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...Tasmania was established in 1803. What was hell for English convicts in the early 19th century is these days a heavenly place to be - a compact, charming city with a beautiful harborfront, colonial architecture, a growing café society, fine restaurants and art galleries. The impressive backdrop of Mount Wellington heralds the fact that the city is also the gateway to Tasmania's stunning wilderness. Here are five things to put on your Hobart itinerary. (Read "Australian Journey: The Secret Life of Rivers...
...Bracha - the Mount of Blessing - is a windswept hilltop settlement of Jews overlooking the Palestinian city of Nablus. According to biblical tradition, it is where Joshua and the children of Israel first entered the Holy Land. And, on Aug. 18, Mike Huckabee - a Baptist preacher, two-time governor of Arkansas and once and perhaps future Republican presidential candidate - received a heartfelt blessing from the local Orthodox Jewish minister. Rabbi Eliezer Melamed prayed that Huckabee would become President so that he could emulate the ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great, who encouraged the Jews to rebuild Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem...
...group is considered one of the most challenging in the world - some alpinists believe it is even more difficult than the more famous Himalayan peak K2. When bad weather forced them to abandon their attempt to summit Latok I, the two retreated to their base camp. (See pictures of Mount Everest...
Early adopters of Google, such as Northwestern, are lately being joined by Cornell, Georgetown and Temple, to name a few. Google's Apps for Education program has gained significant momentum as student tech demands mount and budgetary pressures strain campus IT departments. Handing the e-mail keys over to Google helps schools avoid costly server upgrades while capitalizing on Web-based e-mail's popularity among students. Eric Weil, managing partner for Student Monitor, a national college-focused market research firm, says the average college student has two or three personal e-mail addresses, and Gmail's popularity among students...
...four men faced the prospect of a secret trial and the possibility of lifetime sentences. Now that the government will only charge them with using "improper means" to gain access to commercial secrets - commercial bribery - the executives will have access to legal counsel and should be able to mount a defense. Sam Walsh, the iron-ore chief executive for Rio, went so far as to say that since "the charges have been downgraded ... I think that reflects what we've been saying all along: that we don't believe there's any evidence of wrongdoing...