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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/0B15A485-9F87-4429-9FBC-1E776A047C7C/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/arifsali/">arifsali</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&" title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&">www.sfgate.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Sanjeev Gupta thinks it's about time war-torn Afghanistan had a tourism industry in a peaceful corner of the country. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Gupta, a regional program manager for the nongovernmental organization, the Aga Khan Foundation, says that even though some areas are too volatile to visit, Bamiyan in central Afghanistan is safe and has an abundance of cultural, historical and natural treasures to lure international travelers. </P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=1&f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL" title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=1&f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL">www.sfgate.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/arifsali/512/14DC9B56-3749-4533-A860-CFEFEE6579C2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&" title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&">www.sfgate.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"Bamiyan has a lot of tourist potential," Gupta said. "We need to correct the perception of Afghanistan. The whole country is not dangerous." </P></div></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&o=0" title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&o=0">www.sfgate.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/arifsali/512/75380CE3-C185-469D-95D8-41DF5979DC98.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&" title="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&">www.sfgate.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The Aga Khan Foundation, based in Geneva, created the Bamiyan Ecotourism Project to develop tourist infrastructure, train guides, cooks and hoteliers, and raise awareness of the region's natural attractions. It's a $1 million, three-year program. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/afghanistan/" rel="tag">afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a></div>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/24/MNB611N1A3.DTL&Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:41:25 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CDAB3AD8-B445-461E-8F91-80F2D4FF875D/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/arifsali/">arifsali</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2008/07/26/christian-sex-is-better-than-tantric-sex-says-researcher.aspx" title="http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2008/07/26/christian-sex-is-better-than-tantric-sex-says-researcher.aspx">communities.canada.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV class="storysubhead">Professor says the relationship between humans and spirituality is essentially erotic -- some Christians even have peak religious experiences while being sexual</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>WARNING: The content of this story may be offensive to some readers.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>When people feel awkward saying the words, "sexual intercourse," many instead talk about how Jane and John have come "to know" each other (tee hee) "in the biblical sense."</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They seem to believe Bible writers were so shy about sexuality they had to employ a euphemism, "to know," because they dare not write "sex" or something more graphic.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>But B.C. psychologist Chuck MacKnee, a Christian, believes the Bible writers and translators were using "to know" in a surprisingly intimate way.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>They were expressing how men and women through sexuality can deeply connect, truly "know each other," in the most holistic, ecstatic and divine way.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Many people, not only Christians, are afraid of sex, the "amazing, wonderful thing,"</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">That's why they deny it</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/sex/" rel="tag">sex</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/religion/" rel="tag">religion</a></div>http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2008/07/26/christian-sex-is-better-than-tantric-sex-says-researcher.aspxSat, 26 Jul 2008 22:51:50 GMT