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Anywayanyday.com allows to book and buy cheaper air tickets from Bethune: Anywayanyday engine compares flight options from 800 air lines and finds the cheapest tickets from Bethune.
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Latitude: 50.533.
Longitude: 2.633.
IATA code: XBH.
Continent France is located on: Европа.
Name of the city in English: Bethune.
Name of the city in German: Bethune.
Name of the city in Ukrainian: Бетюн.
Name of the country in English: France.
Name of the country in German: Frankreich.
Name of the country in Ukrainian: Франція.
Name of the continent in English: Europe.
Name of the continent in German: Europa.
Name of the continent in Ukrainian: Європа.
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If the transfer is longer than 6 hours, the whole trip looks even more promising – you are welcome to meet new places or re-visit a city you already know.
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While visiting France, remember that there are a lot more than one city in this country: visit other places and have a close look at sights. About local sights as well as about sights in other cities of France you are welcome to learn on our public pages in social networks and in our regular emails.
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Many airlines have regular special offers for flights from Bethune. Follow such special offers in our social networks. Besides, we often inform you about such sales and special fares in our weekly emails.
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Capital markets and financial institutions are all around us. This is an enormous industry in which powerful players oftentimes challenge investors and the public at large and expose them to significant risks.
This Course provides for the deep understanding of the core ideas, concepts, and mechanisms of the modern capital market in a learner-friendly way. We will analyze the market's most fundamental problems, realize the intrinsic interests of the market participants, reveal the true meaning of certain financial terms, and uncover credible signals of the likely behavior of economic agents – all that with little math and a lot of fun.
The learners will be much better positioned with respect to the financial environment. They will see through the financial news, reveal the risks of the financiers' wishful thinking promises, and protect themselves against dangerous adventures. The learners will get the opportunity to use the obtained knowledge, skills, and understanding for the successful professional career in the financial and other business areas, as well as in their day-to-day life.
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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New dragons are added regularly!
Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.
Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.


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I dictated a note, moved to the next chart, reviewed some labs, scribbled a bit. The typical patient care stuff went on around me.
Suddenly, all was interrupted by someone loudly clearing his throat. "AHEM!"
We all looked up. Mr. Notepad was standing at the front counter.
Mr. Notepad: "I would like to speak to the nurse in charge."
Nurse Commander: "I'm the charge nurse today. What can I do for you?"
Mr. Notepad: "The decorative pictures in my room are not acceptable. I don't like them."
Nurse Commander: "I'm sorry."
Mr. Notepad: "I have prepared a list." (hands over a piece of paper) "I've written down the names and locations of pictures you have in the hallway that I prefer. I want to have them switched out with the ones in my room."
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Nurse Commander: "Sir, this isn't a hotel or art museum" (hands paper back to him). If you're unhappy with the pictures, I suggest you make a donation to the hospital foundation, and send the list to them."
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How Banks Can Adopt the Cloud Securely
The financial services industry is increasingly adopting cloud computing. There's no denying the compelling advantages to moving to the cloud -- reduced cost, greater flexibility and scalability, increased mobility, and faster deployment to name a few.
The requirement to protect customer information is still a barrier for many firms though. The fact that customer records and information must be secure and confidential is causing a major headache across the industry. Did you know, for example, that you need to protect your customers' records against any anticipated threats or hazards as well as unauthorized access that could cause substantial harm or inconvenience to the affected customer?
Worryingly, too many are adopting the cloud but are ignorant or feel they needn't worry about the risks that cloud computing brings. Recent research from Ernst & Young entitled 2012 Global Information Security Survey revealed that 59% of respondents said they used or planned to use cloud services. Yet over 33% had not taken any measures to mitigate security risks.
Your IP is like gold dust
Companies that have implemented cloud computing are now seeing people gain unauthorized access to their intellectual property (IP). And the pursuit of access to such valuable assets will only continue. We are likely to see additional stealthy, sustained attacks, known as advanced persistent threats (APTs) against companies in the future. Given the large quantity of customer data, the financial services industry is a viable and an attractive target. Your IP is like gold dust to a hacker.
Worryingly, a successful APT launched against a cloud computing service could seriously damage your IP -- and your reputation. In August last year, hackers gained access into the Dropbox online storage service using a list of customer email addresses from an employee's account. Soon after, a journalist from technology publication, Wired, saw his Apple iCloud account compromised by a hacker who gained access by socially engineering the company's tech support service.
The employees who allowed these high profile breaches to happen were well-meaning but unwitting. Yet, there is always the danger of an intentional inside job. If a member of staff working at a cloud service provider decides to siphon off a client's data to the highest bidder, it could result in a costly and embarrassing data compromise involving that client's own customers.
Ignorance is not bliss
As a cloud adopter, you need to understand your responsibilities and remember that reliance on the cloud service provider is not enough. Many organizations unknowingly rely on service level agreements from their cloud service provider and assume they are responsible for their data's security. It is not acceptable for financial services firms to claim ignorance and blame a breach on a third party provider.
Now that customer records and information can reside anywhere in a digital cloud, it is no longer enough to think of security in terms of physical infrastructure alone. Cloud security must be addressed as well.
Compliance through encryption
Financial services companies should employ encryption to reduce the risk of disclosure or alteration of sensitive information in storage and transit. This is one of the best methods to keep your information safe from hackers. With this approach, a secret pair of digital codes called 'keys' is used to encrypt the software. Without these, the software cannot be decrypted.
Encryption therefore protects your vital data against prying eyes, regardless of where it is stored. Entities who attempt to circumvent the company's protocols for data access will retrieve only scrambled information.
Encryption needs to work seamlessly for business users and their customers, so they are able to retrieve their information seamlessly. However, this in itself presents a problem. Who should actually own the keys?
Keep the keys, rotate the keys, destroy the keys
Often, third-party cloud service suppliers that encrypt a client's information retain the keys. However, this brings us back to our original predicament. If a hacker or a disgruntled employee steals the keys, they have access to unencrypted client information.
To help extract organizations from this predicament, Gartner recommends that the client retains, manages the encryption keys locally and ensures the keys are properly rotated and destroyed to keep them secure over time.
There are other considerations for the financial services industry when embracing a cloud computing strategy. First, make information a first-class citizen in the cloud. Above all, ensure that it is protected. Consider regulatory requirements when building strategies to protect your information and ensure that you cover your bases with regards to data export and residency restrictions.
Managing such requirements can be discouraging for many companies whose expertise is not in cloud computing or information security. Working with a trusted third party can help to cover your security needs while maximizing the innovation and competitiveness that the cloud brings.
These recommendations will help you eliminate any data confidentiality and integrity concerns as you fully embrace the cloud and migrate your data and applications. The less time you have to spend worrying about security, the more you can spend on your core business strategies.
Paige Leidig is senior vice president of CipherCloud


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The Need to Explain
by Thomas Sowell
The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century — Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories — bore little resemblance to the moderate candidates that Republican conventional wisdom depicts as the key to victory, even though most of these moderate candidates have in fact gone down to defeat.by Thomas Sowell
One of the biggest differences between Reagan and these latter-day losers was that Reagan paid great attention to explaining his policies and values. He was called "the great communicator," but much more than a gift for words was involved. The issues that defined Reagan's vision were things he had thought about, written about and debated for years before he reached the White House.
Reagan was like a veteran quarterback who comes up to the line of scrimmage, takes a glance at how the other team is deployed against him, and knows automatically what he needs to do. There is not enough time to figure it out from scratch, while waiting for the ball to be snapped. You have to have figured out such things long before the game began, and now just need to execute.
Very few Republican candidates for any office today show any sign of such in-depth preparation on issues. Mitt Romney, for example, inadvertently showed his lack of preparation when he indicated that he was in favor of indexing the minimum wage rate, so that it would rise automatically with inflation.
That sounds fine. But the cold fact is that minimum wage laws create massive unemployment among black teenagers. Conversely, one of the lowest rates of unemployment among black teenagers occurred in the 1940s, when inflation virtually repealed the minimum wage law passed in 1938, since even unskilled labor was paid more in inflated dollars than the minimum wage law required.
Even during the recession year of 1949, black teenage unemployment was a fraction of what it would be in the most prosperous later years, after the minimum wage rate was raised repeatedly to keep pace with inflation. One of the few benefits of inflation is that it can in effect repeal minimum wage laws, which politicians can do directly only by risking their reelection.
Conservative opposition to minimum wage laws is just one of the ways that conservative principles often work out to benefit those with lower incomes, more so than liberal principles that sound so much better as political rhetoric.
It seems unlikely that Governor Romney had time to learn about such things during this year's busy election campaign. He was like a rookie quarterback with just a few seconds to try to figure out the opposing team's complex formations before the ball is snapped.
One of the secrets of Barack Obama's success is his ability to say things that will sound both plausible and inspiring to uninformed people, even when they sound ridiculous to people who know the facts. Apparently he believes the former outnumber the latter, and the election results suggest that he may be right.
Since most of the media will never expose Obama's fallacies and falsehoods, it is all the more important for Republicans to do so themselves. Nor is it necessary for every Republican candidate for every office to become an expert on every controversial issue.
Just as particular issues are farmed out to different committees in Congress, so Republicans can set up committees of outside experts to inform them on particular issues.
For example, a committee on income and poverty could be headed by an expert like Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation. This is a subject on which demonstrable falsehoods have become the norm, and one on which devastating refutations in plain English are readily available from a number of sources.
A committee on the counterproductive effects of liberal policies such as minimum wage laws on minorities could be headed by someone like economist Walter Williams. Here too, there are many writings in plain English that could expose the huge harm done to minorities by liberal policies that claim to be helping them.
It is not necessary to explode every single lie put out by liberal Democrats. All that is necessary is to thoroughly discredit a few of their key claims, exposing them as liars.
What is even more necessary is for Republicans themselves to understand the urgent need to do so, for their own sake and — more important — for the country's sake.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and an author. This piece was originally posted at Townhall on Thursday, November 15, 2012.


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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This course discusses how macroeconomic variables affect individuals' personal, professional, and public activities and lays the foundation for the analysis of the mechanisms that drive macroeconomic variables. It start in its first module by introducing the key macroeconomic variables and explaining how they are defined and measured in order to enable the students to interpret macroeconomic data properly.
In the second module, the course offers a perspective for separating out various parts of the economy driven by different processes and for combining those components to develop a richer view of the whole. In particular, it applies this approach to the analysis of the relationship of the trade deficit with the budget deficit and private savings, offering insights about some key determinants of the balance of payments.
The third and fourth modules focus on the analyses of the foreign currency and money markets to provide fundamental models of the interest rate and exchange rate determination. They also discuss how these variables interact with each other and with the macroeconomic conditions, particularly monetary policy and the expectations about the future trends in the economy. These analyses lay the foundation for more comprehensive models of the macroeconomy in the next course of the Managerial Economics and Business Analysis Specialization.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Systematically assess the national and international economic environment in which you live and work.
• Analyze macroeconomic issues using key tools.
• Be a more effective professional in your line of activity.
This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.
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Feeling dog tired, can't summon the energy to do much of anything, and craving your bed? For many women, the extreme tiredness of the first trimester is quite a surprise. And it's an especially hard transition for those who are normally go-getters with lots of energy. Women who usually need only 6 hours of sleep at night often find they need nearly double that during these first weeks of pregnancy. And, for others, daytime tiredness is paired with trouble sleeping deeply or for more than a few hours at night. Nausea and vomiting can also be a big drain on your energy.
Fortunately, this is normal. It's a signal from your body to slow down and give it time to adjust to the incredible changes happening inside. Hormone changes play a big role in making you feel tired, especially the hormone progesterone. This hormone rises sharply in the first trimester. In addition, as blood volume increases to supply the developing placenta and fetal circulation, your heart pumps faster and stronger. This results in faster pulse and breathing rates. Low iron levels can sometimes make you tired, as well, although this is more common in later pregnancy.
For most women, the extreme fatigue of the first trimester is soon forgotten with the glow and boost in energy that comes with the second trimester. So, if it seems like all you're doing these first few weeks is lying around, dozing, or napping, don't worry. It's normal. Although fatigue often returns in the third trimester because of disrupted sleep and increasing discomforts, this too will pass in time.
Good nutrition and eating small, frequent, healthy meals can keep you going and can also help with nausea.
If you're at work and fighting back drooping eyelids, try some stretches or deep breathing exercises. Or get up and walk around the office or take a break outside.
When you can, go for a brisk walk around the block. A little exercise can energize you and may help you rest better when you do get to sleep.
Adapt your sleep habits. Take naps, if possible, during the day. You may also want to try going to bed earlier.
Drink enough fluids during the day and little several hours before bedtime. This may help you avoid having to get up to urinate during the night.
Squelch the urge to drink coffee or other caffeinated drinks to stay alert, as the caffeine really isn't good for your developing baby. Instead, drink plenty of water.
It's easy to feel guilty about not being able to do everything like you're used to. It's OK to pamper yourself. By reducing any extra job or social commitments during these first few weeks, you can be as productive as possible in your regular responsibilities.


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Yes, Google Reader is going away, and yes, there are great alternatives. However, if you're tired of web services shutting down on you, why not take matters into your own hands? Tiny Tiny RSS is a free, open-source syncing RSS platform with more features than Google Reader ever had, and it can't get shut down. Here's how to install it and set it up.
What You'll Get
Setting up Tiny Tiny RSS requires a little patience, but it's deceptively easy. I had my instance set up and web-accessible within a few hours, and I spent a few more tweaking all of the settings and options just the way I wanted them. At the end of the day you'll have a web page that you can visit at any time, on any device, to read all of the latest articles from the blogs you subscribe to. Tiny Tiny RSS supports filters and labels, so you can organize those feeds into categories, filter out the stories you don't want, and organize them so you read the interesting things first. You can also score feeds, so the blogs you like the most float to the top. There are more features than we have time to get into, but you can read more about them here.
Tiny Tiny RSS also has an Android app (sorry, no iOS app), a mobile-friendly web interface, a Chrome extension, and more third-party supported apps. There's even an XBMC client if you want to read your feeds on the big screen.
There are some things you won't get with Tiny Tiny RSS that Google Reader offers, though. For example, you won't get such a broad array of third party apps and clients. Sadly, Tiny Tiny RSS can't be used with your favorite desktop or mobile feed reader like Reeder or NewsRob. Plus, it's definitely harder to set up than just importing all of your feeds to Feedly. Even so, if you want ultimate control over your news reading, and you want something that'll never shut down on you, Tiny Tiny RSS Is worth setting up.
What You'll Need
Installing Tiny Tiny RSS isn't difficult, but you'll definitely need a few things before you begin:
A web host that supports PHP and MySQL. I used Dreamhost, since they have Linux web servers, they support PHP and have it installed already, and make setting up MySQL databases a one-click affair. Alternatively, if you don't want to use a web host, you can install Tiny Tiny RSS on a Linux computer you have at home. It's a bit more complicated, and you'll need to install PHP and MySQL on your own, but it's not too hard. We're going to focus on web servers in this how-to, so check out Linux.com's how-to guide here if you want to use your own Linux server.
A URL for remote access. You may want to buy a domain name so you can just type "www.myrssreader.com" in your browser to get to your Tiny Tiny RSS instance. If you already own a domain (and most of you do), it's easier (and cheaper) to just use a sub-domain of a URL you already own. For example, I used "reader.novawerks.net" for my Tiny Tiny RSS installation. Dreamhost had it up in minutes and it didn't cost me anything.
The latest version of Tiny Tiny RSS to install. The archive you download will include all of the files you need to install the application and set up the database.
Your exported Google Reader subscriptions. Here's our step-by-step guide to exporting your Reader data. You'll need the
file that you get after using Google Takeout.
Tiny Tiny RSS was meant to be installed on Linux computers that you have complete control over, like a Linux box in your house. Since most people don't have their own Linux web server, we're going to walk you through installing it on a web hosting company's servers—which we won't have complete control over. The developer behind TTRSS says that using this kind of hosting isn't supported. I think that's silly, and I'm willing to bet that this is a matter of support and personal preference, not functionality. Basically, if you use something like Dreamhost, you won't be able to get any help from the developer if something goes wrong. If you want that support and control, you'll need to use a dedicated Linux server as described above.
Step One: Prep Your Web Server and Create Your Database
Like I mentioned above, I used my web hosting company (Dreamhost) for this, so PHP was already installed, and creating the MySQL database for TTRSS was easy. Most web hosts have similar features, and will give you a web interface to create databases and users. If not, you'll have to use the command line. With that in mind, follow the corresponding instructions below:
Via the web interface: Check with your hosting provider to make sure that they meet the prerequisites. Odds are they'll make it easy for you and you can skip forward to step two. In most cases, once you've logged in to your host's management page, there's a wizard that will help you create a MySQL database and create its first user at the same time. Name the database and user whatever you want. Give the user a strong password to keep it secure. You can see how I did it with Dreamhost (using some example names) in the image to the right.
Via the command line: If your host doesn't offer one-click tools or a GUI to create a MySQL database (or you prefer the command line), it's not too difficult to do at the command line. Use your favorite terminal app (I use PuTTY in Windows and iTerm on the Mac) to connect to your web host (Open the tool and type slogin [email protected]
. You'll be prompted for your password. Your username and password here are created through your web host, so check with them if you're not sure how to connect.) To create the database, type:
mysql -u root -p -h mysqlhost.mydomain.com CREATE DATABASE ttrssdb
In this example, your database is called "ttrssdb," and you should replace mysqlhost.mydomain.com
in the above command for the name of the host where your SQL database will live. In my case, I had a separate hostname for my SQL database, but if you're running everything on the same system, you can omit -h mysqlhost.mydomain.com
from the command to create the database on your local host.
To create the database user, type:
mysql -u root -p -h mysqlhost.mydomain.com GRANT alter,create,delete,drop,insert,update,select ON ttrssdb.* TO ttrssdbusername IDENTIFIED BY strongpassword
Again, change the fields in italics to what you want them to be, and omit the -h mysqlhost.mydomain.com
if you're setting this all up on the same computer.
Step Two: Install Tiny Tiny RSS and Set Up the Database
Once your server is prepped, now all we have to do is install and configure Tiny Tiny RSS on it. First, download the latest version of TTRSS from the developer's site. It'll come as a tarball (a .tar.gz file), so make sure you have an app like 7-Zip (Windows, Free), The Unarchiver (OS X, Free), or PeaZip (Linux, Free) ready if you want to use an app to unpack it.
Once you've unpacked the archive, look in the "schema" folder for the database schema (that is, the file that will build and organize TTRSS's database) that corresponds to the database software you're using. The ttrss_schema_pgsql.sql
file is for PostgreSQL, and the ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
file is for MySQL. You can import the schema either via command line or using the GUI for your database software. My host offers both command line access and PHPMyAdmin to manage my database.
Via the web interface: First, go to the URL for your database. In this case, it's "mysqlhost.mydomain.com," and log in with the username and password you created earlier. Click the "import" tab at the top of the page, and then browse to the schema file you want to import (ttrss_schema_mysql.sql
). PHPMyAdmin should detect the file format automatically. Click "Go," and wait for the import to complete.
Via the command line: The first time I imported the schema, it timed out on me, so I was worried it didn't import correctly. I decided to double-check by re-importing it via the command line. To do this, type:
mysql -u ttrssdbusername -D ttrssdb -p -h mysqlhost.mydomain.com
You'll be prompted for the password for that user account, but assuming you're in the directory you've created for Tiny Tiny RSS, the schema will be imported after a moment or two.
At this point, Tiny Tiny RSS is installed, your database is up and running, and you've imported your schema. The only thing left to do now is to connect Tiny Tiny RSS to your database and tweak some of the application settings.
Step Three: Connect Tiny Tiny RSS to Your Database
Go back to your Tiny Tiny RSS folder and find the config.php-dist
file in the root directory. Make a copy of it, rename it config.php
, and open it with your favorite text editor, whether in the command line (pico, vi, emacs, whatever) or by downloading it and opening it with something like Notepad++. If you edit it on the desktop, just make sure to re-upload it with the proper name so your changes take effect.
The fields at the top of the file are the most important, and the ones you need to change in order for TTRSS to find and log in to your database server. Review the entire file though, just to make sure none of the options are things you want to toggle. We'll tweak some of the additional settings later, but here are the basics, using the example names we've been using so far:
define('DB_TYPE', "mysql"); // or mysql
define('DB_HOST', "mysqlhost.mydomain.com");
define('DB_USER', "ttrssdbusername");
define('DB_NAME', "ttrssdb");
define('DB_PASS', "strongpassword");
//define('DB_PORT', '5432'); // when neeeded, PG-only
Unless your SQL database is on a server using a non-standard port, you probably won't need to define the DB_PORT. If you're running everything on the same system, leave DB_HOST blank or as "localhost." Of course, you should have your own usernames, domain names, and passwords to fill in here, but you get the gist.
Next, scroll down to the basic settings:
define('SELF_URL_PATH', '
The SELF_URL_PATH is the domain where TTRSS is currently installed. If you installed it at http://yourdomain.com/ttrss, fill that in. If you set up a domain and installed TTRSS at its root, just type in the name of the domain, like http://myttrssdomainname.com/. If you're installing everything on the a server at home, this is where you'll put in your Dynamic DNS URL. There are more to set up, but these are the ones required to connect TTRSS to your database successfully. Now we're ready to log in for the first time.
Step Four: Log In and Import Your Feeds
If you've set everything up correctly, you should be able to go to http://yourdomain.com/ttrss or http://myttrssdomainname.com/ and see a login screen. Congratulations! The default credentials are "admin" and "password," so once you're logged in, the first thing you should do is change the password. Click the Actions menu at the top-right corner of the screen and select Preferences. You should see Personal Data/Authentication near the top of the screen. Click that and you'll see the password change screen. Give yourself a nice strong password and save it.
Next, let's import your feeds. If you haven't exported your subscriptions from Google Reader, now's the time to do it. Check out our step-by-step to get your data out of Google Reader, and once you have your subscriptions.xml
file, here's how to import it to TTRSS:
Click the Actions menu at the top right corner of the screen and select Preferences.
Click the Feeds tab, and look for the "OPML" option near the bottom of the screen. Click it to open that frame.
Click Choose File to browse your hard drive for your
file. Select it, and click OK.Click the Import My OPML button to begin your feed import. If you have a lot of subscriptions (especially if some of them are defunct or now dead) this may take a while. Grab some coffee.
When your import is complete, click the Exit Preferences button in the upper right to go back to the main view. Even if your import seems like it's errored out (this happened to me a couple of times,) it probably imported your feeds okay anyway. You should see all of the subscriptions TTRSS imported in the sidebar, organized the same way they were at Google Reader—if you had folders, they should have come over with you. If you want to edit, rename, color-code, or re-categorize a feed, it's easy—just click to select it in the sidebar, and click the Actions menu to see all available options for it.
To add new feeds, click the Actions menu and select Subscribe to Feed. If the feed you want to subscribe to requires a login and password, check the "This feed requires authentication" box and you'll see fields to enter your credentials. If some of your feeds were imported with errors, or they're dead and TTRSS can't resolve them, highlight them on the left sidebar, then click Actions and Unsubscribe to remove them from your list.
Step Five: Tell Tiny Tiny RSS to Update Feeds and Update Itself Automatically
Now its time for a few advanced tweaks that will make your experience a little better. Here's how to make TTRSS update your feeds without doing it manually and how to get automatic updates to the application when the developer releases them:
Make TTRSS Update Your Feeds Without Help
By default, Tiny Tiny RSS only updates feeds when you double-click on them. If you want them to update automatically, you have a few options. You can either tell Tiny Tiny RSS to update quietly in the background while you're using the site and reading other feeds (and you can always update manually by double-clicking a feed name,) or you can run a background process on your linux server that will keep your database up to date even when you're not using the webapp.
The latter is the most foolproof method, but most web hosts aren't about to let you run a background process all the time, even when you're not logged in. However, if you're running TTRSS on your own linux box, check out the Updating Feeds page in the Tiny Tiny RSS Wiki for more information on how to set this up.
I opted for the former method, partially because I'm using a shared host, but also because it's just easier to set up. Open up your config.php
file in a text editor, and scroll down "SIMPLE_UPDATE_MODE" and change its flag from "false" to "true." This will make TTRSS update your feeds for you every 30 minutes (by default, you can change this in the Preferences) as long as you're logged in. Set it as a pinned tab, and you'll never have a problem.
Get Application Updates Automatically
When I started playing with Tiny Tiny RSS, I was using version 1.7.3. The night after I got everything set up the way I wanted it, the developer released version 1.7.5. There is a built-in updater in TTRSS, but you have to turn it on first. Go back to your config.php
file, and look for this field near the bottom of the file:
define('PLUGINS', 'auth_remote, auth_internal, note');
Change it to look like this:
define('PLUGINS', 'auth_remote, auth_internal, note, updater');
This enables the updater plugin (I have no idea why it isn't enabled by default) and opens up a new option in the Preferences menu called "Update Tiny Tiny RSS." Click it to check for updates, or to download and install an update if one is available. Again, this tweak works best if you're running TTRSS on your own server or an instance you control. I had trouble with it and wound up updating manually anyway (more on that here), so your mileage may vary using it.
Grab the Tiny Tiny RSS Android Client for On The Go Reading
Tiny Tiny RSS is well suited for mobile browsers, but it's not perfect. If you'd like to take your subscriptions on the go, download the Tiny Tiny RSS client for Android. It takes a few seconds on the settings page to set it up to work with your TTRSS installation (type in your URL, your username, your password, and customize the settings the way you like) and in moments you'll be reading your feeds on your Android phone.
The app has settings for HTTPS if your instance is running via SSL, and you can tell it to download feed icons and categories if you want to browse your feeds the same way you would on the web. You can tweak the article text size, enable full-screen mode for easy reading, and more. There are even a few themes to choose from. The Android app is free for seven days—after that you'll need to shell out $1.99 for the unlock key either via Google Play or in-app purchase.
Additional Reading
While this guide walks you through setting up a fully-functional Tiny Tiny RSS instance and importing your feeds, it's still just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all of the features and options available in the app. Want a daily digest of your subscriptions and all your unread stories? TTRSS can send you one (if you enable it in the preferences and enter your SMTP server settings in your config.php
file). Want to float interesting articles to the top? You can score feeds so the ones you enjoy reading appear at the top of your list. You can even completely tweak the layout and design with custom CSS. Dive into the app settings and explore!
For more information, additional reading, or if you run into trouble and need some help, check out these links:
Since Tiny Tiny RSS is free and open source, you could even create additional users for your friends and share your install and let everyone import their own subscriptions, and use it without any fear that it'll shut down on you. In fact, we've already seen a number of people send us their own version of "the next Google Reader/the best replacement for Google Reader," which is really just a skinned instance of Tiny Tiny RSS (so look out for that, too, especially if someone's charging money for it!)
If you do plan to build an instance for your friends, or you want something more reliable, grab a dedicated server or a VPS to install and run Tiny Tiny RSS on. Even better, consider carving out a little space on Amazon Web Services' free tier and setting it up there—it's an ideal cloud-based, affordable option whether you want to use it on your own, or you want to open the doors to your friends and build a Google Reader replacement for you all to use. You can let someone else manage the back-end, and as long as you keep it alive, you'll have a true Google Reader replacement that's leaps and bounds better than the original. Bonus: You control it, and it'll never go away unless you want it to.


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Kale with Caramelized Onions
Recipe courtesy of Harvard University Dining Services
Serves 4
- 1 pound fresh kale, roughly chopped
- 1 medium-sized onion, sliced thin
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- First, caramelize the onions: Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a sauté pan over medium low heat and add the onions.
- Cook very slowly on medium low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions are browned; do not burn. When finished, remove from heat and set aside.
- In a separate sauté pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Add the chopped kale and sauté until tender, about 8 minutes.
- Add the onions and, if desired, the lemon juice. Toss together. Remove from heat and serve.
Nutrition facts:
Per 1/4 of recipe 130 calories 4 grams of protein 14 grams of carbohydrates 3 grams of fiber 50 milligrams of sodium 7 grams of fatTerms of Use
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By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Carol Trimble of Warren, a family member of the victims, views the pond along Pine Avenue S.E. in Warren, Ohio where police say six teens were killed in the crash, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Tribune Chronicle, R. Michael Semple)
WARREN, Ohio (AP) — A speeding sport utility vehicle taken without permission and carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing five boys and the young woman driving, the state highway patrol said.
The Honda Passport veered off the left side of a road and overturned just south of the city of Warren, about 60 miles east of Cleveland, Lt. Anne Ralston said. Investigators say it came to rest upside down in the swamp and sank with five of the victims trapped inside. A sixth, who was thrown from the SUV during the crash, was found under it when the vehicle was taken out of the water.
The two boys who survived escaped from the submerged vehicle and ran a quarter-mile to a home to call 911, the highway patrol said.
State Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Holt said at an evening news conference that speed was a factor, although investigators were still trying to determine the speed at the time of the accident.
"We will not be speculating on alcohol and-or drug usage pending toxicology reports," Holt said.
No one in the vehicle had permission to take it, but there were no theft reports, Holt said. The vehicle was licensed to a resident of Youngstown, about 20 miles away, he said.
After the news conference, the gates of an impound lot were opened to show the wreck, with windows smashed and extensive damage to the front end, hood and roof.
Ralston didn't know where the teens were headed when the crash happened at about 7 a.m. and Holt said later it wasn't clear how long they had been out.
"All I know is my baby is gone," said Derrick Ray, who came to the crash site after viewing his 15-year-old son Daylan's body at the county morgue. He said he knew that his son, a talented football player who was looking forward to playing in high school, was out with friends, but didn't know their plans.
A pile of blue, green and copper-red stuffed bears grew at a makeshift memorial at the crash site along a two-lane road tightly bordered with guardrails on either side in an industrial area. The sport utility vehicle had sheared off tall cattails along the guardrail.
There were also notes at the memorial, including a letter from Daylan Ray's 12-year-old half-sister, Mariah Bryant, who said she had learned they were related only in the past year.
"It hurts, it really does, because they are so young and, like, they could have had so much more to life," she said. "We just really started getting close, and it's hard to believe he's gone."
Warren Fire Department Capt. Bill Monrean said a cold water rescue team was deployed to the scene and got five teens out of the submerged vehicle.
"Being a cold water rescue situation, cold water extends life," Monrean told AP Radio. "We knew we had a chance; even being in there a while."
Two of the teens, both 15, were brought to a hospital in full cardiac arrest, St. Joseph Health Center nursing supervisor Julie Gill said, and were pronounced dead there. She said they were treated for hypothermic drowning trauma, indicating they had been submerged in cold water.
The two who survived, 18-year-old Brian Henry and 15-year-old Asher Lewis, both of Warren, were treated for bruising and other injuries and released, she said.
All those killed were ages 14 to 19, authorities said. State police identified them as the 19-year-old driver Alexis Cayson; Andrique Bennett, 14; Brandon Murray, 17; and Kirklan Behner, Ramone White and Ray, all 15. The Highway Patrol said Cayson was the only female in the vehicle.
Rickie Bowling, 18, a friend of Behner, sobbed at the crash scene as she recalled his playfulness and reputation as a cut-up.
"He was one of a kind," she said. "Everyone knew him in the neighborhood. In school, he always made everyone laugh."
Bowling said the tragedy highlighted the importance of savoring life. "Basically, enjoy every second in life," she said. "Enjoy life while you've got it and while you're here and enjoy people that you love."
She said she would rely on her faith in the difficult days ahead. "The only way to look at it is on the bright side: he's in a better place," she said.
Jasmine McClintock, 22, a friend of a victim, visited the crash scene and said it should serve as a warning for parents to be aware of their children's activities.
"I hope it's an eye-opener for parents," she said while watching the slow ripple of the pond water littered with debris, some apparently from the crash.
McClintock said she was troubled by the question of what the victims were doing out at that hour, not knowing if they had been out all night or left home early.
"That's the part that boggles my mind. It's like on a Sunday if you're not going to church, what are you doing at 7 a.m. out driving," she asked.
Officials opened a school where several of the victims attended to provide counseling for families Sunday night. Superintendent Michael Notar called the crowded closed-door session heartbreaking and said counselors would be available Monday in schools.
Cheryl Moore, 54, whose nephew is a classmate of some of the victims, emerged from the counseling session and said it was helpful. "I just feel we have to come to grips with what happened today," she said.
All eight were from Warren. It's not believed that any of them were closely related, the highway patrol said.
Near the Pennsylvania state line, Warren is a mostly blue-collar city that was hit by the decline of U.S. steel mills; it has more than 41,000 residents in the industrial Mahoning Valley region.
Associated Press writer Dan Sewell in Cincinnati contributed this report.


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WASHINGTON — Kids gleefully snapped up virtual pet food, gems or other items while playing games on their mobile devices, while the bills from Apple Inc. mounted, often without parents' knowledge. Now, the tech giant has agreed to refund the money.
Following tens of thousands of consumer complaints, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that Apple will pay at least $32.5 million to settle a federal case involving those in-app purchases. Apple also must change its billing practices to make it more obvious that an actual purchase is taking place during the course of the game or app.
Just how could a kid buy these things without mom or dad's knowledge and run up bills into the hundreds of dollars or more?
A game-player wants to advance to a new level or buy coins, a chest of gems or treats for a virtual pet. It takes a click, and then the app asks for a password. The child turns to a parent, who punches it in.
But, according to the FTC complaint, Apple did not always make it clear that they were buying something. Parents also were not told that entering the password started a 15-minute clock during which kids could make unlimited purchases without any further action by an adult, the agency said.
A single purchase generally can range from 99 cents to $99, the commission said.
One parent told the FTC that her daughter had spent $2,600 in "Tap Pet Hotel," in which children can build their own pet lodging. The game is free to download and play, but it takes in-app purchases for treats and coins for the pets.
Others consumers reported unauthorized purchases by children totaling more than $500 in the apps "Dragon Story" and "Tiny Zoo Friends."
"You cannot charge consumers for purchases they did not authorize," said Edith Ramirez, the commission chairwoman.
Apple will have until Mar. 31 to come up with a billing system that ensures the company obtains consumers' informed consent before billing them for in-app purchases.
The settlement involves all apps in which minors made unauthorized purchases.
It addresses the same issue raised in a class-action lawsuit that Apple resolved last year. In that case, Apple agreed to contact 28 million of its app customers to offer them a $5 store credit or a $30 cash refund if their children had spent at least that much money without parental consent. The deadline for filing a claim was Monday.
That settlement resulted in about 37,000 claims, according to a memo that Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to company employees Wednesday to discuss the FTC's rebuke.
"It doesn't feel right for the FTC to sue over a case that had already been settled," Cook wrote. "To us, it smacked of double jeopardy."
Cook said the Cupertino, Calif., company relented to the FTC because the consent decree "does not require us to do anything we weren't already going to do, so we decided to accept it rather than take on a long and distracting legal fight."
Apple has taken a series of steps in the past few years to ensure its app store is a "safe place for customers of all ages."
Apple's app store is a gold mine for software developers and the company, which charges a 30 percent commission on the transactions. Apple says its customers spent more than $10 billion on app transactions last year. That figure includes the price charged by some apps for the software, as well as revenue from purchases while playing a game or for some other extra service.
Children's applications sold in Apple's store generated about 44 percent of its revenue from purchases made while using the software during November, according to the latest data from the research firm App Annie. The remaining revenue came from upfront fees required to download some children's apps from Apple's store.
In the FTC case, the $32.5 million payout is a minimum. As part of the settlement, Apple must pay full refunds to consumers for kids' unauthorized purchases, so that figure could climb. If it doesn't rise to $32.5 million, the difference would be paid to the FTC, Ramirez said.
Apple is the world's most valued company as measured by market capitalization.
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"It's Venice dear the whole city is a museum." – my friend Dacotah R.
As we packed our bags for the summer, last year, to head off on the road trip that took us to 3 destinations, I had no idea how true these words, by the lovely, Dacotah, were going to be.
Venice has been on my bucket list forever and the fact that we were finally managing this trip was more than exciting. We had just a few days in the city and I wanted to make the most of it.
Yes, I wanted to see those famous landmarks and attractions that every travel guide mentions as a "must see," but I really wanted to experience the Venice real Venetians live everyday. Walk the narrow streets, beyond the tourist attractions, sip an ombra in a bàcaro, nibbling on a variety of cicchetti with the locals away from the hustle and bustle of the exploding crowds so well known for Venice.
There are days when tourists outnumber locals by two to one, but Venice never loses its ability to enchant. A cityscape of stone palaces seemingly afloat on water with candy-striped pillars standing anchored in the gentle lapping waters of the canals, lace the city giving Venice a truly magical charm and making it worth every cent!
Venice is expensive with prices sometimes double or triple to what they are elsewhere in Italy. But Venice is also extraordinary and visitors pilgrim to this wonder of a city that defies all notion of logic to experience its fragile beauty in hordes. While you should be prepared to dig a little deeper into your pockets, there are a few things you can do to save some of the vacation budget for, maybe a more extravagant meal.
We decided to book our hotel not directly in Venice, instead we picked the Hotel Ambasciatori in Mestre.
TIP: There are 2 sister hotels with the same name however one is the Ambasciatori Delfino, which apparently is not as comfortable as the 4 star Ambasciatori.
As we would be here for 2 nights and 3 days, spending most of our time in Venice, we were looking for a clean, comfortable hotel with good service on a budget. This hotel provided everything we required, with spacious rooms, clean elegant bathrooms and a very competent and helpful staff. Free Wi-Fi is provided however in the room it is extremely patchy. The connection is much better in the lobby and bar area of the hotel. There is a supermarket next to the hotel and you can buy drinks and snacks at a reasonable price. A very conveniently located bus station right in front of the hotel will take you directly to Piazzale Roma, in Venice within 10 minutes. The bus tickets can be bought at the reception of the hotel for €2.60 per person return fare. The reception staff is extremely courteous taking the time to advice and give their insider tips for things to do, where to eat and shop. So, make sure you ask them! Breakfast is served in buffet form, with a lot of variety from scrambled eggs, sausages and bacon to fruit, granola, croissants and preserves. It is not a luxury breakfast atmosphere but designed to provide a good, quick yet solid meal for an entire day of adventure in Venice.
Hotel Ambasciatori
Corso Del Popolo 221,
30172 Mestre
The Piazzale Roma is the gateway to Venice. This utilitarian square, with its parking garages and bus bays, lies on the Venice side of the long causeway from the mainland. From here you can buy and board the water buses or cross the Ponte di Calatrava to discover Venice either by water or on foot.
From the Piazzale Roma, head to the Hellovenezia office where you will be able to buy tickets for the vaporetti (public water buses).
TIP: Prices for single boat trips are obscenely high, so consider buying a 12-hour to a 7-day tourist travel card for longer stays. A 12-hour travel card will cost €18, and a 48-hour travel card costs €30 per person. Don't buy more time than you need. The beauty of Venice is that it is compact and pedestrian friendly so you can get around on foot quite easily.
We arrived in Mestre in the early afternoon and headed into Venice early evening to enjoy the city's atmosphere at dusk. After organizing our vaporetti tickets for the next two days, we crossed the Ponte di Calatrava and headed to Cannaregio.
Cannargio offers a glimpse into the "normal" Italian life with almost a third of Venetians living in this district of Venice. Here you will find a relaxed atmosphere far from the overflowing and crowded Piazza San Marco. Although the tourists flock in hordes around streets of the main train station of Venice, in the eastern part of Cannargio where the Strada Nova stretches through the district, a quainter and relaxed atmosphere can be enjoyed. This is where the locals shop in small, often family owned shops, where along with a friendly chat you can buy fresh cacciatore and prosciutto, fruit and vegetables or a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. The most appealing part of Cannaregio lies quietly to the north, waiting to be explored. The quieter stretches of canal here can be amazingly serene and attractive. In the tranquil side streets the locals chat lively with each other while their bambinis play catch on the cobbled streets and the housewives hang out their colorful laundry on washing lines just outside their windows. .
Heading back southwards you'll come to a livelier stretch of canal along Fondamenta della Misericordia, where there are some great canal-side bars and places to eat. Although this street is buzzing in the evenings, with locals mixed with a few tourists drinking there early evening Bellinis or Aperol Spritz, it is not enough to spoil the Venetian atmosphere.
We decided to walk around and check out what people were eating and simply stop for dinner where it looked and smelled good. Our trip brought us to a halt at a bacaro with barrels and tables scattered across the sidewalk and diners clustered on each one of the tables, chatting and enjoying divine looking platters of cicheto, meat, fish and cheese.
I poked my head in the door and watched the staff busily working behind the bar and around further filled tables inside. But what caught my eye was further behind in the room. A counter filled with fresh fish, seafood, meat and plenty of greens and vegetables told me that this was the place to stay. I walked up the chef behind the counter hoping to get into some friendly chitchat and eventually finding a free table.
"What do you want?" asked the chef without taking his eyes off the fish he was preparing.
"Whatever you make for me!" I said, smiling.
"I have fish and some beef" eyes still on the fish
"Fish is good!"
"Ok I make you some fish!"
"Perfect! Now I need a table for three to go with that fish!" I said grinning from ear to ear. For the first time he looked up at me. With a gentle nod and a hint of a smirk he said
"You want beer?" We make our own. Outside – you will find a table."
I walked outside and waited till a cheerful Italian lady ushered the three of us to a table that had just become free. She came back with glasses filled with Aperol Spritz, crayons and paper for Soeren.
Just as we were sipping the cool aperitif, the chef popped his head out of the door and hollered in our direction,
"Your fish … raw? Or cooked?"
"Cooked please!"
Soon a platter of antipasti and charcuterie appeared on our table accompanied with bottles of the promised beer. Our waitress kept us busy with stories and jokes while the chef worked his magic indoors. Finally a huge platter filled with some of the most divine looking fish arrived at our table steaming, evocatively. Local fish, prawns in olive and herbs, scallops, mussels, sardines coated with polenta were just a few of the variety we were treated to.
The food at La Cantina was exquisite. You will not find a menu, the best way to dine at La Cantina is to simply leave yourself hands of the very capable chef, Francesco Zorzetto. He is moody, slightly coarse and wonderfully Venetian. We were so thrilled with our experience here that we came back the next evening. For our meal of antipasti, the fish platter, and the large bottle of beer we paid €80.
La Cantina
Campo San Felice,
Cannaregio 3689
Telephone: +39 041 52 28 258
The following day we threw ourselves in the hustle and bustle of Venice starting the day at the Pescheria and the Erberia, Venice's fish market and produce markets. It is best to arrive early if you want to see these markets in full swing. The barges begin arriving at dawn, the vendors bargain with customers and restaurant chefs examine the daily supply of fish, crustaceans, and bivalves while delivery men push handcarts laden with fruit and vegetables all by 8 a.m – it's a great show!. The wholesalers and most of the retailers close up shop by midday and head off to their favorite bacari for their well earned ombre.
Apparently over 50 000 ombre or glasses of wine, are consumed daily in Venice. If you consider that Venice only has 60 000 residents, that is an impressive figure. The glass of wine here is not a simple break in the day but a way of life – conviviality, without constrains.
Follow the fish and produce retailers into one of the bacari on Rialto. You won't be sorry. From 11 a.m. onwards they are extremely full but the experience of rubbing shoulders with locals and eavesdropping on their conversation as they joke and tell stories, while nibbling on sardine cicchetti is so much better than getting stuck in a massive sweaty crowd. Avoid all places that offer menus in 5-6 languages as these are tourist traps and offer bad food for extremely high prices.
The oldest bacaro in Venice is Do Mori, which dates back to 1462 so it is an obligatory stop for us foodies. Order the house speciality – francobollo - a white-bread sandwich filled with sliced meats, radicchio, gorgonzola or roasted vegetables and ask for the local or house-wine which is not only good but cheaper than the overpriced other wines offered.
Do Mori
San Polo 429,
Calle dei Do Mori
Getting into the vaporetto we headed up the Canal Grande to throw ourselves in the unholy crowds and make our way to the soul of Venice – San Marco. The cruise along the Canal Grande is certainly a must and an unforgettable experience. Try to get one of the coveted outdoor seats on the vaporetti, and simply sit back and take in the sheer opulence of the hundreds of palazzi (or Canalazzi as they are called on the canal), churches and imposing buildings dating from the 14th to the 18th centuries. Soak up the afternoon sun rays and allow yourself to absorb the sights and sounds of Venice from another perspective. The weather-worn colors of the homes of Venice's former elite are kindled by the soft light and reflected in the rippling waters of the canal and the busy, seemingly chaotic traffic of delivery boats, gondolas, barges and water taxis fill the city's main channel.
TIP: Hop on the vaporatto no. 1, the ride from the train station to San Marco will take 40 minutes and the best time of the day is after midday when the traffic has eased up a little on the canal.
There are squares that every passionate traveller just has to see; the Times Square in New York, London's Trafalgar Square or the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Venice's St. Mark's Square or the Piazza San Marco is not only a major tourist magnet but one of the most stunning squares unparalleled to its counterparts.
Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco "the most beautiful salon in the world." Indeed this piazza truly invites people to relax and chat with a stunning backdrop to boot. The patterned ground of the piazza is brimming with pigeons, but on every step or balustrade or on the ledges around the Campanile, wherever there is any space you will find people from all corners of the world settled down, just like the pigeons, engaged in lively conversation or just taking a repose in the sultry heat. The cafés around the piazza invite you to take a much needed break before you dive into the incredible monuments that surround this square.
The most grandiose of them all is probably the Basilica Di San Marco – a mixture of Byzantine bulbed domes and spectacular gold mosaics – it is exotic and mysterious and unlike any other Roman Catholic church.
For centuries, Venice was Europe's main gateway between the Orient and the West, so it is not surprising that architectural style for the majestic Basilica di San Marco, with its five mosque-like domes, was adopted from Byzantine Empire. According to legend, in 828, the remains of St. Mark, the Evangelist from Egypt was smuggled into Venice by two enterprising Venetian merchants They packed these remains in pickled pork to avoid investigation from the Muslim guards. St. Mark replaced the Greek St. Theodore as Venice's patron saint, and a small chapel was built on this spot in his honor. Over the centuries, wealthy Venetian merchants and politicians donated gifts to expand and embellish this church and it became a symbol of Venetian wealth and power.
Visit the outdoor Loggia dei Cavalli, which is a fantastic highlight, providing an excellent view of the piazza. The 500-year-old clock tower, Torre dell'Orologio stands to the right; to the left is the Campanile (Bell Tower) and, beyond the glistening waters of the open lagoon is Palladio's Chiesa di San Giorgio, on its own island. It is a photographer's dream!
For a breathtaking view of the cupolas, the red rooftops of Venice, the neighboring islands and the church domes take the short elevator ride up to the top of the 99m tall bell tower. The Campanile San Marco is compulsory and provides simply the most stunning view of Venice. The bell tower was originally built in the 9th century but in 1902 it collapsed unexpectedly, miraculously hurting no one. The present-day structure was rebuilt in 1912 as an exact replica of its predecessor, using most of the same materials, even rescuing one of the five historical bells that it still uses today.
TIP: The guards at the Basilca di San Marco will not allow anyone access to the church if they are inappropriately dressed. This means no shorts, sleeveless shirts and skirts above the knee. Free tours are given 4 times a day by volunteers from Monday to Saturday in July and August. Tours start at 10:30 and meeting point is in the atrium.
Basilica di San Marco
San Marco, Piazza San Marco
Vaporetto: San Marco
Telephone: +39 -41-522-5697
Web site: http://www.basilicasanmarco.it
Prices: Free admission to the Basilica, Museo Marciano - St. Mark's Museum, (includes Loggia dei Cavalli) - 4€
Campanile di San Marco
San Marco, Piazza San Marco
Vaporetto: San Marco
Telephone: +39 -41-522-4064
Prices Admission 8€
Venice also offers a lot more than old buildings, palaces and churches. If you enjoy contemporary art, you are in for a real treat. Venice has a wide variety of museums and galleries. I was extremely looking forward to Peggy Gugenheim Collection in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni directly on the Canal Grande. Peggy Gugenheim lived here for 30 years until she passed away in 1979. Her work is legendary and her taste for art exquisite. Picasso's La Baignade, Kandinsky's Landscape with Church and numerous works by Dalí, Chagall, Duchamp or Mirò, are just some of the treasures and big names you will find in her collection. She was personally acquainted with many of them and the collection is considered to be one of the most comprehensive and important collections of modern art in the world. The canal-side patio of the Palazzo watched over by Marino Marini's Angel of the Citadel is one of the best spots to simply linger and watch canal life.
TIP: I picked up a flyer from Cristina Gregorin a licensed guide, Ph.D., and book author. Cristina organizes visits to museums, galleries, and artists' ateliers, including glassmakers' studios. Unfortunately we did not have time to take one of Cristina's tours but I am sure it is a great way to see some of Venice's incredible art museums.
You will find more information on Cristina Gregorin's art and architecture tours, at contemporary-venice.com.
Take a leisurely walk, crossing the Rialto bridge, to San Polo which is Venice's ancient trade quarter. The graceful Rialto Bridge arches over the Grand Canal and is lined with overpriced shops and jam-packed with tourists. You'll have to be free from claustrophobia and not mind getting up close to people if you want to cross the bridge.
In San Polo do visit the glorious Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, an immense 13th – 14th century Gothic church just around the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, which should also be visited. After the Basilica of San Marco this is the largest church in Venice. "i Frari" as it is known to the Venetians houses a number of important works, including two Titian masterpieces: the striking Assumption of the Virgin over the main altar, painted when the artist was only in his late 20s and the Virgin of the Pesaro Family in the left nave.
On the Campo San Rocco you will also find the Il Genio di Leonardo da Vinci Museo. If you are in Venice with children this is a great exhibition to visit. Featuring many large scale machine inventions, many of which are interactive, crafted by modern day Artisans in Italy, this travelling museum provides a comprehensive look into da Vinci's life. The machines are based on the Artisan's meticulous and lengthy studies into Leonardo's codices, the Last Supper 3D animation projected in actual size, the creation of the Mona Lisa in 3D animation and many of his drawings, we literally took refuge from the heat outside and spent hours discovering everything about Leonardo da Vinci and his amazing work.
Il Genio di Leonardo da Vinci Museo
San Polo, 3052, 30125
Website: www.mostredileonardo.com
We covered most of Venice on foot and made sure to take left turns when signs told us to go right and got happily lost in the different sestiere. Castello with its distinct flair, where only a few tourists stray here, even though a wide promenade from the St. Mark's Square will bring you directly into this neighborhood. Once you leave the canal side and wander further into the neighborhood over the Via Garibaldi you will suddenly find yourself in a different Venice. Where previously you were surrounded by many tourists, here you will find pure tranquillity and feel nothing of the chaotic hectic. Very relaxed was also Dorsoduro just south of the Canal Grande. The Peggy Gugenheim collection and the Santa Maria della Salute church are just a few walking minutes away but one does not feel the commotion and bustle. You will often find yourself walking along the canals beside shops and churches, alone. In the afternoon this neighborhood seems to wake up. Craftsmen repairing boats, housewives running errands and shopping at the small corner shops and handymen chugging on the canal with loaded boats, were the common sights we enjoyed as we sat on one of the worn wooden piers. Linger around the University area and as you walk past some of the imposing houses try to snatch a peek into one of the private gardens. In Cannaregio visit the back canals and hidden campi, the Jewish Ghetto and the church of the Miracoli and stop for a cup of coffee at Bar Ai Miracoli on Campo Santa Maria Nova, where you can enjoy the company of the locals gathered under the protective shade of the trees. Although the atmosphere was vibrant, we stayed there undisturbed for a few hours just reading and writing. From Campo Santa Sofia view of the Pescaria and the Fabriche Nove is superb.
TIP: Travel the backwaters in a gondola. Yes an expensive luxury, but if you are good at haggling you might get lucky. Often if you ask them you would rather experience the less travelled canals of the city, they are usually willing to reduce their prices. The true soul of Venice is found on quiet backwaters where a lazy boat ride takes you into another world, away from Venice's seemingly ever-present crowds.
If you plan to stay in Venice for a further few days, I recommend visits to the other islands in the lagoon. Murano - famous throughout the world for the products of its glass factories, colorful Burano with its lace offer great destinations for day trips.
There is so much to Venice and you can spend several days discovering the 200 palazzi and churches but Venice has another side to it. This was Venice my way – making the best of the few days we had here. When I am older I'd love to rent an apartment in Dorsoduro or Castello, spending a few weeks in this city to really feel the heartbeat of Venice. Live like the Venetians and enjoy the routine of everyday life in a museum of a city.
Helpful Websites:
Official tourist-board site: www.turismovenezia.it
Official site of the city government: www.comune.venezia.it
Meeting Venice: www.meetingvenice.it
Hope you enjoyed traveling with me to Venice. When planning your trip be prepared to allocate a generous travel budget. It would be a sacrilege to plan just a one-day trip to Venice. You just won't be able to grasp the essence of this city. Take time and plan your trip your way, hopefully some of my tips and recommendations make it to your list.
TIP: You might want to consider adding a few extra days to your trip and plan a stay slightly north of Venice in the Province of Treviso. Here you will find a small luxury hotel, Villa Barberina. This Venetian villa lies at the foot of Prealps in Valdobbiadene owned by the wine producers, Nino Franco.
More details: www.villabarberina.it
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After throwing out the question "Which would you prefer?" in that painfully short post I made last month, I was pleasantly surprised that the majority of commenters loved the dumplings. I grew up eating xiao long bao for breakfast almost every morning when I lived in Shanghai. I think it's one of those things you absolutely must eat in your lifetime; you'd be hard-pressed to find a more perfect morsel of food. Of course, I may be biased since they are my favorite food item but if you've seen the No Reservations: Shanghai episode, I'm sure Anthony Bourdain would agree with me (even though he hates food bloggers or something like that). Hopefully no one falls asleep reading this thesis-length post--I swear I tried to edit out as much as I could. Both xlb and croissants, which will come a little later, were in the top 5 of that huge long list of things I wanted to make this summer. I was able to cook about 1/3 of the list even though I only blogged about a handful of them. As for the rest of the items, the time frame is extended... indefinitely? Gotta love personal deadlines.
The xiao long bao, also called soup dumpling, is a bite-sized dumpling in a thin flour wrapper with a pork, sometimes crab, filling and a rich broth. The soup is what sets the xiao long bao, its pan-fried cousin the sheng jian bao, and the larger relative the tang bao, apart from all other dumplings and buns. The trick to getting the soup inside the dumpling is make a gelatin rich soup that solidifies at room temperature (think meat soup Jello) then mash it up into small chunks and mix it with a ground pork filling. As the buns steam, the pieces of gelatin soup in the filling melts back into a liquid that's now magically encased in the delicate wrapper. Pretty cool huh? A well made xiao long bao will have nearly two dozen pleats in the thin, almost translucent wrapper, a tender meaty filling, and is bursting with savory soup.
Xiao long bao originated in Shanghai over a hundred years ago and have now become an iconic symbol of Shanghainese cuisine. They were created by the Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant, which still sells these dumplings to this day. In Shanghai, you don't have to travel far to find this morning staple but here in North America, there are only 3 major metropolitan areas that I know of serving this niche food item. Unfortunately, here in Seattle, you won't be able to find any that are worthwhile. Instead, you'll have to make the drive up to the Vancouver/Richmond BC area, which has half a dozen or so restaurants serving decent xiao long bao (my favorite location being Shanghai River in Richmond). For elsewhere in the US, I've heard good things about the xiao long bao you can find in Southern California and New York City. Outside of Vancouver, SoCal, and NYC, I'm afraid you might be out of luck but if anyone finds a good city in the States do let us know! You may be tempted to buy the frozen xiao long bao sold at Asian grocery stores but usually they're utterly disappointing-the skin is too thick, the soup leaks, and the filling is tough and studded with overwhelming chunks of ginger. But when a craving gets really, really, really bad, I'm not gonna say no.
When faced with a fresh basket of soup dumplings, don't stick the whole thing in your mouth and chomp down. Hot juices will spurt out, dribble on your shirt, and worst of all, scald the inside of your mouth. Instead, after dipping the dumpling in a little black vinegar, place it on your spoon and gently nibble the wrapper and slowly slurp up the soup so you don't burn your tongue. Then dip the dumpling again in the black vinegar if you like a more vinegary kick before eating it. Some places will give you some ginger slivers to add to your black vinegar.
If you really want to try making this at home, I have to warn you that it's long and time consuming. It was the most tedious recipe I have ever attempted but I'm weird and I like spending my weekend cooking something that takes 2 days to prepare. Even though the majority of my dumplings look misshapen and half of them leaked, the flavor was spot on! I did a pretty good job for a first attempt but I won't be making these again for years... So next time we'll just drive up to Vancouver for our fix.
If you're still set on making these at home, I implore you, please don't take short cuts. Don't make the stock with that can of Swanson's sitting in the pantry from 2001 *blech*. What makes these little gems special is the flavorful soup inside so spend the time to make a good soup base. It's worth it! While you could take some homemade chicken stock set it with gelatin, it will lack the velvety, almost creamy richness of a traditional slow simmered stock made collagen-rich pork feet or pork skin. For my stock, I used a combination of chicken wings, chicken backbone, and some pig feet along with aromatics like ginger, green onion, and star anise. You can use pork skin too but the meat in the pig feet will adds to the flavor. Make the wrappers fresh too because if you spend all that time making the soup and filling, it's a shame to use storebought wrappers.
Xiao long bao – Shanghai Soup Dumplings
Aspic/Gelantized Stock
1 pound chicken wings
2 chicken backbones (carcasses from roast chicken will work too)
1 pork trotter (foot) or a large piece of pork skin
3 1/4 inch thick slices of ginger
4 green onions
1 star anise
8 cups of water
3 C all purpose flour
1/3 C hot water
2/3 C cold water
Pinch of salt
1 pound ground pork
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp rice wine
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp grated ginger
1/2 tsp sugar
2 C gelatin stock, chopped/mashed into small pieces
Serve with
Black vinegar
Fresh ginger slivers
Make the aspic
When working with pork feet make sure to wash it well, then boil it twice in a change of water to get the smell, bacteria, and scum out. If you're using raw chicken wings and backbones, it's best to boil those once too to get any scum out. Add the pork feet to a pot (large saucepan, stock pot, Dutch oven whatever works) and cover them with water and bring it to a boil. Boil for a minute, drain, and rinse off any scum on the feet in cold water. Wash out the pot as well or use a new pot because there will be scum on the side. Return the pork feet, and the raw chicken wings and backbones to the pot and fill with cold water and bring back to a boil again and boil for a minute. Drain and rinse off any scum and wash the pot again
Add 2 teaspoons of oil to your pot over medium heat. Smash the ginger slices and green onion with the side of a knife and add to the oil and until they are fragrant, then add boiled and rinsed off chicken wings and pork feet, 1 star anise, and 8 cups of cold water. Bring to a boil then simmer gently uncovered, skim any scum on the surface, for 6+ hours. Never let the soup boil again because it will cloud. The stock is ready when it can solidify at room temperature. Test the stocks gelling ability by spooning some of it into a small bowl and allow it to cool down to room temperature. If it solidifies then the stock is ready. Strain soup and season it with some salt. Set aside 2 cups for the dumpling filling. Save any excess for adding to sauces or soups. Let the soup cool to room temp then transfer it to the fridge. The soup can keep for up to 3 days in the fridge. You can scrape off any fat that solidifies on top or mix it into the filling, up to you.
Make the dough
In a large bowl, add 2 1/2 cups of flour. First add the 1/3 cup of very hot water and stir that into the flour. Then add the 2/3 cup of cold water and stir it into the dough. Bring the dough together and knead while incorporating additional flour if you need to, until the dough is not sticky. Don't overknead or it will be too tough and gluteny to work with. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest for an hour while you prepare the filling.
Prepare the filling
Mix the ground pork with all of the seasoning ingredients. Roughly chop the aspic then use a pastry blender or two forks to mash it into smaller pieces. Mix this into the ground pork mixture. Keep it in the fridge until the dough has finished resting.
Wrapping the dumplings
Divide the dough into 3 portions. Work with one portion and keep the other two covered. Roll the dough into a long snake. Then cut a small cylindrical piece off of the snake. Flatten with your palm and roll the dough out into a 2 1/2 inch diameter wrapper. The best rolling device for making Chinese wrappers is a small wooden dowel thats about 6 inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter.
The first 4 pictures in the eating Chinese xiao long bao tutorial shows the process of making the dough and wrappers. You want the wrappers to be a bit thicker than wonton wrappers. If the wrappers are too thin, the soup will dissolve it and leak out.
Place about 2 teaspoons of filling in the center of the wrapper. Hold the outer edge of the wrapper with the thumb and index finger of your dominant hand. Using the other thumb and index finger, hold the edge of the wrapper and bring it to your dominant hand to pleat. Pleat around the circumference of the entire wrapper, turning the dumpling as you go, and seal the tip to close. The third and fourth pictures in the third row of the eating Chinese xiao long bao tutorial gives a somewhat helpful guide. The hardest part for me was getting my thumb out of the inside of the dumpling and sealing the tip.
Steam and serve
Bring some water to a boil in a wok or large pot with a steamer insert. Line a bamboo or metal steaming basket with cabbage leaves or damp cheesecloth. Place the dumplings in the basket and steam on high for 5 – 7 minutes. (5 minutes was enough for my dumplings but make sure the filling is cooked all the way before eating)
Serve hot with ginger slivers and black vinegar.


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There are heat maps for the haplogroups. For mtDNA Haplogroup U, they walk you through the migration from the root of Hg L3 to Hg N to Hg R and, finally, to Hg U.
NatGeo has discovered that nine ancestral regions make up each of our genomes. They are Northeast Asian, Mediterranean, Southern African, Southwest Asian, Oceanian, Southeast Asian, Northern European and Sub-Saharan African. According to NatGeo each of us is a blend of these nine ancestral regions, except Native Americans, Oceanians and the Khoisan people.
They compare our DNA to 43 reference populations, each made up of distinct blends of these nine regions:
Each of us will receive an estimate of which of these 9 regional affiliations and 43 populations we most closely resemble genetically. Here is an example:
There is also an estimate of hominid ancestry:
The community aspect of the results is called "Our Story". You will be the center of your universe with those with the most similar genetics clustering around you:
So far there aren't enough participants sharing stories,
but that will soon change!
In case you were wondering what the raw data looks like, here is the beginning of the file, which contains the mtDNA SNPs (with the ID removed from Column A and allele values removed from columns D and E):
In the download of the raw data, the Y-SNPs are listed as no-calls for women, as above. This file can be accessed by going to "Expert Options" under Profile and downloaded as a CSV file. (Download example file here.)
That's all for now... Enjoy!
My deepest appreciation to Sharon Schmidt for her generosity and willingness to share with me and our entire community.
[*For additional screen shots, clarifications to some of the questions raised in the comments below and information on third party resources, please see this post.]


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The thinking 40 years ago was simple: After six lunar landings in less than three and a half years, humanity was clearly on its way to becoming a multi-world species. Lunar colonies would follow in the 1970s, then Mars landings in the 1980s, and who knew where we'd be in the distant 21st century? Well, now we know: right back where we started. Since Gene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt returned from NASA's final lunar landing in December 1972, no human being has ventured beyond low Earth orbit. Yes, China is looking moonward, and the U.S. is making vague noises about going, well, somewhere before too long. But we can't even say where it is — The moon? Mars? An asteroid — which makes it awfully hard to go there for real. Still, the Apollo landings were very real, and the pictures the crewmen brought home were exquisite. What follows is a tiny sampling from that final journey — which will have to suffice until, at long last, there is another.
Forty Years Later: Apollo 17's Final Footprints
It was in December of 1972 that human beings last set foot on the moon. Their tracks prints endure — even if the American lunar program doesn't.