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Can't make it to Toronto to see the Utica Comets play Game 5 of their playoff series Sunday?
The Comets have you covered.
The team announced Saturday there will be a watch party at their downtown Utica arena for the deciding game of the North Division semifinals between the Comets and the Toronto Marlies. The series is tied at 2 with Game 5 set for 4 p.m. Toronto's Ricoh Coliseum. The winner of the game advances to play Syracuse in the North Division finals.
There is no fee or ticket required to get into the watch party, according to the team.
Doors to the Adirondack Bank Center at Utica Memorial Auditorium will open at 3 p.m. Sunday. Fans should enter through the Labatt Blue Entrance.
Concession stands will be open and fans can watch in Zetlin’s Lounge, on the video boards, and throughout the southeast area of the arena concourse.
Seating availability is on a first come, first served basis.
The Comets won back-to-back games on Wednesday and Friday in Utica to force a Game 5 in hopes of continuing their postseason.

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Pyongyang, May 3 (KCNA) — The Japan Committee for the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea on April 19 issued a statement in denunciation of the Japanese authorities’ persecution of Korean residents in Japan.
The statement recalled that shortly after a great quake jolted the Kumamoto area, wild rumors stirring up bitterness towards Koreans were afloat in Japan at the tacit connivance of the Japanese government and under its patronage while nonsensical articles claiming that “Koreans in Kumamoto poisoned wells” were posted on websites.
It hit out at the government’s move to suspend the payment of subsidies to the Korean schools.
It noted that the committee will struggle for checking the government’s outrageous moves and boost the ties with the Koreans in Japan.
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Gold mine deposited rapidly
For those with gold fever, there’s good news. One of the world’s largest gold deposits may have been deposited in the geologic blink of an eye — within only 55,000 years.
Steam rises from the active hydrothermal system at Ladolam gold mine on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea. Ladolam’s giant gold deposit could have formed in as little as 55,000 years. Photograph is by K. Brown and S. Simmons.
Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea is home to the Ladolam gold deposit, which contains about 1,600 metric tons of gold. The only known active deposit of its kind, it lies at the center of the island in the remnants of an ancient collapsed volcano, and is part of an extensive hydrothermal system of superheated, mineral-rich fluids.
The fluids at Ladolam contain dissolved gold, which stays in solution at the high pressures deep within the extinct volcano, but precipitates out as the fluids rise toward the surface and decompress. Geologists are still uncertain about the origin of those fluids, how much fluid is needed, and how long it takes for the fluids to build a major ore deposit, says Christoph Heinrich, an economic geologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Understanding these factors is important for locating and developing such deposits, Heinrich says.
Indeed, hydrothermal ore deposits make up about 50 percent of the world’s mined gold, says Stuart Simmons, a geologist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. “Although luck has a large part to do with the discovery of new deposits, it always seems to help to know as much as possible about the processes that caused the deposits to form,” he says.
To better understand the Ladolam deposit, Simmons and Kevin Brown, a geologist at GEOKEM, a New Zealand-based geochemical company, studied the chemistry of the deep magmatic fluids in wells drilled more than 1 kilometer below the land surface. The water contained about 15 parts per billion gold, which is a relatively “modest” concentration compared to some magmatic fluids, Simmons says. Even so, at the current rate of water flow, the Ladolam deposit could have formed within just 55,000 years — compared with an estimated 5 million years for another giant deposit in Yanacocha, Peru, the authors reported in the Oct. 13 Science.
What makes the rapid formation at Ladolam possible is that the fluids are able to both transport and deposit the gold efficiently and steadily, pumping it to the surface and dropping it at depths of between 100 and 500 meters below the surface, Simmons says. “Our results show that ore formation depends greatly on an efficient mechanism of precipitation,” he says, which is “an important message applicable to all hydrothermal deposits.”
Simmons and Brown’s find may help in the search for other, older ore deposits, says Heinrich, who wrote a perspectives piece in the same issue of Science about the find. “Knowing how they form and how the architecture of the ore-forming system worked at the time” can help scientists locate relatively small ore deposits within a large region of hydrothermally altered rocks, he says.
The new discovery also indicates an unusually low concentration of sulfides in the magmatic fluids, suggesting that the deposit may have formed even more suddenly, Heinrich says. Because more sulfides in the fluids can help keep higher concentrations of gold dissolved, the unusually low concentrations of both gold and sulfides suggest that an abrupt event may have occurred that suddenly removed those compounds from the fluids. Thus, the current fluids may be only a shadow of the chemical-rich solutions that used to circulate under the volcano.
A possible sudden event that could account for such a change is the collapse of the volcanic dome. Such a collapse may have caused the highly concentrated fluids to rapidly rise and expand, depositing their load of dissolved gold all at once. That could mean that the deposit formed on an even shorter timescale — perhaps even within a human lifespan, Heinrich says.

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2013 has easily become one of gaming’s banner years. Filled with dozens of great game releases, video game fans around the globe have had plenty of reasons to eschew work and studying in favor of this year’s best titles. Of course, one video game has overshadowed just about every other game that has hit shelves this year – Grand Theft Auto V. GTAV’s top notch gameplay, writing, and record shattering sales have made it the hot topic since its recent release. While the gaming media and general population alike are showing not signs of slowing down in terms of GTAV talk, it is important to remember that the year isn’t over yet. 2013 still has a bunch of great releases ahead of us.
Spread out across handhelds and consoles – both current and next-gen alike – the following games are some of the most promising video game releases for the rest of the year. These seven certainly aren’t the only games being released in the next couple of months, feel free to leave us a comment with any other games you think should have made the list.
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (Nintendo 3DS – October 1, 2013):
The newest offering in Atlus’ handheld Etrian Odyssey series, The Millennium Girl has had both RPG fanatics and handheld lovers alike very excited. Touted as both a re-imagining and remake of 2007’s Etrian Odyssey, The Millennium Girl offers two complete game experiences in one. The series’ signature dungeon crawling and intense battles return will return in Classic Mode, but the all new Story Mode takes Etrian Odyssey Untold in the direction of more traditional JRPGs. Those looking for a challenging game that they can sink hours upon hours into need to look no further – Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is available October 1st both in stores and the Nintendo eShop.
Pokemon x/y (Nintendo 3DS – October 12, 2013):
The first fully 3D handheld Pokemon game, Pokemon X/Y, is packed with new features and additions that are sure to take the long running series to new heights. Adding customizable trainers, Mega Evolutions for Pokemon, a new Fairy type, and a other new gameplay elements, there is no doubt that the team at Gamefeaks is planning to make X/Y the definitive Pokemon experience.
Batman: Arkham Origins (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U – October 25, 2013):
The Arkham games have been some of the most loved and highest rated games of the current video game generation. Batman: Arkham Origins is slated to take the Caped Crusader to a whole new level, building upon the previous titles’ tight controls and combat, while telling the origin of Batman’s Arkham-related adventures. Featuring dozens of recognizable Batman characters, including Alfred, the Joker, the Mad Hatter, and Penguin; as well as Deathstoke and the diabolical Black Mask – Arkham Origins looks to be the biggest and best of the Batman games.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 – October 29, 2013 / PlayStation 4 – November 15, 2013 / Xbox One – November 22, 2013 / PC – TBA):
Assassin’s Creed IV seems in many ways to be a departure from the previous entries in the series – with a focus more on corsairs and swashbuckling than stealthy assassins – but the potential new direction of Black Flag does bring a lot to the table. Pirates have been remarkably underrepresented in video games, and Ubisoft Montreal’s brilliant character models and locations capture the very essence of the high seas. While recent Assassin’s Creed titles – specifically the third entry in the series – were met with middling reviews, Black Flag has a lot going for it and may just be the revitalization the AC series needs.
Watch Dogs (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U – November 19, 2013 / PlayStation 4 – November 15, 2013 / Xbox One – November 22, 2013):
Another highly anticipated title from the team at Ubisoft Montreal, Watch_Dogs is at both an open world adventure and a commentary on the current state of technology. Placing players in the shoes of vigilante Aiden Pearce, Watch_Dogs features a fully realized version of Chicago, loaded with places to explore and technology to hack. Watch_Dogs’ gorgeous visuals, state of the art tech, and innovative gameplay have earned the game a considerable amount of pre-release buzz. The open world genre is sure to be taken to a whole new level with Watch_Dogs’ next-gen release.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo 3DS – November 22, 2013):
A new Zelda release is always a sure-fire way to get people talking. Nintendo’s legions of fauthful fans have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming release of A Link Between Worlds. Set in the same world as A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds features an all new story that takes place six generations after ALttP, and will feature the game’s fabled Dark World. A spiritual successor to one of the most beloved Zelda games isn’t the only reason to be excited for A Link Between Worlds, however. Packed with completely new dungeons and a new ability for Link – entering walls as a drawing, allowing the camera to shift perspectives, allowing for Link to traverse new areas – A Link Between Worlds looks to keep Zelda’s spirit of adventure alive in a way like never before.
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Polycom officials want to move the focus of video conferences from the end of the conference room to the center.
The company is rolling out an array of new telepresence devices that officials said are designed to fit how people sit and communicate when they gather together.
“When people collaborate, they tend to work around the table,” Michael Frendo, executive vice president of engineering at Polycom, told eWEEK. “They don’t sit and look at screens at the end of the room.”
That was the driving force behind the company’s new RealPresence Centro video conferencing product, and also played a role in the thinking behind its new RealPresence Trio smart hub for group collaboration. Both were among the products unveiled at an event in New York City Oct. 7 marking Polycom’s 25th anniversary.
The company is hoping to drive its product portfolio into the tens of millions of conference rooms worldwide that aren’t equipped with video collaboration technology. According to Frendo, only about 2 to 4 percent of the 25 million to 55 million rooms have such equipment.
“The industry really hasn’t brought products that are suited for these work spaces,” he said, noting that with screens positioned at the end of rooms, they’re more about presentation than collaboration. “What’s been lacking is technology that is adapted to the way people want to work, rather than expecting people to adapt to the technology.”
Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst with ZK Research, echoed Frendo’s comments.
“One of the challenges with traditional meeting spaces is that the video screens are on the wall,” Kerravala wrote in a post on the No Jitter site. “This is fine for many types of interactions such as huddle rooms or board meetings, but that kind of set-up does have its limitations for collaborative sessions with multiple people as everyone’s focus is the wall instead of the people in the room.”
One of the new products rolled out by Polycom is RealPresence Centro, a system that puts four screens in the middle of the room, with the people in the room seated around them. Included in the all-in-one system is a 360-degree voice and video camera that automatically tracks the speaker while showing the entire meeting space on the same screen. The screens have touch capabilities and Centro also can be wireless paired with mobile devices like smartphones, tablets and notebooks.
The system, which is mobile and can be up and running in 15 to 20 minutes, initially was given the code name Bonfire, illustrating the idea of people sitting around a fire as the way they naturally meet and talk.
“There’s a lot of anthropological research on how people collaborate,” Frendo said.
RealPresence Trio adds more collaboration capabilities to the ubiquitous three-point conference phone found in many rooms. Polycom put an Android-based display onto the system that people can use to control everything from voice and video to content and participants, and it can become a full visual collaboration device when a Webcam is added. It also can be synced with mobile devices, and can be used with a broad range of unified communications (UC) platforms, such as Microsoft’s Skype for Business and Lync and BroadSoft’s technology.
Through a developer interface, businesses can add software from third parties, according to Frendo.
In addition, Polycom introduced RealPresence Debut, which is a video conferencing system for smaller huddle rooms and is aimed at small or midsize businesses that have limited IT resources. It can be set up in a matter of minutes and offers a simple interface. Debut includes a camera that can pan, tilt and zoom, 1080p video quality and content-sharing capabilities. It also can connect to Polycom’s RealPresence Cloud services. The company’s RealPresence Medialign is another all-in-one system that includes voice, video and content-sharing features.
Polycom’s Concierge software instantly connects mobile devices to systems in the company’s portfolio.
Trio will be available in November, with both Medialign and Concierge being released in December. Debut will come in January, followed by Centro in February.
The video conferencing market is in transition as businesses gravitate to the growing number of cloud- and software-based options. However, Kerravala said that “there are still thousands of conference and huddle rooms and other places that people meet to work. The new products from Polycom should allow businesses to get more value out of these spaces as workers can now work more naturally and focus on collaborating with other people and content instead of constantly fiddling with the technology.”


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Everyone has been wondering what will be in store for the most anticipated event of the year; the spring weekend concert. Do you know who will be performing? This year the Student Programming Board worked very hard to try to make this year’s concert the best Bryant has ever seen. They were able to get three different artists to come this year. Timeflies, Kap Slap, and New Boyz are the artists coming this year. They are all very different with various styles and original songs.
Kap Slap or technically, Jared is currently in his 4th year of the Honors Integrated Business and Engineering 5 year program at Lehigh University. On the weekends he finds time to tour the country and produce. He began experimenting with Garageband in late 2009 and released his first “mashup” using Ableton Live 8 in the summer of 2010. Less than a year later he played his first gig, leading to a 25 show tour in a short 9 months to close out 2011. Now travelling every weekend, he takes the country by storm.
New Boyz is a hip hop/rap group consisting of rappers Earl “Ben J” Benjamin and Dominic “Legacy” Thomas. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, “You’re a Jerk”, taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic, released in September 2009. The song peaked in the top thirty of the Billboard Hot 100. A second single, “Tie Me Down” featuring Ray J, was also successful and peaked in the top thirty. In May 2011, their second studio album, Too Cool to Care, was released. It includes the top 40 hits “Backseat”, featuring The Cataracs and Dev, and “Better with the Lights Off” featuring Chris Brown. The New Boyz have also been featured on Hot Chelle Rae’s song “I Like It Like That”, which peaked at #28 on the Hot 100.
Timeflies is a music duo formed in October 2010 consisting of the group’s producer Rob Resnick and vocalist Cal Shapiro. The two previously performed together in the Tufts University funk band, The Ride. Though they got their start in Boston, Cal and Rez are originally from New York and New Jersey, and are currently living in Manhattan. Timeflies incorporates elements of pop, electro, dubstep and rock in their music. They have become an internet sensation and record videos and post them on Tuesdays; also known as Timflies Tuesday.
There is so much talent coming to campus. Get excited Bryant. It will be a concert to remember!


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(Healthy) Oreo Waffle Recipe:
I don’t even know how I thought of it, but a healthy oreo waffle is one of my better waffle creations.
The “Healthy” Oreo Waffle:
As a kid, I enjoyed Oreos. As a human, I enjoy Oreos…however; you can’t eat Oreos for every meal and expect to run well or feel great. That isn’t quite how life works. So with that, I sought on trying to make a healthier oreo waffle. It’s also effortless, and the hardest part would be making the frosting…or filling.
(Because I guess you can eat that more often)
Healthy Oreo Waffle Ingredients:
For the Healthy Oreo Waffle:
2/3 cup flour (all-purpose flour, wheat flour)
¼ cup dark cocoa powder (I like Hershey’s Cocoa)
¼ cup sweetener and vanilla extract to taste
1 tsp baking powder
1 tablespoon oil
½ cup milk (almond milk works too)
Healthy Oreo Waffle Recipe:
- Preheat a waffle maker
- Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl
- Add wet ingredients together and mix in a separate mixing medium bowl.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Pour waffle batter into waffle iron and cook until golden brown.
- After cooked, put on a plate and add a layer of melted butter, maple syrup, greek yogurt, whipped cream, powdered sugar, and crushed Oreos.
For the Healthy Oreo Waffle frosting:
½ cup vanilla greek yogurt
2 packets Truvia
2 tablespoons French vanilla creamer
2 tablespoons syrup
Mix the frosting and top on oreo waffle.
I don’t have much to say about this except for that since creating it, I feel like a true healthy living blogger by making a healthier version of something. (This doesn’t often happen ha). I have probably had the healthy oreo waffle (and shared with my family 4 times in the last week…which is a lot of waffles). I still like my Oreos, but I enjoy this and has already become one of my top favorite waffle recipes.
Questions for you:
Do you like Oreos?
What recipe have you “healthified”?
I “healthify” a lot of things, mostly by using Greek yogurt instead of oil and sometimes fewer eggs (sub out egg whites), things like that. Or whole wheat flour blends, just little changes which is kinda what you did :). This looks really tasty and it must be if you guys ate so many of them in the last few days.
Oreos… I don’t really eat the cookies much, actually. BUT I love everything Oreo flavored, like cookies and cream ice cream. I bet I’d like this waffle too.
I don’t sub out egg whites for waffles because it messes with how crispy they become. They just turn out soggy in my experience. I have used egg whites in other things, but I really like eggs.
Yeah, it depends on the recipe and what the egg in it is used for. I agree it wouldn’t work in waffles, as the egg would “bind” the waffle so it wouldn’t turn out soggy. Sometimes it does work in other recipes- especially if something calls for a lot of eggs and you don’t want to use as many. But for something that called for “1 egg”, that wouldn’t be worth it :).
I healthified rice krispie squares this weekend by using AB and honey instead of marshmallows and butter. I have to admit that I’ve been a little hard on healthified recipes in the past, probably because of the issues I was dealing with surrounding food, but lots of healthier eats taste pretty darn good and don’t leave you feeling like crap afterwards. So yes to Oreos and yes to healthier Oreo things 🙂
I don’t tend to “healthify” recipes because I just don’t cook. The closest to changing up a recipe for me is using less boxed cheese and subbing it with real cheese- or using skim milk instead of whole because that’s what I have in the house. I love oreos but don’t eat them that often unless you count cookies and cream ice cream on the regular. I would absolutely eat this though- too bad I can’t make waffles on the boat.
I’d say just quit boat life so you can make all the waffles…and I only cook breakfasts…so that’s that. ha
My grandma eats oreos for breakfast 😀 So they have a VERY special place in my heart therefore this is my favorite recipe of yours!
I like oreos, but never buy them. That almost looks like melted fluff on top of your waffle.
I like to make recipes more healthified but not to the point they taste like shit. Most times, I’ll just replace half the butter with applesauce or greek yogurt but I will never completely rid myself of the oil or butter because that’s when things just start to taste like dirt. These look pretty darn delicious, though, you little healthy living blogger 😉 I kind of want to make the waffles and fill them with straight up marshmallow fluff. I wonder if you can mix fluff and greek yogurt together?
Exactly, what is the point of making a recipe that tastes like crap? I don’t really mind calling myself a healthy living blogger…that’s what I’m trying to do…as well with running LOL.
Oreos are fabulous but I have to crave them specifically. Which does happen, probably more than it should.
I healthify things, but only to a point because I still want it to taste yummy,and still want the general flavors to be there. I.E. I have a “healthified” baked cheesecake recipe, but use half light cream cheese, and 1/2 regular, etc. It’s not going to kill you. I do believe that some things should just be left unhealthy though, they taste fabulous and you wanna enjoy it!
How about low fat, sugar free, greek yogurt ice-cream. I heard it was the same as cold stone…
This post makes me sad that I don’t have a waffle maker. That waffle looks amazing! I think I might have to add one to my wedding registry so that I can try out this recipe. 🙂 Seriously, Oreos (or Oreo-inspired flavors) and carb-laden breakfast foods? What could be better!
I like Oreos when I eat them, but I rarely eat them. I’ve bought them a few times in the past but they just stay in the cabinets forever!
I’ll healthify within reason – as in, I might sub out half of the butter in a recipe for applesauce, or half the sugar with maple syrup, or half-3/4 of the flour for white…enough to make it healthier, but not enough to ruin it or make it taste too ‘healthy’.
I can’t even remember the last time I broke out my waffle maker…I may have to dig that out soon.
Okay so I don’t really like oreos….I’m that girl that eats the cream fillin and gives the cookies to my friends hahaha. BUT oreo waffles I can get behind, especially with copious amounts of the frosting…..if you wanted to de-healthify it (the horror!!!) you could even add crushed up oreos into the batter lol!
First off, loving all your new photos (that profile pic is adorable) and secondly my boyfriend loves anything Oreo so I feel like I should make him these 🙂
That looks delicious!
Here’s the next HLB step: adding protein powder! 😉
Love the new layout and the pictures (GORGEOUS – I would make the G bigger but I can’t). I make ice cream healthy by adding fruit to it.
(PS, I’m having another giveaway on my blog – this time for RoadIDs)
Holy hell OREO WAFFLE?! You never let me down. I just need my bridal shower right now so I have a waffle iron!
Girl after my own heart 🙂
Cookies n Cream (anything Oreo really) is always my go to. I am a sucker for Cookies N Cream marketing. Case in point – impulse buy of the new Cookies & Cream Cereal by General Mills. I usually have a healthy twist to my recipes. My wafflers are always made with buckwheat or whole wheat pastry flour depending on my moood.
That looks amazing!
yummy!! those sound delicious. I swear you should write a cookbook just of waffles (I would buy it! haha)
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Refreshing and active summer program for island lovers.
Dates: Upon request
The start and the end of the program: Athens airport or Zakynthos airport
Greece has over 200 inhabited islands and each has its own beauty. The Ionian Islands are famous for their emerald spectacular beaches, greenery and beautiful mountains villages. Just overseas lies Italy, which has influenced the culture and the architecture of these islands. You will get introduced to the famous Zakynthos, wild Cephalonia and the island of Odysseus -Ithaca. You will swim, you will taste the culture and the kitchen and will enjoy your unique holidays.
Check out this video with moments from this holidays program
PRICE: upon request
Group: Min.10 persons – max. 28 persons
The price includes:
- 7 NIGHTS IN A HOTEL WITH BREAKFAST
- ALL TRANSFERS INCLUDING FROM/TO THE AIRPORT
- FERRY BOATS
- 3 CRUISES
- 3 ISLAND TOURS
- TOUR TO THE UNDERGROUND LAKE AND CAVE
- 20-SEAT BUS ALWAYS NEAR OUR TRAVELLERS
- SHORT TOUR IN ATHENS IN CASE OF ARRIVING TO ATHENS
- TRAVEL GUIDE
The price does not include:
- Flights to the airport of Zakynthos and your home destination
- Lunch and dinner meals
- Other expenses not included in the tour or hotel descriptions
- Travel health insurance
- Admission fees to the museums
- Personal expenses
Day 1. Arrival at Zakynthos Airport. Pick-up and welcome at the airport. Hotel check-in for 3 nights.
Day 2. The Sea cruise starts in the national Sea park. We see careta careta turtle live. Stop on the turtle island – Marathonisi. It is full of turtle nests. Do you know that turtles return to put their eggs on the same beach where they were born? It seems that quite many Careta Careta turtles were born in Zakynthos. Swimming on the island. We continue on our cruise reaching Keri caves. We enter some caves with our boat. Sailing and swimming in Keri caves. We return to the shore of Zakynthos after 3 hours cruise. Midday rest. The city of Zakynthos in the afternoon. Bochali Castle with panoramic views of the island. Dinner in the tavern with traditional island music and songs – Cantades.
Day 3. Zakynthos Island Tour. Aristeon museum – Olive press museum. Mountains of Zakynthos and the oldest olive tree on the island. Porto Vromi/Anafonitria and ship cruise to Navajo. Navajo is recognized as one of 10 the most beautiful beaches in the world. Swimming in Navajo. Blue caves. Poseidon rock. Navajo beach from the above and pictures from the best spot. Midday rest. Dinner in the mountains.
Day 4. Moving to the island of Cephalonia. Drogarati cave. Underground lake and Melissani Cave. Boat trip around the underground lake. Check in and stay at the hotel for 4 nights. Rest time.
Day 5. Full-day tour in Cephalonia. Agia Evfimia. Myrta beach. Swimming and leisure time.
Day 6. Full-day cruise – tour to Ithaca Island. Stops in 5 places, 2 towns, swimming from the boat.
Day 7. The famous Antisamos beach and swimming. The beach became famous after the movie “Captain Corel’s Mandolin”. The capital of the island -Argostoli.
Day 8. Moving to the island of Zakynthos. Keri area. Taverns. Swimming and leisure time. Departure to the airport.

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Chinese HSBC services PMI dropped to the lowest level since August 2011, falling to 50.9 in December from 52.5 in November.
The decline mirrors a drop in the official print to 54.6 from 56, as well a deceleration in manufacturing growth, and suggests that the slowdown in the economy is broad-based.
The sub-index for new business orders sank to a six-month low of 51.8, although labor conditions improved.
HSBC put a positive spin on the data, saying it expects that the expansion in manufacturing and that economic reform will support the services sector.
Still, the reading helped drag down Asian markets amid fears that China's slowdown will continue in Q1.
The Shanghai Composite -1.8%, Hang Seng -0.4%, Japan -2.35%, India -0.3%. (PR)

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Move to Östersund Municipality
More time to live. In Östersund you will discover that everything is close at hand. It means that you can have more time for your own interests and for family and friends. You can cycle or walk, in a few minutes you are at school, preschool – or out in the countryside.
When you live here you don't need to go on holiday to experience genuine outdoor life or enjoy the mountain world.
Much in Östersund revolves around the vibrant outdoor life, all year round. But there is also a warm interest here in cultural life and clubs and associations.
Moreover, Östersund is a city in development with a great belief in the future and new districts emerging.
Jobs in Östersund Municipality
Would you like to work for Östersund Municipality? We are constantly looking for new employees within a range of occupations.
Help to find a job
Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Agency) is the authority responsible for helping you to find a job.
Finding housing in Östersund
There are numerous options available in Östersund Municipality –, in the heart of the city with views of mountains and the lake, or perhaps the other way round, live in the countryside with a view over the city. You can rent, buy or build your dream house.
Several new housing areas are emerging in Östersund and there are also several places in the municipality which offer more rural housing.
If you would like to rent housing, you can choose between a number of property owners. Here is a list of the largest.
|Property owners||Telephone numbers|
|Rikshem||010-70 99 200|
|Attacus Fastigheter AB||063-55 67 02|
|HSB||063-18 32 18|
|Norells Fastighetsförvaltning||063-13 82 00|
|Rydells Fastighetsförvaltning||063-10 33 60|
|Storsjö Förvaltning AB||063-57 14 90|
|Storsjöhus AB||063-12 43 25|
|Wikstrands fastighetsförvaltning||063-18 32 18|
|Östersundshem AB||063 14 04 00|
|Diös||0770-33 22 00|
Find housing in other ways
There are various housing services online which can be of assistance if you want to find housing in Östersund Municipality. Here are some of them:
There are also, for example, groups on Facebook which many people use to rent out or find housing in Östersund Municipality and Jämtland. One such group is ”Kakas bostadsförmedling i Jämtland!”.
For those who have come here as a refugee
If you have come to Sweden as a refugee and, after obtaining a residence permit, have been located in Östersund or have chosen to reside in Östersund yourself, you receive assistance from the Integration Service during your initial time here. The Integration Service is located on Kyrkgatan 49 in central Östersund and is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00 -14:30.
The Integration Service is a part of Östersund Municipality and is tasked with providing new arrivals with satisfactory conditions for integration. It concerns promoting understanding of, and participation in, Swedish society. Together with other actors, the Integration Service also works to enhance your job and study prospects, and to enable you to support yourself.
Our long-term objective of is that you will flourish in the municipality and will want to remain here with us.
The Integration Service's remit in brief
Those who have obtained a residence permit and been located in Östersund Municipality receive help in obtaining their first home.
Practical support in relation to reception and setting up home
We provide support, service and information for newly arrived refugees in Östersund.
The aim of social orientation is to provide a basic understanding of Swedish society and we offer this in your native language or another language over which you have a good command.
Initiatives to promote integration
- Ladies Villa – a collaboration with the Red Cross which offers an open meeting place for foreign-born women, including their children, with language training, information and different types of activities.


Heavy rains of southwest monsoon once again hit Mumbai on the morning of Saturday, 12 June. The rainfall caused waterlogging and disruption of transport services in various parts of city and suburbs.
Mumbai Police in a tweet on Saturday said that heavy showers in the morning have led to waterlogging at Andheri Subway, Khar Subway, Bhoiwada- Hindmata, RAK-National Market Wadala, Sion-Jain Society, Gurukrupa Society, Matunga – opposite the police station, Kurla-Lion Garden, Kalpana Jn, and Shivaji park-Senapati Bapat Marg.
According to the data on the website of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai's Santacruz recoded 107 mm of rainfall, while Colaba recoded 90 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Saturday.
Mumbai Rains Update: 13 June
The heavy rainfall is likely to continue on Sunday, 13 June.
IMD has issued (update at 5:30 PM , 12 June) an ‘orange alert’ for Mumbai, Thane districts, and 'red alert' for Raigad, and Ratnagiri districts for Sunday.
As per an update (2 AM , 13 June) by Regional Meteorological Centre, IMD, Mumbai is expected to witness moderate rain, thundershowers in city and suburbs, with possibility of heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places, in next 24 hours.
According to IMD, rainfall between 65 to 115 mm in 24 hours is termed "heavy", 115 to 204 mm "very heavy" and above 204 mm in 24 hours is considered "extremely heavy", reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)


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SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Outside directors at South Korea’s major conglomerates play an insignificant role in corporate decisions, with their agenda disapproval rate remaining very low, a government report showed Wednesday.
Of the 4,361 motions forwarded for approval by the board of 169 listed companies in the one-year period from April 2016, only 17 were rejected, altered or pigeonholed, according to the report from the Fair Trade Commission (FTC).
The number accounts for a mere 0.39 percent of the total, and only four agenda items were voted down.
The companies belong to 26 conglomerates, which are subject to tight restrictions on mutual investment among subsidiaries. The corporate watchdog compiles the annual report on their governance in a bid to help stem excessive concentration of economic power at those corporate behemoths.
The low disapproval rate is widely seen as indicating that independent directors at those family-controlled conglomerates just rubber-stamp key decisions to serve the interests of the largest shareholders or management rather than small investors.
The percentage of outside directors at the companies inched up to 50.6 percent during the period from 50.2 percent a year earlier, when the figure topped the 50 percent mark for the first time.
South Korea adopted the outside director system in 1992 to keep chief executives or large shareholders from making unilateral decisions that run against a company’s interests. But outside directors have been under flak for inaction.
According to the report, the percentage of conglomerate owners or immediate kin who are listed as board at affiliates stood at 17.4 percent this year, down from 17.8 percent the previous year. The watchdog said that this number has been falling steadily after it reached 27.2 percent in 2012.
Heads of conglomerates tend to avoid holding board of director titles because this entails legal responsibility if something goes wrong. They instead have preferred holding the office of chairman or chairwoman, which is not a formal or legally binding position but still gives them immense managerial power.
The number of companies with an electronic voting system rose to 39 this year from 27 a year earlier. But that of firms using the cumulative voting system fell to seven from eight.
Electronic voting allows minor investors who are not able to attend shareholder meetings to exercise their voting rights via the Internet, while cumulative voting permits small shareholders to transfer rights to a member of the board of directors. The systems are intended to rein in power abuses by controlling stockholders and top managers.
The report also showed that 94.2 percent of South Korean institutions investors vote for key board agendas, compared with 89.1 percent for their foreign counterparts.

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The student group Fighting Against Racial Injustice is working with CAS and other campus players to bring a hairdresser to campus who is able to cut black students' hair.
The need for a solution, which FARI described as "long-overdue," came to their attention as they were working on a documentary about racism on the Geneseo campus.
"In interviewing numerous Geneseo students and alumni, many mentioned that there are no facilities for them to get their hair done," said FARI co-founder Cortez Jones. "This led us to investigate."
FARI spoke with alumni who graduated as far back as the 1960s, and an overwhelming number had experienced the same problem. Historically, black students have had trouble finding places to get a haircut in Geneseo since most barbers and beauticians are not trained to work with their hair.
Since bringing the issue to the college's attention, the project has gone through various phases. According to FARI, the administration suggested that it would cost between $25,000 and $75,000 to bring in a hairdresser for black women in particular, due to equipment space, chemicals and ventilation. Due to this expense, the initial solution was to send the LATS bus to salons and barber shops in Rochester so that students could get their hair cut on the weekends.
"The bus never went," said Jones. "And the ladies had to walk almost a mile from the stop to get to the salon."
The newest initiative is to bring properly-trained barbers from Rochester.
"I'd like to always provide students with the best services possible," said Mark Scott, executive director of CAS.
The process has been slightly protracted since the college leases out the salon space in the Union. Barry Kaplan of Sundance Books runs the campus store, including the haircutting area. He subleases the latter to Nancy Least, who also owns Salon Secrets on Route 20A. Kaplan said he strives to have his store feature as many services as possible, which is why he initially added the salon area.
FARI described the administration as being "standoffish" towards the idea of contracting with a hairstylist that specializes in styling black students' hair.
"The fact that it's an issue is the school's problem," said Scott. "But since they don't own that space, it is not directly their responsibility."
Adding new barbers has been no easy feat. In addition to the barber's license that each individual must have, the space itself must acquire a license to perform this type of service as well.
"Nancy has applied for the license," said Scott. "Hopefully we will have a few new stylists in place sooner rather than later."
Although white students may choose not to get their hair cut on campus or even in Geneseo, Jones points out that currently they at least have the option. Until black students have a barber available to them, he called this, "the clearest-cut example of discrimination on campus."


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WASHINGTON — U.S. spy agencies are closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus and are taking “appropriate steps” to ensure the safety, security and health of their workforce, an intelligence official told Reuters on Wednesday.
The intelligence community “will continue to ensure its mission remains uninterrupted,” said the official from the U.S. Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which supervises 17 U.S. agencies operating around the world.
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The workforces of U.S. spy agencies were being encouraged “to observe and follow information provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)” and the broader medical community, the official said.
As they implement government-wide guidelines on coronavirus issued by the Office of Personnel Management, “agencies are developing preparation and response plans,” the official said.
Another official familiar with intelligence agency precautions said that hand sanitizers and other relevant equipment had already been extensively installed in relevant buildings. (Reporting By Mark Hoseball and Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Bernadette Baum)


SignalCraft Technologies (SCT) today announced the SC2250 – a signal conditioning module that extends the useful range of traditional 6 GHz RF instruments to microwave frequencies up to 18 GHz.
The RF signal conditioning module extends the frequency range of PXI-based test applications to enable precise harmonics measurements, ultimately providing a cost-effective solution to demanding applications that require higher frequency coverage. SCT designed the SC2250 to work seamlessly with National Instruments PXI Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) products, but it will also integrate with any benchtop or PXI signal analyzer/generator.
The new SC2250 brings flexibility and precision to harmonic measurement test in the form of a single-slot module that brings measurements traditionally only achievable through bulky, expensive equipment.
The SC2250 integrates a number of features to ensure accuracy without the need for auxiliary equipment that adds significant complexity to a test bench. It provides user-friendly, selectable filtering for signal conditioning applications requiring spurious and harmonic rejection. And, the high accuracy and up-/down-conversion capability of the SC2250 can enable applications that benefit from frequency extension in addition to harmonic measurements including:
- Benchtop designer verification testing (DVT)
- Wi-Fi 6 testing using legacy 6 GHz instruments
- Intermediate frequency measurements for 5G radios
- Mission-critical record and playback for aerospace applications
Learn more about the SC2250 RF signal conditioning module.


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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has chimed in on the debate over how much success Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry would have if he played in a different era.
During an appearance on CSN's SportsTalk Live, via CSN Bay Area, on Friday, Silver said Curry has what it takes to be great against any opponent at any point in NBA history:
You know the great ones when you meet them. They have a certain swagger. They have a certain mental approach to the game. They have a certain way, a laser-like focus. You know, Michael [Jordan] would have been great at any time, and Steph would have been great if he had played back in the day. And Bill Russell, if he were still playing today, would still be winning championships.
Certain NBA legends, on the other hand, have contested that Curry's success stems from rule changes that make it easier for players to score in the modern-day NBA.
Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson generated controversy last week during an appearance on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike, via Randy Miller of NJ.com, when he said Curry's greatness is due to the incompetency of today's NBA coaches:
If I've got a guy who's great shooting the ball outside, don't you want to extend your defense out a little bit? I just don't think coaches today in basketball understand the game of basketball. They don't know anything about defenses. They don't know what people are doing on the court. They talk about analytical basketball and stuff like that.
Robertson also said defenses don't pressure players after they hit a shot from outside: "But now they don't do that. These coaches do not understand the game of basketball, as far as I'm concerned."
One thing Robertson neglected is Curry's seemingly unlimited range, as he famously showed during his team's overtime thriller against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 27:
Given Curry's ability to hit shots from almost anywhere inside half court, Silver also addressed the topic of possibly moving back the three-point line:
I don't get a sense that there's really a high-volume concentration of discussion yet about moving the three-point line. ... It's not something that our competition committee has even discussed. It's not something that our Board of Governors—the owners, who would ultimately need to vote to change the rule, so I don't think there's any serious interest in moving the three-point line right now.
Silver added that the NBA is flourishing in terms of popularity, so "the last thing" he wants to do is shake things up right now.
The NBA is in an excellent place under Silver's leadership. There is more money in the league now than at any point in history, the Warriors are putting together one of the greatest seasons in NBA history, and stars such as Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are great ambassadors for the sport.
Making a change just for the sake of change serves no purpose. Silver learned the tricks of the trade under David Stern but is also forging his own identity as commissioner. It's still early in his tenure, but the NBA's future looks bright.


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The economies of scale determine the buying power of tour operators. The same economies of scale also allow the tour operators to have a considerable level of control in the sale and distribution of holiday packages to travelers (Davies and Downward, 1998).Most of the agreements in the UK package holiday industry are collusive in nature. These agreements normally depend on the homogeneity of the products or services on offer, frequency of interaction and minimal uncertainty (Ryan, 1989). This means that if companies offering different elements of holiday services think that they can work together and get maximum benefits from the collision, they normally form a kind of a merger. These kinds of mergers are what give rise to tour operators who then offer services from different companies in a single package (Sheldon, 1986).Since there are different kinds of tour operators, the market is also divided according to the kind of holiday packages that they prefer. In the UK, the market is divided as follows: UK residents who tour within the country, UK residents who travel out of the country for their holidays, and non-UK tourists who tour the country (Davies and Downward, 1998). The largest tour operators in terms of market share include Thomason Travel Group Ltd, Airtours, first Choice Limited, Thomas Cook Group and Carlson Leisure (Gratton and Richards, 1997). The table below shows the market share for various travel and tour groups offering package holidays in the U.The UK market is both oligopolistic and competitive. This is because the market has both large companies and small ones offering the same kind of services. The big companies are the ones that are. Agreements in the Package Holiday Industry and Market Opportunities.
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What causes lasting fatigue? The failure to detach from our work at the end of the day. Such detachment is crucial for recovering from stress, and preventing feelings of irritability. When we fail to detach, we have less energy, and withdraw from loved ones, thus negatively affecting our relationships. Because, when one partner ruminates, the other withdraws.
In a study of 159 educated and dual-earning couples, it was found that bringing home the stress of work not only affects the well-being of both partners in a relationship, but it also affects our view of the relationship itself. How did the researchers arrive at this? The couples completed questionnaires daily, for over a week. They rated their stress at work, their detachment from work, their relationship quality, feelings of exhaustion in the evening, and affectionate behavior towards their partner.
The result: as you would imagine. On days when participants felt more stressed at work, they were less likely to leave it behind. And the price for that was high: they reported their relationship to be less harmonious, less ideal, more distant, and more difficult.
It may not feel like earth-shattering information. We’ve all experienced it. But we’re highlighting the gravity of the situation here. Especially when 61% of Americans are stressed by their jobs! According to author Anik Debrot, “These hindrances to daily relationship quality accumulate, and threaten the overall relationship’s quality and longevity.”
So, how do we protect our key relationships?
- Pick up a hobby. Be it playing golf together, reading the same books, camping, or trying new cuisine – any shared hobby has the power to undo effects of stress by offering a common ground to connect on, and eliminate boredom or complacency. Researchers believe such experiences can activate the brain’s reward system, flooding it with neurochemicals related to bonding and joy.
- Heed to partner’s distress. In a UCLA study, women either squeezed a stress ball or held their partner’s arm, as he received an electric shock. The ones who chose the latter and focused on their partner instead of their own selves, experienced less neural activity in the amygdala and more activity in the brain’s caregiving and reward system. They felt more connected. Thus, on rough days, ask your partner how they’d like to be supported. Be it getting advice, shared chores, or just some solo time.
- Share humor. Psychologist John Gottman, a leader in research on relationship success, says that shared humor is both a way to strengthen a relationship and a “repair attempt” for couples in stress. Studies have shown that laughter can alter your mood and soothe your stress response. So, laugh abundantly. Keep things light.
In today’s ‘always on’ lifestyle, it can feel rather difficult to completely disconnect from work. But, making an effort to detach is worth it. For the success of your relationships.

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Arroyo discharged from hospital
Under doctors’ orders to keep quiet, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was discharged from the hospital Friday, a week after undergoing surgery while facing charges for her alleged sins while in Malacañang.
Smiling but—according to her lawyer—still “suffering from inside,” Arroyo insisted on getting off the wheelchair and walking upon reaching the ground floor on her way out of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig City.
“She walked when she got off the elevator. She said, ‘I want to walk,’” said Raul Lambino, Arroyo’s legal spokesperson, who saw her off at the hospital.
He likened her voice to almost a whisper.
Arroyo’s group did not want to pass through the lobby, “but I said to her ‘it would be nice to show that you are well,” Lambino told reporters minutes after the Pampanga lawmaker motored off to her La Vista home in Quezon City.
In a floral house dress and maroon shawl, Arroyo was still wearing a neck brace on leaving the hospital. She smiled and waved to hospital staff before boarding her white Mercedes Benz en route home.
Lambino said the “fabricated” charges filed against Arroyo had taken a toll on her and exposed the former first couple to “trial by publicity.”
“While she is not saying that, you can really feel it, that she is suffering from inside for all these malicious allegations,” the lawyer said.
“I can say that it is contributory to the stress factor that she is now bearing, considering that there has been no letup… of incessant attacks coming from the Palace,” he added.
Rest vocal chords
Lambino said Arroyo’s daughter Luli and son Dato were at the hospital when the former President checked out but they took separate vehicles when they left.
Doctors have ordered Arroyo to continue recuperating at home for at least a month so she can completely heal from her surgery, which realigned a portion of her spine afflicted with an age-related bone condition called cervical spondylosis.
Arroyo was also asked to rest her voice for at least a week as her vocal chords were strained because of excessive use, doctors said. But this had nothing to do with the surgery.
“She’s been asked to rest her vocal chords because it’s been swollen after she started receiving visitors two days ago,” said Dr. Juliet Gopez-Cervantes, Arroyo’s main attending physician.
After restrictions on contact with people following her surgery, doctors on Wednesday allowed Arroyo to again start receiving visitors, use her mobile phone, watch television and read newspapers.
“For the past three days from surgery, she was doing well with her voice intact, until we gave her the go signal to accept visitors and talk over the phone, after which her voice became hoarse,” Cervantes said.
She was also put on a soft diet and advised to stay away from food that is difficult to swallow.
Before leaving the hospital, however, she had corned beef, sunny side up (fried egg) and fried rice for breakfast.
While healing, the 64-year-old former Chief Executive was slapped with several plunder and graft cases.
Lambino said Arroyo was especially hurt upon learning about the apparent suicide of Benjamin Pinpin, an assistant chief legal counsel at the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), who was said to be a lead witness in an investigation about behest loans during the Arroyo administration.
Fr. Edu Gariguez, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines national secretariat for social action, questioned the timing of Arroyo’s voice loss following her surgery.
“Is she that lucky because she lost her voice or is this maybe a way to preclude her from appearing before the Senate to talk about what she knows?” Gariguez said over Church-run Radio Veritas.
HK medical checkup
Gariguez also questioned the timing of former first gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s medical checkup in Hong Kong amid a Senate inquiry into the alleged sale of his two used helicopters that were sold to the Philippine National Police in 2009 as brand new.
“Is this deliberate or just coincidental with the investigation?” Gariguez said. “It’s really suspicious because this is not the first time… an illness should not always be an excuse to evade investigation.” With a report from Jocelyn R. Uy
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Fifty years ago this year, the first Shinkansen bullet train shot out of a station platform in Tokyo.
Nine days before he declared the 1964 Tokyo Olympics open, Emperor Hirohito presided over a ceremony that witnessed the first white-and-blue 'bullet' train streaking from the Japanese capital at 210km/h (130mph) past Mount Fuji and on to Osaka in record time. Sprinting along a brand new, dedicated high-speed passenger track, featuring the fewest possible curves and shooting through 67 miles (108km) of tunnel and over 3,000 bridges, this was no one-off exercise to publicise the international games. The Tokaido Shinkansen (-New Trunk Line') would become not just the world's fastest and most advanced, but also its most intensely used main line railway.
Today, the latest, snake-like, 16-car Shinkansen trains leave Tokyo for Osaka up to every three minutes, each offering comfortable seats for 1,323 passengers and cruising at 270km/h (168mph). From last year, trains on the Tohuku Shinkansen, one of the six high-speed lines opened over the past fifty years, scythe through sections of Japan's mountainous landscape at 320km/h (199mph). Japan's renowned bullet trains have made domestic flying all but redundant between major cities. Not only are they very fast, frequent, spotlessly clean and on time to the second, but their carbon footprint is 16% that of cars making the same journeys according to the Japan Railway and Transport review. And since Hirohito waved that first train away from Tokyo in 1964, there have been no fatalities on the network. In 50 years, two trains have been derailed, one during an earthquake in 2004, another in a blizzard last year, yet the Shinkansen's safety record has remained unimpaired.
Japan will check the recent travel histories of all people arriving at international airports in the country to identify those who have visited Ebola-affected West African countries, the health ministry said Friday. (The Japan News)
The government said Friday it has chosen Nobel physics prize laureates Shuji Nakamura and Hiroshi Amano and five others as this year's winners of Japan's top cultural award, the Order of Culture. (Kyodo)

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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
New York Times bestseller
Miles "Pudge" Halter is abandoning his safe-okay, boring-life. Fascinated by the last words of famous people, Pudge leaves for boarding school to seek what a dying Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps."
Pudge becomes encircled by friends whose lives are everything but safe and boring. Their nucleus is razor-sharp, sexy, and self-destructive Alaska, who has perfected the arts of pranking and evading school rules. Pudge falls impossibly in love. When tragedy strikes the close-knit group, it is only in coming face-to-face with death that Pudge discovers the value of living and loving unconditionally.
John Green's stunning debut marks the arrival of a stand-out new voice in young adult fiction.
|Publisher:||Jian Duan/Tsai Fong Books|
|Edition description:||Chinese-language Edition|
|Product dimensions:||5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)|
|Age Range:||14 - 17 Years|
About the Author
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"So do you really memorize last words?"
She ran up beside me and grabbed my shoulder and pushed me back onto the porch swing.
"Yeah," I said. And then hesitantly, I added, "You want to quiz me?"
"JFK," she said.
"That's obvious," I answered.
"Oh, is it now?" she asked.
"No. Those were his last words. Someone said, 'Mr. President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you,' and then he said, 'That's obvious,' and then he got shot."
She laughed. "God, that's awful. I shouldn't laugh. But I will," and then she laughed again. "Okay, Mr. Famous Last Words Boy. I have one for you." She reached into her overstuffed backpack and pulled out a book. "Gabriel García Márquez. The General in His Labyrinth. Absolutely one of my favorites. It's about Simón Bolívar." I didn't know who Simón Bolívar was, but she didn't give me time to ask. "It's a historical novel, so I don't know if this is true, but in the book, do you know what his last words are? No, you don't. But I am about to tell you, Señor Parting Remarks."
And then she lit a cigarette and sucked on it so hard for so long that I thought the entire thing might burn off in one drag. She exhaled and read to me:
" 'He' -- that's Simón Bolívar -- 'was shaken by the overwhelming revelation that the headlong race between his misfortunes and his dreams was at that moment reaching the finish line. The rest was darkness. "Damn it," he sighed. "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" ' " I knew great last words when I heard them, and I made a mental note to get ahold of a biography of this Simón Bolívar fellow. Beautiful last words, but I didn't quite understand. "So what's the labyrinth?" I asked her.
And now is as good a time as any to say that she was beautiful. In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla, and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette except for when she smoked, when the burning cherry of the cigarette washed her face in pale red light. But even in the dark, I could see her eyes -- fierce emeralds. She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every endeavor. And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. It was right then, between when I asked about the labyrinth and when she answered me, that I realized the importance of curves, of the thousand places where girls' bodies ease from one place to another, from arc of the foot to ankle to calf, from calf to hip to waist to breast to neck to ski-slope nose to forehead to shoulder to the concave arch of the back to the butt to the etc. I'd noticed curves before, of course, but I had never quite apprehended their significance.
Her mouth close enough to me that I could feel her breath warmer than the air, she said, "That's the mystery, isn't it? Is the labyrinth living or dying? Which is he trying to escape -- the world or the end of it?" I waited for her to keep talking, but after a while it became obvious she wanted an answer.
"Uh, I don't know," I said finally. "Have you really read all those books in your room?"
She laughed. "Oh God no. I've maybe read a third of 'em. But I'm going to read them all. I call it my Life's Library. Every summer since I was little, I've gone to garage sales and bought all the books that looked interesting. So I always have something to read. But there is so much to do: cigarettes to smoke, sex to have, swings to swing on. I'll have more time for reading when I'm old and boring."
She told me that I reminded her of the Colonel when he came to Culver Creek. They were freshmen together, she said, both scholarship kids with, as she put it, "a shared interest in booze and mischief." The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart. As she lit a new cigarette off the butt of her previous one, she told me that the Colonel was smart but hadn't done much living when he got to the Creek.
"I got rid of that problem quickly." She smiled. "By November, I'd gotten him his first girlfriend, a perfectly nice non-Weekday Warrior named Janice. He dumped her after a month because she was too rich for his poverty-soaked blood, but whatever. We pulled our first prank that year -- we filled Classroom Four with a thin layer of marbles. We've progressed some since then, of course." She laughed. So Chip became the Colonel -- the military-style planner of their pranks, and Alaska was ever Alaska, the larger-than-life creative force behind them.
"You're smart like him," she said. "Quieter, though. And cuter, but I didn't even just say that, because I love my boyfriend."
"Yeah, you're not bad either," I said, overwhelmed by her compliment. "But I didn't just say that, because I love my girlfriend. Oh, wait. Right. I don't have one."
She laughed. "Yeah, don't worry, Pudge. If there's one thing I can get you, it's a girlfriend. Let's make a deal: You figure out what the labyrinth is and how to get out of it, and I'll get you laid."
"Deal." We shook on it.
Later, I walked toward the dorm circle beside Alaska. The cicadas hummed their one-note song, just as they had at home in Florida. She turned to me as we made our way through the darkness and said, "When you're walking at night, do you ever get creeped out and even though it's silly and embarrassing you just want to run home?"
It seemed too secret and personal to admit to a virtual stranger, but I told her, "Yeah, totally."
For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, "Run run run run run," and took off, pulling me behind her.
What People are Saying About This
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Top 10
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers
A 2005 Booklist Editors’ Choice
A Kirkus Best Book of 2005
A 2005 SLJ Best Book of the Year
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
"What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter." --Chicago Tribune
"Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling." --Bookpage
"Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good." --Philadelphia Enquirer
"The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on." --Kliatt
"What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green’s mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge’s voice. Girls will cry and boys will find love, lust, loss and longing in Alaska’s vanilla-and-cigarettes scent." Kirkus, starred review
"Miles’s narration is alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor, and his obvious struggle to tell the story truthfully adds to his believability. Like Phineas in John Knowles’s A Separate Peace, Green draws Alaska so lovingly, in self-loathing darkness as well as energetic light, that readers mourn her loss along with her friends." --SLJ, starred review
"...Miles is a witty narrator who manages to be credible as the overlooked kid, but he's also an articulate spokesperson for the legions of teen searching for life meaning (his taste for famous last words is a believable and entertaining quirk), and the Colonel's smarts, clannish loyalties, and relentlessly methodological approach to problems make him a true original....There's a certain recursive fitness here, since this is exactly the kind of book that makes kids like Miles certain that boarding school will bring them their destiny, but perceptive readers may also realize that their own lives await the discovery of meaning even as they vicariously experience Miles' quest." --Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
"Readers will only hope that this is not the last word from this promising new author." --Publishers Weekly
“John Green has written a powerful novel—one that plunges headlong into the labyrinth of life, love, and the mysteries of being human. This is a book that will touch your life, so don’t read it sitting down. Stand up, and take a step into the Great Perhaps.”
—K.L. Going, author of Fat Kid Rules the World, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book
Q&A with author John Green
What made you decide to write this book?
Some of it has its roots in my high-school experiences. But the story came together in my head while I was working as a chaplain at a children's hospital. It was there that I imagined the character of Alaska for the first time, and there that I decided to write a novel for teens. Also, I wanted to write a book because I felt, deep inside my heart, that it would make my ex-girlfriends regret dumping me.
What were your own high school experiences like -- and how (if at all) do they figure into your writing and affect the way you write about your character's lives?
Like the narrator of my book, Pudge Halter, I'm a skinny dork with a last-words obsession who attended a boarding school in Alabama. But the similarities end there, mostly: Pudge is cuter than I ever was and considerably more charming. I was a bit of a troublemaker in high school, though the trouble I made was never terribly serious. I suppose I was the kind of kid who constantly gets accused of failing to "fulfill" his "potential." Pudge isn't like that all, but I'd be lying if I said my high-school experiences didn't inspire much of what transpires in Looking for Alaska.
Did you pull off any pranks in high school? If so, what is the most memorable?
A lot of brilliant pranks were pulled during my time at boarding school, but I wasn't involved in most of them. My greatest personal pranking accomplishment probably came in the spring of my sophomore year. Amidst an epic prank war, my roommate and I borrowed an enemy senior's car and parallel parked it in such a way that it blocked the entrance to the school, making it impossible for anyone to drive on or off of campus. While I don't recommend this course of action to anyone, I'll say this: Algebra II was canceled that morning.
Why do you write for teens and what interests you about this audience?
I like writing for teenagers because big questions-about love and religion and compassion and grief-matter to teens in a very visceral way. And it's fun to write teenage characters. They're funny and clever and feel so much so intensely.
Who are some of your favorite authors?
It's hard to even pick some of my favorite authors. This would be much easier if you'd ask me who some of my favorite ex-girlfriends are, because then I'd just answer with silence and we'd all have a good laugh. I'm going to set the limit at 10 and break them up into two teams of five a side: The Living Team: J. D. Salinger, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, and Toni Morrison. The Dead Team: Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Robert Penn Warren. (I was going to put James Joyce and Leo Tolstoy on the Dead Team, but then the Dead Team would have won in a blow-out, and I want it to be a good match-up.)
What are you reading now?
I'm rereading Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. Ms. Hurston, you'll note, didn't make The Dead Team, but you could certainly make a case for her-it's a flat-out marvel of a book. And on the kids' side, I'm reading Ilene Cooper's wonderful Sam I Am.
Best day/Worst day?
Best Day Ever: It hasn't quite happened yet. At the very end of the modern cinematic classic Back to the Future, there's a scene where Mr. McFly gets a package. And inside the package are finished copies of his new novel. Ever since I was a kid, I've been dreaming about the day when I tear open a box and find copies of my own book inside. So right now, that's slated to be my next Best Day Ever, and I'm pretty sure it will remain so until I get married.
Worst Day Ever: When I was in middle school, my parents convinced me to go to the Cotillion, which was like a dance, only more horrible, because all the other kids who attended were really popular. I made the mistake of asking one of the girls to dance. She declined, whereupon I burst into tears. I have no idea why I started crying, but I felt very alone and rejected and ugly and generally like I would never be popular (the latter of which was pretty much true). A Cotillion chaperone had to call my dad to come pick me up. But that was also a good day in some ways, because it was the first time I ever saw my dad cry, and there is something nice about having your dad understand how you feel.
Favorite last words?
In the dying wittily category, I have to pick Oscar Wilde. Dying in a garishly decorated hotel room, Wilde said, "Either this wallpaper goes-or I do." But for beauty, I sure like Emily Dickinson's. "I must go in," she said. "The fog is rising."

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Ingredients For drink essentials: v8 recipe substitute
- 14 oz. diced tomatoes, 1 can, with juice.
- 1/2 c. carrot, shredded.
- 1 Tbsp. worcestershire sauce.
- 1/2 tsp. salt, kosher variety.
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper, freshly ground.
- 1 1/2 c. water, divided.
- 1 Tbsp. dried parsley.
What is a good substitute for V8 juice? The easiest substitutes are made from either tomato sauce, tomato paste, or canned tomatoes.
What can I use in place of tomato juice in a recipe? However, it’s possible to make your own convincing tomato juice from other tomato-based foods. According to the required flavor, texture or color, the best substitutes include canned tomatoes, tomato paste, vegetable broth, tomato soup, ketchup, roasted red peppers, and tamarind among others.
Can you substitute V8 for tomato juice in a recipe? I think V8 would be really nutritious as a substitute. If you want a thicker consistency just let it cook a little longer and more of the water will evaporate and give a thicker sauce. You might have to simmer the juices alone first so they are the consistency you want, and then add them.
Is V8 similar to tomato juice? V8 is like tomato juice, but fancier.It has a blend of vegetables added to a tomato base, including carrots, celery, parsley, beets and spinach.As you might imagine, it tastes quite vegetal.
Can I substitute V8 for Clamato? While there aren’t many options, V8 Bloody Mary is the ideal substitute for Clamato sauce. While it doesn’t have the same taste, V8 Bloody Mary can work as a standalone drink and can blend with others. So, it works pretty well as a substitute.
How to substitute v8 juice? – Related Asked Question
Can you make tomato juice out of canned tomatoes?
Learning how to make tomato juice is fun and fulfilling, and the finished product is both tasty and healthy. The only ingredient required is fresh or canned tomatoes.
What is the substitute of 1 cup tomato juice?
1 cup tomato juice: substitute 1/2 cup tomato sauce and 1/2 cup water. 1 10-3/4 ounce can tomato soup: substitute 1 cup tomato sauce plus 1/4 cup water.
Can I substitute tomato juice for tomato sauce?
Tomato juice is a good sauce substitute. For ½ cup tomato sauce and ½ cup water, 1 cup tomato juice plus dash of salt and sugar can be used. An extremely handy substitute for tomato sauce is puree.
Why is there a shortage of tomato juice?
As 2021 rolls into 2022, a tomato shortage is threatening markets in the U.S., Canada, and beyond. The 2021 tomato shortage is putting this popular crop in very short supply. Domestically, the shortage is partially due to drought conditions in California, where these juicy crops normally flourish.
What can I use V8 for?
V8 recipes (120)
- V8 Goulash. 1 64oz bottle V8 veggie juice.(regular or spicy)•macaroni noodles•hamburger meat ( I use lean) …
- Easy minestrone soup. …
- The Best Gazpacho. …
- Tacos De Pollo. …
- Creole Black Bean Vegetable Soup. …
- Layered Cabbage Roll Casserole. …
- Ted’s Chili. …
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Can you use Passata for tomato juice?
Yes, passata can easily take the place of tomato juice in your next bloody mary. Taste as you go and you’ll end up with a drink far more flavorful than any old mix.
Can V8 juice be heated?
Heat in microwave for 1 minute. Stir and Enjoy!
Is V8 juice better for you than tomato juice?
V8 has fewer calories, less sodium, and less sugar – those are pretty solid advantages. However, tomato juice is certainly holding its own, with a higher amount of potassium, fiber, protein, Vitamin C, and iron, to name a few.
What percentage of V8 juice is tomato juice?
Tomato juice makes up about 90 percent of our V8 juices.” The other vegetable ingredients are “grown mostly in the U.S. and then driven to our processing facility in Napoleon, Ohio, where they are washed, pureed, and concentrated.”
What’s in V8 tomato juice?
It is made mainly from water and tomato concentrate, and reconstituted vegetable juice blend: water and concentrate of eight vegetables, specifically: beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach, and tomato. Tomato juice makes up around 87% of the total drink.
Does V8 make a Bloody Mary mix?
V8® vegetable juice gives this Bloody Mary a unique flavor that we enhance with horseradish, spices and olive brine. While this Bloody Mary recipe is loaded with flavor, it’s light on heat. If you like yours spicy, use V8® Spicy Hot or add a few drops of your favorite hot sauce.
Is tomato juice and Clamato juice the same?
Clamato /kləˈmætoʊ/ is a commercial drink made of reconstituted tomato juice concentrate and sugar, which is flavored with spices, dried clam broth and MSG. Made by Mott’s, the name is a portmanteau of clam and tomato. It is also referred to colloquially as “clamato juice”.
What is a substitute for clam juice?
The best substitutes for clam juice are fish stock, chicken stock, vegetable stock and dashi.
How do you make tomato juice out of tomato powder?
Make your own tomato juice! Just mix 2 to 4 tablespoons of Tomato Powder with 1 cup hot water, and salt to taste to make 8 ounces of juice. Tomato Powder adds depth to tomato based barbecue sauces. Tomato Powder is also a killer secret ingredient in dry rubs.
Can you drink tomato juice with high blood pressure?
You can also easily make it at home. A study conducted in Kuriyama, Japan evaluated the effect of unsalted tomato juice on blood pressure levels. It showed that unsalted tomato juice significantly lowered blood pressure in 94 of the 481 participants with prehypertension and hypertension.
Is tomato juice made from cooked tomatoes?
Chop your tomatoes and add them to a large pan on the stovetop over medium heat with a splash of water. Simmer for 20-30 minutes. Continuously stirring to soften the tomatoes. Press the softened tomatoes through a sieve or food mill to extract the juice and leave behind the skin and seeds.
How much tomato sauce equals tomato?
|1 small tomato||=||3 – 4 ounces|
|15 – 20 cherry tomatoes||=||1 pound|
|25 to 30 cherry tomatoes||yields||2 cups chopped|
|1 pound fresh tomatoes||yields||1½ cups chopped|
|1 pound fresh tomatoes||yields||3 cups pureed|
How do I substitute tomato soup for tomato sauce?
Use one 10 ounce can of tomato soup to replace 1 cup of tomato sauce in any recipe.
Can I substitute tomato juice for diced tomatoes?
Tomato juice has more acid, so it assists with breaking the sturdiness of the meat. You can use the one tablespoon of tomato juice to substitute for a tablespoon of fresh diced tomato. If you cook it for a dinner, make a point to cook through the dish.
What can I substitute for 8 oz tomato sauce?
Tomato Paste Instead of Tomato Sauce
If you have a can of tomato paste in your pantry, you are in luck—this is the best substitution for tomato sauce. All you need is the tomato paste and water. Mix together 1 part tomato paste and 1 part water until well blended.
Can you make tomato juice with a food processor?
Chop the tomatoes fine and process them in a blender or food processor until just juice. Add celery ribs and tabasco (if using) and process further. Put into a saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes add water. It’s ready.
Can diced tomatoes be substituted for tomato sauce?
Crushed tomatoes have a slightly thicker consistency than tomato sauce, but will still work well. –Blend a can of diced or stewed tomatoes. Then, cook the resulting puree down, until you reach the right consistency.


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