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...hear about? Then leave your guidebook at home and instead let a growing army of travel bloggers show you the way. Traditional travel books often can't compete with the vast breadth of information on the Internet - or a dedicated blogger's constantly updated insights into his home turf or topic. So whether you're after the best burger in Brooklyn or the hottest hotel in Berlin, simply log on. There's a blogger waiting to help. Our favorites: SHANGHAIDIARIES.COM This stylish blog is the work of American journalist Dan Washburn, who moved to China in 2002. Alongside Shanghai restaurant...
...what? The universe. Of all that you can imagine. I'm gonna take over God's turf...
...immediate environs come under six government agencies: the ministries of culture, environment and tourism, two city authorities and one state body. Thakur is careful not to condemn the ASI or the ministries, describing their staff as sincere professionals faced with an almost impossible task. But she also complains that turf wars and bureaucratic inefficiency have hampered coordination of efforts. For example, $10 million set aside eight years ago for monument restoration under a body called the National Culture Fund is still largely unspent. Culture Secretary Neena Ranjan concedes there are "major problems" but points out the enormity of the challenge...
...began what will likely be the Boss's last haul around the circuit for a while, and fans are descending in pickups, limos, vans, customized hardtops and road-weary convertibles onto his Super Bowl-size venues. This week and next he will be playing on home turf, six nights at New Jersey's Giants Stadium, which will hold, with field seating, 60,000 people at a time. The size of all this may be a little hard to grasp, but try using this for scale: the Beatles, appearing at Shea Stadium in 1965, played before 56,000 people, one time...
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when juvenile delinquents were called juvenile delinquents, youth gangs stuck close to home and defended their turf against invasion by other gangs. No more. The age of the mobile youth gang has arrived. Striking out from poorer neighborhoods, they are fanning into wealthy areas and often faraway towns, breaking into jewelry stores and snatching wallets from pedestrians...