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Welcome to the Asia Markets live blog, a running account of what the region's stock markets are doing, along with other news. Today, despite a solid lead from Wall Street, Asian bourses sees a choppy session with indexes swinging in and out of gains. This, as Japan posts not-so-great trade data, and China worries about more defaults.
7:09 am | Asia stocks close mixed | by Barbara Kollmeyer
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.4% (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) flat (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2% (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.2% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.1% (closed
2:21 am | Whoa, part 2! Nikkei gains cut sharply at close | by Mike Kitchen
And of course, the Nikkei Average loses most of its afternoon rally at the close, going from a 1.2% gain to close a more modest 0.4% higher.
Granted, it's not that unsual for Japanese stocks to swing wildly, especially toward the end of the session, though today's was a particularly wild swing.
Anyway, what gains there were at the end of the day went to the blue chips, as the broader Topix ended 0.1% lower.
1:36 am | Markets check -- 2:36 p.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.8%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 0.2%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.5%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.2% (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.1%
Mumbai (Sensex) up 0.3%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.4%
1:24 am | China denies 'foreign media report' on emergency bailout meeting | by Laura He
A rarely seen, strongly worded missive from China's central bank to Western news media could be a sign of how worried markets and their regulators have become about the financial health of China's real-estate industry, as a private developer is reportedly on the edge of defaulting on its more than 3.5 billion yuan ($563 million) worth of loans.
"A foreign news media report on March 18 that said China's central bank joined emergency talks to bail out a developer does not check with the facts," the central bank said on its official microblog account on Sina Weibo.
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) went on to emphasize that it neither "participated in an emergency meeting" on Tuesday nor "joined the work to deal with risks related to Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate."
"The PBOC strongly condemns the behavior of some news media that released an inaccurate report without verifying," it said.
On Tuesday, the Financial Times had reported that the PBOC held emergency talks Tuesday with a large state bank on whether to rescue Zhejiang Xingrun Real Estate from default. The local government in Fenghua, the small city in Zhejiang province where Xingrun Real Estate is based, was also involved in the meeting, the report said.
However, early Wednesday morning, the Fenghua city government also used its Weibo account to deny the emergency-meeting report by "some foreign news media."
"Fenghua didn't hold any emergency meeting on Tuesday," the government said, adding that it only had a "coordination and background briefing on March 13″ with officials from local branches of several banks, including China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
Meanwhile, a statement from the local government on Friday said the owner of Xingrun Real Estate and his son were handed over to prosectors after the company was unable to make payments on its debt of over 3.5 billion yuan, including 2.4 billion yuan worth of bank loans and a large amount of money "illegally raised" from individual inves
The news stoked fears about a coming default by the company, which some think could trigger a wave of defaults by more Chinese real-estate firms and even a broader financial crisis, given the softening property market.
For its part, Fitch Ratings said today that news of the potential default is "symptomatic of major themes in the industry — polarisation in favor of larger, better-funded homebuilders; oversupply in smaller cities; and significantly slower growth rates and profit margins."
Fitch predicted there might be further defaults in the industry, albeit "limited to smaller companies like Zhejiang Xingrun."
12:59 am | Whoa! Suddenly Nikkei is up 1.2% | by Mike Kitchen
Japanese stocks have swung back to gains, with the Nikkei Average up 0.4% after carrying a loss of 0.5% in early afternoon trade. Meanwhile, the dollar has risen about a 1/10th of yen to ¥101.50 from ¥101.39 earlier.
It's not certain what's driving the move, though the gains coincide with comments from Bank of Japan board member Takahide Kiuchi, seen as a hawkish voice at the central bank. Kiuchi told a gathering of business leaders that the BOJ shouldn't continue it massive easing policy indefinitely and should be careful of further steps, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
Whether or not this is related to the turnaround in Tokyo, the move certainly has momentum: In the minutes it has taken to write this, the Nikkei has extended its advance to 1.2% and the dollar is buying ¥101.56.
12:20 am | Markets check -- 1:19 p.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) down 0.5%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 0.2% (at break)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.9% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.1%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.1%
Mumbai (Sensex) down 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.4%
12:16 am | ... And in other news | by Mike Kitchen
Here are some more news items making headlines in Asia today:
A settlement between the U.S. and Toyota over the disclosure of its sudden-acceleration issues in the late 2000s is expected to be announced as early as today, with the tab possibly running more than $1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Previously calm voices in the Chinese real-estate industry are now voicing concern of a coming plunge in property prices, though mainly in the smaller cities, according to Caixin Online.
10:43 pm | Markets check -- 11:43 a.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) down 0.4% (at break)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) flat
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.7%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) flat
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) down 0.5%
10:39 pm | Hong Kong cautious, Shanghai falling amid earnings and default fears | by Laura He
Hong Kong markets lack direction in early Wednesday trading, as investors remain cautious amid earnings, not to mention lingering uncertainty over the geopolitical situation in Ukraine. The Hang Seng Index opened flat, then moved up, then edged down, and now it's trading 0.1% lower at 21,4551.82.
Tencent Holdings was scheduled to release its annual results later in the day, and its shares are retreating 1.6% after a big rally in the prior session. Investors are paying close attention to how the Internet giant plans to expand in China's emerging online payment and e-commerce markets and compete against its rivals, especially at a time when another e-commerce giant -- Alibaba Group -- is hogging the headlines with its newly announced plan for a U.S. IPO.
Galaxy Entertainment Group is trading higher by 0.5% before the Macau casino operator announces its annual results later today.
And Samsonite International is soaring 8.5% in Hong Kong, after the luggage maker reported a 19% climb in net profit for last year.
Huaneng Power International, one of China's largest electricity producers, is up 2.3% after boasting a 89% surge in its 2013 profit. The shares had already climbed more than 6% yesterday.
However, Chinese banks are weaker after recent reports said a Zhejiang-based real-estate firm has defaulted on more than 35 billion yuan ($570 million) worth of loans. The news, which marks the first default among the Chinese developers, is stoking fears about a wave of developer defaults and a broader financial crisis after a long-running government clampdown on China's overheated property markets.
China Merchants Bank is down 1.3%, Bank of Communications (which was reportedly one of the creditors suffering in the real-estate default) is dropping 0.7%, and China Construction Bank has given up 0.4%.
The insolvency fears are also hitting the Shanghai market, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.9% at 2,008.09.
10:23 pm | Japan trade: Out of the fire and into the hibachi | by Mike Kitchen
Exports rose 9.8% from a year earlier, and imports were higher by 9%. The trade deficit narrowed. That was the good news for the Japanese trade account in February.
The bad news? Exports were supposed to rise 14% (according to a Wall Street Journal/Nikkei survey of economists), and the deficit — 800.3 billion yen, or $7.9 billion — was well above expectations for a ¥595 billion gap.
And sure, the deficit was down from January's, but January's deficit (¥2.8 trillion) was an all-time record. (See post on this previous Asia blog for details of January's results.)
So considering that this is 20th month in a row in which imports were larger than exports, and it seems there's little to celebrate.
But wait, more good news: Shipments to China rebounded sharply with an almost 28% gain. And exports to the U.S. and European Union were up a not-insignificant 5.6% and 13.9%, respectively.
And while still-high energy purchases (as nuclear plants remain shut) drove the 9% rise in imports, it's a much slower increase than the 25% surge in each of the previous two months.
So should we bet on Japanese exporters going forward? Crédit Agricole says it all depends on what you think the rest of the world will do:
"While import growth will adjust to the pace consistent with a gradual recovery of the domestic economy once economic fluctuation due to the consumption-tax hike [slated for April] subsides, the outlook of the trade balance will be a function of export recovery that depends on the U.S. and euro zone, given continued adjustment of the Chinese growth model," the bank's Japan economist Yoshiro Sato wrote, following the data release.
In terms of that tax increase, Capital Economics economist Marcel Thieliant says the planned hike to the national sales tax means that "a period of volatility in the trade numbers lies ahead."
"The trade deficit may spike briefly in March due to last-minute spending ahead of April's increase in the consumption tax, before narrowing sharply once the tax has been raised," Thieliant writes.
Longer-term, though, he says that "the world economy has picked up some speed since last year, so export growth should accelerate. … However, we also expect the yen to weaken further, which should lift the costs of imports by more than it should raise the value of exports. These factors should broadly offset each other."
8:36 pm | Markets check -- 9:36 a.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.6%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) flat
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.3%
8:35 pm | Since those last posts... | by Mike Kitchen
Just so you know:
Japan Display has finally opened, and FactSet has it at ¥756, down 16% from its IPO price.
Australia's ASX swung into positive territory, but it's now back on the flat line.
8:28 pm | Tokyo goes for the gains — but not Japan Display | by Mike Kitchen
More gains for Japanese stocks this morning, with the Nikkei Average up 0.6% on top of Tuesday's 0.9% advance, while the Topix (covering all Tokyo-listed large-caps) is 0.4% higher.
On the other hand, the high-profile trading debut of Japan Display is off to a miserable start — more on this below.
The improvement for shares seems mostly a function of overnight rallies for stocks in the U.S. and Europe.
Japanese February trade data out just before the open showed an almost 10% gain for exports and a narrowing of the trade deficit, though both numbers missed forecasts. The yen eased a little as a result, with the dollar at ¥101.46 compared to ¥101.40 just before the release, though the greenback remained below its level a day earlier.
Regardless, some of the blue-chip exporters are making solid gains, with Nidec up 2.9%, Toshiba up 1.4%, Kirin Holdings up 1.8%, and Honda Motor up 0.7%.
Sony is 1.2% higher as its Sony Pictures unit announced more than 200 layoffs as part of a previously announced cost-cutting campaign.
Also on the rise, Bridgestone is up 0.6%, with Kim Eng Securities citing a positive view on tire makers from Kepler Cheuvreux. And Oracle Japan is up 0.5%, shrugging off a profit miss from New York-listed parent Oracle, shares of which are down 3.5% in U.S. after-hours trading.
But the market's overall gain is mere consolation in the face of what looks to be a very weak start for debutante Japan Display, which set the record for Asia tech IPOs despite pricing at the bottom of its range at ¥900 ($8.88) apiece. (See post in this previous Asia Markets blog.)
Currently (25 minutes into trading), the shares are ask-only, even after Japan Display's key client Apple Inc. saw its stock rally some 4.7% on Wall Street overnight.
7:39 pm | Australia banks, miners holding Sydney down | by Mike Kitchen
Strength in U.S. and European trading Tuesday is not quite enough to carry Australia to gains this morning, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.1% in early moves after a 0.5% rise the previous day. This, thanks mostly to losses for the heavily weighted banking and mining sectors.
With London three-month nickel futures scoring a 2% gain, but with sizeable losses gold (in both spot and futures prices), the big miners are mostly lower: BHP Billiton and Oz Mineral are down 0.6% each, while Evolution is down 0.9% and Rio Tinto is off 0.1%.
On the other hand, the spot iron-ore price's return above $110 per metric ton is lifting stock in Atlas Iron by 1.6%, while Fortescue Metals is up 0.9%.
Financials also stand on negative ground, with Westpac down 0.2%, NAB down 0.4%, CBA down 0.1%, and Macquarie down 0.6%.
Retailers are mostly higher, with Australia's 175-year-old department-store operator David Jones trading 0.9% higher, as it reported a drop in earnings per shares (down about 6%) but a gain in sales (up about 4%) for the first half of the current fiscal year.
The David Jones results also appeared to aid shares of its rival Myer, which is trading 1.1% higher, while electronics-store firm Harvey Norman is up 0.3%.
Among the smaller names, Southern Cross Electrical Engineering is up 2.6% after winning two Rio Tinto contracts.


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By way of introduction, some of you will remember Matt Dillahunty's on-air debate with apologist Matt Slick of the CARM website, which was recorded on February 22, 2009. If you missed it, here you go. Keep in mind this is the first of nine parts.
Recently one of our viewers emailed us about a rather alarming article by Slick on the CARM site that stands as an exemplar of just how religion's confused notions of what constitutes "morality" has led religion to be the foremost enabler of atrocity in history. In brief, when Christians insist that morality itself is impossible without Christianity, and atheists reply by rattling off endless examples both from scripture and real life of the devout behaving badly, the spin machine kicks into gear so fast you can practically see the Higgs boson particles zinging off it in all directions. Justify, justify, justify, is the order of the day.
Here, Slick justifies what may be one of the most appalling crimes there is: the "honor killing" of daughters (yes, it's always daughters) who are not acceptably virginal in the eyes of their fathers and grooms. In this context, "father" and "groom" is a term interchangeable with "owner."
Slick begins by quoting a lengthy passage from Deuteronomy in which God's laws for dealing with an insufficiently chaste bride are detailed. The passage first declares that any groom who is caught trying to weasel out of his marriage by lying that his bride was not a virgin will be fined 100 shekels and then forbidden from ever divorcing his wife as long as he lives (which I imagine is considered the worse punishment). On the other hand, if it turns out that the bride was indeed not a virgin at her nuptials, then the skanky ho is to be taken out and stoned to death.
So let's review. Man at fault = fined money. Woman at fault = murdered. Yeah, that sounds ever so egalitarian!
To attempt to defend a practice so primitive, inhumane and frankly monstrous, one would, you'd think, have to be not only an idiot, but someone plumbing hitherto unexamined depths of idiocy just to see how far he could go before imploding into something like a black hole of idiocy so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape. Well, folks, we have that intrepid explorer right here. Step right up, Mr. Slick.
When you got nothin', you got nothin' to lose, and so Slick leads with his worst punch.
Critics of the Bible must be careful not to impose their present day moral system upon that of an ancient culture found in Scripture and then judge Scripture as though it is inferior to their own subjective morality. The above verses were written 3,000 years ago in a very different culture and location.
Uhhh…yeah. Let's see, how do I explain this to someone so intellectually impacted?
What is at issue here is the notion of treating a human being as property, denied any sense of personal agency. By slipping in that favorite of all apologetic weasel phrases, "subjective morality," Slick doubtless believes he's scored a home run right out of the dugout, when in fact it's a pop fly. If anyone here is exhibiting "subjective" morality, it's Slick, making the above quote one of the most awesome irony-meter-melting sentences you're likely to read from an apologetics source.
Slick appears to accept that our moral precepts are different from those of 3000 years ago. Thus he suggests that while we may be right to be appalled at savage acts of cruelty towards young women in 2011 CE, we have no reason to be appalled by the same acts in 989 BCE. (Yeah, I used a calculator.) I guess time heals all wounds, eh? And yet, Slick gives us no reason why we should suspend our "subjective" morality in this way. Beyond basically saying "This is how they rolled back then," we are given no valid moral justification (hell, I'd have even taken a mildly coherent one) for why we should think misogynist brutality is A-okay as long as it happened long long ago.
Moreover, is there a statute of limitations (maybe in the fine print at the bottom of the decalogue tablets) for this kind of thing? Is there a cutoff period where my "subjective" morality just becomes straight-up morality and it's okay for me to call an atrocity an atrocity? Can I just look at American slavery and say, "Well, I must must be careful not to impose my present day moral system on the culture of 160 years ago." Or is it too soon?
Let us briefly consider what is involved in stoning someone to death.
Matt Frauenfelder at Boing Boing (too many Matts in this piece, I must say) has helpfully provided us with an illustrated guide. This graphic shows how they do it in the Muslim world, which is the only contemporary culture I know of still goat-fucking barbaric enough to pull this crap. The details might have been different when the ancient Jews did it, but I suspect the results were the same: a dead girl.
First the victim is partially buried standing up, because it's no fun if the stonee is running around frantically for her life. You might miss and hit your mom or something. Then, the actual process of killing the victim can take anywhere from 20 minutes to a couple of hours, depending on, I don't know, whether the victim's skull is especially thick, or whether the stones are nice and hard or soft and crumbly, or maybe it's just a matter of how goddamned sadistic the killers are feeling that day.
Imagine being in the pit. You can see nothing, but you hear the deafening roar of the crowd's bloodlust. Your pulse is hammering, and you have probably already shit yourself in blind terror. Then, after what seems like an agonizing eternity, the first rock clips you. Maybe it hurts like a bastard, but wasn't hard enough to kill you. (In Islamist countries, there is in fact a law that the rocks used cannot be so heavy and large as to kill with the first blow. Not nice spoiling everyone's fun.) But after the explosion of pain, you start feeling light-headed, dizzy. A few more blows, and you go into shock. Your vital signs plunge, your whole body begins to feel cold, and if you haven't shit yourself already, now you do. You slip out of consciousness. If you're lucky, you'll die very soon after this.
I suspect this is as terrifying and brutal a way to die 3000 years ago as it is today. I see no reason to think a young girl experiencing the above back in the distant past would have felt any less horror, agony and despair than her modern-day counterpart. So why is Slick telling me that it's okay to be appalled by modern-day stonings, but that I'm out of line for being appalled by 3000-year-old stonings? Is there some "moral absolute" at play that I'm just not Christian enough to get here?
Anyway, let your imagination run with all this as you continue to read Slick's apologia. Remember the above is what he's defending.
Sexual purity was very highly valued, unlike today, and when a man would marry a woman, her virginity was critical. In ancient times a dowry was paid to the father of the bride and the rightful expectation was that the bride would be a virgin.
So there, you see? She's his property, so that makes it okay. And notice the snide aside about "sexual purity [being] highly valued, unlike today." Yeah, because we all know a woman's hymen is of more value to her male owner than her fucking life. There's your religious "morality," gang.
When you're in a hole, stop digging, unless you're a Christian apologist. Slick goes on yet some more, reiterating that really, it's just all about teh mehnz.
In the culture of the time it was the father who was charged with the covering, care, and well-being of his daughter. Her sexual purity was representative of the father's ability to raise her according to the laws God. Therefore, in that culture, a man's reputation, as well as the family's reputation in the community, could be adversely affected by the fornication of his daughter. If his daughter had been promised to a man to be married, and a dowry had been paid, there was every expectation from the bridegroom that she would be a virgin. If the contrary was discovered after the marriage, then the implication is that there had been a deception in which the father could be implicated, or it would mean that he was unaware of her sin and this would bring great shame to the family and the community, not to mention it being a display of outright rebellion against God's law. In this case, to insure the integrity of the family, and to remove the evil of adulterous/fornication from the community, stoning was advocated.
Again with the "in that culture" business. Here is why Matt Slick is a moral imbecile: S.F.W. if this activity was the norm "in that culture"; does Slick think it's right or wrong to do this to another human being, period? Especially — especially — for reasons as pitifully selfish and banal as your own "shame." Slick steadfastly avoids passing any moral judgment upon the killing, while telling "critics of the Bible" they are in no position to pass a moral judgment either, which is itself a moral judgment. Somehow, you can't condemn death by stoning (if it's ancient and Biblical, that is, because something tells me Slick would flip-flop in a picosecond when presented with the spectacle of modern-day Islamist stonings), but you can condemn those who'd condemn it, on the ground that they are somehow applying "subjective" moral standards.
So what is the Godly "moral absolute" on this issue then, Mr. Slick? Can young women be treated as chattel by their fathers and husbands, or not? Can they be murdered for making men embarrassed about their pee-pees, or not? If a "morally subjective" approach is the wrong way to think about all this, then clearly a "morally absolute" approach is the right way. So what does the absolute moral lawgiver have to say, Mr. Slick? Is he pissed off that we no longer stone our women to death? If his morals are absolute, shouldn't this still be common practice today?
I think I've said enough. If any article demonstrates better than this one how badly religion can screw up a human being's fundamental sense of right and wrong, I've managed to miss it. Religion, far from providing anything like morality, simply sets a list of arbitrary rules that allow any number of vile acts to be visited upon the helpless, and it is all elaborately justified with feeble rhetoric later. Secular morality may not be perfect either, but it is immeasurably stronger for being rooted in basic human empathy and reason. Not only do I not need a God to tell me that "honor killings" are a horrible evil, but it appears that people who do have a God don't think it's all that evil after all. Lord, protect me from your followers!
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Meeting summary
- Review ACTION points from previous meeting (hallyn, 16:02:01)
- Quantal Development (hallyn, 16:02:13)
- http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/ubuntu-server.html
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-images
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-awstools
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-init-utils
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-bug-triage-review
- https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-juju-charm-unit-tests
- http://reports.qa.ubuntu.com/reports/ubuntu-server/release-bugs.html
Feature freeze is on 23 august, about two weeks from this meeting.
Urshina and jamespage will catch up on new triage reports ursinha has
been working on. m_3 and jimbaker will discuss juju charm unit tests
this week. Some of the cloud image work may end up being postponed.
- http://status.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-quantal/ubuntu-server.html
- 12.04.1 Development (jamespage & smoser) (hallyn, 16:17:27)
- Ubuntu Server Team Events (hallyn, 16:21:34)
- Weekly Updates & Questions for the Kernel Team (smb) (hallyn, 16:24:08)
- Weekly Updates & Questions regarding Ubuntu ARM Server (rbasak) (hallyn, 16:29:40)
- Open Discussion (hallyn, 16:34:25)
- Announce next meeting date and time (hallyn, 16:36:56)
There were no actions from the previous meeting.
Target is Thursday, so anything not in by then should be retargeted
Jim Baker will be presenting juju at 3 events in the next 3 months.
Bug 1031090 ("kvm_intel not loadable in a quantal guest") was
discussed. It was decided that since it only deteriorates performance of
kvm inside a nested kvm guest, it was not urgent to push to 12.04.1, but
can rather wait for an update.
Java 7 for arm was discussed – it is in progress and looking good.
Gema from QA team will attend the next server team meeting to give
an overview of the new testing framework (UTAH) and show how we can get
more involved with test cases.
Gema from QA team will attend the next server team meeting to give
an overview of the new testing framework (UTAH) and show how we can get
more involved with test cases.
Meeting ended at 16:37:24 UTC
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Earl H Smith has not received any gifts yet
Posted on April 23, 2013 at 11:07am 4 Comments 1 Like
Smirking, many religious people seem to think that when we atheists get into trouble we'll cry out to God. Really? Recently, a big pain and all the symptoms hit me big time; I was having a heart attack. The pain was horrible! I couldn't even talk to 911. Did I cry out to the imaginary God? Did I say 'Oh God'? No. I said, 'Oh shit!" I think that answers the theists!!! What do you think?
Posted on April 8, 2013 at 3:02pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
I live in an apartment building, and behold- the worst offenders where it comes to hatred and bigotry are those who profess to be "fine religious beings". How appropriate!
Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:30am 4 Comments 1 Like
I'm not just an unbeliever, I detest religion! Why? It's not just that religion burned people as witches. Religion CONTINUES to separate us as "gangs", feeding our gang mentality, promoting hatred and wars! I guess you could say that I detest war, thus I detest religion. There are other reasons to detest religion. I will be interested in hearing others reasons.
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Treatment of victims (and abusers) falls far short! There is a treatment for abusers, while there aere several kinds of abusers! ... 1. A mean abuser is just mean due to religious beliefs, or for other reasons/excuses. 2. A pedophile sexually abuses because he is a "baby lover", good grief! 3. A sociopath lacks empathy/feeling, so he abuses. 4. Others (rare) suffer from MPD or other affective disorders due to earlier abuses... A program for each kind of abuser should exist!!! ... …Continue
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FBI agent testifies in ricin-mailing case
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that he could not say whether agents have found ricin in the home of a Mississippi man accused of mailing the toxin to the president and a senator.
Agent Brandon M. Grant testified at a hearing Friday in Oxford, Miss., for Paul Kevin Curtis. Prosecutors had asked to delay the hearing because the investigation was still ongoing. But a judge refused that request.
Grant stressed that the investigation is ongoing and that he does not know what may have been found with the hearing approaching two hours long. He says investigators searching the home did find a package they were interested in. But he did not yet know what was in it.
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MK, the kitten, has never seen rain, snow, etc. before.
So, the hailstorms yesterday and today held his total fascination. :cat:
He had his first bath yesterday, and considers bthtime to be Playtime. :highly_amused:
Today, is just a casual-day. There's nothing to do, so we're all just lazing around like a stereotypical Harem--albeit with a swarm of Kittiehz who demand attention. It's pretty Rare such days come along, so we're going to get all we can out of it, and watch babycat Mk harrass his older and MUCH bigger Lynx sisters who weather such with fine, Lynx dignity. :devilish:
Georgina's grabbing some 'me' time atop the bookshelf, above and out of the kitteny-khaos.
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…that a change is as good as a vacation. I don't know if that's always true, but I've decided to make a change. I'm moving the blog from Blogger to Wordpress.
This, contrary to appearances, isn't a sudden decision. I've been thinking about it for a while now, ever since I started the Postcrossing blog, "It Only Takes a Stamp". That one is the second blog I have with Wordpress (along with "In Ev's Kitchen") and I'm finding that I really like the interface.
This will be the final post here; I do hope you'll join me over at Wordpress. The blog's been set up; there will, of course, be some tweaking as time goes on. If you do join me there, I hope that you will update your RSS feeds. I would hate to think that you'd have to miss any of my posts.
I've decided that, to celebrate the new look and the new blog, I'm going to have a contest. Head over to the new blog to read the details.
The new address – you'll need that if you're going to enter the contest, right?
You'll find me at Strings 'n Things Two; here's the link:
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How can I get list of installed apps (based at files in /usr/share/applications/) without writing own parser? I need just app name, path to app icon and path to launch app.
I'm using C++ with Qt libraries. Of course, you can write me shell command or something else like it.


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Thog is a 9½-foot tall blue monster.[1] His size may make him imposing, but he has a sweet and gentle disposition.
He first appeared as one of Cosmo Scam's evil henchmen in the 1970 Christmas special The Great Santa Claus Switch, partnered with a green monster named Thig. In a 1971 Dick Cavett Show appearance, Jim Henson referred to Thog as a large Frackle, though Thog is not generally considered part of that group of monsters.
As a full-bodied Muppet, combined with his droopy, friendly face, Thog was especially well-suited to dance numbers, on television and in stage shows, and he was partnered with several famous ladies over the years. He appeared on stage with Nancy Sinatra as part of her stage show in 1971, and in the unfinished TV version Movin' with Nancy: Nice 'n' Easy (1973). Also in 1973, Thog was featured prominently in "Oh Babe What Would You Say," with Julie Andrews in The Julie Andrews Hour. He also had a featured number in the 1974 pilot The Muppets Valentine Show, singing and dancing "Real Live Girl" with Mia Farrow.
On The Muppet Show, he could be seen in the opening theme (alongside Timmy Monster, Sweetums, and two of The Mutations) from season two on. Thog appeared in a number of segments including: as a "dangerous" animal in episode 110; reprising "Oh Babe What Would You Say," this time with Kaye Ballard, in episode 123; dancing backstage with ghosts and monsters in "Once a Year Day" and detonating a blast for "School's Out" in episode 307; and demolishing a desert research facility in Loretta Swit's number, "I Feel the Earth Move," in episode 502. He is mentioned, but unseen, in episode 217, playing badminton with Sweetums, and using Gonzo's chicken as a shuttlecock.
In 1978, Sigma Ceramics produced a paper-mache Christmas ornament of Thog. In 2003, Palisades Toys released a PVC mini figure of Thog, the first Thog toy ever produced.
As first revealed in behind-the-scenes photos[2] and trailers, Thog was present in The Muppets; his first appearance in a Muppet production for more than three decades. Here, Thog (rebuilt by Jim Kroupa) appears to be much larger than he was originally; in one scene, he briefly gets stuck going through the arches during the rehearsal for "The Muppet Show Theme" recreation, causing Thog to have to walk in front of them. Tyler Bunch, performing the Thog puppet during the movie, noted his increased size (2 and a half feet taller than the original) was due to Kroupa not having enough reference material to go off of to determine the puppet's original size.[3]
Casting history
Primary performers:
- Jerry Nelson from The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) to The Muppet Show (1980)
- Tyler Bunch in The Muppets (2011)
- Although still voiced by Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire performed in the Thog suit at least twice: in episodes 307[4] and 502.[5]
- The Great Santa Claus Switch
- The Dick Cavett Show
- Movin' with Nancy: Nice 'n' Easy
- The Julie Andrews Hour ("Oh Babe What Would You Say?")
- The Muppets Valentine Show ("Real Live Girl")
- The Muppet Show
- "The Muppet Show Theme" (Seasons 2-5)
- Episode 108: Paul Williams (Blackout)
- Episode 110: Harvey Korman (Circus sketch)
- Episode 123: Kaye Ballard ("Oh Babe, What Would You Say?")
- Episode 212: Bernadette Peters ("Take a Little One Step")
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper ("Once a Year Day," "School's Out")
- Episode 312: James Coco ("Short People")
- Episode 502: Loretta Swit ("I Feel the Earth Move")
- Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
- The Muppet Movie (the "Rainbow Connection" finale)
- The Muppets
- Muppets Most Wanted
Book appearances
- The Muppet Show Book (1978)
- The Comic Muppet Book (1979)
- It's The Muppet Show! (1979)
- Muppets at Sea (1980)
- Fozzie's Big Book of Sidesplitting Jokes (1981)
- Two for the Show (1982)
- Jim Henson's Muppet Show Bill (1982)
- Bo Saves the Show (1982)
- The Phantom of the Muppet Theater (1991)
- Look and Find Muppets (1995)
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets (2009)
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: Pigs in Space (2009)
- The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road (2010)
- Muppet Snow White (2010)
- The Muppets Character Encyclopedia (2014)
- ↑ Ask Henson.com, question 38
- ↑ Lussier, Germain. "Set Photos: The Muppets Take Over Hollywood Boulevard", Slashfilm. com. January 18, 2011.
- ↑ Getting Felt Up episode 8
- ↑ 2momluvme.com interview
- ↑ Of Muppets and Men -- there's a picture of Whitmire in Thog's costume


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The Aesthetics of Disappearance
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Virilio himself referred to his 1980 work The Aesthetics of Disappearance as a "juncture" in his thinking, one at which he brought his focus onto the logistics of perception—a logistics he would soon come to refer to as the "vision machine." If Speed and Politics established Virilio as the inaugural—and still consummate—theorist of "dromology" (the theory of speed and the society it defines), The Aesthetics of Disappearance introduced his understanding of "picnolepsy"—the epileptic state of consciousness produced by speed, or rather, the consciousness invented by the subject through its very absence: the gaps, glitches, and speed bumps lacing through and defining it. Speed and Politics defined the society of speed; The Aesthetics of Disappearance defines what it feels like to live in the society of speed.
"I always write with images," Virilio has claimed, and this statement is nowhere better illustrated than with The Aesthetics of Disappearance. Moving from the movie theater to the freeway, and from Craig Breedlove's attainment of terrifying speed in a rocket-power car to the immobility of Howard Hughes in his dark room atop the Desert Inn, Virilio himself jump cuts from such disparate reference points as Fred Astaire, Franz Liszt, and Adolf Loos to Dostoyevsky, Paul Morand, and Aldous Huxley. In its extension of the "aesthetics of disappearance" to war, film, and politics, this book paved the way to Virilio's follow-up: the celebrated study, War and Cinema.
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Welcome to RTC.net!Posted by rtmsf on February 11th, 2009
Hello again, everybody, and welcome to our new home, rushthecourt.net!
This was a long overdue move, but thanks to the encouragement of several of our correspondents, the fine folks at Fantasy Sports Ventures and affiliates, as well as technical assistance from The Blog Doctor, we consider ourselves to be all growed up and ready to take on the interwebs sans our security blanket known as wordpress.com.
That is, until you guys crash the site when we put up another ridiculous Ugly Floors post.
Seriously, though, we like to think of ourselves as a legitimate source of college hoops analysis and commentary, so we figured it was time to start acting like one. So we're suiting up (ok, maybe not a suit/tie combo, but we'll consider a dress shirt, unbuttoned at the collar) and we're ready to move into the extended adolescence of this joint.
And if you can find the old site, you can find this one, because, well, you should have been re-directed here. Go ahead, try it.
Not much else has changed other than the fact we're now affiliated with FSV, who will provide RTC an opportunity to network within their vast cache of sites and blogs to improve our daily content around here for you, the readers. Take a look at some of the names on their affiliate list and you'll see why this was an easy decision for us.
So whether this is your first time to RTC or you're a long-time reader, we welcome you to our new home like Greg Paulus defending in the paint – with open arms and nary a hint of resistance.


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Meet Eva Dillon and Mary Berner, the two ex-Conde Nast publishers some people think are responsible for the downfall of Jane, the women's magazine that never quite managed to be what anyone wanted it to be but tried a lot harder than Glamour. The demise of Jane had been almost assured since Jane Pratt herself, the beloved/flaky founding editor of Sassy magazine, was forced from the magazine named for her in a nasty drama thinly fictionalized in the book Falling Out Of Fashion, which we recently read, and if anyone thinks Eva and Mary — or, ahem, "Liz Alexander and Ellen Cutter" — were the biggest problem with Jane, author and ex-Pratt assistant Karen Yampolsky seems to. In the book Liz and Ellen are ginormous Stepford-y bitches who may be gay for one another. And so much more!
They lie to their superiors about their circulation numbers and they make two sales calls on days their gracious editor makes twelve. They're rude to restaurant servers and they install their coke-addicted ex-subordinates in key editorial functions at the magazine. They spend most of their time jockeying and playing political games within "Nestrom Publications" and the rest of it going to fancy restaurants. But worst they don't really seem to understand at all what Jill — which is to say, Jane — is about. They don't care about pop culture. They don't care about indie rock. They try to woo all the wrong advertisers — a cokehead diva designer named "Graciella D'Alessandro," for instance — by forcing the Jane staff to write stories about them.
Falling Out Of Fashion is certainly not a tome of nuance or um much literary merit, but it highlights the unending problem of magazine publishing, which is why we're so obsessed with it: is it the fault of writers, or sales people, to sell a magazine? If producing a publication that is smart fails, is it the fault of the readers, or the advertisers? Was Jane itself too smart? Or too stupid?
This will um not be the last you hear from us on this topic.


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From tweetups to touring the Museum using AMNH Explorer, The New York Times features the Museum's digital efforts in a special section out today.
Writing about social media, Jennifer Preston focuses on two recent Museum tweetups that offered participants behind-the-scenes tours of the collections and looks at two exhibitions, Brain: The Inside Story and The World's Largest Dinosaurs, which opens April 16.
A separate article about smartphone apps praises AMNH Explorer for taking "full advantage of the latest technology" by using the Museum's wi-fi network to pinpoint a user's location. "The app's distinguishing feature is both ingenious and pragmatic," writes Sam Grobart. "In addition to exhibitions, the app can point visitors toward cafes, gift shops and—an especially valuable feature for those traveling with children—bathrooms."
And in a story about how a small computer called an Arduino has revolutionized exhibition design, Nick Bilton points to interactive exhibits at the Museum, including one in Brain: The Inside Story that tests a person's ability to draw a shape while looking only at a reflection.


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Caller ID is not shown for incoming calls
Caller ID is not shown for incoming calls:
- When you receive calls, a telephone connected to the FRITZ!Box does not show the caller's telephone number (caller ID), or the caller's telephone number is only shown briefly in its display.
- A telephone does not show which telephone number the caller has called.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
Simply proceed as described below. After each measure, check whether the problem persists.
1 Activating text information in the FRITZ!Box
The following steps are only necessary if you are using a FRITZ!Fon:
- Enter #960*2* on your telephone and press the call key (lift the receiver).
- Hang up again after about 3 seconds.
Note:To deactivate the display of text information, enter #960*0*.
2 Assigning display names in the FRITZ!Box
The following step is only necessary if the telephone shows caller ID, but not the number that the caller called:
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Telephone Numbers" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the (Edit) button for the respective telephone number.
- Enter a name of your choice in the "Display name" field. If the field is not displayed, enable the Advanced View first.
You can enter "VOIP_12345", "provider_12345, "office", "private" or "12345" as the display name for the internet telephone number 12345.
- Click "OK" to save the settings.
3 Enabling caller ID display (CLIP) in the FRITZ!Box
The following steps are only necessary if the telephone is connected to the analog extension "FON":
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Click the (Edit) button for the respective telephone.
- Click on the "Telephony Device Features" tab.
- Enable the option "Calling line identification presentation (CLIP)".
- If only the number of the caller should be shown, enable the option "Simple mode".
- If you want to see which number the caller has called in addition to seeing the caller's number, enable the option "Expanded mode".
- Click "OK" to save the settings.
4 Checking the FRITZ!Box's call list
- Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Calls" in the "Telephony" menu.
- Check whether there any incoming calls (blue or red handset) that show the caller ID.
- If telephone numbers are displayed, then the FRITZ!Box detects the numbers of the callers. The telephone does not display the telephone numbers because it does not process the numbers signaled by the callers according to the general specifications. However, the telephone may display caller ID when connected directly to your line, but not when it is connected to the FRITZ!Box.
Note:CLIP can be used with many cordless telephones, for example with all FRITZ!Fon models and many telephones from the Siemens Gigaset series. However, AVM cannot guarantee that CLIP will function with telephones from other manufacturers.
- If caller ID is not shown for calls to an internet number, then either your telephony provider did not enable CLIP for your line, or the callers do not transmit their caller ID.
- If caller ID is not shown for calls to an analog landline number, proceed with the following section.
5 Checking the analog telephone line and devices
The following step is only necessary if the caller ID is not shown when your analog landline number is called:
Checking whether the telephone and your line support CLIP
- Disconnect the FRITZ!Box from the DSL splitter's telephone socket.
- Connect an analog telephone to the DSL splitter's telephone socket.
- If the telephone does not show caller ID now, either your telephony provider did not enable CLIP for your line yet, your telephone does not support CLIP, or the caller did not transmit his caller ID.
Connecting all telephones and telephony devices to the FRITZ!Box
- Connect all telephony devices (for example a telephone, fax) to the FRITZ!Box.
Important:Connecting additional telephony devices or telephone sockets to the telephone jack can cause errors.
Testing whether another device is interfering with the FRITZ!Box
Interference from a device connected to the FRITZ!Box or the power mains may be reaching the FRITZ!Box. Therefore, perform the following test:
- Remove all devices and cables from the LAN ports and the USB port on the FRITZ!Box. If no devices are connected, connect a computer to a LAN port on the FRITZ!Box.
- If the error no longer occurs, then a device connected to the FRITZ!Box was transmitting interference to the FRITZ!Box or the computer now channels it off. Usually, you can eliminate the cause of the interference through one of these measures:
- Use a power strip to connect the FRITZ!Box and all other connected devices to the same electric outlet.
- Test different electric outlets and power outlet strips.
- Use UTP network cables to connect devices to the LAN ports on the FRITZ!Box. In contrast to STP network cables, for example the one included with delivery, UTP network cables do not have a ground wire and do not transmit interference to the FRITZ!Box.
Important:If the problem occurs with a FRITZ!Powerline adapter, use the UTP network cable included with the FRITZ!Powerline adapter.
- If a device connected to the USB port is transmitting interference to the FRITZ!Box, do not connect the device to the FRITZ!Box. Instead, connect it to a USB port on your computer.
Signal quality is too low
If your FRITZ!Box still does not show caller ID for incoming calls, the signal quality of your analog landline is too low.
Compared to simple telephones, PBXs always place higher requirements on the signal quality of analog telephone lines. The FRITZ!Box clearly surpasses the limitation of the specifications to correctly identify and process incoming signals. However, in the case of extremely interference-prone lines, the FRITZ!Box's tolerance to errors can be slightly lower than that of an analog telephone connected directly to your line. Therefore, under some circumstances, a telephone that is connected directly to your line can evaluate the CLIP information even though the FRITZ!Box cannot. This is not due to an error with the FRITZ!Box; instead, it is because the signal quality of the analog landline is too low.


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Grad Phi will host the annual Fall Pinic on Saturday September 22nd from 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Boom Island Park in North East Minneapolis. Staff, Faculty and students are invited to this afternoon of food and fun.
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How To Get My Kids To Listen?!!
The most precious gift you've ever received is… your child. Along with this priceless gift, you've also received your most all-encompassing task of raising your child.
Of course, establishing proper discipline is easier said than done. In fact, the most common question asked by parents is "HOW DO I GET MY KIDS TO LISTEN?!" However, there is no "one quick-fix solution," because so many puzzle pieces must fall into place in order for a home's harmony to resonate. Presuming that the initial foundations of peace, unconditional love, acceptance and communication are in place, we will now explore several discipline techniques which will help us restore respect and discipline in the household.
Before we start with practical pointers, we must have a proper perspective on commanding respect. We must realize that this is not about us; it's about them. It's not that we need the honor of having our children speak respectfully at the dinner table. Rather, our children need this training because we want to mold the child into the perfect person we want him to become. So giving in and forgoing this respect is not a service, but rather a disservice, to the child, for we are denying him the opportunity to grow and develop properly.
One component of respect is listening to one's parents. Therefore, we are obligated to insist on compliance.
Practically speaking, this training is best started when children are young and impressionable. It is then that you can physically "help them" to listen by taking their hand and directing them to do the required action or go to where they have to be.
When giving commands, use a firm, self-assured voice. Even young children detect when you are hesitant or unconfident. Avoid threats, warnings, and ultimatums as they undermine your authority. You can use the "broken record technique" (repeat your command in a calm, firm manner over and over until the child complies) or "when-then technique," (When you clean up your room, you can go outside to play" instead of "if" which gives wiggling room for non-compliance.) If your child needs to have some power, give him choices and time frames, ("Please make sure the table is cleared before dinner" instead of "DO IT NOW!!!") Whichever method you may choose to use, do not accept "no" for an answer. This is imperative, because early training sets the stage for respect for all authority throughout life.
Once children are a little older, it is the parent's choice to be smart and selective when giving commands, demanding only that which the child is capable of fulfilling. For example, asking for something while a child is in middle of playing, or in a tired, cranky mood is setting him up for failure. Think before commanding and do not teach your child disobedience!
Try to set up routines, so that you can preempt tricky situation. When a child knows what is expected of him and is aware of the consequences if the routine is not followed, he is quicker to comply and accepts the consequence.
When you are in a situation over which you have no influence, do not exert your power, because you are embarking on a losing battle. At best, you will win while compromising your values by yelling, threatening, punishing, etc.
Remember that you too can press the pause button. Model proper behavior by thinking before you act. Use impulse control and ask yourself, "Is this the proper request at the proper time? Am I realistic that I can influence this situation? What is the best way to ask my child and set him up for success?"
In summary, start when your children are young by confidently training them to listen. As your children grow older, continue to guide them with firmness and love. Think before commanding and set up routines to avoid confrontation. Most importantly, spend time planning smart solutions at calm times, so you will know how to handle the real-life scenarios.


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BACKPACKING – Italy & Switzerland Summer 2011 Trip (11 days / 10 nights).
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BACKPACKING – Italy & Switzerland Summer 2011 Trip (11 days / 10 nights)
This post has entire itinerary, in depth details about Italy and Switzerland trip (11days/nites). Please do read till the end as day-day itinerary has been included as well. For pictures please refer to picasa link https://picasaweb.google.com/101282230968389778340
We planned our trip based on Rick Steve's book on Italy. This book is so handy it describes all the details of what not and what to do. Book guides you thoroughly to layout your trip plan. Before even going in detail would seriously recommend referring Rick Steve's book depending on which country you want to visit in Europe. We hated to go with tour so we decided to go on our own (self paced tour). As we started planning we learned that trip becomes very specific based on individual likes/dislikes. I can just keep on talking about our adventurous trip.
We did extensive research as we were planning on our own… I went through couple of books at library and at Barnes n nobles and then finally ended up going with "Rick Steve's" …other thing I referred was trip advisor just to see the specific hotel review….n that's it..
People do refer other author books like (Former, fodors, Lonely Planet, trip advisor…n so on) but I think Rick Steve's is best even his show comes on travel channel… also he has free podcast…so u don't have to end up buying expensive audio tour guide on your trip u can just download his app on iphone or download mp3 on ipod n u r all set..He guides u thru n explains the details.. based on specific monument u visit.
We bought Italy and Switzerland book n for reference borrowed Rick Steve's city specific book from library.
Check out his site http://www.ricksteves.com/ . He pretty much covers everything in his book. I planned my entire trip by reading his book..
We were first planning to go in May but than we postponed to June. As this trip can go way expensive, so we calculated our budget inclusing airfare, hotels, lunch/dinner, travel passes and etc. And we marked our min to max expenditure we can afford spending. Luckily we completed our trip with min budget lavishly.
We booked our hotels based on what "Rick Steve's" recommended. Before booking the hotels we read in details what do hotel covers, room type n all other details as Europe works way differently …some rooms don't have bathrooms within the room… we mostly booked B&B's n some places we stayed in hostel with private room n bathroom in it…so it was convenient n never felt like hostel style… if u end up booking "Rick Steve's" recommended hotel than u might get 10% discount in Italy or they will give u 10% discount if u pay in cash… make sure before u book any hotel u double check, whats does your room includes and lock the price by emailing them….they are pretty good in responding back…also we booked all our hotel through the hotel website.. We didn't use any travel booking website.
We didn't rented the car in Europe….public commute is way good there… we had booked Italy country pass through Eurail…based on where u planning to travel u might have to do bit of math as u might not need pass to travel.. if u r going to be there for few days….
We bought separate pass for Italy n Swiss… after doing all math. Also each city specific public commute passes are available which gives u some discount to monuments n subway covered… Rick Steve's has mentioned in his book so u can decide which one is flexible for your planning.
Also I would recommend on doing reservation if u planning to visit museums like Vatican museum in Vatican(Rome) , Uffizi gallery & Accademia in Florence…. we didn't reserved it online we asked our hotel to do reservation for us. They will give u reservation no..u just have to take print out n present that in museum the time n date u book for…n u pay there…it's very convenient.
After reading Rick Steve's book on Italy and Switzerland we decided which cities to visit.
Rome (3 days/3 nites)
Venice (1 day/1 nite) – visited Murano Island
Florence (3 day/2 nites) — did day trip to Pisa n Cinque Terre
Milan — (1 day – transiting) this city is more of fashion n shopping if u gng paris u can skip this…but if u r changing train in Milan n have 3-4 hour time lag between u can visit central of the city. ( We had 4-5 hrs of lay over time in Milan while going Switzerland.. so we decided to just visit Milan Duomo and Victoria monument.) Rick Steve's did mention this in his Italy book.
Interlaken West (1 nite) (1/2 day)
Jungfrau/wengen/Grindelwald – day trip
Murren – (1 nite/1day) — Its rustic mountain village to stay…rick steves mention about it in his Swiss book ( u can track to Gimmelwald)
Lauterbrunnen – (1nite/1day) — small town in valley… gr8 view..here u can go to Tumbbach glacier waterfall
Luzern – (1nite/1day) — take scenic train from Interlaken OST
Zurich – (1day — flying back to US)
We decided on to go for Backpacking, so we bought these 2 bags for our trip. That's all we carried for our entire trip. You can get cover for these bags as well in case you planning on to check-in.
Men's Backpack – North face Terra 65 (http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/terra-65-pack.html)
Women's Backpack – North face Women's Terra 45 (http://www.thenorthface.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=207&langId=-1&partNumber=AJQS&variationId=Z94&cm_vc=CrossSells)
Rick Steves link for what to pack
Day 1 – Roma (17thJune – Friday)
9:40am Arrive at Rome Intercontinental Airport Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino (FCO) Airport & buy the Roma Pass ({€25} valid for 3 days it covers public transport, first 2 sight seeing free and rest at 30% discount).
11:00am Take a "Leonardo Express" Fiumicino airport – Roma Termini train station (After every 30min interval, First Departure from Airport at 6.36 and last departure from airport is at 23.36). Fare is {€14 or 15 for first class and regular {€11} for one way.
12:00pm After arrival at Roma Termini Station check-in to "Hotel Griffo" which is like 1.2km walk from termini station OR take a "LINE B towards Laurentina" get down at next stop "CAVOUR" 400m walk to hotel. Grab Lunch locally and rest till 2pm.
2:00pmTake "LINE B to Colosseo" or walk Colosseum Tour (last entry 6pm – 45mins tour) {€12} covered by Roma Pass
3:00pm Tour Arch of Constantine (Between Colosseum & forum) , Roman Forum Tour(90 mins tour) , Palatine Hill (all open till 7pm – 90mins tour, follow the Rick Steve's Italy book self guided walk tour on page 710 follow from Start point at "Arch Of Titus" and will exit to "Capitol Hill")
6:00pm Grab some snacks and go to Capitol Hill & Piazza Venezia, Trajan's Column, forum and maket tour. For Tour details follow page 740 of rick Steve's. (Capitoline Museum open till 20:00)
8:00/8:30pm Dinner & Back to Hotel for sleep as may be jet lagged.
Rome Public Transport time – 5:30am-11:30pm. Carry your iPod for Audio Tour Guide.
If time before noon than visit St Peter-in Chains Church (Open from 8 – 12:30 & 15:00 – 19:00, modest dress required, its zigzag walk from Colosseum 15min uphill or walk form "CAVOUR metro stop"
Day 2 – Roma (18thJune – Saturday)
8:30am – Take Metro Line A towards "Battistini" get down at "Cipro" for Vatican Museum and "Ottaviano" for St Peters Basillica. 10 mins walk from metro stop.
9:00am – Vatican Museum tour {€15} (open from 9:00-18:00) – {€4 pay extra for reservation n skip line} (2 hour tour)
11:30am – Grab Lunch
12:00pm – St.Peter's Basilica Tour {€….?} (Open from 7:00-19:00) (2 hour tour)
2:30pm – Grab something to eat
3:00pm – Visit Castel Sant'Angelo (Take Line A metro towards "Anagnina" and get down at "Lepanto".
6:15pm – Dolce Vitta Stroll & Shopping (From Rick Steve's Book) Dinner and Sleep.
Day 3 – Roma (19thJune – Sunday)
9:00am National Museum of Rome – Main sight – Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo alle Terme {€10} (Open from 9:00-19:45) Take a metro to "Termini Station". (Roughly 2 hour tour).
11:00am Museum of Bath at Bath of Diocletian (Terme di Diocleziano) (free admission as covered in national museum ticket) (Open from 7:00-19:30)
11:15am Baths of DioCletian Tour (7:45pm)
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Pantheon tour (Open 9:00-18:00)
6:00pm Night Walk across Rome from Campo de' Fiori to the Spanish steps. Follow Pg 722 of Rick Steves (Shopping Triangle), Four Rivers Fountain at Piazza Navona
8:00pm Dinner and Sleep
Borghese Gallery tour (2hours)….? Can be added on Day 3….?
Day 4 – Roma to Venezia (20th June – Monday)
8:00am Catch metro to "Termini Station"
8:30am Catch train (8:45am) for Venezia Santa Lucia from Roma termini (3hr50min train ride)
12:30pm Arrive at Venezia Santa Lucia Station. Buy Pass for unlimited use of vaporetti or ACTV Buses (see pg 53) {€16/12hrs} or {€18/24hrs}
01:00pm Take slow boat #1 towards "San Marco" from "Ferrovia train station". (45mins ride) (See pg 57 – Grand Canal Cruise)
2:00pm Grab Lunch walk towards the Hotel Villa Igea, Check-in, take rest
3:00pm Walk to San Marco area Buy the San Marco Museum Plus Pass(13€) at Correr Museum
3:30pm St Mark's Basillica Tour (Free, Open 9:45-17:00 – 1hour tour)
4:30pm Doge's Place Tour (Open 8:30-18:30 – 1.5hr tour)
6:00pm Correr Museum(Open 9:00 -19:00 – 1 hour tour)
7:00pm Campanile di San Marco (dramatic bell) ({€8} Open 9:00-19:00 – best time after 6pm or morning 9am)
8:00pm Grab something to eat and stroll towards Academia & Rialto Bridge area
Later in nite take Gandola Ride (If possible share with 6 people to divide the price as it will cost {€100} for a 40min ride.
2 main train stations – Venezia Mestre (on mainland) and Venezia Santa Lucia (on island). {€1 shuttle from Mestre to Santa Lucia station}.
Daily Toilet Card (can use it twice) (3€), If possible use Toilet while at Museum or at Café for free.
Vaporetto stop – Ferry/water bus stop , Gondola stop.
Boat 41/42 to Murono Island from Train Station (40minutes)
Day 5 – Venezia to Firenze (21stJune – Tuesday)
8:30am Check out of Hotel and grab breakfast
9:30am Head towards San Marco Piazza stroll around and chk out Frari Church (3€) & Sculo San Rocco
11:30am Grab something to eat and head towards the Santa Lucia Station taking Taxi # 2 (25min) or Taxi#1 (45min) thru grand canal cruise
01:00pm Take train at 13:27 from Venezia Santa Lucia to Firenze SMN (Santa Maria Novella) (2hr train ride)
3:30pm Arrive at Firenze SMN Station. Arrive at hotel check-in Hotel Residenza Giotto
5:00om Accademia at 17:15 on 21st June2011 Res#132037 to show at the door "with reservations". Florence Academia (Opens- 8:15-18.50){€6.50+€4} (1 hour)
Other Duomo (Opens-10.00-17.00){free} , Duomos Dome (Opens – 8:30-19.00){€8}, Duomo museum(Opens-9.00-19.30){€6}, Campanile (Opens – 8.30-19.30){€6}
7:30pm Dinner and stroll
Follow Rick Stevees Pg437 Renaissance Walk through florence
Day 6 – PISA & Cinque Terra Day Trip (22nd June – Wednesday)
8:30am Leave from Florence
9:31am Arrive in Pisa, (15min, .95€)
10:00am Tower (lam rossa line1 from stazioneFS6 to torre1, ask driver "torre" /every 9'/(15min, .95€) )
11:30am (lam rossa line1 from torre2 to stazioneFS1 /every 9')(15min, .95€)
12:00pm Grab a light brunch at Pisa central
12:36pm Leave from Pisa
1:46pm Arrive at La Spezia Central (Cique Terra Card 10€)
Buy cinque terre train ticket. *NOTE* The ticket is for regional train and is priced based on km to travel. La spezia to levanto should be done in 30km. Buy ticket return from Verenzza to la spezia at La spezia itself. The eurail pass is good for la spezia to Monterosso. There is no reservation. Open seating. Confirm this at the station.Write name/Validate ticket. Go to Monterosso.
2:00pm Leave from La Spezia Central
2:17pm Arrive in Monterosso. Start trekking to Verenzza
3:45pm Arrive in Verenzza. Explore. Eat.
5:30pm If enough daylight and energy trek to Corniglia. (or) 6:24pm train from Vernazza to La spezia.
7:00pm Arrive at Corniglia
7:30pm Leave from Corniglia
7:46pm Arrive at La spezia (or) 6:46 reach La spezia
8:06pm Leave from La Spezia Central (or) 7:19 train to Florence. Reach 9:33 pm.
9:55pm Arrive at Florence
Things to do in Cinque Terre from Lonely Planet
- Chiesa di Santa Margherita (Sight seeing)
Vernazza's tiny harbor is a delight, so perfectly quaint you'll think you've wandered onto a film set. The small waterfront piazza is watched over by the harbourside gothic church of Santa Margherita di Antiochia complete with bell tower which has stood here since 1318.
- Via dell'Amore (Sight seeing)
The Via dell'Amore (Lovers' Lane) is a well-paved coastal path linking Manarola with Riomaggiore (1km/0.6mi). Studded with picnic areas and stone beaches embedded in the cliffside, it affords stunning ocean views. At either end, steps lead up from the train station to the path – checkpoints along the way ensure no one sneaks by without a valid trail pass.
The Via dell'Amore is part of the 12km-long (7.4mi) sentiero azzurro (blue trail) that runs the length of the coast between Monterosso and Riomaggiore. Unlike Lovers' Lane, which is flat, well-paved and suited to walkers of all abilities, the rest of the footpath is only for the sure-footed and well-equipped.
- Torre Guardiola (Sight seeing)
Bird life and local flora can be seen from the Torre Guardiola, a nature observation and bird-watching centre located on Fossola Beach, immediately southeast of Riomaggiore marina. From the centre a botanical walking trail leads along the coast.
Day 7 – Fierenze to Milano – Interlaken West(Swizz) (23rd June – Thursday)
8:00am Check out and Breakfast
8:45am Uffizi Gallery – at 9:15 on 23rd June2011 Res#132040 to show at door 3. Uffizi Gallery(Opens-8:15-18.50){€10+€4} (1.5hour)
11:00pm Check out city and duomo and other remnant
1:00pm Ahead towards Fierenze SMN station and Grab Lunch
2:00pm Catch train for Milano (See Euro train timetable book)
3:45pm Reach Milano centrale. Pick up a city/subway map. Take Milan subway to Duomo. Taking the Metro to the Duomo and back. Refer Pg 278 of Rick steves. ( Buy 1Euro ticket at koisk or from machine, validate in orange machine. Follow signs for yellow line 3 (direction: San Donato) after and 8 min ride (fourth stop) . To return, ride the saem yellow line 3 back the other way (direction: Maciachini).Explore – Duomo Museum (6:00pm, 8€), Galleria Vittoria Emanuele & La Scala Opera House and Museum
5:30pm/6:00pm back to station Catch direct train to SPIEZ at 18:28(6:28pm) Chk timetable for time. Reach Spiez by 8:53pm. Catch train to Interlaken West (2-3 train/hr 9:35pm, 10:35pm, 11:36pm) reaching Interlaken by (9:56pm,10:57pm,11:59pm) se Euro timetable.
10:00/11:00pm Reach Interlaken West – Nite stay at villa in Interlaken West.
Day 8 – Jungfraujoch – Top Of Europe Day Tour (Switzerland) (24th June – Friday)
9:00am Checkout from Hotel
Take train to Interlaken OST or walk.
Take train to Lauterbrunnen (20 min train ride). Check out weather here depending on that decide whether to do Jungraujoch or Schilthorn…? Based on that take trains from Lauterbrunnen.
Train to Wengen (15min) , from there train to Kleine Scheidgg (30 min). Change trian here for Jungfraujoch. (50 min). Refer Pg 155 Rick Steves. Sit on right side from "Kleine scheidegg" station. About an hour ride.
Jungfraujoch (11,300ft) (Pg 176 of rick steves) . On top of Jungfraujoch chk out chart, restaurants, Ice Palace (cavern with a gallery of ice statues), Elevator to "Sphinx observatory for highest viewing pt (from u can see "Aletsch Glacier – europe longest st 11mi stretch).
Come back to Kleine Scheidgg , chk out "Grindelwald" expensive resort town if time permits. Take "Grutschalp cable car and Murren train (30min) (known as best scenic path). Refer pg 157 of rick steves.
Check in to hotel at Murren.
WAY TO HOTEL (From hotel website) – From platform 2 you continue by train to Lauterbrunnen with the Bernese-Oberland-Railway (BOB). In Lauterbrunnen you cross the street and take the cable car/train to Muerren or take the post bus to Stechelberg and continue by cable car via Gimmelwald to Muerren.
Hike Option –
An hour across the ice to "Monochsjochhutte" (a mountain hut with small restaurant).
Best hike – 2.5 miles (Mannlichen –Kleine Scheidgg) with dramatic views. refer Pg184.
Day 9 – Murren/ Schilthorn/Gimmelwald Day Trip (Switzerland) (25th June – Saturday)
9:00 am Take cable car to Schilthorn(10,000ft), have breakfast there if possible Pg 175 of rick steves. Breakfast Buffet (27.50SF serves from 8 to 11), Panoramic view of Jungfrau, Monch, Eiger mountains.
Go to Gimmelwald. Take other route to Lauterbrunnen valley.
check out Lauterbrunnen & Trumm falls .
Check in to hotel , nite stay at Lauterbrunnen valley.
NOTES: Enjoy the mountains, real wilderness and a breathtaking view of the Bernese Oberland on Mount Schilthorn, which became famous around the world thanks to the James Bond film «On Her Majesty's Secret Service». You can be up on the Schilthorn (2970 m) in just 32 minutes from Stechelberg (864 m). In our revolving restaurant, we can offer a large A-la-carte menu, our famous James Bond breakfast and the best view over Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. You can also combine a trip up the Schilthorn with a walk through the panoramic spa resort of Mürren (with no cars), a trip on the funicular railway to the Allmendhubel and a visit to the Trümmelbach glacier waterfalls in Stechelberg
Day 10 – Lauterbrunnen to Luzern (Switzerland) (26th June – Sunday)
9:00am Check out and breakfast.
Take train from Lauterbrunnen to Interlaken OST. Take Golden Pass Panoramic train from Interlaken OST to Luzern. (One of the bext scenic path) chk out for VIP Pass.
Mt Pilatus can be done in 2 ways (Cog railway or Gandolas). Check out Package Golden Round Trip & Silver Round Trip back and forth form Luzern to Pilatus. Take cog wheel train from lakeside town of Alpnachstad from Luzern, take S5 train to Alpnachstad(2/hr , 20min). Cog wheel operates daily from (1-2/ hr, 8:15-18:30, 30 min up, 40 min down, for the best views going up, take a downhill facing seat on the right side). www.pilatus.ch (Pg 88 of Rick Steves)
Get into the groove on Switzerland's longest summer toboggan run – 1350 metres of tempo and top-notch fun (in summer, in dry weather only).
(timetable) http://www.pilatus.ch/webautor-data/146/Fahrplan-2011-2.pdf
Chekc out – http://www.pilatus.ch/content-n131-sE.html (Pg 89 of Rick Steves)
On return take (1.5 hour boat) from Alpnachstad to Luzern (7/day, 22SF).
Evening reuss River Stroll (Pg 67 Rick steves)
Nite stay in Luzern
LUZERN EXCURSION : (any one can be done in a day)
Enjoy a spectacular trip to Mount Pilatus (2132m/7000ft). From Lucerne you board the boat to Alpnachstad and then the steepest cogwheel train in the world takes you up to Mount Pilatus. On the way back you take the cable car/gondola down to Kriens and further by bus back to Lucerne. http://www.pilatus.ch/default-n7-sE.html
Or excursion to Mount Rigi – Queen of the mountains. Enjoy a boat cruise form Lucerne to Vitznau and then board the cogwheel up to Rigi Kulm at 1800 m/ 6000 ft. Mount Rigi is a trafic-free recreation resort and couers some 90 km2 of scenic landscape. Specially marked viewing points provide superb panoramic views.
Or excursion to Mount Titlis – at 3020 m/10000 ft. From Lucerne the train takes you to the mountain monestry village Engelberg where you board a gondola which takes you up to the Trübsee. You continue your trip by another gondola to Stand and finally the first revolving Titlis Rotair cablecar takes you up to Mount Titlis. For a spectacular, close-up insight into a glacier, visit the glacier cave and ride the Ice Flyer chairlift. Overnight in Lucerne. http://www.titlis.ch/index.php?id=2?lang=en
Or Better to spend your time taking a short lake cruise on Lake Luzern, roaming around the quaint old town area of Luzern, and just sitting by the lakefront soaking in the views. The 6 hours that you have allocated will be gone in a flash. You will not even have time for the wonderful Transport Museum or the Rosengart/Picasso Museum. You should however, visit the Lion Monument, and try climbing up the City Wall. No matter what you do, 6 hours is not enough for Luzern itself, much less for Pilatus and back !
Day 11- Luzern to Zurich (Switzerland) (27th June – Monday)
9:00am – Check out and Breakfast.
9:30am – Take train to Zurich.
Stroll around follow the main sights in Rick Steves book.Chk out Lintd Factory
3:00pm To Zurich Airport for flight at 5:30pm.
BUY ZURICH CARD also check out tours
The Zürich Trolley Experience – City Tour
Discover the sights of the city of Zürich on board the nostalgic "Classic Trolley" – a one-of-a-kind experience in Switzerland!
The approx. 2-hour trip tours the business and financial center, Bahnhofstrasse, the most important museums, historic Limmatquai, Grossmünster Church, St. Peter's Church with Europe's largest clock face, Fraumünster Church with its famous Chagall windows, residential areas, the university district and Zürich's finest views.
You will listen to informative commentary via earphones in the language of your choice (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese).
In summer, you can enjoy the city tour and get some fresh air, too, as the streetcar has open-air seats in the rear section.
The chocolate side of Zürich – Summer
Enjoy Zürich's chocolate side. After a guided city tour through trendy, traditional residential areas, the university quarter and historic Limmatquai in Zürich's Old Town, you will have the opportunity to purchase the best of Swiss chocolate when visiting the outlet store at the world-famous Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate factory.
Then you can enjoy a one-hour boat cruise on Lake Zürich (unaccompanied) while munching on a sweet piece of chocolate, perhaps? The boat cruise ends at Bürkliplatz harbor, not far from Bahnhofstrasse and the Old Town.
Zurich Train Station – Zurich HB(Zürich Hauptbahnhof) (Zurich Central Station)
Station called as "Bahnhof"(train – Bahn), Zurich Airport known as Zürich Flughafen (aeroplane – Flugzeug)
Trip Itinerary – Italy Hotels (6 Nights Total)
Roma :
Hotel Grifo (3 nites – 17th, 18th, 19th June) (credit card pay – {€377}, cash payment 8% discount – {€347} – New Standard Room incl Pvt Bathroom http://www.hotelgrifo.com/inglese/home.htm (Close to Colosseum and Metrostop Cavour")
Venezia :
Hotel Villa Igea (1 nite – 20th June) (credit card pay – {€132}, cash payment discount – {€…?} – One standard Double Room incl Pvt Bathroom http://www.hotelvillaigea.it/ (Very Close to St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco)) (Bkfast Incl)
Firenze :
Hotel Residenza Giotto (2 nite – 21st,22nd June) (Credit card pay – {€260}, cash payment discount – {€234} Camera Doppia vista Via Roma / Double room Via Roma view – http://www.residenzagiotto.it/en/
Trip Itinerary – Switzerland Hotels (4 Nights Total)
Interlaken WEST:
Hotel Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof, Interlaken (1 nite – 23rd June) (Credit card pay – {118 CHF}, cash payment discount – {€…?} http://www.villa.ch/en-rooms__prices-reservation.html
Hotel Jungfrau (2 nite – 24th June) (Credit card pay – {150 CHF}, cash payment discount – {€…?} http://www.hoteljungfrau.ch/en/booking
Hotel Staubbach (1 nite – 25th June) (Credit card pay – {150 CHF}, cash payment discount – {€…?} http://www.staubbach.com/index2.htm
Hotel Alpha (1 nite – 26th June) (Credit card pay – {CHF 150}, cash payment discount – {€…?}- http://www.hotelalpha.ch/
Trip Itinerary – Train &Museum Passes & Add. Info
Eurail Italy Saver Pass – EURAIL ITALY SAVER 4-DAY PASS RES# EU – Paid ($418)
– 4 days for 2 people for 2nd class = $430 and 6 days for 2 people for 2nd class = $478.
CONFIRMATION # – CH-XXX – Paid (CHF243) (110CHF per person (gives 50% discount on all trains, boats, postal buses and some cable cars. Buy Swiss Half Fare Card. Check the excel for math calculation for trip. )http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/produkttexte.php?passid=6
FLORENCE MUSEUM (for 4 people)
–Accademia at 17:15 on 21st June2011 Res# to show at the door "with reservations".
-Uffizi Gallery -at 9:15 on 23rd June2011 Res# to show at door 3
You have to show these numbers were indicated and that's it!
The ticket is 11,00 + 4,00 Euro for the reservation that you will pay directly there.
EURO for Italy : The euro is Italy's currency. The seven euro notes come in denominations of €500, €200, €100, €50, €20, €10 and €5. The eight euro coins are in denominations of €2 and €1, and 50, 20, 10, five, two and one cents.
CHF for Swizterland : Swiss francs are divided into 100 centimes (Rappen in German-speaking Switzerland). There are notes for 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 francs, and coins for five, 10, 20 and 50 centimes, as well as for one, two and five francs.
ATM in Italy known as bancomat
VAT (value-added tax Taxes & refunds) : A value-added tax of around 20%, known as IVA (Imposta di Valore Aggiunto), is slapped onto just about everything in Italy. If you are a non-EU resident and spend more than €155 on a purchase, you can claim a refund when you leave. The refund only applies to purchases from affiliated retail outlets that display a 'tax free for tourists' (or similar) sign. You have to complete a form at the point of sale, and then get it stamped by Italian customs as you leave. At major airports you can then get immediate cash refund; otherwise it will be refunded to your credit card. For information, pick up a pamphlet on the scheme from participating stores.
Tipping: No Tipping in Italy and Switzerland. Check your bill if service tax charged than don't tip. If it's not charged and you think service and food was good consider tipping or leaving some Euro change like (€0.10 or 0.20). No tipping to taxi driver.
Documents To Print/Carry For The Trip
(Also leave same set of document at home)
- Print of above trip layout.
- Print Flight & Hotels Itinerary, Rail Passes/Card
- Copy of Passport, Schengen Visa, Insurance, Credit/Debit Card lost Ph#,
- Rick Steve's Book For Italy/Switzerland
- Cash (Euro for Italy)
- Print the timetable, eurail pass guide, map if u didn't order eurail pass http://www.eurail.com/planning/railway-map , http://www.eurail.com/sites/all/files/eurail.com/downloads/eurail-timetable-2011-english.pdf
Other Useful Links for Planning
Medical Insurance – http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/tips/insurance.htm (you can get approval cover letter from you curent exisitng medical insurance)
Italy Audio tours link – http://www.ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/0602/italy_downloads.htm
Golden Pass in Swizz – http://www.goldenpass.ch/default.asp?OrgID=5 The scenic tour by the most attractive panorama trains of Switzerland by Golden Pass rail Line
Glacier Express in Swizz – http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/panoramastrecken.php
Jungfrau tourism – http://www.jungfrau.ch/en/tourism/
Zurich tourism – http://www.zurichtourism.ch/en/Visitor.html
To get train schedule – http://www.bahn.com/
To get Swizz Train Schedule – http://www.sbb.ch/
To get Jungfrau Region Train Schedule – http://www.jungfrau.ch/en/tourism/travel-information/timetable/
To get Italy Train Schedule – http://www.trenitalia.com
Route Planner – http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en?L=vs_inputgen&
Europe Map & timetable –


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A senior Chinese official has gone on trial for corruption after being accused of illegally amassing an international property empire and smoking opium to keep up with late-night barbecue parties.
Yang Hongwei, the former governor of Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture in south-west China, was in the dock on Thursday accused of taking some 10.11 million yuan (£1m) in bribes and using the money to purchase 17 properties in Yunnan province and six in Melbourne, Australia.
Mr Yang - dubbed the "druggie governor" by Chinese media - was toppled in April 2011 following allegations of corruption and living an "indecent life". Mr Yang was also accused of having a penchant for "Kaku", a potent mix of herbs and opium.
After he was ejected from office, Go Kunming, a local blog, attributed his downfall to the "voracious consumption of alcohol, drugs, women and bribes" and claimed he was known for his "superlative drinking abilities".
"He was so energetic that he could have meetings in [the] daytime and barbecues late at night for several days in a row," one source told China's National Business Daily this week.
Reports in the Chinese media portrayed Mr Yang, 49, as a man whose ego was almost as big as his bank balance.
The Shanghai Daily said his catchphrase had been: "There is nothing I can't do." According to the Legal Daily newspaper Mr Yang did not contest the 26 counts of bribery leveled against him on Thursday. "The accepting bribes part is basically true," he reportedly said. The newspaper said Mr Yang would be sentenced at an undecided date.
Mr Yang's trial comes as China's top leaders are pledging to wage an "urgent" war on corruption.
Last month, China's incoming president Xi Jinping warned senior leaders that corruption had to be stamped out to avoid "seething public anger, civil unrest and government collapse." Since Mr Xi was formally unveiled at November's 18th Congress, Chinese newspapers have been filled with an almost daily flow of salacious stories about the transgressions of Communist Party officials.
On Thursday it was announced that Li Chuncheng, the deputy party chief of Sichuan province, had been removed from his post because of "serious disciplinary violations." The constant stream of stories suggests authorities are keen to send a message that they are serious about tackling corruption and editorials in the state-run media have praised Mr Xi's apparent commitment to stamping out graft.
"If these questions can be addressed, the general secretary and other top leaders will bring China a great leap closer to realizing the 'Chinese dream,'" Xinhua argued this week.
Meanwhile, hundreds of leading academics, lawyers and activists have signed an open letter calling on China's top leaders to disclose their personal assets.
The letter, to be delivered at March's National People's Congress in Beijing, said such a move was the only way to root out corrupt officials and "build a better China." Wang Quanjie, a university professor and former Congress member who supports the campaign, said the measure was "the ultimate weapon for fighting corruption and building a [clean and transparent] government.
"Disclosure of assets is a road China must take, [it is] just a matter of time."