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...that's not to mention the fact that it's located alongside a river whose sewer-like stench assaults the nostrils miles before you reach the actual site. Following reports of a meningitis outbreak, the Delhi Development Authority, which is in charge of the site, has refused to allow anyone inside. Though it claims that adequate sanitary provisions have been made inside, villagers living near the games' site say at least 40 people have died and hundreds of workers have fled, fearing the "curse of the river...
Yellow pages may soon go green if Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel gets his wish. The council voted unanimously on Monday to look into an eco-friendly plan that would allow residents to opt out of having phone books delivered to their front doorstep. “You and all your friends look up most of your phone numbers on the Internet now,” said Seidel, who earned an urban planning degree from the Graduate School of Design in 2001 and won a Council seat last fall. “The Internet has become the new phone book...
...play our best when we focus on what we have to do and play our game, and we can’t worry about what the other team is going to bring.”For a team capable of scoring 11 goals only to allow seven just 24 hours apart, executing fundamentals and staying out of the penalty box becomes critical given that Harvard’s season is now over the moment the team loses. The team believes that these are the keys to consistency.“It’s pretty obvious that we can?...
...Borders argued that a boycott should be considered given China's jailing of journalists. Darfur advocates Steven Spielberg, who recently withdrew as an artistic adviser to the Games, and Mia Farrow have called for a boycott because of China's Sudan links. "I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual [with the Olympics]," Spielberg said in February. Burmese activists have echoed the Darfur protesters, trying to shame Beijing for its close ties to Rangoon. Even many top athletes are now mulling a boycott...
Some of these electronic bulletin boards, known as hospitality-exchange sites, hook up travelers with locals who don't mind having someone stay in an extra room, crash on an empty couch or even pitch a tent in the yard. Many allow people to take turns hosting one another in their homes. And others arrange work for temporary room and board. A few charge nominal fees, but most are free. "What used to be a fringe hobby for a few travelers is becoming a mainstream phenomenon," says Daniel Hoffer, co-founder of Couch Surfing, which has nearly 470,000 users...