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Alberto Malesani has urged Bologna to "not get moody" for today's relegation dogfight with Lecce.
The Rossoblu had been doing well, but recent results saw them plummet to the foot of the table alongside Parma, Cesena and Bari.
"We have to keep calm and humble. The important thing is to be effective and pick up points for our objective, which is safety and certainly not the Europa League," said the Coach.
"Even if we were to win, that wouldn't change anything. We must not get moody. The season is very long and tough, so we have to take it slowly on a planned route.
"The path the club has set out for us is intriguing and fills me with enthusiasm."
Bologna President Sergio Porcedda perhaps did not agree that they shouldn't have ups and downs, as he was furious after the 2-0 defeat to Cagliari last weekend.
"He didn't tell me off. Not even my parents did that," insisted Malesani.
"We simply talked things over and we share the same views. The President was justly angry after having lost a match. Put yourself in his shoes.
"There has been a revolution here and a focus on youth. After many years, Bologna finally own some of their players rather than borrows them from other clubs. It is my job to make the most of them and help them grow, but it takes time."
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CARE, which has worked in Haiti since 1954, launched an immediate response to help earthquake survivors. Thankfully, all of CARE's 133 staff members are safe and accounted for, although many lost relatives, including children, as well as their homes. CARE's staff in Haiti includes emergency personnel who were part of the response to the devastating Hurricane Hanna in 2008.[1][1] In addition to our staff already in Haiti, we have deployed an experienced emergency team that has allowed us to start providing emergency assistance while planning for longer-term recovery.
The purpose of this update is to provide more details on CARE's efforts to date.
General Emergency Response
· The scale of devastation caused by Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti is horrifying. Aid workers on the ground say the extent of the damage to homes and infrastructure is reminiscent of the damage caused by the 2004 tsunami in South Asia.
· The situation poses a huge logistical challenge. Getting in enough aid supplies, equipment and staff is difficult, as the airport and port have been severely damaged. Electricity and water have been cut off, fuel supplies are low, and roads are impassable.
· Despite these challenges, aid is getting through, and more emergency workers and aid shipments are arriving. The port is expected to be operational in two days and the government plans to open 40 banks today. Western Union is waiving charges for remittances to Haiti, and T-Mobile is providing free text messaging between Haiti and the US through January.
· CARE has distributed clean water, water purification packets, emergency food rations, and basic hygiene kits, as described below. Soon we will begin distributing tents, mattresses and other relief items.
CARE's Response
· CARE has given clean water and water purification packets to 25,000 people.
· We have started distributing:
– 10-tons of high-protein biscuits, enough for 60,000 emergency meals to people in need;
– 1,500 collapsible water containers; and
– 1,200 hygiene kits, with a special focus on the needs of women.
· We also have procured 5,000 mattresses, which will soon be distributed.
· There are 37,000 pregnant women in the disaster zone who are in urgent need of food, safe water and access to health care. CARE is working hard to support their needs.
· We are in the process of acquiring and bringing in more supplies, such as jerry cans, tents, temporary warehouse structures, generators and high-protein biscuits from places like Dubai, Karachi and Nairobi.
· The CARE Haiti team has begun planning for the longer-term response; in the near term, this could include activities such as rebuilding homes and implementing a cash-for-work program for people to help clear debris.
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· Safe water is crucial for every survivor of last Tuesday's quake – but especially for pregnant women, new mothers and small children. We are concerned that women may stop breastfeeding because they do not have enough food or water themselves, posing a huge risk to newborns.
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Hi. My FH and I are only inviting immediate family to the ceremony in Italy. We are doing this because we know the trip is expensive and we are feeling guilty having our close friends and extended family paying all that money for us. My mom says we should still register and have a reception/party back home after the ceremony. I am feeling guilty about this too.
Is anyone in the same boat?
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Not exactly the same boat but similar. My FH and I invited 36 people to our wedding and probably 20 are going to be able to make it. However, if we could afford it we would have invited 75 people. SO, because we have so many other friends and family we want to include in celebrating our joy we are doing the following: having an engagement party and inviting all 75 people - no gifts which we'll state in the invitations but this at least makes them feel like they are sharing in your joy. Then about 2 months after we return from our DW/honeymoon we are having an at home reception and inviting the same 75 people. I wouldnt feel guilty...your friends and family that love you will want to celebrate with you and they will want to buy you gifts!!! Also, you'll want to register in case you guys have a bridal shower, stock the bar, couples shower, etc. That way you'll get the things you need/want. If you don't register you could end up with a bunch of odds and ends. Just my opinion...hope it helps!
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When I asked the German flight attendant for ice water, he responded, "One U.S. drink, coming up! You Americans think you are healthy, but your drinks are very unhealthy. You drink everything so cold. Sometimes, even your red wine!"
It was the first time in my life I had been told that ice water was unhealthy. I refrained from pointing out that he hails from a country where pork is served for three meals a day, plus snacks; and sometimes that pork is raw. If anything cold is unhealthy, raw pork tops the list.
Because of hubby's work, we will often be in another country for several weeks at a time. Even the best international cuisine can become wearisome after a while, and so we find ourselves longing for a menu that includes staples from the good ol' USA.
There are restaurants that serve "Amerikanisch" style food, but just as Chinese tourists probably cringe at our authentic "Chinese" buffets, and nobody living in Mexico has ever eaten a taco remotely similar to the ones served at Taco Bell, international versions of American food also fall short of the real thing.
And so, the great grocery hunt begins. Germany was the third in a string of countries that hubby recently visited, so it had been a while since he had eaten "normal" food. One morning, he got a hankering for French toast with a side of crispy bacon. Bacon in other countries is always a chewy, pink, choking hazard. Even if the restaurant uses the word "crispy" on the menu, I will still be able to flap it around like a deflated whoopee cushion. Not that I would do that sort of thing in public.
After we had procured a pound of see-through bacon (hubby asked her to slice it thicker, but getting exactly what you want is only an American thing), the next step was finding ingredients for French toast.
We headed to the spice rack, in search of cinnamon and nutmeg. After using our finely honed powers of deduction, we concluded that Zimt was cinnamon, and Muscatnuss was Nutmeg. We would not know for sure until we opened the packages.
Our next endeavor was to find Maple syrup. We searched the breakfast food aisle, the condiment aisle, the baking aisle, and because Germans do weird things, we checked the pickle aisle. On our way to the cash register, we happened by the all-natural foods display, and spied something called Ahornsirup.
"What do you think?" hubby asked.
"These bottles say Grade A and Grade C, so if it's maple, it's the real thing."
The problem is, and my apologies to those who own a Sugar bush, we don't care for pure maple syrup. On any given day, we will choose an eighty-nine cent bottle of maple-flavored syrup over the pure stuff. We are tacky that way.
I really wanted hubby to have his French toast so I walked six blocks to two other stores. I even found an authentic Aldi which every American knows is the place to buy cheap syrup. I found all sorts of alcohol, an assortment of Trader Joe's snacks, and something kind of scary called Oma's Backstub, but no maple syrup.
At the final store, I was ready to call it quits when something caught my eye; a random display decorated with red, white, and blue stars and stripes. I felt my pulse quicken as I eyed Betty Crocker cake mix, Jack Daniels BBQ sauce, and "American Cream" flavored potato chips. There, next to the All-American hot dogs in a jar, sat two bottles of Griffin's pancake syrup direct from Oklahoma.
I texted hubby, "Start breakfast! I have fake syrup!"
He was so excited he met me at the door with a glass of chilled red wine. Such a fruitful shopping expedition deserves to be toasted with a U.S. drink.
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William Soza, founder of Soza & Company LTD, an accounting, management, and technical consulting services firm, has been named to George Mason University's Board of Visitors. He replaces Roger Mody, who recently resigned.
Soza, who currently serves as a commissioner of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, was named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business Magazine in 1999. The previous year he was recognized as the national Hispanic businessman of the year by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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Ken Klein wandered from his Central Point home to little Expo Pond with spinning rod in hand, hoping to fritter away a fall Tuesday by catching a few bass and bluegill.
Ken Klein wandered from his Central Point home to little Expo Pond with spinning rod in hand, hoping to fritter away a fall Tuesday by catching a few bass and bluegill.
The idling flatbed semi-truck he spied next to the pond with a tube running from a steel tank to the water gave him pause.
The words "Desert Springs Trout Farm" on the cab's door gave him promise.
"Welllll," Klein says. "This looks like it's going to be my lucky day."
Klein happened upon the beginning of what could turn into a popular fall trout-stocking program aimed at giving urban anglers such as Klein rainbow of varying sizes to catch during what historically is a trout anglers' offseason.
Expo Pond at the Jackson County Expo Park is one of six Rogue Valley ponds, lakes and reservoirs that received an array of keeper-sized and trophy-sized rainbows last week from a private hatchery as part of a new plan to boost fall and winter fishing opportunities.
Oregon's newly adopted 25-Year Angling Plan calls for giving the state's roughly 440,000 trout bums what they've asked for — more urban fishing opportunities to target a variety of different-sized trout and in more seasons than just spring and summer.
To get there, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is using $400,000 of its license fees earmarked by the Oregon Legislature to buy trout from private hatcheries like Desert Springs near Summer Lake and release them statewide over the next two years.
The fish are in two groups — so-called "large" trout 12 to 14 inches long and "trophy" trout averaging 16 inches. They cost the ODFW $3.90 per pound.
They are much larger than the fingerling and 8-inch "legal-sized" trout typically stocked from state hatcheries, where the overall trout program generates a pound of trout for about $3.
Finding bigger rainbows in the mix has piqued anglers' interest.
"That certainly adds to the excitement of a fishing trip — pulling in a 16-, 18- or 20-inch trout with all the other fish you catch," says Dan VanDyke, the ODFW's Rogue District fish biologist.
These new trout are getting stocked in places like Expo Pond, Agate Lake near White City and Reinhart Pond in Grants Pass. These water bodies typically are too warm for cold-water rainbows in the summer, but they are suitable for trout during fall, winter and spring.
They also are close enough to towns for people like Klein to enjoy for an hour or so when free time presents itself.
"It's a great time of year, and it's something different for families to do outdoors," VanDyke says. "We think we can provide some good fall fishing opportunities for everyone."
Increasing opportunity, particularly for kids, is at the heart of the 25-year plan. And so is the so-called "put-and-take" fisheries for hatchery trout.
A 2006 survey shows that 70 percent of Oregon's 630,000 license anglers fish for trout.
"Clearly, it's one of our major fisheries," says Rhine Messmer, the ODFW's recreational fisheries program manager.
Most local trout stocking, however, occurs in the spring and early summer before warm water temperatures make rainbow life difficult.
To create some earlier fall fishing buzz, the ODFW has been stocking some waters including Lost Creek Reservoir, Lake of the Woods and Fish Lake with larger trout that have brought good early reviews from anglers, VanDyke says.
Then came Expo.
The small pond off Peninger Road is known for its bass, crappie and bluegill. It gets trout in the spring for youth-only events, and adults play with the leftovers until they fall prey to warm water or the pond's bigger bass.
Typically, Expo gets on an anglers' radar screen much the way it did for Derrick Rokes.
"Bored. Day off," says Rokes, who lives in a nearby subdivision. "Thought we'd walk over and do a little fishing."
Rokes and Klein arrived just as the pond was about to receive the most unusual fish-release there since the last time someone illegally dumped their aquarium here.
Brothers Eric and Nathan Negus, who work at Desert Springs, laid out a long plastic tube from one tank compartment into the water. With a flip of a valve, the rainbows ride the tube like a slip-and-slide into the pond and quickly disperse beneath the watchful eye of the three-story plywood cutout of a logger next door at the Expo's Isola Memorial Arena.
Expo rainbows love to eat PowerBait in the spring, says Klein, an out-of-work diesel mechanic. He and Rokes came with small Panther Martin lures to fish for bass without knowing this trout party would break out.
Not two minutes after Ethan Negus closed the water valve, Klein hooked the first of many rainbows the pair caught in the ensuing hour.
"We caught a bunch that we threw back," Klein says. "We caught four of the bigger ones. We ate them. They were good. Really good, actually.
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Jonathan Kaplan must go. The arrogant South African rugby referee made a monumental blunder in yesterday's Ireland v Wales Six-Nations clash at the Millennium Stadium that cost the men-in-green a crack at the Triple Crown.
But it's not the first time by a long shot, and if he's allowed to continue, it sure won't be the last, by a longer shot.
In the 50th minute of a tight game, Welsh captain Matthew Rees made a quick thrown-in, which resulted in half-back Mark Phillips scoring what turned out to be the match-winning try – Wales home 19-13.
But the throw-in wasn't made with the ball kicked into touch – the try was illegal.
Kaplan conferred with his touch-judge, and awarded the try, refusing point-blank the frantic appeal by Ireland's skipper Brian O'Driscoll to go upstairs.
"That was a huge moment, and why TMOs are there to check those questionable tries," said O'Driscoll, one of the most revered players in international rugby.
Arrogant alright, Kaplan's made a career out of it – rugby doesn't need it, nor deserve it.
While Ireland's spitting chips, with Welsh coach Warren Gatland agreeing it was an illegal try, every team has been forced to cop Kaplan's arrogance, and lack of people management skills, he can't keep treating internationals like naughty kindergarten kids.
But that's exactly what he's been doing since his international debut in 1996, controlling the Namibia-Zimbabwe game, in Harare.
It's beyond belief he has been allowed to become the most-capped international ref with 59 matches, as he's universally known as the nemesis, after a litany of unfathomable decisions.
Like the Rebels-Brumbies Super 15 clash, at AAMI Park.
Kaplan missed a blatant forward pass that gifted the Brumbies the lead late in the game with a Henry Speight try, but "made amends" by awarding the Rebels a penalty on time, which Danny Cipriani converted for a 25-24 win.
The penalty was an atrocious decision, at worst it was a "handbags at dawn" minor dust-up, but it handed the Rebels their first victory.
Despite his many shortcomings, Kaplan has the unqualified support of the IRB, and in more recent times, the governing body boss of refs Paddy O'Brien, himself a questionable ref during his spotted career.
The perfect example Christchurch 2006 – All Blacks-Wallabies.
Kaplan sin-binned Wallaby backrower Rocky Elsom for three alleged infringements at the tackle, and during those 10 minutes the men-in-black scored two converted tries.
In the same game, All Black skipper Richie McCaw was penalised three times in 18 minutes for the identical offence, but stayed on the paddock.
"It was a subjective call," chirped Kiwi O'Brien.
Of course it was – not wrong, just subjective.
In the after-game interview, Wallaby coach John Connolly said "We have problems with Kaplan", and was severely reprimanded by the IRB for having the audacity to complain.
It stinks, and there are far too many similar stories to Christchurch from the majority of teams Kaplan has refereed, with the NSW Waratahs leading the charge after losing 80% of their games over the years to Kaplan's incessant whistle.
There is an answer to the Kaplan problem, with former Wallaby skipper John Eales providing the perfect retort.
In the 1999 World Cup final, the French were repeatedly gouging Wallaby eyes, using the slipper, and genital grabbing – but another arrogant South African referee Andre Watson wasn't interested.
Eales had a torn cornea in a swollen right eye, Richard Harry, Michael Foley, and George Gregan, all suffered eye injuries – David Wilson was kicked in the face, lying on the ground – and there were a lot of sore genitals.
Eales had enough, he walked up to Watson and told him if he didn't stop the illegal carnage, he was taking the Wallabies off the field in protest, and Watson can sort it out with the IRB afterwards.
It was a dramatic statement from another revered international, that produced a dramatic change in Watson's attitude.
Suddenly there was a spate of penalties against the French, the carnage stopped, and the Wallabies went on to regain the coveted Cup 35-12. It was Watson's last appearance.
And good riddance.
The quicker Jonathan Kaplan suffers the same fate, the better.
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Europe has the top four players in the world ranking. The strength of the PGA Tour might come from the likes of Mark Wilson, D.A. Points and Aaron Baddeley.
The PGA Tour still has the strongest fields, according to how many ranking points are allocated. Through two months, only twice has a European Tour event offered more points -- Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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Another statistic that might show depth of the PGA Tour comes from its winners.
Seven of the 10 winners were ranked out of the top 100 in the world. The exceptions were Bubba Watson (No. 33 when he won Torrey Pines), Luke Donald (No. 9 when he won the WGC-Accenture Match Play) and Wilson, who was No. 91 when he won the Phoenix Open. Wilson had been No. 237 when he first won this year at the Sony Open.
On the European Tour, all but two of its winners were ranked outside the top 50 -- Thomas Bjorn (No. 134 when he won the Qatar Masters) and Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (No. 497 when he won the Avantha Masters in India).
"I think the fields are so deep nowadays," Rory McIlroy said. "And the difference between the top 10 players and the top 200 players … there's not that much difference. If you lined everyone up on a range, you couldn't tell the difference, really."
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To Jory and Mandy Flesch of Gothenburg on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital, a daughter, Riley Aleen, weighing six pounds, 11 and one-half ounces. She was welcomed home by a sister, Regan.
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The unfiltered look into Podesta's electronic communications, which now number more than 5,000 exchanges, began last week with a round of emails that included one flagging potentially embarrassing comments Clinton may have made in paid speeches to Wall Street firms before launching her presidential campaign.
The latest release of 1,190 new emails includes one from Clinton confidante
"Isn't it going to leak out of the FBI anyway," Tanden wrote.
Much of the correspondence centers on internal discussions over the campaign's messaging, from trade and the
For instance, one exchange centered on whether Clinton was underplaying Trump's comments calling undocumented Mexican immigrants "rapists."
In July of 2015, communications director
Others offer insight into how the campaign viewed her political challengers, including one from Tanden, a longtime adviser who worked on Clinton's 2008 campaign, describing the former secretary of State as "obsessed" with
The campaign is not confirming nor denying the authenticity of the messages. Clinton spokesman Glen Caplin didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest batch. The campaign says the Russian government is behind the hack in an effort to influence the U.S. election.
The releases "removed any reasonable doubt that the Kremlin has weaponized WikiLeaks to meddle in our election and benefit
Another email shows how Podesta tried — and failed — to obtain an invitation to a state dinner honoring Canada in March of this year for a lobbyist working for a company advocating for the Keystone XL pipeline, which Podesta is on the record opposing.
Trump took to Twitter to react to the release, calling it "disgraceful behavior," without specifying.
The most potentially problematic release so far remains the initial dispatch, which identified excerpts from Clinton's paid speeches, including one in which she expressed support for a hemispheric open trade zone and open borders. That's a position at odds with her campaign platform in which she's been critical of trade agreements.
Monday's release included a note from current Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile from when she was working as a DNC vice chair. In January of 2016, she forwarded to Clinton officials an email from Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign announcing a "Twitterstorm" from Sanders' African-American outreach team. "FYI" Brazile wrote in the forwarded message.
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Tweet referencing Pink's song 'Timebomb' gets teen arrested at concert
A 16-year-old boy was arrested at a Pink concert in Australia over the weekend after he tweeted a reference to the singer's "Timebomb" song.
According to The Age, the teen was attending the U.S. pop star's concert at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday when he tried to express his excitement in a way that authorities did not find amusing.
"@Pink I'm ready with my Bomb. Time to blow up #RodLaverArena. Bitch," he wrote.
In an interview with 10 News, the boy said that that arena staff used the photo on his Twitter profile to track him down out of the crowd of 12,000 people.
"They just came up to me and showed a photo and said 'is this you?'" he recalled. "I said yeah, because it was my face, and suddenly they just turned me around and grabbed my hands and forced me out the back."
David King, the teen's father, explained to 3AW radio that Melbourne police offered to drop the charges against his son after they realized he was not a terrorist, but arena officials insisted that he be arrested.
"The policeman said to me, 'if it was up to me, I would have booted him in the backside and said go home,'" King said. "But they demanded [he] be arrested."
The boy now faces charges of being a public nuisance.
A spokesperson for Melbourne and Olympic Park venue insisted that the matter had been handled appropriately.
"We can't risk not taking matters like this seriously," the spokesperson said. "Our security staff acted to ensure the area was secure and handed the matter over to the police."
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How the E-Book Ruling Will Affect the Way We Read
A long-running controversy has shaken the book industry, and it could affect the way you buy, access and read the books you love. On Friday, three major book publishers agreed to pay $69 million in a settlement of the highly-publicized lawsuit alleging that five of the "big six" publishers colluded with Apple to fix e-book prices, and possibly changed the future of book publishing forever.
Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers and Simon & Schuster have settled, while Apple, Penguin Group and MacMillan have not.
According to PC World, the lawsuit came "after a two-year antitrust investigation by the DOJ and the Connecticut and Texas attorneys general. The investigation allegedly found that the publishers worked with Apple to set prices for e-books and limit the discounts retailers could give," essentially "increasing retail e-book prices for all consumers."
But Apple and the book publishers insist that there was no collusion and that they followed pro-consumer retail models. As a consumer of books, what do you think? Take a look at how the settlement could affect you.
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1. It hurts traditional book publishers by taking away their control to price their own books in the marketplace. Take a look at the kind of books these publishers develop, market and sell. If you have ever read and loved one of these books, then the DOJ settlement is one to keep an eye on.
Hachette: "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks; "Now You See Her" by James Patterson
HarperCollins: "Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt; "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein
Simon & Schuster: "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory; "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
Penguin Group: "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini; "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Macmillan: "Where We Belong" by Emily Giffin; "Night" by Elie Wiesel
2. It hurts brick-and-mortar bookstores by allowing competitors such as Amazon to price books below cost. Most physical bookstores are unable to give such steep discounts because they have to pay rent and employees. But many consumers are looking for the best bargain and will go for Amazon every time.
3. It hurts our communities by making it more difficult for local shops to sell books. When the only way to buy a book is to order it on the internet, Amazon will have won. Do you really want to live in a world with no bookstores to browse?
4. It hurts authors by allowing their books to be sold at deep discounts and putting financial strain on their publishers. A number of authors, including Richard Russo and Ann Patchett, have spoken out against the DOJ lawsuit and its potentially harmful consequences for the book industry.
5. It hurts each individual reader by reducing the diversity of the reading market. Publishers develop a variety of authors and books to appeal to virtually every taste on the planet. Each publisher that is forced to cut back, or struggles and fails in this tough environment, represents dozens or hundreds of potential books that may never be published.
Is the Department of Justice lawsuit fair?
Despite accusations of collusion, Apple continues to assert the opinion that they have done nothing wrong, as do the publishers who have refused to settle. Representatives from these companies have stated that there was no collusion to raise e-book prices or reduce competition within the industry.
Apple's attorney released a forceful statement claiming their innocence and criticizing the controversial lawsuit:
"Apple has never participated in, encouraged, or sought to benefit from collusion. It has no objection to the Proposed Judgment's bar on collusion. But the Government proposes to go much further. It seeks to terminate and rewrite Apple's bargained-for contracts" (artstechnica.com).
The retail models that are good for publishers are also good for authors (who rely on their support and development), and therefore, obviously good for readers who want access to quality authors' books.
Who will benefit?
Who will benefit from the DOJ settlement?
The wholesale model of selling e-books, which the DOJ favors, allows Amazon to price e-books as low as they want –which, since they are known for selling e-books at a loss to drive sales of more expensive items (like Kindles) — means that their pricing is beyond competitive. It blows everyone else out of the water. Which is good for consumers in the short run, because they pay less for e-books, but bad in the long run because it eliminates competitive retailers and puts financial strain on publishers.
In the end, it will be us (the readers) who make the choice about who wins this battle. Will you support the publishers who bring you the books you love to read? Or would you prefer to pay less for e-books in a potentially less competitive, less rich reading environment? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Starry Night: The Sydney Observatory May 27, 2011
If you are looking for something different to do, I definitely recommend visiting the Sydney Observatory. Better yet, I recommend visiting the Observatory at night.
You have to book your spot ahead of time on the official website. It's a 90 minute tour and the cost is $17(Aus) per adult.
Basics of the tour : There is a small museum of Astronomy at the observatory, but the tour focus is on a few short films as an introduction to astronomy, the universe and it's galaxies. After that, your guide will take your small group outside for some naked-eye viewing and point out highlights of the southern sky. This is followed up with two different telescope viewings.
The guides were very knowledgeable, friendly and passionate about astronomy. The telescope viewing was well worth the admission fee. There wasn't much time spent in the museum itself. I was able to spend about 15 mins before the tour started wandering around. As the night tour is by appointment only, the museum only opens during the tours. The Observatory is open during the daytime, but I would definitely recommend going at night for the two different telescope viewings.
On the night that I visited, we were able to view Saturn through the telescope and it was amazing. This was definitely one of the highlights of the tour as well as my time in Sydney.
Because the Observatory is in The Rocks area, it would be easy to make and evening out of it as there are several restaurants and bars in that area to visit afterwards!
My tip is to hold off booking until the day you want to go. There's no sense in booking way in advance only to have a cloudy day and not be able to view the night sky through the telescopes. Be flexible. So if you see it's going to be a clear night, go ahead and book.
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Hey guys,
I just found this board. There's some stuff I would love to discuss with other folks of a similar age and perspective.
And it would be great to have a board where the average response isn't "seen it all done it all before." While that's useful sometimes, I think some fresher viewpoints often help.
I'll throw out some suggestions for topics we might like to discuss:
- Allocating money - how much to put away for retirement vs. for a home deposit vs. general savings?
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- Trends - we're young, we see stuff before a lot of the other people on these boards do. i'm kicking myself for not investigating DECK when i first saw people walking around in UGGs. I think we could make a head start here.
Anyway, these are just some ideas. I'd love it if we pulled in people we know from the other boards and start throwing around some thoughts and opinions.
Anyone out there feel the same?
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Santorini, Greece
SANTORINI Reviews
2 reviews
Beautiful Island - spoilt by cruise ships Jul 27, 2011
Santorini is a great little island, very beautiful, but infested with tourists (mostly the annoying American kind from cruise ships - sorry, don't mean to offend my American friends here).
I stayed in Perivolos, which was nice enough, because the hotel was very isolated. But I pretty much stayed around the hotel pool, because when I did venture out to the beach there was really bad euro pop trash Lady Gaga type music blasting from the beach bars. Not good if you're trying to relax and read a book.
But my view of Santorini changed once I'd hired a car and explored the island. There are some really magical places, unspoilt by mass tourism. And so beautiful !!
So my tip is, get in a car and go...you'll have a fantastic time and because the island is so small, the beaches and little towns will be easy enough to find.
The people are wonderful and I wasn't hassled once. But I did meet one lady who stayed in Perissa. The hotel wanted to charge her extra for the air con, so she slept with the window open at night instead- big mistake, cos one night she woke up to find a man in her room stealing all her stuff ! Passport, money, jewellery, everything gone, with the man, through the window !
I did enjoy my time in Santorini and would recommend it to anyone. But just be aware, you will be one of thousands on this beautiful little island.
Enjoy !
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SANTORINI May 14, 2007
Santorini… the most romantic place on Earth…. I can say it 100% surely; because this place has something that can touches every person's heart. I went to Santorini this year in May. The place amazed me so strong… So, I decided to buy a trip and give it as a present to my sister, who at the moment lives and works in Cyprus. I wanted her to feel and see same beauty that I did. Because of her job, she could take only two days off, so I booked her a night flight through Athens. But the trip was worth it!!!
I was surprised how nice was her letter describing the adventures in Santorini. So, I am posting her letter here. Of course I had to do all the translation, but it was worth it!:)
Enjoy:) And start planning you trip to Santorini!!!
I have no idea what to begin from, because when I close my eyes, I still see feel that warm spirit which lives there and make every person better.
My trip started in Cyprus (Larnaca) and was through Athens. When I landed to Athens, there were more then 5 hours left till flight to Santorini. Monitors still weren't showing gate number, that's why I went to look for a place to put my head down. Airport was full of people, who were sleeping right on the floor. I joined them. I have no idea how much I slept, but when I opened my eyes I saw a strange Indian man and his wife. They were watching how I sleep. I decided that there is no reason for them to look more at "sleeping beauty", rolled my stuff and staggered to look for my gates. Suddenly got cold, that's why I decided to drink some tea. For hot water and pack of bad tea I pay 2 euros and went to my gates. There were so quiet so peaceful, somewhere beyond you could hear an echo of soft music… I decided to take a short nap, because I still had an hour and a half till my boarding. But suddenly some local countrymen came and started all open throats to discuss whose potatoes cropped better this year… Probably this was the theme… No sleep again… That hour and a half went very fast looking at the ceilings…
When I took a seat on the plane I didn't feel how I fell asleep and opened my eyes when the plane's wheels touched the land of Santorini. We landed. Early morning. Absolutely everything and everyone were sleeping. Just a big red sun round sticks it face under the sea's bed sheets. Nice, quiet, peaceful. Since I didn't have any baggage, went straight outside to look for the bus station. I didn't want to get late to travel agency from where I had to pick up a ticket for the whole day excursion over Santorini island. Of course, the bus is only after half an hour. I was the only one who stood near bus station. Well, let's wait. After some time six short Chinese girls and one retard Spanish joined my company. I felt kind of weird, because I had no idea where I am and where I go, but I liked the way I felt. Finally the bus soundly arrived and took as to capital's bus station, which looked like a basket ball stadium with a kiosk in the middle of it. I asked a man who was sitting there how to get to Cathedral church which is a guide or a landmark of the city. After few minutes I realized that the man doesn't speak English. Cool. Well, I'll find it anyway, I thought so. I started climbing the stairs up to the centre. The more I climbed, the more beautiful view was greeting my eyes: little white houses with blue blinds, local women cleaning the streets and the smell of morning coffee and rolls coming from local cafeterias… mmmmmmmm….. I couldn't keep my self and stopped to have breakfast. A woman who was working in a café didn't know where the Cathedral church is… I got a strange feeling – am I stupid or maybe those people don't live here? I am showing them the map, they just swinging their heads and wondering "is this place in Thira (capital of Santorini)"?! Amazing… :) Fifth person I asked showed me where the church is; nearby I found the travel agency. There was so much time left till 9 pm, so I had time to look around. Small streets, like labyrinths, were taking me by meander lanes up and down, when I came to a place from where opens unreal view: huge scars, little houses bulging on them, far beyond sleeping volcano in a misty air and below this beauty big ships were waking up… I started screaming (not loud – in my head) and the only thing that came in to my mind was "OH GOD, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL HERE!". Of course I took my camera and started taking pictures of everything. There was no one around me, so I had to use a "Photographer for myself" favour. Because of amazing view I started dreaming looking at the horizon… I felt like in a fairy tale. I swear!!!
Well, at 9:00 am I was knocking on the travel agency's doors, because 9:15 am I had to take an all day tour. I paid 35 euros for the whole day excursion which covers bus and boat rides. Detailed excursion you can find in the end of my letter. Suddenly I heard a woman's voice behind my back: "Are you Lithuanian girl who yesterday reserved the ticket"? Hurray! I took my ticket and went the direction that woman told me to get to the bus. There were waiting all king of people:) At last our bus arrived, everybody got in. A strange girl met us – with a mat hair, red big nose, look like after drinking all night and whipped make up: Hello my children!!!" We looked at each other with a respectable age man and understood each other perfectly without words…. Mdaaaa….. Well, excursion has begun. Our LADY red nose guide Tatjana had a great information about the island, but sometimes just felt lack of thoughts or when she forgot what to say, she started to grumbling something and repeat "Tania dura,Tania kuku" (Tania stupid, Tania kuku ). Would you like this kind of guide through your fairy tale island?:) I wouldn't… :) But what happened that happened. This is not the point but it was fun.
After visiting the highest place of the island, we went down the mountains to the port. We were heading to volcano! There were around 200 strange people on a board. Almost everybody was so nervous, pouter, some of them were moody, some meditating, another one was smoking one cigarette after another, someone was still sleeping… I sat near a couple which seemed to be not better then others. The woman was with unshaved legs, man – without one front tooth. I thought that's mother and son, but as it turned out lately – they were husband and wife… :) They both were from Spain, both didn't know English, I didn't know Spanish, but we perfectly understood each other :) We spent almost all the time together. I was taking pictures of them, they were taking pictures of me, together we climbed to volcano, later had beer and lunch. On the way to Oia town, which is famous with it's sunsets I met a very nice family from Australia. It was so sad that they didn't go out of ship with me because they bought an excursion only for half a day… Well… I had hairy toothless family… still something… :) When we got out of ship, guide "mother" Tatjana announced that sun will go down after 2 hours and we have to meet her after it at Oia's town square. If you want to reach Oia from the port, you have to climb 400 steps or take a donkey and ride on it all these 400 steps. Everybody seemed to be very lazy; they jumped on donkeys and started the journey. I and few people decided to do some sports and climb the stairs. Of course, my new family was climbing with me:) We had so much fun, laughed a lot from each other; it was so hard climbing the stairs… As well it was so hot, and we were so tired but so good mood. When we reached the top, we appeared on a huge scarp, from where opened one more fairy tale. We were so tired and wet from climbing but we didn't care about that. We were fascinated of the view. I couldn't hear any sound or comments during next few minutes, only the wind was blowing my hair… After some time we got back to reality and went through narrow small lanes to see what's going there, what local people are selling in their small shops and galleries. Unforgettable impression: exceptional variety of colours, ideal cleanness and very strange smell – neither flowers nor incenses. Something sweet. The entire island has the same smell….
Finally I lost my "couple of the year" and left alone. Through the small spaces between little houses there was standing a castle on the top of the rock were people were gathering to wait for sunset. It seemed that everybody were waiting for some kind of miracle, that something important going to happen very soon, everybody were so happy, so calm, with light smiles on their faces at the same moment holding their second sides… Old and young people were hugging and kissing, it was so nice to look at it… I sat and watched how red sun goes down thinking that maybe there is somewhere over the sea someone who misses and thinks about me…
During the most amazing moments my camera's battery just "died"… Maybe it was the best way, because I could just sit and admire the view, not living in my cam as usual…
After beautiful sunset I went towards Oia town square where I had to meet "mother" Tatjana and go back home. All "children" of her was slowly coming to fixed place. Here come my Spanish friends!!! :) I told them that my camera "died" so they put my email down and promised to send some pictures. Oooh, how nice :)
Suddenly, a voice of crying woman was shouting and screaming her child's name. She was scouring the square full of people looking for her boy. Once everybody got quiet and petrify. All we could hear was just her crying voice and quick running sound of a high heel shoes. I don't know if she found her son, I home she did.
When our guide with a smell of last night's hangover came and picked us with a bus, I had to do the most cheery part of the day – to find a place to sleep. After left Oia town, we got to Santorini's capital Thira. City was in the middle of parties afloat. Night life in Santorini is "in da house", but different as well. Streets are full of small outdoors cafes, offering only national dishes – no McDonalds, no KFC, and no other junk food!!! I went back to the same bus station and called a woman where I booked a room during my stay in Cyprus. She, as rest of local people, didn't speak normally English, that's why she asked me to stay in a station – she will come and pick me up. Nice:) Two minutes did not pass and there she was. We hugged each other as an old friends and funny talking went down the alley to her small hotel – house. There were her family sitting in terrace. The woman introduced me to her family and said that tonight I will be sleeping at their house. I answered that I will be their new child :) I am always joking in my style.. :) With a large smile on my face I went upstairs to my room which was so cosy and sweet, yellow white walls with blue toy style blinds. Just took a shower and went straight to bed. I wasn't tired, I just was full of energy and kept saying "This is amazing place!".
Next morning at 9:30 am I was poping in Thira city's streets and looking place where to have breakfast. I climbed to one of the cafes downhill were I could see all the beauty and took a seat. I was alone in a café so got all the service and attention of waiters. While I was having breakfast, the owner of a café was drawing me a plan where to go and what to see. After thanking to the owner I went to bus station, because was heading to black sand beach. On my way to bus station I understood that I am very happy, it seemed that I can hear music, but in reality it was calm. Maybe I got crazy? :) Well, maybe not! I was smiling and people were smiling back at me. Good…
Black sand beach didn't leave me big impression, so I decided not to waist my time. I had lunch, beer, took a few shots (pictures) and took a bus to red sand beach.
The red sand beach was on the other side of the island. After 25 minutes the bus driver dropped me in some desert and told to go "THERE". Well…peep… I thought… another one tourist trap… Walking… walking… so hooooot… wanna take a swim as sooner as possible…. Suddenly I looked up and saw fabulous burgundy colour rocks. WOW!!! That was a view… I couldn't stop admiring how natural it was, not created by somebody, not built…. Fantastic. I spent there two hours, because I had to go to the airport and fly back home…
I got to the airport too early… as usually… So I had some time to taste some local wine:) Quite jolly and smiling I waved and said good bye to beautiful island of Santorini and flew to Athens. There, during transfer boarding to Cyprus, customer woman latched to my passport – she said that I need a visa. WHAT??? What visa? Get real, woman, European Union, what visa? She went somewhere with my passport to correct my words, by that time there was a big line of people who started to mutter and grizzle. When custom woman came back, she started asking me what I do in Cyprus. I said jaja I live and work in Cyprus and I am here with my business stuff. The woman grudgingly gave my passport back and let go. I thought that last minute they will announce through the speakers: Miss Lithuanian girl, please step out of the plane :) But thanks God it didn't happen. On the plane, next to me was sitting elderly, very reserved man and was reading something all the time. I thought he was a lawyer :) When stewardess gave as "food packages" – if you can call them so – we started to talk. Every talk is better with food :) He was an academic teacher of Dubai University. I was close – not a lawyer – teacher – almost the same :) We had conversation on different themes, he was very interesting person. It turned out that every morning at 6 am he goes to our beach where I live to take a swim :) FUN. After the plane landed we thanked to each other for the interesting conversation and headed different ways. At the passport control point I head same question again: do you live here in Cyprus? Doooaaaah!!!:) YES YES, I DO! Where are you from? LITHUANIA!!! Oh, so you come to Cyprus from Lithuania via Athens? YES YES YES YES!!:) I didn't argue, just smiled and went to my girlfriends who met me at the airport. They had a bottle of champagne while were waiting for me, because the plane was late half an hour, so I was met very lively and happily! :) We went thought the pictures, I gave them some souvenirs from Santorini, and then started "small" tasting of brandy and zivania till 5 in the morning :) So, that's how my trip to fairy tale island – Santorini looked like.
Some detailed description what I saw and where I was :)
Santorini in one day. Cost 35 Euros. First, we visited Prophet Elias Monastery which was built on the highest point of the island in 1711 AD where the view is breathtaking. TThen we headed to picturesque village of Pyrgos so I captured some magnificent photos. Then we went by bus to Athinios port and got on King Thiras boat board, which took us to the Volcano. After the visit to the active crater, we continued sailing to the Hot Springs where we could swim in the green sulphur waters. After half an hour twith a boat we sailed to Thirassia island. There we could swim at the beach next to or you can visit the traditional village Manolas by the winding steps, either walking or riding a donkey. Back on board again and sailed to Oia which was our last destination. Oia is built along the rim of the caldera wall. You could walk in the village; enjoy the magnificent panoramic view and the spectacular colourful sunset.
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We've Already Got A U.S. Open Hotspot, And It's Only Monday!/
Olympic Club is no stranger to testing the limits of "fairness" in setup, as Ron Whitten explains in his Golf Digest feature story revisiting the 1998 boondoggle at No. 18 green.
Now that the finishing green has been rebuilt twice and sounds like it's finally right, the discussion should center on the tweaks to this year's setup. Easily the best change Mike Davis has made with the Olympic Club setup was the shift of No. 1, a pushover par-5 in the last two Opens, to a par-4. This led to the 17th, a goofy and dreary par-4 in those Opens, playing as a three-shotter, just as it does for the members.
But Davis added a short grass area right of the green to install some danger and infamously added a last-minute fairway bunker to spice up the lay-up decision. Before the Open, I asked Davis if there was a danger that this short grass area would send balls into play onto the 18th hole and cause traffic issues, but he assured me that would not be the case. Golfweek's Brad Klein believes that will be the case, as he stated in this hole-by-hole guide to the course.
Well, I haven't seen the setup yet but caddie Todd Montoya tweeted this video that's making the rounds and it sure looks like the new short grass area, if not a traffic issue, will at least be a sensitive feature for the maintenance and setup teams.