the entire show. Loners—both highly practical, successful inventors and kooks— are still much in evidence. Sometimes the big corporation has a work-alone type on the payroll and lets him think and tinker without being regimented. And sometimes the supposed kook has the last laugh as he comes up with the big one. The chapter on Big Daddy (the federal government) as employer of 190,000 scientists and engineers poses the challenging paradox of the future of research and development funded by taxpayers' money. Do basic patents held by the government, and available to all competitors, always work in the public interest? Or do they stifle initiative by removing the profit incentive from those in private enterprise who might develop them further? The role of the university as a patent holder is illustrated with a fascinating case history, that of the mechanical tomato picker that now harvests most of California's tomato crop, while the University of California reaps royalties from the machine. It is not generally known that corporations now pay millions in patent royalties to universities that undertook R&D work from which companies benefit. It was a fortunate set of circumstances that made Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS Laboratories, a lover of fine music, so annoyed with the cumbersome 78 rpm records that he invented the long playing discs and the equipment to handle them. Had he been an independent inventor in a one-man shop, the story might have ended differently. In stressing the importance, even today, of the lucky accident in innovation, the book quotes Louis Pasteur: "In the fields of observation, chance favors only minds that are prepared." It closes with a warning that in the push for specialization many companies may suffer a "generalist gap." Too many specialists, too many precision-ists cannot translate ideas from one field to another. •
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Dorset - Along the River Piddle
From its source to the sea the River Piddle is only just over 20 miles but as we all know size isn't everything. The name immediately makes up for any lack of mileage. If the locals had spent a fortune on an advertising agency to think up a name for their little stream they could not have hit on a more memorable or more controversial one. You might forget the Stour or the Frome but once you've had an initial giggle over this bit of rusticity it sticks forever.
The name actually comes from the Anglo-Saxon word pidelle, which means boggy or marshy ground. Two of the areas, which supply the initial water for the river are Soggy Wood and Rake's Bottom and these names seem to follow the theme very nicely.
A few years ago you could buy bottles of Piddle Water in the shops in the valley but this is no longer available. Probably something to with health and safety I suspect. However, you can buy a pint of Piddle beer. We visited the brewery during filming and tried one of the brews. I also supped a pint by the river at the Piddle Inn in Piddlethrenthide and this I can definitely recommend. The Piddle valley is very peaceful and well endowed with pleasant hostelries but it also has its dramatic side. The old army camp at Piddlehinton was the starting point for many thousands of soldiers during the D Day campaign and afterwards. One of the most tragic incidents of the war involved American troops from the camp. They were torpedoed off Calais and over 800 died. I talk to the Alan Perry who has planted a beech tree for every man who was killed in this horrific incident.
When the river bears left the village names change from Piddle to Puddle and the water sets of east towards Poole Harbour. It was in this lovely green, lush landscape that the Tolpuddle Martyrs eventually made their stand against poverty and starvation wages. Every year there is a huge and very colourful rally in the village to commemorate their struggle and their eventual release.
Devils Brook joins the mainstream and we go through more idyllic Puddles until we reach a hamlet, which rejoices in the name of Shiterton. This puts the Piddles into perspective but it doesn't live up to its title and its well worth a wander down the one street of beautiful thatched cottages.
Bere Regis, as the name suggests, has many royal connections. King John, for instance, visited on many occasions to hunt in the forest around. Then on to the Trigon estate with its water wheel, eel trap and weir complete with a special run for the salmon that used to swim up the river to spawn not so many years ago.
With the Piddle flowing to the north of Wareham and the Frome to the south King Alfred realised that the town was in an ideal defensive position. He filled in the gaps with huge ramparts, which are still in place. You can spend a very pleasant hour just wandering around them, gazing out over the water meadows and watching the Piddle pootle to Poole Harbour.
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Harvard puts its 3-0 home record on the line as it welcomes Holy Cross to Soldiers Field Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium Tuesday afternoon. The game marks Harvard's fourth home contest in its first five games of the season.
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The Crimson used an 8-1 second-period scoring advantage to take down Bellarmine, 21-10, Friday night in Cambridge. Rookie Daniel Eipp led the Crimson with four goals on the night while Dean Gibbons had an eight-point night, posting three goals and dishing out eight helpers.
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Gibbons leads the Crimson in scoring this season, holding team-high totals in points (17), goals (11) and assists (6). Jeff Cohen is next on the list with 10 points on nine goals and one helper and Eipp (6-3-9), Kevin Vaughan (6-3-9) and Alex White (4-5-9) all have nine points on the season.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With one week left in the tight battle for the White House, it's all about the vital swing state of Ohio. Unless it's about Colorado - or Iowa, or tiny New Hampshire.
Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney both have clear paths to the 270 electoral votes needed for victory - and they don't all go through Ohio, the state that both sides have long viewed as key to capturing the White House.
Obama still has a slight electoral map advantage fueled by his slim lead in Ohio, but Romney has steadily closed the gap or moved slightly ahead in some other battleground states. Eight states remain relative toss-ups.
Both candidates can construct multiple winning scenarios, with or without Ohio. And it's now possible that the tipping point could emerge from another battleground, such as Colorado, where Obama and Romney are deadlocked in the polls.
"At this point, there are probably more electoral map scenarios than there are undecided voters," said Lee Miringoff, a pollster at Marist College, which is conducting surveys in key swing states.
"In a 50-50 race ... everything and everywhere is going to matter," he said.
National polls show the race is a virtual dead heat, but Obama still has a lead of at least 4 percentage points in states that account for 237 electoral votes, according to averages compiled by RealClearPolitics. Romney has a lead of at least that size in states that represent 201 electoral votes.
That gives Obama slightly more leeway in the fight for the remaining 95 electoral votes available in the eight toss-up states, all won by Obama in the 2008 election - Colorado (9 electoral votes), Florida (29), Iowa (6), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), Ohio (18), Virginia (13) and Wisconsin (10).
Obama is clinging to slight poll leads - which typically are less than the polls' margins of error - in five of those states with a combined 44 electoral votes: Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. That would be enough to put him over the top.
Even if he loses Ohio, Obama could still get to 270 electoral votes - and clinch the election - by winning Colorado instead. Obama won Colorado by 9 percentage points in 2008, aided by support from young and suburban voters and the growing Hispanic vote, but he is virtually tied with Romney there now.
Romney's path is tougher without Ohio, but still possible.
The former Massachusetts governor has a slight lead over Obama in Florida and has pulled even with the president in Virginia. If Romney sweeps those two states and adds Colorado, he would still need to win Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin to capture the White House.
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Another possibility: one candidate wins the nationwide popular vote, while the other wins the electoral vote - and walks away with the presidency.
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"The polling is so much closer than it was in 2000 or any other close election year, so everything is hard to predict," he said.
Romney's poll gains since his strong performance in the first debate on October 3 have been powered by growing voter confidence in his ability to handle the economy, an increase in his favorability ratings and gains among women and independents.
But Romney's early and mid-October momentum seems to have slowed or stopped since Obama's strong performances in the final two debates. National tracking polls have ebbed and flowed in a narrow range during the past week, with Romney keeping a slight lead in most.
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On the state level, Romney's surge put him slightly ahead in Florida and Virginia, but has not been enough for him to overtake Obama in the Midwestern battlegrounds of Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Those three states alone, added to the states where Obama already has solid leads, would be enough for the president to win with 271 electoral votes.
"There is an illusion of volatility that is created when you have 90 public polls coming out every day," Obama senior adviser David Axelrod told reporters last week. "The fact of the matter is, this race has been remarkably stable over a long period of time."
Obama's support level falls short of the magic 50 percent mark in most national and swing state polls, a danger sign for an incumbent who is well known to voters and therefore could be unlikely to win the support of a majority of those who make late decisions.
The close race has put a premium on each campaign's ability to identify and turn out their voters, and Obama's camp has trumpeted its edge in early voting in swing states and its effort to get both frequent and sporadic voters to the polls.
It is unclear how Hurricane Sandy will affect early voting along the East Coast - particularly in Virginia. Bob McDonnell, Virginia's Republican governor and a Romney supporter, has vowed to extend early voting hours and restore power quickly to voting facilities in the event of outages.
Obama's Democrats have made early voting a focus of their campaign and represent a majority of those casting ballots before Election Day.
But Romney's campaign says early voting among Republicans in the toss-up states is running ahead of the party's pace in 2008, when Obama defeated Republican John McCain. In Ohio, Republicans are out-performing their share of registered voters in absentee ballot requests and early votes, the campaign said.
"The battleground state polls are all very close, although many are still tipping slightly Obama's way," Miringoff said. "It's still very much a flip of the coin situation."
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Like them or not, Broadway musicals based on movies have become a staple of the New York theater scene. Risk-averse investors see them as a safe bet in an industry marked by escalating costs. But theater critics often look askance at the artistic merit of such ventures.
Funding for screen-to-stage projects is getting a lift from a newly announced fund called Broadway & Vine. The fund is designed to help with the optioning of movie titles for adaptation as musicals, commissioning creative teams for script development and staging the first readings and presentations.
Broadway & Vine has the backing of Jed Bernstein, the former president of the League of American Theatres and Producers. He is also an experienced producer whose credits include the recent Broadway revivals of "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Oleanna." The fund also includes the backing of Rich Battista, the former News Corp. executive, and movie producer Bob Israel.
As the fund's first initiative, the partners have announced "The Flamingo Kid," a stage adaptation of the 1984 movie starring Matt Dillon. They said that about 75% of the funding has already been raised.
The new fund will behave in the manner of a mutual fund, with investors putting in money that will be applied to a few projects, thus spreading out each individual's risk. The backers said that additional fundraising will be undertaken for projects deemed worthy of development beyond the initial stages.
Musicals based on movie properties have a mixed track record on Broadway. Notable box-office hits include"The Lion King,""Legally Blonde" and "Billy Elliot." Recent flops include "Leap of Faith" and "9 to 5."
"Once," a new Broadway musical based on the 2006 movie, received 11 Tony nominations this month, the most of any current Broadway production.
Broadway musical 'Leap of Faith' to close on Sunday
Theater Review: 'Billy Elliot the Musical' at the Pantages Theatre
'The Lion King' surpasses 'Phantom of the Opera' as box-office champ


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Winter storm hits Kenosha County hardest
Sheriff: "The worst we've seen this year"
Plows are out in Kenosha County after the winter storm left plenty of snow to push around and pile up.
"I've got 13 pieces of equipment and about 45 accounts to plow," said Jim Sconzert, of J and L Landscaping.
However, the welcome work for plow drivers means unwelcome work for others.
"This is the worst so far we've seen this year, (with) the blowing and how fast the snow came down," said Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.
The flakes fell at a fast pace just as rush hour hit Tuesday. With an added wind to whip it all up, Beth said it meant disaster for drivers.
"We've had 45 that we've assisted in the ditches already, 45 property damage accidents," said Beth.
Marco Munoz said his Lincoln Continental didn't have a chance on the messy back roads.
"At first I was stuck in the ditch. Somebody helped me out (and) pulled me out of the ditch. Now, I'm stuck here. I'm just waiting for people to come help me, take me out," said Munoz.
Munoz said he was a bit blindsides by the storm.
"The storm came out of nowhere," said Munoz. "It's no good. (I'm) definitely staying in after this."
"We have more than doubled our squads out tonight," said Beth. "I'm heading out in one of our four-by-four trucks to assist until things slow down."


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It might not save the city any money, but it should at least address concerns about conflict of interest.
For years, North Port racked up legal bills out of proportion to the city's size.
The city commissioners finally are doing something about it. They're hiring an in-house attorney rather than continue the same-old-same-old contract with outside law firms.
In this case, it may be more than dollars and cents propelling the change. The city's current attorney, Rob Robinson, has stirred controversy over his apparent penchant for litigation, how he billed and how he dealt with at least one commissioner who questioned him.
The litigation most damaging to the city's reputation arose during the Great Recession. As residents in the blue-collar city struggled with falling property values and foreclosures, city government levied code enforcement fines that came across as vindictive and out of line.
Then, with Robinson leading the charge, North Port pursued violators in court.
The owner of a $50,000 home might have faced $60,000 in fines before walking away, leaving the city with nothing other than legal bills from Robinson and his firm, Nelson Hesse of Sarasota.
Win or lose, Robinson got paid, which raised conflict-of-interest questions from the public, if not the commissioners, as the city's legal bills exceeded $1 million.
"One thing I heard from taxpayers is that we have a city attorney not 100 percent dedicated to the city," says Commissioner Linda Yates, elected in 2010. "When he's making money from litigation, what incentive does he have to keep the city out of litigation?"
The lawsuit expenses tempered during recent years as the city eased up on pursuing prosecutions in court and Yates persisted in questioning bills item by item.
During a City Commission meeting in May 2011, after Yates continued to push for a closer examination of the attorney's bills, Robinson called her "a cancer on the commission." He apologized later.
However, neither has warmed up to the other. "There's some distance there," Yates says. "I have to work around it, absolutely, and the strained situation."
On the other hand, Commissioner Jim Blucher says Robinson, alone, does not deserve the blame for the city's past legal missteps, in particular the code enforcement cases.
"There isn't one of those cases that the commissioners weren't aware of and didn't wanted to pursue," he says.
Attempts to reach Robinson for comment were unsuccessful.
While the Yates-Robinson history may not have led directly to the city's consideration of an in-house attorney, it may have eased the way.
The other factors were cost and control.
The legal budget this year is $676,000. However, North Port's $340,000 contract with Robinson covers only routine legal services. Anything out-of-the-ordinary starts the billable hours clock, at $170 an hour.
That billing arrangement is not uncommon for cities who hire outside, rather than in-house, attorneys. But again, it can create a conflict of interest and a clash of interpretations over what is routine and what is extraordinary.
An in-house attorney removes those concerns.
An attorney on staff in City Hall also makes it easier for commissioners and administrators to drop in with quick questions.
Whether the in-house approach saves money remains to be seen. An attorney needs some support staff, whether it's a secondary attorney, a paralegal or a secretary/clerk. And whoever is hired will have to employ outside attorneys in some matters.
In 1991, the Sarasota County commissioners, hoping to save money, started their own legal department. Within two years, their legal bills had risen from $2.07 million to $3.4 million.
The new in-house attorney ended up enlisting the former outside counsel for a number of cases. A Herald-Tribune article at the time called it the equivalent of two legal staffs.
The outside counsel was Dick Nelson, who had served as county attorney for 30 years. His firm? Nelson Hesse, the same firm with which Robinson is a partner.


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ESN TU IC Northern Lights adventure to Lapland, Saariselkä (06.03.2020-12.03.2020)
- Departure 06.03.2020
- End date 12.03.2020
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Trip overview
Explore and discover magical Saariselkä with your friends and Timetravels. Even better, find out new things about Lapland and about yourself. Visit Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi and meet the real Santa. Ride with huskies in the winter wonderland, practice your cross-country skills in UKK National park, drive with snowmobiles and adventure into the Arctic landscapes. Swim in the Arctic Ocean, feel the nature around you - all these with student friendly prices! You will sleep in cozy cottages located on the Kaunispää fell - the perfect place for watching the Northern Lights!
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Guided activities
TOUR OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN and REINDEER VISIT
Timetravels price: from 63€ - average price in Saariselkä: from 195€ // Full day // Comfortable clothing recommended
This is our bucket list special. From early in the morning until late evening you will discover new things about Lapland and of yourself. First stop of the day will be in the Näätämö village near the national border. You have a chance to feed the reindeers and buy waffles or famous pork ribs from the local store. The journey continues towards the breathtaking fjords and ends up to a small, picturesque village of Bugøynes in Northern Norway. Bugøoynes is located at the edge of the world, 70 degrees north, 30 degrees east with less than 200 inhabitants. You cannot get much more rural than this! You then have a chance to swim in the Arctic Ocean or just have a walk on the sandy beaches and take photos of beautiful landscapes of Varangerfjord. The tour will include a traditional fish soup meal in a local restaurant where you will also hear interesting stories about the village. Don't forget your wallet, on the way back to Inari we will stop at the biggest souvenir shop in Northern Lapland.
"Best day of my life!" -said by everyone who joined this tour.
Cross-Country Ski + sauna & ice swimming
Timetravels price: from 38€ - average price in Saariselkä: from 65€ // 2hrs // Outdoor winter clothes Recommended
Do you want to feel like a Finn by breathing in the cleanest air in the world? Ski through an untouched wilderness and have a relaxing sauna and swim after sporty activity? It is something you have to do while you are here! Our guides will show you the basics of Cross-Country Skiing before they let you go to the world famous snow tracks of Saariselkä. After skiing you will have a chance to go to sauna and ice-swimming with your friends. This activity shows how Finns survive and enjoy the coldest and darkest time of the year and shows why Finland is the happiest country in the world!
Snowshoe adventure
Timetravels price: from 29€ - average price in Saariselkä: from 65€ // 3hrs // Warm clothing Recommended
Snowshoeing helps you to escape the hustle and bustle of modern society. Depending on the weather we will either visit Kaunispää fell or UKK National Park, that are both located on the edge of Saariselkä. Walk through powdersnow, play in the snow, play with it. See and feel the beauty of Arctic Nature around you. This tour is fun, exciting and will push you out of your comfort zone. It is not a guided walking tour in the forest. It is something more. Its an unique adventure that will bring your inner child back to life! Try something new, you will love it!
Timetravels price: from 95€ - average price in Saariselkä: from 130€ // 3 hours // Clothes provided by service provider
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Snowmobiles are a convenient mean of transportation beyond the Arctic Circle. Locals use them anywhere from going to the grocery store, collecting reindeers from the wilderness or paying a visit to a friend who lives behind the hill. Each snowmobile is shared between 2 persons, so both of you can drive for about 45 minutes. The route takes you to hidden places out in the wilderness, surrounded by beautiful and breathtaking landscapes. Breathe in and live the moment. This activity is for those who have a space for adventure in their minds and hearts!
*Kindly note that extra activities can only be booked online up to 8 days before the departure. They cannot be cancelled or changed after the booking.
Preliminary trip program
This is a preliminary trip program, order of the activities may vary. The final itinerary is sent prior 2-3 days the trip by email.
16:00 Meeting in Tallinn harbour, terminal A.
17:00 Ferry departure from Tallinn harbour, terminal A to Helsinki.
19:30 Arrival to Helsinki. Bus will take you from harbour to city centre. You will have some free time until departure to Lapland.
20:00 Departure from Helsinki railway station square (In front of the Casino)
11:20 Grocery shop in Rovaniemi
12:00 Visiting the Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi. In Santa Claus village you can take pictures with the SANTA, cross the magical Arctic circle, have lunch in one of the restaurants, buy souvenirs, send postcards from the Santa's official post office and have a lunch (we recommend SHELL gas station across the street). Duration 2,5 h. Departure to Saariselkä at 14.30.
17:30 Arrival in Saariselkä, briefing and lodging in your cottage/apartment. Free time for saunas etc.
Hint! In the evening the best place to see Northern lights is the local fell of Kaunispää, from the top of it you can see 360-degree panorama all over. You can easily reach the fell of Kaunispää by foot from your cottage.
08:45 Meeting at the cabins, transportation to the Husky Safari
09:00 Husky Safari. Overall duration with the briefing, kennel tour etc. 2 hours.
18:30 Departure for the Snowshoe Safari. Overall duration with the briefing, etc. 2h.
10:00 Cross-country skiing. Departure from the cottages/apartments by bus to the starting point. The program includes a two-hour trek by skiing. Overall duration with the briefing, instruction+skiing and sauna, etc. about 3h
18:30 Departure for the Snowmobile Safari, Remember to take your credit card for deposit (only in the case of an accident up to 900€). Overall duration with brief, etc. about 3 hours.
22:00 Departure for Aurora Hunt by Bus. Overall duration, about 3hours.
DAY 5 – TOUR OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN NORWAY and REINDEER VISIT*
06:45 Day trip to Norway. Departure from the cottages.
See and pet Lappish reindeer before crossing the border to Norway and reaching the ocean coast near Bugoynes village (60 min break, possibility to swim in the ocean). A soup lunch inclusive in a local cafeteria. Swim in the Arctic ocean! Back to Finland, last stop in Inari village (shopping).
20:00 Arrival back to Saariselkä. Free time.
23:00 Student Party in Tunturihotel (until 3.30). Free entrance, cloakroom 3 €.
10:45 Check-out. Free time for own activities, you can go shopping, dining, sledging, SPA, downhill skiing. No structured activities. The bus will stop at the ski resort at 11.15 and at SPA 11.30. (You can leave your luggage at your bus)
16:00 Departure from the meeting point for the home journey.
19:00 Arrival in Rovaniemi
09:30 Estimated arrival in Helsinki. Bus will drop you near harbour.
10:30 Ferry departure back to Tallinn.
13:00 Arrival to Tallinn. End of tour.
If you need to book train/bus/ferry/flight transfer, we recommend booking at least 4 hours after the expected arrival time.
Important: In the final trip program, activities order can change. Departure and Arrival time might differ by 1-2 hour in case of last-minute unforeseeable weather and traffic forecast.
*activities price is available in "guided activities" section of this page
What is includedPackage price includes
- A round trip by bus to Rovaniemi & Saariselkä from chosen departure place
- Accommodation in 3-14 person apartment/cabins with sauna 4 nights
- Visit of the Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi
- Visit of the Arktikum museum in Rovaniemi
- Tour guide services in the destination
Package price does not include
- Catering, meals, breakfasts
- Bed linen (you can bring your own or rent at 15€/stay)
- Extra activities as described in the itinerary (can be booked online until 8 days before departure)
Spend a week like a Finn! You will stay within walking distance from Saariselkä services (grocery stores, pistes, ski trails, restaurants, SPA, bars etc.) All cottages and apartments have a fireplace, own sauna, bathroom, TV, self-catering kitchenette with tableware and cooking equipment, fridge, freezer, mattresses and pillows. Cottages may vary by size and layout, in general, there are beds for 4-14 persons. WIFI is available in most of the cottages.
Good to know
A: In order to keep trip prices as low as possible, all cottages are self-catering – breakfast, lunch and evening meals are not included. Each cabin has good cooking facilities, and groceries are no more expensive than in Southern Finland. Kitchens are equipped with plates, glasses, mugs,2-ring electric hob, microwave, water boiler, coffee machine, toaster. Meals are not included, but we stop at Rovaniemi Citymarket to buy groceries. You can, for instance, decide with your cabin group what you are going to cook together and share the groceries and costs. There are no ovens in the cottages though, so don't buy things like frozen pizzas, chicken, etc. Grocery shopping: We recommend you do all your shopping on the way to Lapland. Your groceries won't freeze in the bus's luggage compartment unless the temperature drops to minus 35 C. In Kemi and Rovaniemi groceries can be way cheaper than in Southern Finland. In Saariselkä there is K-Market and Alko. If you'd like to buy drinks, please do it in Rovaniemi. You can save a lot of money if you and your roommates decide to cook together.
A: About a week before departure, everyone who has signed up for the trip will receive an email containing a cabin sign-up document where you can choose the cabin you would like to stay in and the people you would like to share it with. If you don't receive this email, check your spam folder, ask your friends to share it with you or contact our Customer Service Team. Please note that if you have one booking including several people, only the person who made the booking will receive the email!
In Saariselkä there will be wi-fi in most of the cabins. Also, you can find free wi-fi from the bus (while traveling) and from all the restaurants in the area.
A: You should bring the following at least:
- Warm clothes (clothes can also be rented for €12/set/day or €7/day for overall and boots only) 15€/day for the set.
- Bed linen set or sleeping bag + pillowcase (if you do not have it with you, it must be rented from Timetravels for €15/trip).
- Swimsuit and towel (unless you want to do it the Finnish way)
- Anything else you may need during the trip: cash, credit card, medicine, etc.
- Student card for discounts
- A small pillow or a special neck cushion for the bus trip
- Flip flops for Arctic swimming and jumping in the snow after sauna.
Q: What if there is no snow?
A: The reason we use North Lapland as the location of our main destinations is that plenty of snow is virtually guaranteed from the beginning of November. However, we cannot control the weather. So, in the unlikely event that the snow is not deep enough for certain activities, we will offer an alternative or a full refund for its cancellation.
A: Spring semester is, of course, more fun because there are more snow and more sunlight. If you have the choice, we recommend you to travel in February, March or early April. During the fall semester, there may be less snow, especially in November and early December. Additionally, the shorter periods of daylight impose certain restrictions on the schedule such as having to get up early in the morning.
Other information you might be looking for:
1. All mobile phones work normally in Lapland
2. Cabins have all the kitchen equipment you need (knives, forks, and plates) as well as other essentials such as toilet paper, soap and washing up liquid.
3. You ONLY need to buy things you are going to eat, plus salt, sugar, spices, etc. And don't buy anything (like frozen pizza) that needs to be cooked in an oven!
4. The best place to shop is in Rovaniemi or Kemi (on the outward journey) – In Saariselkä there is also a K-market and Alko for last-minute shopping.
5. If you drop out of a prepaid activity you are not entitled to a partial refund! You can, however, sell your place on certain activities to someone else on the tour
6. If anything goes wrong, immediately contact the Timetravels Tour Representative(s). They will do everything they possibly can to resolve the matter!
7. Activities booked on the spot in Lapland are refunded only in the case a customer has bought our travel insurance and require a doctor's statement as evidence.
8. We recommend you take a travel pillow with you for the overnight bus trip from Helsinki to Lapland.
Timetravels reserve the right to modify the program and adjust prices accordingly at any time. The itinerary is provisional. The final itinerary will be sent to you a few days before departure, as some activities are dependent on prevailing weather conditions.


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Dec 27, 2011 | ISBN 9780770435622
"Almina was a woman of great charm and courage."
—New York Times Book Review
"The more interesting and entertaining book is Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle. Written by the castle's current countess, Lady Fiona Carnarvon, the Eighth Countess of Carnarvon and great-granddaughter-in-law of Lady Almina, the book is a fascinating look at the woman of the house who turned her castle into a hospital for wounded British soldiers returning from World War I. (It corresponds perfectly with this season's war story line on Downton Abbey.)"
—USA Today
"Gives the juicy backstory behind last year's Emmy-winning 'Masterpiece Theater' drama."
—New York Times
"If you can't wait for the new season of 'Downton Abbey'…this one's for you….a revealing portrait of the changing times."
—New York Post
"[A] fascinating insight into how the seriously rich once lived."
—Newsweek Daily Beast
"The present Lady Carnarvon, who tapped the family archives for her comprehensive research, dramatically captures the estate during the pre-war and war years, and paints a compelling…portrait of Lady Almina."
—Newark Star-Ledger


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The Rebranding Of SOPA: Now Called 'Notice And Staydown'
from the catchy-and-stupid deptOn Thursday morning, the House Judiciary Committee held its latest in a long series of hearings concerning potential copyright reform -- sometimes referred to as "the Next Great Copyright Act" after the Copyright Office kicked off the process with a talk on that topic (I'd quibble with the word "great" in there given how things are going so far). The latest hearing focused on Section 512 of the DMCA, better known as the "notice and takedown" provisions, or, more broadly, as the "safe harbor" provisions, which (mostly) protect service providers from being held liable for infringement done by their users. You've heard all of the arguments concerning this on both sides before -- and we had a post describing 5 myths likely to come up during the hearings (which did not disappoint). If you missed it, you can live through the torture below:
The idea is, more or less, that if a site receives a takedown notice concerning a particular copy of a work, it should then automatically delete all copies of that work and, more importantly, block that work from ever being uploaded again. This may sound good if you're not very knowledgeable about (a) technology and (b) copyright law. But if you understand either, or both, you quickly realize this is a really, really stupid solution that won't work and will have all sorts of dangerous unintended consequences that harm both creativity and the wider internet itself.
First, as was pointed out in the 5 myths piece, content itself is not illegal. It's actions concerning a piece of content. So, by doing a notice and staydown, you're guaranteeing that perfectly legitimate uses -- including both licensed uses and fair uses -- get blocked as well. That's because to determine if something is infringing, you have to view it in the full context. No matter how much some copyright maximalists want to believe that copyright is a strict liability law, it is not. The very same content may be infringing in some cases and not infringing in others. Not checking the context of each use would clearly block forms of perfectly legitimate expression. That's a big problem.
Second, and perhaps even bigger, is the fact that such a law would more or less lock in a few big players, like YouTube, and effectively kill the chance of any startup or entrepreneur to innovate and offer a better solution. Throughout the hearing, you hear people refer to Google's ContentID system -- which takes fingerprints of audio and video works and matches new uploads against it -- as an example of a proactive system "done right." Except, that system cost Google somewhere around $50 or $60 million to build. No startup can replicate that. And, even then, if you ask plenty of regular YouTube users, ContentID is really, really bad. It kills off fair use work all the time, it creates tremendous problems for legitimate and licensed users of content who suddenly find their content pulled and strikes on their account. It more or less proves that even if you have all the money in the world, no one can yet build a fingerprinting system that is particularly accurate.
If such a rule did get put in place, however, it would basically just guarantee that the few big players who could afford both the technology and the legal liability/insurance over the inevitable lawsuits, would be able to continue hosting user generated content. That's more or less ceding much of the internet to Google and Facebook. Considering how often copyright maximalists like to attack big companies like Google for not "sharing the wealth" or "doing their part," it's absolutely ridiculous that their biggest suggestion is one that would effectively give the big internet players more power and control.
The reality of the situation is that "notice and staydown" is really just SOPA 2.0 in disguise. The whole goal of SOPA was to basically to shift the issue of copyright infringement to the tech industry from the MPAA/RIAA. The idea was that if you add liability to the tech players, then it would magically force the tech companies to figure out a way to "clean up" infringement (leaving aside all the collateral damage). That's the same thing with "notice and staydown." The real issue is trying to shift the liability burden to tech companies.
It's the same story over and over again. The business model that the legacy players used to rely on has melted away in the age of the internet. Rather than truly adapt and change, they just get jealous of successful tech companies, and think that those companies somehow "owe" them money. And the best way to legally do that is to get politicians to magically place legal liability on those companies, so they have to pay up. Notice and staydown has nothing to do with actually stopping copyright infringement. It's about taking the burden off of the legacy players, easing the need for them to adapt and change, while trying to force big tech companies to pay up. The irony, of course, is that in the process it would harm much needed innovation from startups and entrepreneurs (the companies that the content creators really need the most) and lock in bigger, more powerful internet players.
Filed Under: 512, content id, dmca, judy chu, notice and staydown, notice and takedown, safe harbors, sopa, tom marino


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Community Commons Event Room Policy
The Community Commons Event Rooms serve St. Charles County as a center for community engagement and development. The rooms are designed to support nonprofit, government, and community organizations by providing space for large gatherings including: special events, meetings, trainings, programs, and forums.
Outside fundraising events are not considered appropriate use of Library District Event rooms. Only those fundraising events held under the direction of the Library District shall be permitted.
Personal events, including but not limited to birthday parties, play groups, wedding receptions, and reunions are not considered appropriate use of Library District Event Rooms.
The Community Commons is a dedicated library center that emphasizes sound business practices, partnering, and collaborative activities. Its intent is to strengthen the community's nonprofit infrastructure and improve the quality of life in St. Charles County.
The Community Commons Event Rooms are governed through a defined collaboration between the St. Charles City-County Library District (Library District) and the Community Council of St. Charles County (Community Council) with the intention of developing and overseeing the services in the Library District's Community Commons.
In addition to Library Policy C250, the Community Council of St. Charles County shall manage the scheduling of the meeting rooms in accordance with the following regulations:
When conflicts arise between the proposed use of the Library District's Meeting Rooms and regulations presented in this policy, the Board of Trustees of the St. Charles City-County Library District shall have the final authority in granting or refusing permission for use of the rooms.
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Mist in the morning,
The hues of The Hill;
Who ever heard
Of a cold summer chill?
What a morning we're having up here at Monte Bello! Completely socked in with fog, misty wet drizzles, it's just stunning! So I took pictures. Please see below (in one of them, if you look close, you can see a hummingbird in mid-flight!), and please click on the image to see full-size:
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As folk across the region are busy peeling spuds and slicing carrots ready for their Easter lunch, it got us wondering, what makes your perfect Sunday lunch?
Where do you stand on sprouts? Are Yorkshire puddings only allowed with Beef? Is broccoli allowed anywhere near your plate?
And then there's gravy...
We want you to share with us what makes your perfect Sunday dinner - just comment below.


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|The Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse
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Chris Wojcik '96 has returned Harvard to the national stage in his eight years as the Frisbie Family Head Coach for Harvard Men's Lacrosse.
During his time at the helm of the Crimson, Wojcik has directed Harvard to a 60-57 overall record, including a pair of 10-win campaigns and 15 wins against ranked opponents. Six individuals have collected a total of nine USILA All-America accoloades, while 38 have been named All-Ivy League.
Under Wojcik, the Crimson went on a six-game win streak in 2018 that included conference wins over Brown and Dartmouth and a 19-18 overtime victory against Boston University. Morgan Cheek, Joe Lang and Robert Shaw all earned All-Ivy League second team, while Joe Kearney recieved All-Ivy League honorable mention. Four athletes garnered All-New England honors, with Cheek collecting a USILA All-America honorable mention as well as making the Tewaraaton Award watch list. Seven athletes were also recognized on the NEILA All-Academic team.
Leading a young squad in 2017, the Crimson started 4-0 for the second-straight year and capped the season with a win over No. 11 Yale. Joe Lang '18 was named a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection, as four Crimson student-athletes received All-Ancient Eight honors.
Harvard reached the title game of the Ivy League Tournament in 2016 after knocking off top-seeded and second-ranked Brown in the semifinal, 13-12. That victory was one of three for the Crimson over a nationally ranked opponent, with Harvard also defeating then No. 4 Duke, 14-9, and then No. 20 Villanova, 13-12. The win over the Wildcats came in the season opener in overtime as the Crimson became just the second team in NCAA history to win three-consecutive games in overtime. At the conclusion of the year Bobby Duvnjak (third team), Devin Dwyer (third team), and Joe Lang (honorable mention) were named to the USILA All-America teams, with a total of six individuals garnering All-Ivy League honors.
Harvard posted a 7-7 record in 2015 while playing the ninth toughest schedule in the nation. The Crimson faced off against seven programs ranked in the national polls, and picked up three victories versus top-20 opponents. Six individuals received All-Ivy recognition, with five individuals garnering All-New England honors.
In 2014 the Crimson did what no other team had done in 24 years, winning the program's first Ivy League championship since 1990 with a 5-1 conference record. By virtue of its regular season title, the Crimson earned the right to host the Ivy League Tournament at Harvard Stadium, where it advanced to the tournament final for the second time in program history. The feat helped earn Harvard an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament, its first since 2006 and sixth overall, while elevating the Crimson to a ranking of 11th in the nation. Harvard finished the year off with a 10-7 overall record, an impressive 7-1 mark in Cambridge, four wins over ranked opponents, and seven selections to the All-Ivy League teams, the second most in program history. Additionally, Devin Dwyer and Bobby Duvnjak garnered USILA All-America honorable mention honors, and Wojcik was tabbed as the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coach of the Year.
Wojcik led the Crimson to a 6-8 overall record in 2013 after against playing the ninth toughest schedule in the nation, including games against seven ranked opponents throughout the course of the season. Wojcik saw five players earned All-New England and All-Ivy League honors highlighted by Devin Dwyer's NEILA Rookie of the Year selection.
In his first season on the Harvard sideline, Wojcik guided the Crimson to a 10-6 overall record, marking the most wins for the program since 1998. Harvard, which earned a spot in the Ivy League tournament final, finished tied for third in the Ancient Eight with a 3-3 mark and earned four all-conference selections, led by Dean Gibbons and Kevin Vaughan who were named to the All-Ivy first team.
During the 2012 campaign, Wojcik led Harvard to as high as a No. 14 national ranking, and the Crimson began Ivy League play 2-0 for the first time since 1998. Harvard finished the season 5-2 at home and saw three players earn All-Ivy honors, most notably Jeff Cohen and Kevin Vaughan who were tabbed to the All-Ancient Eight first team.
Wojcik, who was an All-American in lacrosse and All-Ivy League selection in soccer for the Crimson before serving as an assistant coach, returned to Cambridge after a two-year stint as the top assistant coach at Penn from 2009-10. In addition to serving as offensive coordinator with the Quakers, Wojcik worked as the team's recruiting coordinator and was able to recruit an outstanding class that included two Under Armour All-Americans.
During the 2010 season, Wojcik helped Penn earn five All-Ivy League selections, the most for the program since 2004. The Quakers averaged 10.2 goals per game, the highest average at Penn in 10 years, and the team's extra-man offense ranked first in the Ivy League and third in the nation at 53 percent.
Prior to his stint at Penn, Wojcik was the offensive coordinator at Bowdoin College in 2008, aiding in the Polar Bears' run to their first NCAA tournament appearance, finishing the season ranked No. 20 nationally and 12-7 overall. Bowdoin's offense ranked first in the New England Small College Athletic Conference that spring.
Previously, he spent five seasons as an assistant coach in Cambridge under former head coach Scott Anderson. As the program's offensive coordinator in 2006, Wojcik oversaw an offense that helped the Crimson earn its first NCAA Championship berth since 1996. Wojcik also spent three years as the team's recruiting coordinator from 2005-07 and was the offensive coordinator from 2006-07.
As a two-sport standout with the Crimson, Wojcik earned lacrosse All-America honors in 1996, captaining Harvard to the NCAA tournament. He led the Crimson to a 15-12 victory against Hofstra in the first round of the tournament before the team fell to Virginia in the national quarterfinals. He completed his career with 134 points on 89 goals and 45 assists, placing him first among midfielders and 15th overall on the program's all-time scoring list.
In addition to his honors on the lacrosse field, Wojcik served as captain of the Harvard soccer team, earning two All-Ivy League honors and leading the team to an Ivy League title and an NCAA tournament appearance in the fall of 1994. Prior to graduation, Wojcik was named the winner of Harvard's Bingham Award, presented to the top male student-athlete in the senior class.
In 2008, Wojcik was a featured speaker at the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association convention in 2008 for developing offensive personnel and in 2009 for shooting. A member of the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Westfield (N.J.) High School Athletics Hall of Fame, Wojcik graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in economics. He also earned a master's of education in secondary education/social studies from Boston College in 2007.
Wojcik and his wife, Kathryn, have four children, Jack, Clare, Emily and Grace.


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"Go early, go hard, and go households" came the now famous advice from Treasury. It was like a licence to become popular.
This week, with the clock ticking down to the Coalition's first crucial budget, there was another piece of advice kicking around. Former Treasury official and now director at the firm Macroeconomics, Stephen Anthony, urged Joe Hockey to "cut early and cut hard". Not quite as pleasant perhaps, but equally clear.
Anthony went on to say, "there will never be a better chance than now to fix the budget".
It has been rather hard to get an accurate read on the government's pre-budget positioning given that through the earlier part of this year, Hockey has at times flagged a mild, even stimulatory budget, rejecting any sudden contractions that would "undermine improving economic growth in the budget".
"We're not going to do that. We want the economy to grow faster, to give people more jobs. That's what we want," he said last month.
If there is any confusion in voters' minds, it is because Hockey is planning a budget which does both - stimulate now and cut later - which will be a pretty neat trick if he can pull it off. The pitch involves convincing people that cutting is the new spending - the only lever left to governments across the developed world.
Monetary policy has no leeway left in it with the cash rate already at rock-bottom. Ditto for fiscal policy with the Commonwealth's balance sheet, like so many countries, already heavily in the red ruling out significant new spending.
His answer? Structural reforms aimed at trimming costs and bridging the remaining fiscal shortfall with new activity making for new revenue. Or as Hockey put it this week: "Real reforms to our economies in order to lift the overall level of growth and therefore everyone will benefit".
In the frame are the projected growth rates of several massive expenditure programs - some of which will start to really bite into the budget towards the end of its four-year cycle and beyond - the national disability insurance scheme, the promised return to 2 per cent growth in real terms of defence spending, and increased Commonwealth expenditure on school education.
Along with the burgeoning bill for health and the aged pension, these things add up to a worsening structural deficit - a permanent and widening gap between what we raise in tax revenue and our fixed costs every year.
Treasury boss Martin Parkinson nailed the problem a fortnight ago noting that the NDIS and "Gonski" school reforms will add $3.1 billion and $2.8 billion to total spending over the forward estimates. But it's beyond that four-year period that the costs really begin to gallop with the NDIS rising to be $11.3 billion annually in 2023-24.
"What is less well understood is that total Commonwealth expenditure on health is anticipated to rise from $64.7 billion in nominal terms to $116 billion in 2023-24," he told the Sydney Institute.
"Similarly, our three main pension payments - the aged pension, disability support pension, and carers' payment - grow at an annual rate of 6 per cent per annum in nominal terms over the forward estimates, adding around $13 billion to annual payments by 2016-17, and another $39 billion by 2023-24."
Anthony estimates the task of making the budget sound again will necessitate phased but nonetheless rapid spending cuts equal to $16 billion a year - that is a permanent reduction in fixed outlays of around 1 per cent of GDP.
Clearly this challenge is political as well as economic.
Tony Abbott has made it clear he intends keeping his promises - all of them, with no exceptions.
Yet there are strong signals that the aged pension, about which he made an ironclad promise of no change before the election, is to be trimmed. Choices on the table include a lower indexation arrangement, a new assets threshold involving the family home, and delaying the eligibility age to 70.
There is also speculation that some taxes will be increased, and middle-class welfare cut - Family Tax Benefit B in particular - as well as other welfare supplements.
Abbott knows many of these changes can only commence after 2016 if he is to keep his promises, giving the electorate a chance to cast judgment.
But to many voters, it will feel like betrayal anyway.
Mark Kenny is the national affairs editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House


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One source says Cameron would be a full-time player in either left or center field, as opposed to being used in a platoon with Jeremy Hermida.
The Red Sox could play Cameron in left or use him in center, with Jacoby Ellsbury moving over to left. ... And the pieces are quickly falling into place. Theo passes on Bay and Holliday and gives the big bucks to Lackey, inks Cameron, and still has his eye on Beltre.
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This is what I've been thinking would work. Call the default starting outfield Ellsbury-Cameron-Drew from left to right. That unit starts about 80 games. Against the toughest RHPs, make it Hermida-Ellsbury-Drew, about 40 games. Then Hermida will also get some starts spelling Drew (with Cameron moving to RF), maybe 25 games, and also spelling Ellsbury, 15 games.
This translates to starts as follows: Ellsbury 145 (80 LF, 65 CF), Drew 135 (all RF), Cameron 120 (95 CF, 25 RF), Hermida 80 (all LF). That could work. Cameron might not be thrilled with that little playing time, but given that he'll be 37, that much rest might help him finish strong (he's had pretty severe September fades the last couple of years).


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Well the characters from Chowder will now be complete with this tutorial that I will be submitting today. A member of DragoArt requested that I do a lesson on "how to draw Truffles from Chowder step by step". Truffles is the wife of Mung Daal and she is one fiery mushroom pixie. Although Truffles is mentally practical, she lacks the ability to stay calm, cool, and collective. The reason why I say this is because she has such a bad temper when it comes to dealing with her husband, the catering staff which is virtually just Shitzel, and the customers that want their service. Mung Daal leaves all the catering business responsibilities to Truffles because she has more of a business nature than he does. There was this one episode where she was trying to force the fruits to produce juice but they wouldn't because she was so incredibly mean. Once she calmed down and became more relaxed and cool minded, she found that being mean all the time really doesn't pay. They all became friends and produce a bunch of juice. This was a fun character to draw and I think that you will like it as well. Learning "how to draw Truffles from Chowder step by step" is fun, bright and even a bit funny. Well, get busy and start drawing out this Chowder character and I will get bust by submitting more lessons for you all.
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Meet the Designer | I am happy to introduce you to a wonderful digital designer – Krista Sahlin. Krista is the designer behind Sahlin Studio. I have admired Krista's work for a while now, and I hope you enjoy getting to know her too!
Krista's Life & Scrapbooking History | Krista lives in Minnesota with her husband and two children. Her husband is an "IT guy" – which really helps in her line of work as a digital designer. Her children are "wonderful and rambunctious kiddos" and you can almost feel her smile as she describes them. Krista considers herself "an avid memory keeper" and has combined her love of digital scrapbooking with her newer love of designing. She loves designing and finds it "incredibly surreal and such an honor that people use my designs to help capture their most treasured of memories."
Krista started paper scrapbooking in high school and discovered digital scrapbooking over five years ago in 2007. After a family trip to Walt Disney World, she discovered "amazing digi designs in the digital scrapbooking industry and was hooked." After a year, she realized that she had a lot of photos piling up because she "was waiting for that 'perfect' kit. So… I decided to try my hand at designing papers and elements to fit what I was looking for… the rest is history."
Krista's Style & Inspiration | Krista is very inspired by her own family photos. When she finds that stacks of photos start to gather on her hard drive, she creates designs to help her scrap those memories. After her family photos, she is also very inspired by color. She says, "practically anywhere and everywhere there is color. It could be in a fabric or a pattern on a couch pillow, from my kid's artwork to a magazine ad or an ad on a box. I find there is so much inspiration everywhere, and sometimes in the most unusual of places."
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Garden ideas: Showstopping flowerbeds in Denver's Civic Center park
If you work, live or play in downtown Denver and you miss this garden, you've got only yourself to blame. Denver Civic Center park's flowerbeds are having a fantastic year, probably helped by moderate temperatures and frequent late-afternoon cloudbursts. A stroll here will give you a thousand garden ideas for the years to come.