The Voyager

From Denmark to the mountains of Lapland, the incredible scenery of Scandinavia makes driving your own vehicle a fantastic experience. The roads are excellent and traffic signs are easy to understand. Here are some simple things that you should be aware of when driving in Scandinavia. · Drive on the right hand side of the road throughout Scandinavia · All passengers inside a car must wear a seat belt · Dipped headlights are required 24 hours a day on all vehicle types · The minimum age to hold a drivers licence is 18 years or older for a car.· A warning triangle is a requirement · For motor cyclists, a safety helmet is a requirement · You must never drive under the influence of either alcohol or drugs/euphoriants – heavy penalties apply ·

It is not permitted to drive while using a mobile telephone, and heavy fines apply Speed limits for cars on motorways vary slightly throughout Scandinavia. For example in Denmark the speed limit on motorways is in general 130km/h. In Norway the general speed limit on motorways is either 90 km/h or 100km/h. On Swedish motorways the speed limit is 110km/h. Certain stretches will only allow a lower speed limit, due to heavy traffic closer to major cities or driving through treacherous areas. On smaller roads throughout Scandinavia the speed limit will range from 70 to 80 km/h and within residential areas from 30 to 50 km/h. Studded tyres are not compulsory but if fitted, they can only be used between November and April.Motorways can be used free of charge in Denmark and Sweden.

A fee applies when crossing the Great Belt Bridge between Sealand and Funen in Denmark, and when crossing the Öresund Bridge between Malmö in Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. The cost varies depending on the type of vehicle. The two bridges create a link not only between the regions but also makes travelling between Scandinavia and Europe a lot easier. In Norway, road tolls are very important for maintaining the quality of the roads and tunnels. There are 45 road tolls in total (2007) of which half have electronic fee collection – AutoPASS. This allows you to drive through road tolls in the AutoPASS lane without stopping. The subscription and tag needed are also available to foreign vehicles.

When travelling consider planning your trip with the route maps of Cheaperthanhotels which provide route planners between cities and hotel stopovers. Try these pages for example Sweden Hotels ; Stockholm Hotels ; Norway Hotels ; Oslo Hotels Some roads in Norway are closed during winter season but the main mountain crossings are intended to stay open throughout the cold season. It is always best to check this before going on any longer trips or crossing the mountains as the road closures vary depending on the weather conditions. For further information, please contact the Road User Information Centre. When in Norway simply call 175 (+47 815 48 991 from abroad). The service is open 24 hours.

Η ΜΙΑΝΜΑΡ φαίνεται να έχει κόψει την διαδικτυακή επικοινωνία της χώρας με τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο, αποκρύπτωντας πληροφορίες για τις μαζικές αντι-καθεστωτικές διαδηλώσεις που συγκλονίζουν ολόκληρη τη χώρα τις τελευταίες ημέρες.

Αξιωματούχος για τις τηλεπικοινωνίες δήλωσε ότι έχει υπάρξει πρόβλημα σε υποθαλάσσιο καλώδιο, μετά τις κατηγορίες του Αυστραλού πρέσβη που ανέφερε ότι ο αριθμός των νεκρών είναι πολύ μεγαλύτερος από αυτόν που έχει δηλωθεί.

Τεράστια έκταση έχουν πάρει τα γεγονότα στη Μιανμάρ στη ιστοσελίδα Facebook, που αριθμεί περισσότερους από σαράντα εκατομμύρια χρήστες, με 200.000 νέους να προστίθενται σε καθημερινή βάση. Μέσα στην ιστοσελίδα υπάρχουν περίπου 340 ομάδες συζητήσεων σχετικά με το καθεστώς της Μιανμάρ, όπου προβάλλονται βίντεο, φωτογραφίες, μηνύματα αλλά και ειδήσεις σχετικά με τα τεκταινόμενα στο κράτος.

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The 2.3 version of WordPress “Dexter” is now ready for the world. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more.

1. Native tagging support allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your post, if you so choose. We’ve included importers for the Ultimate Tag Warrior, Jerome’s Keywords, Simple Tags, and Bunny’s Technorati Tag plugins so if you’ve already been using a tagging plugin you can bring your data into the new system. The tagging system is also wicked-fast, so your host won’t mind.
2. Our new update notification lets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available. It works by sending your blog URL, plugins, and version information to our new api.wordpress.org service which then compares it to the plugin database and tells you what the latest and greatest is you can use.
3. We’ve cleaned up URLs a bunch in a feature we call canonical URLs which does things like enforce your no-www preference, redirect posts with changed slugs so a link never goes bad, redirect URLs that get cut off in emails on similar to the correct post, and much more. This helps your users, and it also helps your search engine optimization, as search engines like for each page to be available in one canonical location. More info here.
4. Our new pending review feature will be great for multi-author blogs. It allows authors to submit a post for review by an editor or administrator, where before they would just have to save a draft and hope someone noticed it.
5. There is new advanced WYSIWYG functionality (we call it the kitchen sink button) that allows you to access some features of TinyMCE that were previously hidden.

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Italy (Italian: Italia, officially the Italian Republic; Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is a country located in Southern Europe, that comprises the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is also called by Italians lo Stivale (“the Boot”, due to its boot-like shape), il Bel Paese (“the Beautiful Country”) or la Penisola[1] (“the Peninsula” as an antonomasia).

Italy shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory, while Campione d’Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.

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1.Racism/Segregation in the United States (Douglas Martin, USA)

1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in
the United States . Counts was one of the first black students admitted in
the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassments after 4
days.

2.Assasination (Yasushi Nagao, Japan)

January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader
Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.

3.Protest (Malcolm W. Browne, USA)

1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam , burns
himself to death protesting the government’s torture policy against priests.
Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning. (more…)