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tax meat?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:02:03 GMT

PETA’s Pork Project: No Ham for These Pigs

The pigs are spokes-swine for a campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to get people to eat less meat. The pigs are one of dozens of public relations efforts by interest groups large and small – serious and silly – to harness the big media spotlight here to shine on their concerns.

Activists are marching to clean up the environment. Gay-rights groups are pushing for same-sex marriage laws. The hotel and tourism industry is trying to draw attention to issues that promote travel and tourism in the U.S.

And a group of jokers are handing out material to pedestrians at the outdoor 16th Street Mall calling for a crack down on bird watching. The group directs people to its Web site (www.stopbirdporn.com), where they accuse bird-watchers of being peeping-toms, among other things.

Few of the people who come over for a piggy photo-op have heard of the idea before. It doesn’t always sizzle.

Kerala Tour

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.keralatoursite.com

KERALA TOURS

Kerala, a state of India, which is situated at the banks of Arabian sea is well known for tourism. A place where every nook and corner in Kerala you will see Hindu temples, Muslim mosques and Christian Churches. KERALA, as "God's Own Country", is the tourism wonder-child of India.

Kerala has gifted by the nature. This state is full of many pleasant sights. Boating on the beaches and lakes of Kerala is very exciting and pleasant experience.

Sea foods are very delicious and demanding in Kerala. Also one can find very beautiful and creative handicrafts there. Kerala is a popular vacation destination for nature lovers.

Tags: kerala tour, tour to kerala

Need Surgery? Dental Work? Take a Vacation!

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:48:01 GMT

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India is a perfect destination for medical tourism that combines health treatment with visits to some of the most alluring and awe-inspiring places of the world. A growing number of tourists are flocking in large numbers because of the superlative medical care, equipments and facilities that India offers.

India excels in providing quality and cheap health care services to overseas tourists. The field has such lucrative potential that it can become a $2.3 billion business by 2012, states a study by Confederation of Indian Industry

All medical treatments and investigations are done using the latest, technologically advanced diagnostic equipments.

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A hip resurfacing surgery can cost anywhere around $50,000 in USA and £25,000 in UK. In comparison, you can get a hip resurfacing surgery for as low as $15,500 in Mexico, $8,750 in Costa Rica and $8,500 in India.

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Affordable healthcare in the United States has become an oxymoron

Combining Dental Tourism With Vacations Becoming More Common

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Tags: health, vacation, beach, heal, money

The Impact of Social Media and Web 2.0 on Tourism Marketing for 2009

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:02:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Douglas Lampi Presents:
The Impact of Social Media and Web 2.0 on Tourism Marketing for 2009, at the NWOTA AGM.

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This year I start with a quick invitation to speak briefly at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association Annual General Meeting next week!

I’m looking forward to returning to NWOTA to provide them with an update on the CanadianFishingBook project, that was announced at last year’s AGM!

My thanks goes again to Jerry Fisher, the President of NWOTA, for slipping me into the Agenda (again).

To me, Autumn is the time when I get to do more public speaking, seminars and workshops.

First Presentation This Fall

Tags: presentation, tourism operators, nwota, social media, tourism marketing, douglas lampi, web 2.0, ontario, canada

cannes

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:38:58 GMT

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Cannes Day Charter on a former racing Catamaran

If your looking for something different in Cannes, just try AaKa F-40 a former racing catamaran now available for day trip around Cannes, the Lerins Isles and the Esterel. She is going very fast but stay comfortable and easy to sail ! Everyone can steer !! And her skipper is very nice, calm and accomodating. The tourism office can help you finding is details or you can check is website on www.aaka.fr

Investing in Obama

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:12:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Last Friday’s Washington Post offered more information on Blackwell, a former partner in his father’s consulting firm, Blackwell Consulting. The brief Post piece, “Contracts Went to Longtime Donor,” mentions that the firm won contracts totaling nearly $650,000 from the University of Chicago Medical Center. It happened because of a minority-owned business outreach program started by the newly promoted Michelle Obama. The elder Blackwell says that without that program, “[t]hey might not have ever thought to include Blackwell Consulting.” It also didn’t hurt that the younger Blackwell had been underwriting Obama’s political and personal life.

In early 2003, after one of the Killerspin ping-pong tournaments he had helped taxpayers subsidize, Obama was interviewed by the Chicago Sun-Times on the subject of the younger Blackwell’s entrepreneurship. “I would never bet against Robert on one of his ideas,” Obama said. “He’s extremely good at coming up with moneymaking ideas and implementing

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Obama was short of work and short of cash, but Robert Blackwell Jr. came to his rescue. EKI hired him in March 2001 and paid him $8,000 per month in legal retainers, for a total of $112,000. Obama and his staff then helped Blackwell’s other company, a ping-pong apparel company called Killerspin, get $320,000 in state grants. It began in 2002, months after Obama had received his last legal payment from Blackwell. Obama wrote a letter requesting a $50,000 tourism grant for Killerspin for its annual promotional ping-pong tournament.

The Times reported that Obama, in his required legal financial disclosures for 2001 and 2002, buried this six-figure financial conflict of interest with respect to Blackwell’s companies amid a list of hundreds of other clients represented by his entire law firm. He did not mention in his ethics paperwork that EKI was his largest source of income in 2001 — nor was he required to. Illinois’s legislative ethics laws are extremely weak.

"New-Old" - Ohio to be Home of Country's Longest Covered Bridge

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:12:08 GMT

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Ashtabula County covered bridge will be nation's longest

This is big news, folks. Really big.

Ashtabula County is set to dedicate the nation's longest covered bridge on Tuesday. (Take that, New Hampshire and Vermont.) The intricate wooden span stretches 613 feet, like a lumber yard pieced together above the flowing floor of the Ashtabula River valley.

Workers spent two years prepping the site and connecting beefy boards of Southern yellow pine to replace a deteriorated steel bridge along State Road. The record-breaker cost a few splinters less than $8 million, a bill shouldered by federal, state and local tax dollars.

The result is . . . well, simply massive. "It's going to grab some attention," promised Tim Martin, the county's engineer.

Officials expect covered-bridge fans from across the United States to find their way to Ohio's northeast corner to view the green monster. Parking areas are planned near both ends of the structure.

Tags: heritage tourism, ashtabula county

Mindblowing 3D photo viewer

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:21:02 GMT

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If you think you’ve seen what’s possible with Photosynth, then you’ve seen nothing yet. The collaborative research team from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research who only two years ago in 2006 published their paper “Photo Tourism” and their technology demonstration “Photosynth” have again pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved by intuitively processing the abundance of digital images shared on the web.

This week at SIGGRAPH 2008 they’re sharing with the world some even better technology they’ve been working on which they call “Finding Paths through the World’s Photos“.

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This technology is much better than Photosynth simply because instead of just presenting individual photographs in a cool 3D environment, it actually manipulates the photo to give you a seamless and more lifelike experience. It’s one thing to click around different photos taken at a particular museum, it’s a whole other story to “walk through” the museum.

Microkini Triplets Hot for Canary Isles

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:56:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gran Canaria adventure travels.

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Microkini Triplets Hot for Canary Isles

Situated roughly 93 miles off the coast of western Africa is the largest of the Canary Isles - Gran Canaria. Despite being smaller than Tenerife and Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria is the most populous, and is home to the Islands largest city - Las Palmas.

Considering its large population which is now in excess of 800,000, a great proportion of the island is untouched. With the majority of tourism concentrated on the North and South coasts, with the latter proving the most popular. The reason the south is more popular is down to its climate, which is generally dry and sunny all year round. This is a stark contrast with the north, where rain and humidity are common - in fact the island has roughly 20 different climates as a result of its highly varied landscape.

The island is almost circular, with deep ravines radiating out from its central volcano and highest point - Pozo de Las Nieves. The island is often dubbed as a

Tags: microkini, triplets, hot, canary isles

Tourists Run From Erupting Volcano

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:10:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Now what a way to ruin a perfect day of sight seeing

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Tourists Run From Erupting Volcano

Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua - Tourist end of running for their lives down the slope of a volcano which began to erupt. This happened on June 18, 2008...They were all able to escape it.

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Tags: volcano, eruption, video, tourism, scary

‘Even Israelis and Americans’

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:52:56 GMT

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An Iranian vice president said in rare comments that Iran was a friend of Israeli people, newspapers reported on Monday. “I say for a thousandth time that we are a friend of all people in the world, even Israelis and Americans,” the daily newspaper Etemad quoted Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, the vice president for tourism, as saying. Mr. Mashai first made the comments last month, angering Parliament, but he repeated his statement on Sunday and said: “We are against the Israeli regime. We have no war with Jews.”

Tags: iran, israel

Ecotourism Book Series, Volume 1

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:29:05 GMT

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Nature-Based Tourism, Environment and Land Management
Ecotourism Series No.1

Environmental Impacts of Ecotourism
Ecotourism Series No.2

Strategies: Learn the steps needed to make a change

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:01:21 GMT

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Strategies: Learn the steps needed to make a change

I once saw a handwritten note over a jar for tips: "If you fear change, leave it here."

To some extent, we all fear change. Yet, to survive in business (as in all of life) we have to learn how to change — and be willing and able to change when necessary.

This is a year when "change" is all around us. Indeed, picking up on the mood of the times, both major presidential candidates tout that they are the candidate of change. In the business world, it's a time of great change. Declines in the housing market are dramatically affecting those in construction, real estate, and related fields. Rising gas prices hit every business, but they are especially threatening to tourism, transportation, and those who depend on shipping.

Your attitude.

Your goals.

Your plan.

Commitment.

Action.

Change doesn't happen overnight, and you may not achieve all the goals you set. But remember, things won't change if you don't change.

Tags: psychology

Stifle free speech with Britain's libel laws

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:31:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't like what someone says. Don't worry, you can use Britain's libel laws against them. It doesn't even matter that neither you nor your target are not British citizens.

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Britain's libel laws are stifling free speech, says UN

British libel laws are stifling free speech around the world as wealthy businessmen and celebrities increasingly turn to UK courts to silence their critics abroad, the United Nations has warned.

In a report published yesterday, the UN's Committee on Human Rights criticises the phenomenon of "libel tourism", where foreign businessmen and millionaires use the High Court in London to sue foreign publishers under claimant-friendly defamation laws.

It said that UK defamation law had discouraged critical media reporting on serious public interest matters, affecting the ability of scholars and journalists to publish their work.

The report cites the case of Dr Rachel Ehrenfeld, an American researcher who was sued in London by a Saudi businessman and his two sons over a book which was not published in the UK, although 23 copies were sold into the jurisdiction via the internet and one chapter was available online.

Tags: libel, free speech, britain, blashpemy, u.n.

Rise in Gay Tourism stirs Unease in Israel

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:48:02 GMT

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Clip Source: www.csmonitor.com

Tel Aviv - There is something incongruous about the stretch of beach just under the Hilton Hotel's high perch. For there, below the bluff, are two so-called "specialty beaches."

The Hassidic beach, surrounded by an eight-foot concrete wall, features a polite sign at its entrance: Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays are women's bathing days, it announces. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays belong to men.

It's the municipality's solution to the ultra-orthodox dilemma of how to body surf without breaking the halachic, Jewish law, prohibition on unmarried members of the opposite sex seeing one another in immodest dress.

At the beach directly adjacent to the walled compound, every day is men's bathing day. This is the unofficial gay beach.