The importance of efficiency

When considering all my experience as a businesswoman, I would personally say that it is extremely relevant that we always do our best in order to guarantee the financial balance of our businesses if we really want to make them successful.

Keeping this in mind, there is a great possibility for both residential users and company owners to save hundreds of dollars with the help of the Compact fluorescent bulbs which require a lot less energy than the regular bulbs that we often find on the nearest store.

So, would you really like to bring your business to the next level in what relates to efficiency and energy savings? If you do, then I would personally advise you to take some time to visit the website above and discover more about this interesting topic.

Boston: a city where visitors feel like home

Have you ever been to Boston before? Would you like to finally visit this famous city where all tourists seem to have a great time? If that's the case and if you are looking for some basic tips, then you need to read the extract below of the original story at msnbc.com :

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By Stephen Heuser

I can't remember the first time I was quacked at, but I remember how I felt: You've got to be kidding.

I'd be walking somewhere in the city, and suddenly a giant amphibious bus full of people would materialize, quack loudly at me and my fellow Bostonians, and vanish.

Soon enough I would learn that these were Duck Tours, shuttling tourists from one Boston landmark to another. And just as quickly, I'd learn to avoid going anywhere they went.

Like a New Yorker who never sets foot in Times Square, I have long made a fetish of keeping clear of the stereotypical Boston — the Revolutionary War monuments, the walking trails, the souvenir-strewn streets around Fenway Park. Let the out-of-towners move through their Boston, I figure, and I'll stick to mine. After 15 years of living here, I still look at the tourists and wonder: What are they seeing — and what am I missing? And what are they missing? I decided there was only one way to find out.

Paul Revere: Closet Frenchman?
If I'm going to play tourist in my hometown, I know where to start: The Paul Revere House. If you live in Boston, you would never, ever go there. It's in the middle of the Freedom Trail, the more than two-mile-long path that guides people through the most important Revolutionary War monuments while letting them skip everything else. Somehow it precisely evokes my fifth grade conception of creaky old Boston.

The house today sits incongruously in its neighborhood, its three floors of spooky brown clapboard dwarfed by apartment buildings. Revere's house isn't crowded the day I visit, which is a good thing because it's absolutely tiny. It's also wildly off-square in every way, as though someone squeezed a normal house into a lozenge and set it down on tilted ground.

I push the wooden door open and promptly find myself in a kitchen — a stone hearth with a bewildering array of iron implements for everything from toasting bread to ironing frilled cuffs. Unless you're a history buff, you won't care exactly which turned-wood chairs belonged to the Revere family and which are here just for show. The house is an imperfect museum of Paul Revere himself, whose wartime heroism was exaggerated and whose major role in the city was as an entrepreneur who made a fortune in metals after the revolution. (Also, surprise: He was half French! His father was Apollos Rivoire, who anglicized the name.)

Yet as a little diorama of Boston's colonial history, the house is unparalleled. In the years after Paul Revere, it sheltered the waves of immigrants who transformed the city, and today it sits in the middle of an Italian neighborhood abutted by gleaming new condos — the setting itself a little diorama of Boston.

The North End my way
A block from Paul Revere's house is Hanover Street, the lively main drag running through the North End, a neighborhood full of Italian restaurants and pastry shops. Stop in for a cappuccino at the longtime fixture Caffé Vittoria and admire the collection of vintage espresso machines. Survey the assortment of cheese, artisanal salami and prosciutto, and aged balsamic vinegar at Salumeria Italiana on Richmond Street. If you want to eat where Bostonians eat, make your way to Carmen, a trattoria made cozy by brick walls lined with wine bottles and an embossed-tin ceiling. Alternately, cross Hanover Street, turn left toward Salem Street, and head to Neptune Oyster: Its white tiles and dark wood evoke an old-school seafood bar, and the menu merges the classic (shrimp cocktail) and the creative (shrimp gazpacho with baby fennel moustarda).

America's oldest ballpark
Not all of Boston's tourist attractions have centuries of history behind them. The baseball stadium is a relative newcomer, a wee 97 years old.

What still amazes me every time I approach Fenway Park is how intimately it's tucked into the city: You're strolling through a Boston neighborhood and hey, whaddya know, one of the buildings just happens to be the oldest major-league ballpark in America. As easy as it is to stumble upon Fenway, it's not nearly as simple to gain entry. Every single game since 2003 has sold out. But there is another way to see the park: Fenway runs tours for $12.

I buy a ticket and squeeze into a luxury suite on an off-season Saturday morning. A video tells the history of the stadium in photographs and newspaper headlines. We watch footage of Ted Williams's last at-bat here, in 1960; the ball sails over center field and into the bullpen and fixes him in baseball legend. I am pleased to notice that the video's narrator really is from Boston; beneath his polished voice are the city's lost-and-found r's — "pahk," and "ah-chi-tect."

Afterward, we walk out into the seats and take pictures of each other in front of the Green Monster, Fenway's famously high left-field wall. The tour visits different spots in the park depending on when you go; the only truly off-limits area is the field's sacred grass. "I've been working here a year," says our tour guide, "and I've never even stepped on it." That might seem extreme, but then again, Fenway is such a shrine that fans build small models of it and wear them as hats. Seriously.

Fenway my way
If you have managed to score a pair of tickets to a game, the next challenge is food. My advice: Pick up an Italian sausage with peppers and onions from the sidewalk cart of the famed Sausage King, parked outside Gate E for many games. But if you haven't gotten tickets, all is not lost: Walk along the Lansdowne Street wall of the ballpark and look for The Bleacher Bar. It's a hopping sports pub actually built into the left-center-field wall — its ceiling is the underside of the stadium seats, and a garage-door-size window looks straight onto the field. A few blocks away, Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks offers a more stylish setting; the airy restaurant and lounge is best known for its craft cocktails like the whiskey smash and the Sazerac, served at a long marble-topped bar.

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Disney World: some great moments

Even considering the fact that I am now a businesswoman, the truth is that I will never forget the great moments that I have spent in Disney World theme park, in Orlando, when I was still a little girl! In fact, the super exciting moment of my first ride on a runaway train at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! In fact, I could easily say that was one of the most memorable moments in all my life and I still think about it when I see the young children playing on the backyards. The obvious reason for this is the fact that mountain railroads are tremendously exciting and they often make us feel as if we are about to reach the sky!

Keeping this in mind, I am already considering the possibility of taking my own children to Disney World in Orlando so that they can also experience some of the greatest moments of their lives, while also having the chance to discover even more about the great Disney series that they have always loved to watch on the TV. Moreover, the Disney theme park will also be a great opportunity for me to provide my children with a new refreshing and memorable experience that will almost certainly give them even more energy for school.

In what relates to accommodation and Disney Tickets, I am already planning and trying to discover the best way of saving money. As a matter of fact, I personally believe that orlandofuntickets.com has the best deals on Disney tickets, making it possible for us to save some money if we take full advantage of the great deals that we may find on the website above.

So, have you also been dreaming with the possibility of taking your children to one of the greatest Disney Theme Parks ever? If you are considering doing so, then you definitely need to take some of your time to visit the website to which I have linked above and see how incredibly affordable it will be for you and your family. Furthermore, if you take in consideration the joy that you are going to get there, then I would personally say that we only pay a small amount of money when comparing it to all the fun that we get!

Airport chapels offer new conditions

Airports seem to be trying to attract many new customers now that the financial crisis is really menacing thier financial stability. Keeping this in mind, airport chapels will now have more room for an increasing number of travelers who would like to take some time to relax and pray. Below you may read the original msnbc.com story:

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ATLANTA - Ordained a United Methodist minister, the Rev. Chester Cook has now become a jack of all faiths.

On a recent day, Cook welcomed a Christian-oriented Army chaplain, a Muslim family and a Buddhist ticket agent to his interfaith chapel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — a snapshot of the grab bag of faithful who make a stop in the chapel.

Across the country, chapels designed to offer passengers refuge and reflection in bustling airports are making changes: Removing denomination-specific decor, adding special accommodations and hosting services geared to accommodate an increasingly diverse group of travelers flying with faith.

In Atlanta, it means a simple stained-glass window marking the entrance to the 1,040-square-foot chapel on the third floor. Inside there's room for 30, and a library stocking everything from Gideon Bibles to Jewish mystical texts. A large floor mat provides a cushiony spot to kneel for prayer; officials don't set it aside for any specific faith.

"There are representations of almost every faith," said Cook, who recently oversaw a $200,000 renovation that more than doubled the chapel to its current size. "There are Buddhists in their orange robes, there are some Hindus ... I helped a Wiccan one time."

About 1,500 people per week visit the chapel, a fraction of the 250,000 people who pass through the world's busiest airport each day.

The chapel remains unadorned to maintain its interfaith feel.

"We try to help others be respectful in honoring the way someone else may practice their faith," said Cook, adding that Christmas decorations are kept to a minimum.

On a recent Wednesday, baggage checker William Lowe stood, raised his hands, and dropped his head for one of the multiple daily prayers he observes as a Muslim.

Moments later, Army chaplain Al Spitler ducked into the chapel to thumb through a Bible and pray for guidance as he prepared to return to Iraq and his duties counseling fearful soldiers.

"I could've done the same thing in a chair," he said. "(But) it's kind of a holy place, a private place."

Removing the crosses and other typical markers of church to make others welcome might seem extreme in a more traditional chapel.

But the nation's roughly 34 airports with chapels cater to a mixed community with a changing range of faith needs, according to the Rev. John A. Jamnicky, former chaplain of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and a 20-year veteran of travel ministry.

He said airport chapels date back to the 1940s when the explosion of commercial aviation, combined with a surplus of military chaplains home from World War II, gave church leaders the idea to mix faith with flying. The first known airport chapel was opened in 1951 at Boston's Logan International Airport, according to the International Association of Civil Aviation Chaplains.

It started a trend. Over time, airport chapels became largely Catholic in northern cities like Chicago and New York, and Protestant in southern cities like Atlanta and Dallas, Jamnicky said.

As travelers become more numerous and more diverse, Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports now advertise prayer rugs and special Muslim facilities. Chapels created at airports in Norfolk, Va., and Tulsa, Okla., in the last decade have been interfaith. And in Cleveland, airport officials have discussed toning down the Catholic orientation of the airport's ornate chapel.

"It's responding to the needs that are present in our society and among travelers, " Jamnicky said.

Airports also are looking to conserve space, said the Rev. Michael Zaniolo, chaplain at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports, and president of the National Conference of Catholic Airport Chaplains. In the past, some airports have had multiple chapels to accommodate various faiths.

"Instead of having four or five very small chapels, we've got one nice-sized chapel," he said, referring to chapels across the country. "And it's available for everyone."

The airport chapel in Atlanta offers a one-size-fits-all religious experience. A silhouette of a person kneeling is the only prominent icon in the chapel. Spare rosaries, yarmulkes, prayer shawls and a Catholic Mass kit are tucked away for use as needed.

A large compass on the chapel floor, meanwhile, was created with multiple faiths in mind.

"We also looked at the direction of the chapel so that the north, south, east and west could all be clearly understood without using any religious symbols," Cook said, explaining that Jews, Muslims and members of other faiths face east for prayer.

Maher Subeh, wife Ilham and children Bashar, 14, Zayd, 12, and Noor, 9, recently slipped off their sneakers and readied for prayer. Each folded their legs beneath them and solemnly bowed on the large chapel mat for a few moments, before grabbing their luggage for a flight back to Los Angeles.

The Muslim family rarely sees chapels in American airports and was glad to have an alternative to praying in a corner of the crowded terminal among onlookers.

"Sometimes they don't know what you're doing," said Maher Subeh, adding that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks the ritual gained uncomfortable attention.

Cook smiled at the family as they trundled out, and a ticket agent who frequents the chapel to meditate slipped in.

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Wildwood vacation updates

Even considering the fact that I am a businesswoman who really plays an important role in the local business, then truth is that I often find myself dreaming with vacations that will really make me feel a lot happier!

As a matter of fact, one of those vacations is the Wildwood vacation that I have been planning over the past few months. Moreover, if you would like to take full advantage of the best deals on Wildwood new jersey motels then I personally advise you to take some time to visit the website above and see how incredibly affordable this vacation may be. Furthermore, the website above has a new concept that is even more user-friendly and easy to navigate for us, which makes it incredibly easy to find a deal that we will really appreciate.

So, why don’t you also go to Wildwood, New Jersey, and enjoy the free Radio Disney Summer Concert Series? In fact, many of the Top Radio Disney artists will be there so this may be a great chance for you to meet them and the unbelievable deals at Morey’s Piers website make it extremely affordable for us to enjoy the best New Jersey vacation of our lives.

GPS may also become a menace when you travel...

If you regularly travel with the help of a GPS system, then I am more than sure that you have also found some glitches about this system and it may have failed you. In fact, that is exactly what happened with some tourists who tried to go to Capri and ended up in Carpi as they misunderstood what was written on the GPS. Below you may read the original msnbc.com story:

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ROME - Two Swedes expecting the golden beaches of the Italian island of Capri got a shock when tourist officials told them they were 650 km (400 miles) off course in the northern town of Carpi, after mistyping the name in their GPS.

"It's hard to understand how they managed it. I mean, Capri is an island," said Giovanni Medici, a spokesman for Carpi regional government, told Reuters Tuesday. "It's the first time something like this has happened."

The middle-aged couple, who were not identified, only discovered their error when they asked staff in the local tourist office Saturday how to drive to the island's famous "Blue Grotto."

"They were surprised, but not angry," Medici said. "They got back in the car and started driving south."

The picturesque island of Capri, famed as a romantic holiday destination, lies in the Gulf of Naples in southern Italy and has been a resort since Roman times.

Carpi is a busy industrial town in the province of Emilia Romagna, at the other end of Italy.

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Vacation rental information

Just as you know, our economy is still trying to recovery while we are struggling to save enough money for the summer holidays. Still, if you take some time to discover more about vacation rental deals, then you may surprise yourself and end up finding an unbelievably cheap way of enjoying the best summer holidays of your life!

Moreover, I would personally advise you to take some time to visit interesting websites such as VacationRental.org and VRWD.com but also DirectVacationRentals.com which will definitely help you discover the answer to any question that you may have related to vacation rentals.

Adult onboard escapes

Have your ever took part in a cruise where there were no children? Would you really like to take some time to take the most out of a cruise without having to hear youngsters screaming and running around the place? Well, if that's the case then you will be glad when you read the msnbc.com article just below:

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By Anita Dunham-Potter

Travel columnist

Janice Harding calls the blasting “boom boom music” from the Disney Magic’s Goofy Pool and Mickey Pool too much to take. “My kids love it, but I can only take so much before I feel a headache coming on,” says the Los Angeles native.

She is referring to the loud music, usually accompanied by overexcited children and adults that has become the hallmark of the majority of large cruise liner main pool decks. Although Harding loves her kids she tends to bolt from the loudness; after all she wants to truly relax on her cruise so she escapes to the adults-only area on the Disney Magic.

Adult-only areas are clearly needed on ships that are full of children. When Disney Cruise Line launched in 1998 it recognized the need for adult-only areas when it designed its ships. Both Disney vessels offer several spaces dedicated for adult activities, which includes a pool area, coffee bar and nightclub. “A lot of parents onboard appreciate the adults-only area. It’s our quiet space with no loud music or cell phones ringing. It’s a godsend as we can relax and get into vacation mode,” adds Harding.

No kids allowed
Harding is not alone, and a number of cruise lines are increasingly catering to passengers seeking tranquility with the introduction of quiet, adults-only areas on their ships. Long ago Royal Caribbean International recognized the need for these places when it introduced the adults-only Solarium areas on its Vision-class ships. These peaceful spaces lie under cover of a sliding roof and feature a large pool surrounded by chaise lounges and a hot tub or two, with exotic design motifs including bronze statues, stone reliefs, tile mosaics and tropical foliage. On the Freedom-class vessels there are two large hot tubs cantilevered out 12 feet from the sides of the ship. Suspended 112 feet above the ocean, the hot tubs offer breathtaking, panoramic views. Guests willing to immerse themselves in the experience find music piped in underwater, a photo collage behind glass depicting a coral reef, and a glass wall that allows them to look into the atrium adjacent to the pool while submerged.

In 2006, Princess Cruises unveiled the Sanctuary on the Crown Princess. This adults-only, quiet retreat is located in uppermost forward deck of the ship and is covered by white awnings and populated with trees, abundant plush loungers and massage cabanas. But, this area is not free as Princess charges $15 for four-and-a-half-hour stays. The charge includes chilled face towels and Evian water atomizers dispensed by stewards while guests relax.

For an additional charge, guests can order from a menu of healthy food options such as fruit skewers and lettuce-wrapped spring rolls, use an MP3 player loaded with what Princess calls “relaxation music” or get an alfresco massage in one of the private cabanas. The Sanctuary also can also be found onboard the Caribbean Princess, Dawn Princess, Emerald Princess, Golden Princess, Grand Princess, Island Princess, Ruby Princess, Sea Princess, Star Princess. “The Sanctuary has come to personify Princess’ essential philosophy of escape coupled with personal service,” said Jan Swartz, Princess executive vice president. “Passengers have told us they love this opportunity to completely relax in such a peaceful and pampering environment, so we’re delighted to introduce this special Princess feature on all our vessels.”

Carnival Cruise Lines took notice of the success of Princess’ program and launched its own Serenity adults-only area on its newest ships and re-vamped older Fantasy-class vessels. Unlike Princess, Carnival does not charge for use of the area. Located in a secluded aft area of the ship the area features a bar, plush chaise lounges and chairs, oversize umbrellas, and two whirlpools. “Our Serenity areas have been an unqualified success since they were first introduced aboard the Carnival Inspiration in 2007. Although the Serenity retreats were originally intended as part of the renovations for our eight Fantasy class ships, they’ve proven so popular that we’ve added them to our newer ships,” said Carnival spokesperson Vance Gulliksen.

Bigger adult space on the horizon
It’s no surprise the biggest ships launching in the coming months will have the largest adult-only areas at sea.

When the 220,000-ton, 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas launches in November it will not only be the largest cruise ship, by far, in the world it will offer the most unique adults-only playground afloat. Adults looking for a retreat will find solace in the Oasis’ Solarium. Boasting a redefined layout, passengers will have the sensation of floating on air from the two-deck high, glass-paneled enclave designed with seating on various “islands” surrounded by water. The adults-only, open-air Solarium will offer a swimming pool, two whirlpools, and four cantilevered whirlpools suspended 136 feet above the ocean. The mezzanine level of the adult-dedicated area will overlook the pool deck below, offering additional chaise lounges and seating.

Launching in September, the 133,000-ton, 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream will be the largest “Fun Ship” in the fleet and will offer an amazing 11,250-square-foot Serenity area that will encompass two levels — a first for the line. The area will accommodate up to 200 guests who can select from seven different styles of seating, from plush chaise lounges and chairs to shaded sun loungers and even hammocks. Carnival Dream’s Serenity area will also feature a full bar on the lower level in a shaded area, while the upper level will offer two whirlpools providing magnificent sea views.

In late May of 2010, Norwegian Cruise Line will launch its biggest “Freestyle Cruising” vessel the 153,000-ton, 4,200-passenger Norwegian Epic. Adults onboard are sure to like the party atmosphere at the POSH Beach Club, a first of its kind beach club at sea that offers an exclusive, adults-only setting at the top of the ship.

Its clear guests really appreciate adults-only retreats, which offer a tranquil and peaceful environment for relaxing with a book or just enjoying the magnificent sea view. You can bet more lines will initiate and only increase the concept as it’s a great way to enhance a cruise vacation.

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Vital spa chemicals

Now that the summer is already showing us that it is about time that we introduce some new technology to our hot tubs and spas at home, the truth is that people seem to have no idea of where they should buy the maintenance products that are needed to make our hot tubs and spas work perfectly.

Keeping this in mind, I would like to make a special reference to these amazingly effective spa chemicals which will definitely play an important role when you realize that it is about time that you also do your best to find the most effective chemicals to make your hot tubs and spas provide you with the most relaxing moments possible.

Unemployment and a new concept of gap year

When thinking about the people who tend to take part in the gap year adventures, which age range does normally come to your mind? Would you even consider the possibility of seeing people over 50 years to take part in these adventures? Well, unemployment seems to be changing it all as you may conclude by reading the msnbc.com article below:

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LONDON - Britons who have lost their jobs in the recession are choosing to travel, creating a generation of "grown-up gappers," a survey showed on Tuesday.

Foreign exchange group Travelex interviewed 4,000 people about post-redundancy plans and found 78 percent were planning to use the time to travel, on a grown-up version of the traditional gap year between school and college.

Those aged 30-55 were more than twice as likely as 18-24 year-olds to take time out to travel.

"Unlike the 'year out' typically associated with students, most adult gappers would opt to travel for on average three months," the survey said.

Travelers are still likely to spend big while they are away with 38 percent spending more than 3,000 pounds ($4,963) and 16 percent spending more than 5,000 pounds.

"Grown-up gappers" are more focused on comfort than student backpackers with around two thirds opting to stay in a hotel instead of a hostel.

Canada was the top destination for grown-up gappers, with Japan, Hawaii, Indonesia and the Philippines featured as other essential stops on their travels.

"Our recent research highlights that the 'grown up gap year' is a rapidly growing market, with many people opting for an extended break to destinations they may not have visited in their youth," said Peter Davies, director of Travelex.

Grown-up gappers were least interested in volunteering abroad, with the majority keen to pursue adventure travel and reflect about the future.

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The importance of business cards

With the current financial trends, inexperienced businesses often make a tremendous mistake and start saving as much money as possible, forgetting about the importance of advertising and attracting new customers from new sectors of the industry.

Keeping this in mind and considering all my experience, I would personally like to refer to business cards as the ultimate way of spreading the word about our business while also saving thousands of dollars on other old-fashioned advertising techniques that don’t produce the same great results that business cards do! Moreover, on the website above there are thousands of different designs that you can choose from and match them to the overall concept of your own business! In fact, if you have some business cards with you, you will have the chance to be able to emphasis the possibility of finding some potential investors for your business, right?

So, why don’t you also take some time to have a look at the amazingly wide range of business cards that you may find on the website above?

Hard Rock hotel in Las Vegas is about to expand

Even if you are not born in Las Vegas, the truth is that I am more than sure that absolutely everyone in the US has already heard about hard Rock cafe and Hard Rock hotel, right? Still, people don't seem to know that Hard Rock hotel has a lot to offer us and it is now being expanded so that even more people may enjoy it! Below you may read the msnbc.com article for further details:

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LAS VEGAS - As a 490-room tower opens at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino just east of the Las Vegas Strip this week, hotel operators citywide are struggling to fill existing rooms and staggering at the prospect of 10,000 more coming online this year and next.

"It's (the) wrong place, wrong time," said Randy Fine, a former Harrah's Entertainment Inc. vice president and the founder of Fine Point Group, a casino marketing and consulting firm based here. "They want to turn a boutique property into a mega-resort. This is probably not the time to be doing that."

More than 6,000 rooms are planned at the six-tower, $8.5 billion partnership between MGM Mirage and Dubai World known as CityCenter, which is to open in phases starting later this year. And the Cosmopolitan next door expects to add just under 3,000 rooms in 2010.

Industry analyst Bill Lerner said it could take at least five years for the local economy to absorb the rooms now financed or under construction here. Meanwhile, room rates could keep falling in Las Vegas even more than they have nationwide.

"Our view is one more room in Las Vegas right now is too much," said Lerner, the founder of research and advisory firm Union Gaming Group. "I understand someone carving out a niche but it's seemingly impossible to overcome the downward pressure simply from just more supply."

The average room rate in Las Vegas for the first five months of 2009 was $97.23, already 27 percent below the same period last year, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Nationwide, the average room rate slid much more gently — from $108.10 the first half of last year to $98.66 this year, a drop of 8.7 percent — according to Smith Travel Research.

A $55 weeknight August rate available online at the Hard Rock wasn't what officials had in mind when they started building the 17-story Paradise tower, which includes eight pool suites along the resort's 3-acre pool complex and a penthouse with three bedrooms, a full bar and hot tubs.

But president and CEO Randy Kwasniewski of the Hard Rock, owned by Morgans Hotel Group and an equity partner, believes CityCenter and the Hard Rock's expansion will help the overall market grow.

The $750 million expansion includes a new concert venue that has already opened, as well as the Paradise tower and another tower with casino space and 374 rooms to open in December, which will be branded differently from the rest of the Hard Rock and have a separate check-in desk, though its casino will flow into the existing slots and table games area.

Kwasniewski said the additions will attract more guests and cater to existing customers who stay elsewhere because they prefer quieter sleeping quarters.

"I lived here for five months, and it can be a little intimidating at 4 o'clock in the morning when it sounds like the middle of the afternoon in your hallway," Kwasniewski said. "It simply goes back to a manner of being creative, and providing a product to the consumer that they've never seen before and never experienced before."

Fine said the Hard Rock likely had no choice but to go forward with its expansion after funding it because it needs money to pay off its lenders.

The 10,000 hotel rooms coming soon to Las Vegas don't include thousands more from projects that have been halted or canceled.

The 4,000-room Fontainebleau on the north end of the Strip is fighting with lenders in federal bankruptcy court in Miami to get the last of its funding to open this year. Harrah's Entertainment has halted its 660-room Octavius tower at Caesars Palace until further notice.

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Starting your own business

When considering all my experience as a businesswoman who has already played an important role in some major companies, I am quite aware of the fact that it is often difficult to get all the needed credit and financial relief that is needed when we want to expand our businesses or simply start our own business.

Keeping this in mind, I would like to advise all of you to have a look at these Business Loans, which are specially conceptualized to cover the needs of those who plan to start running their own restaurant. Moreover, as the website to which I have linked above is extremely user-friendly and easy to navigate, I am more than sure that you won’t find it difficult to find an answer to most of your questions before applying for your own loan. As a matter of fact, applying online is really easy and quick as you only need to fill the answers to seven questions and you are ready to go!

So, have you been dreaming and planning to start your own restaurant so that you can finally do something that you really love doing? Would you like to get some financial help to make it happen? If the answers to these questions are affirmative, then I strongly advise you to take some time to visit the website above.

A strange emergency stop...

Just as you know, most planes have enough technology to detect almost anything that human senses may also detect. In fact, recently another flight was interrupted thanks to the fact that the sensors of the plane detected an unexpected smell that anyone could easily recognize! Below you may read the original msnbc.com article and discover more details about this great story:

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NEW YORK - The electrical smell that caused a Southwest Airlines Co flight to make an unexpected landing Sunday was caused by a coffee maker in the back of the aircraft, a company spokesman said on Monday.

The coffee maker was in the back galley of the Boeing 737 plane. The aircraft was examined and put back into service by 12:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, said Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz.

"Anything that might have touched the burner might have caused the electrical smell," Mainz said. He added that the problem was "fairly unusual," although it was not the first time it has happened.

Flight 693 bound for Orlando, Fla., departed from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut at 7:21 a.m. EDT Sunday. The plane, which held 131 passengers and 5 crew members, landed at Long Island Islip MacArthur Airport shortly before 8 a.m.

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The best deals on auto parts

Even considering the fact that I am a woman, the truth is that I am a lover of fast cars and so I tend to buy a new car every five years. Anyway, cars aren’t perfect and require a lot of maintenance and we often find it difficult to pay all the auto parts that we need for them.

Still, that is all about to change as it is now possible to buy auto parts for the best prices that we will ever see! In fact, all the prices are wholesale prices and we are even offered the chance of taking full advantage of the free shipping service on all orders over 50 dollars! What else could we really ask for? Just take some time to have a look at the wide range of auto parts that you can find on the website above for all makers and I am sure that you will understand why I always buy auto parts from them.

Traveling from the US to Canada for the best price of the last 37 years!

Would you like to travel from the US to Canada but you could never afford it? Do you think that this summer you would have enough free time to do it? If you think so, then you should definitely take full advantage of the great prices that you are able to find this season. In fact, you may read the msnbc.com article just below for further guidance:

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TORONTO - The number of U.S. tourists visiting Canada is at a 37-year low and declining, mainly due to the recession, but stricter new U.S. passport rules are also to blame, the head of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada said Thursday.

"We're at the lowest level since 1972," association president Randy Williams said. "American traffic has been an issue for seven or eight years, constantly dwindling."

The number of overnight trips by Americans to Canada has declined from 16.168 million in 2002 to 13.371 million in 2007, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.

The drop in visitors is primarily a result of the recession-plagued economy, but Williams also said that new U.S. passport rules have not helped.

Since June 1, people traveling across the borders have been required since to show a passport or other acceptable form of identification such as an enhanced driver's license or NEXIS card.

Before the new rules, only government-issued ID was needed for travel between Canada and the U.S.

David Tetrault has noticed a 50 percent drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He said the biggest impact of the new passport rules is in last-minute travel because the planning and time to get a passport has eliminated spontaneity.

Although U.S. border guards have been lenient so far with travelers who do not have their passports, Joanne Ferreira of the United States Customs and Border Patrol said compliance has been very high.

"Travelers are showing up with their approved documents and those that do not have their approved documents, we're still in that flexible period of time, and we're not denying entry as long as they are admissible and we can confirm their identity and citizenship," she said from Washington, D.C.

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The important role played by industrial furniture

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Disneyland: a magical place

Are you a fan of Disney and all the epics created by Disney? Would you like to take some time to visit the Disneyland and enjoy some magical moments there? If the answers to these questions are affirmative, then you definitely need to read the msnbc.com article just below and discover more about the great things that you can find there:

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By Eileen Ogintz

Tribune Media Services

Come on. Let's have some fun. We deserve it.

Ignore those office emails, forget all about the economy and for an afternoon focus instead on what's really important, especially on vacation — making memories with the kids.

Judging by the crowds on a recent sunny day at Disneyland and it's sister California Adventure Park in Anaheim, a lot of families have decided to do just that, getting every dollar's worth out of the day and ending triumphantly with the nighttime fireworks show "Magical."

"To have the kids having such a good time, it's absolutely worth it," says Virginia Martinez, who has brought four kids ages 10 to 15 from Las Vegas. "Disney is fun no matter how old you are," she says.

"How can you not have fun when Goofy walks right in front of you," adds Amy Rosen, who lives in nearby Venice and is here with extended family from the Midwest.I look around at little girls with Tinker Bell painted on their faces, boys in pirate hats, dads sporting Grumpy shirts, grandmas pushing strollers and everyone slurping frozen lemonade, laughing, trying to eat Mickey shaped ice cream bars before they melt, saying calories be damned with churros, cotton candy and giant turkey legs.

People even seem to be in good moods on the lines (yes, despite FastPass technology that allows you to swipe your ticket and return at an appointed time for the attraction) there are still lines and ever ride doesn't have FastPass. We wait nearly an hour for Toy Story Mania, where you wear 3-D glasses while playing 4-D carnival games. "Definitely it was worth the wait," says 14-year-old Brenda Rodriguez, who shares my car and beats me royally. She's celebrating her birthday. I know because she's wearing a big button that says so and she got free admission. (Come on your birthday for 2009 and get in free.)

Megan O'Rourke, 14, from San Antonio, acknowledged her favorite part of the day was her picture with all of the Disney princesses, while Seattle grandmother Janet Lee loved riding Splash Mountain with her 12-year-old granddaughter. They'd come for a special girls' weekend, she said. "She'll only be 12 once," Lee added. "This is our time together."

Especially this summer, maybe we all need a little dose of The Happiest Place on Earth. When Walt Disney conceived Disneyland — it opened on July 17, 1955 with 18 attractions — his intent was to create a place where adults and kids, including Disney and his two daughters, could have fun together. Today, there are all types of families here — moms with their kids, multigenerational families, single dads with their kids, grandparents and grandkids.

Colorado trucker Mike Carson, a single dad, said he hopes to make a summer visit with his 13-year-old daughter an annual tradition. "We're pooped but we're having the time of our lives," he said.

Yes, Disneyland is exhausting and expensive (just getting through the gate will cost a family of four more than $250), but there are many deals available, including free hotel nights and free park admission. If you plan to hit several Southern California attractions, check out the substantial discounts from (www.citypass.com).

But it is also an ideal place to be a kid — no matter what your age. Three-D glasses perched on their noses, my daughter Mel and her friend Orlee laugh at The Muppets' very funny antics — enhanced by the special effects — at the Muppet Show at Disney's California Adventure.

But unlike a lot of the kids in the audience, these two girls aren't preschoolers. They're 18 — newly minted high school graduates. That doesn't mean the fun quotient is any less, they say, even with mom tagging along.

As we make our way through California Adventure, memories come flooding back of past visits here and at Walt Disney World in Orlando: The time 2-year-old Mel cried when Chip and Dale got too close, the time her older brother and sister talked her into riding Space Mountain when she barely made the height requirement and she was so proud of herself. She reminded me of the time I was more scared than she was on the Tower of Terror (I skipped it today).

But one thing hasn't changed. When the girls had enough, we decamped for the hotel, just as we did when a much younger Mel needed a nap — or her parents did. Later, we meet up with some Southern California relatives for a decidedly grown-up dinner at the Grand Californian Hotel's award-winning Napa Rose restaurant. This being Disneyland, there are plenty of kids chowing down on (petite) tenderloin, mashed potatoes and pasta with four-cheese sauce while parents enjoy the gourmet fare (Braised Alaskan Halibut perhaps?)

The girls rush out before the main course to California Adventure (right next door) to ride Soarin' Over California, the virtual hang-gliding tour over California's landmarks, taking advantage of the FastPass that allows them to return without waiting in line. Back for their steaks, they report the ride lived up to the hype.

They forgo dessert for the chance to ride their childhood favorites at Disneyland, a short walk away — Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, Small World and to catch the fireworks featuring music and favorite Disney characters.

This trip, I won't be carrying a sleeping child through the park after the show. (Sorry, Tinker Bell!) I'm the one who is exhausted and tell the kids I'm going to bed. They laugh and head out on their own for one more taste of magic.

At breakfast the next morning, they cozy up to Chip and Dale for photos. (No tears this time, just embarrassed grins) and report that when they came out of their last ride, the fireworks had just started.

"Perfect," said Mel.

Thanks, Mickey."

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Finding the best satellite internet solution in your city

When considering my own experience as a businesswoman but also as a traveler who loves to know more about the destinations all around the world, the truth is that satellite internet comes to my mind as the ultimate way of getting essential information that really plays an important role in my life.

Keeping this in mind, if you still have a dial up Internet connection and if you would like to get more speed, reliability and better prices, then I would personally advise you to have a look at these satalite internet deals that will surely show you how incredibly affordable a great internet satellite can be.

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The best views of NYC

NYC is surely one of the most visited cities in the whole world and one of the biggest icons of the USA. Still, the truth is that we often find it difficult to have great views of the city if we decide to live in the city. Anyway, it seems that it is about to change as you may discover by reading the msnbc.com article below:

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JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Jersey City and Hoboken offer great views of Manhattan from across the Hudson River. But New Yorkers and tourists don't generally consider the two New Jersey cities destinations worth leaving the Big Apple for — unless they're touring locations connected to "The Sopranos."

Now both of these cities on the waterfront are home to new luxury hotels, The Westin Jersey City Newport, which opened in January, and the W Hoboken Hotel, which opened in March.

The hotels, 2 miles apart, are hoping to lure business travelers and tourists away from New York with larger rooms, cheaper rates, views of the Manhattan skyline and access to the city via the convenient 24-hour, $1.75 PATH train.

But besides opening in the worst recession since the Depression, the hotels face big challenges: Overcoming the not-so-favorable reputations of their locales and attracting out-of-town travelers to what may be unfamiliar terrain.

To be fair, Hoboken — population 39,000 — and Jersey City — population 240,000 — have undergone dramatic changes. Twenty years ago, Hoboken was a "lower income city in need of economic redevelopment," said Bjorn Hanson, associate professor of hospitality and tourism at New York University. It has since been transformed into a popular place to live, with upscale condos, and bars, restaurants and shops along the main drag.

Jersey City had more of a reputation of an industrial city than Hoboken, said Hanson. Now it has a financial center and a development called Newport, with fancy office towers, condos, rental towers, a mall, parks and a marina. The city is not without front-page crime, however: A July shootout left two police officers wounded and two robbery suspects dead.

Construction on the hotels began several years ago, when hotels in Manhattan were so full they were turning tourists away and it wasn't unusual to find Jersey City hotels, such as the Hyatt, DoubleTree and Courtyard by Marriott, booked. At one time, the Courtyard commanded one of the highest rates in the Courtyard chain, according to Jamie LeFrak, a principal of the LeFrak Organization.

But rates at New York-area hotels are now 26 percent lower than last summer, according to Travelocity's senior editor Genevieve Shaw Brown. And while hotel rates in Jersey City can run 25 percent cheaper than New York, a resourceful traveler can find competitive rates in Manhattan, said Hanson.

For example, The Waldorf Astoria had a promotional rate this summer as low as $199 a night, the lowest rate in six years, according to Mark Ricci, spokesman for Hilton Northeast US and Canada. Around the same time, W Hoboken rates started at $229, Westin $129.

But the Jersey hotels will have to do more than offer cheaper rates, said Jan Freitag of Smith Travel Research. Business travelers are looking to be close to a meeting — not necessarily for the cheapest stay; leisure travelers are looking for value, which may not mean the lowest rate, but the best bang for the buck, he said.

"So, maybe offer free breakfast, free Wi-Fi, free water, free upgrade, free whatever and keep the rate intact and communicate those special offerings that the guest would have to pay for in other hotels," he said.

Getting the word out is tough. While The Westin and W Hoboken come up in a search of New York and vicinity hotels on Expedia and Travelocity, neither show up on Priceline, according to spokesman Brian Ek. The person would have to search those cities separately, he said.

Ek said North Jersey, with Jersey City, Hoboken and Newark, did appear on Priceline's survey of the 50 most-popular destinations for Independence Day weekend (at No. 34). But that was the first time it had appeared on a most popular destination list for a holiday since August 2008, he said. The ranking was no doubt helped by July 4 fireworks on the Hudson, making Jersey City and Hoboken ideal viewing spots.

Despite the challenges, The Westin and W Hoboken are holding their own.

Counter to current hotel occupancy trends, The Westin's occupancy since opening is about 70 percent, with demand coming from meetings, airline crews and leisure travelers, according to Robert McIntosh, director of marketing and sales. Occupancy at the W Hoboken is about 60 percent, mostly business travelers followed by leisure.

The hotels, both part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, are designed to appeal to niche travelers.

The Westin is for the more conservative traveler, with 429 guest rooms, including 14 one- or two-bedroom suites, a Presidential suite, and ample banquet and meeting space, including the largest ballroom in Jersey City. Conventions are booked through 2010, according to McIntosh.

Rooms booked by pharmaceutical, technology and food companies, many of which have New York and New Jersey offices, are making up for the loss in business from financial companies, he said.

The W, built by Ironstate Development, is for a hipper, cooler traveler, with a red 'W' on the 250-foot-high building, serving as a billboard to Manhattan. The hotel, the sixth W in the New York area and the first in New Jersey, has 225 guest rooms, including 23 suites and 40 condos.

Locals hang out at The Chandelier Room, an indoor and outdoor lounge and bar, dine at Zylo, a Tuscan steakhouse, or pamper themselves at Bliss spa.

Eva Ziegler, global brand leader for W Hotels Worldwide, emphasizes that the hotel is not only trying to attract New York destination travelers. The W also wants Hoboken and New Jersey companies and residents. (One special offer is a 15 percent discount on the rate for New Jersey residents.)

That is key for both properties.

With the decline in Manhattan occupancies and the loss of those turnaways, the hotels have to appeal to more local demand, said Hanson, especially local leisure guests and low-rate contract business, such as airline crews.

Demand isn't expected to rebound until the first quarter of 2010, said Freitag. But when it does, the hotels should be in position to do well as new properties, he said.

"You just have to figure out, 'What can we do to keep this hotel afloat through the next couple of quarters?'" he said. "Because this will get better. The recession will end."

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Best obesity medical center in Spain

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So, would you like to start solving your obesity problems in Spain? If you do, then I am more than sure that you would really benefit with a visit to the website to which I have linked above and where you will find the best professionals on the area.

Obama is about to create a Pacific Northwest Trail

Would you consider yourself a traveler who really loves adventure and taking the most out of the nature? Would you like to have better ways of getting to the places that you have been dreaming with? If so, then you will be glad to know what Obama is already planning on doing, just as you may read on the msnbc.com article just below:

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NORTHPORT, Wash. - When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build a walking path across the United States.

That goal has come closer to reality with President Obama's signing of a bill creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and two others. They are the first such trails designated in 26 years.

"The dream of a transcontinental pathway across America is 1,200 miles closer to reaching fruition," said Ron Strickland, a former Washington resident who first proposed the Pacific Northwest trial in 1970.

The trail will eventually run from Glacier National Park in Montana to the Pacific Ocean at Cape Alava in Washington. Portions of the trail have existed for centuries, and for the past three decades the nonprofit Pacific Northwest Trail Association has been gradually improving the route and erecting a few signs.

The federal designation means money will be provided to connect all portions of the trail, build bridges and other improvements, and to erect signs and access points along its length, said Jon Knechtel of the association.

"I anticipate that within 10 years, this will gain the same popularity as the Pacific Crest Trail," Knechtel said.

The Forest Service will manage the trail, but "there is no structure or organization as yet," said Tom Knappenberger, a spokesman for the agency in Portland, Ore.

The trail is located in some of the roughest, most mountainous and emptiest country in the nation, along the Canadian border. It passes through three national parks — Glacier, North Cascades and Olympic — and seven national forests.

It is the only national scenic trail that connects two others — the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail — meaning a person could hike from near the Mexican border, up to North Cascades National Park, east to Glacier National Park, and then down to the Mexican border again.

A contiguous cross-country trail from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans was the dream of President Johnson and Interior Secretary Mo Udall when they created the national trail system in 1968. But the eight existing trails developed independently.

Now that dream is only 900 miles short of reality, said Strickland, who lives in Bedford, Mass.

He would like to see the remaining miles designated in time for the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System in 2018.

After conceiving the idea for the PNW trail, Strickland worked tirelessly to raise funds, recruit volunteers, cut brush and lobby politicians. He also wrote the first guide for hiking the trail, after making his first thru-hike in 1983.

The PNW trail was created March 30 as part of a public lands bill that also created the New England National Scenic Trail and the Arizona National Scenic Trail. They were the first additions to the national scenic trails system in more than two decades, and bring the total number of such trails to 11. The Appalachian Trail is the best known.

While the trail is well-marked and well-used in portions of western Washington state, mostly in state parks, for most of its route it is primitive.

At Northport, seven miles south of the Canadian border, the trail can be accessed at the edge of the local landing strip, and followed up into the Selkirk Mountains. There are no markers, but maps are available at the trail association's web site.

Northport is a former mining town along the banks of the spectacular Columbia River. The 300 residents provide services for people traveling across two nearby border crossings, and also to hunters, fishers and other outdoor enthusiasts.

Boosters of the trail contend it will be a boon for isolated communities like Northport and Metaline Falls, Wash., Bonners Ferry, Idaho and Eureka, Mont. But even people in communities along the route are not exactly sure what to expect.

"I've heard of it," said Curt Balcom, owner of Rivers Edge 1 Stop of Northport. "It would be good for my business."

But Balcom acknowledged that local businesses know almost nothing about the trail, have no maps or other written material, and aren't even sure exactly how to find it.

Knechtel, of Burlington, a retired supervisor at timber giant Weyerhaeuser, got involved in efforts to create the trail in the 1970s.

In the past six years, the trail has seen an increasing number of hikers who travel the entire distance, perhaps 30 to 50 a year, he said. In a few popular areas, more than 1 million people per year walk on the trail, he said.

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The best deals on pool cues

Just as you know, now that the summer is amongst us, people tend to pay more attention to the game pools that they have at home. In fact, during the winter people just seem to forget about them and we often end up not doing the vital maintenance that they require.

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So, why don’t you also buy some new equipment to add a new fresh feeling to your owngame place? Don’t you think that all of your family would benefit with that? If you agree with me, then don’t think twice and visit the website to which I have linked just above so that you can find the best place to buy all the gaming equipment that you will ever need.

The top 7 Hotel beds

Do you normally like the beds in the Hotels to where you tend to go? Would you like to try the best beds in the best Hotels but you don't have any idea of which the best Hotel beds are? If that's the case, then you definitely need to read the msnbc.com article just below and discover more about the most incredible Hotel beds:

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SYDNEY - For travelers who need a good bed for a good night's sleep, travel guidebook publisher LUXE City Guides has come up with a list of 7 of the top hotel beds around the world.

This list is compiled by Luxe City Guides' editorial team and is not endorsed by Reuters.

1. The Bowery Hotel, New York
The Bowery Hotel's custom-built American-style wooden beds look as plump and comfy as they feel. Serta mattresses are enveloped in custom 400 count Egyptian cotton sheets, plus down duvets, two firm and two soft down pillows, or if you're sensitive, a choice of hypo allergenic pillows and duvets. Leave the curtains open for views of the twinkly Manhattan skyline.

2. The Setai, Miami
With its 700 count sateen cotton treats from Christian Fischbacher of Switzerland, Dux beds with a 2.5 inch latex top pad and a choice of down, feather or hypo allergenic handmade pillows from Singaporean company Ploh, it's hard not sleep. Wake up with the views of the sunrise over the Atlantic.

3. Sofitel Watertower, Chicago
The trademarked SoBed sleep system is actually a Serta mattress topped by a Pacific Coast featherbed and duvet, custom 250 count linen and foam and feather pillows. If you can't stand another night without a SoBed, you can buy one through the hotel.

4. Hollywood Roosevelt, Los Angeles
After a night at LA's notorious party pad, you can sleep between custom 400 count sateen Sferra linens on a Sealy Palatial Crest Cushion with squishy pillowtop, and 26" square goose down pillows (hypo-allergenic upon request).

5. The Connaught, London
Sleep on the hotel's own signature Maybourne Deluxe barrel-shaped pocket spring mattress, with a poly-fiber pillow top, own brand 50/50 feather and down pillows and lovely Rivolta Carmignani 300 thread count cotton sheets. The window shades block out light completely and just add private butler and Asprey Purple Water toiletries for absolute luxury.

6. Park Hyatt, Sydney
Lie on an oversized Sealy Hyatt Grand Pillow Top king with 50 percent down and 50 percent feather pillows, snuggling under a cozy down and feather duvet and Australian 'Royal Collection' 300 thread count linens. Wake to a view of the iconic Sydney Opera House and the dazzling harbor.

7. JIA, Shanghai
The bed is Sealy Hotel Luxury Pillow Top, the linen 300 count, the pillows a choice of soft or firm feather and down or hypo allergenic and the duvets 80 percent down, but what makes JIA Shanghai really sleepworthy are extras such as eye shades, ear plugs, aromatherapy oils and even electronic lullaby tunes. If you're in a suite, you can even have a crackling fire DVD.

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The importance of dating

While most people just tend to use the Internet to meet other people, the truth is that there is always the option to meet them in a café for example, making it much more interesting! As a matter of fact, some of the friends that I have in Europe ten to go to some dating cafes where they are given the chance to find some new interesting persons in their lives.

Keeping this in mind, I would personally like to advise all of you living in Europe to have a look at this dating Europe café which will definitely play an important role in your life when you finally decide to find someone really special for you! Moreover, as a woman I can assure you that it is vital for our happiness that we do our best in order to find some new friends in these dating cafes because meeting new people is one of the most exciting things that we can do in our free time!

Furthermore, the website to which I have linked above is so incredibly user-friendly and easy to navigate that I am more than sure that anyone will be able to discover everything they need on the website before starting to meet other people. So, what are you waiting for? Just take some of your time to visit the website above and see how incredibly easy it is to meet other people.

The new non-profit museums

Even considering the fact that museums should always do their best to attract as many tourists as possible, the truth is that many of them ask way too much money to let us in! Keeping this in mind, there are still some museums which are created to help non-profit missions as you may discover by reading the msnbc.com article below:

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Heifer International has opened a $7.5 million museum at its Little Rock headquarters to illustrate the work it does around the world to help impoverished people feed themselves.

The museum, called Heifer Village, opened in June and will add an important element to Heifer educational programs, which demonstrate the charity's mission to provide animals and training so the world's poor can have sustainable nutrition.

Narrative elements run through the museum's exhibits, showing the effects that fair trade, clean water or mosquito netting can have. Under a ceiling of rich, amber-stained wood, natural light falls on the exhibits as the building itself demonstrates sustainability strategies.

In a section focusing on education, a visitor can sit at a desk equipped with a touch-screen computer to go through a variety of scenarios. The visitor picks from four children who live in different parts of the world, each of them poor. Going from screen to screen, the user makes choices that the child might have to make, for instance, about whether to ask for more food or to see a doctor.

There are no right or wrong answers, but the user learns more about the situations faced by poor families and how one decision leads to making another.

"Each scenario would lead you on a different path," Heifer Village operations manager Kent Modlin said.

At a nearby stop, patrons can pick items from a grocery basket and run them over a barcode scanner to learn about sustainable efforts behind the products.

The museum is interactive from start to finish. Walking in, visitors see columns that depict different farmers helped by Heifer, each with panels that slide to reveal various facts.

The exhibit hall has exhibits in five main categories: infrastructure, health care, fair markets, education and sustainable agriculture.

Like many contemporary museums geared to young visitors, Heifer Village has wide-screen TVs, buttons to push and plenty of information panels. What sets Heifer apart is the way stories progress as visitors move through its 6,500 square feet.

After the main hall, visitors enter the "Make a Difference Lab" where they can commit to doing volunteer work, saving energy, reducing pollution or any number of other efforts. Visitors type what they plan to do into a computer. A giant computer screen scrolls the different entries.

While the focus at the museum is not on monetary donations, the organization says its fundraising has slowed due to the recession and it recently announced layoffs of 20 percent of its U.S. staff, 68 people. But aid programs overseas will be maintained. Heifer spokesman Ray White says it takes very little money to provide a village with animals and training, and to obtain promises that the offspring of the livestock will be shared with others in the village.

"Heifer is grass roots on both ends," White said, noting that a few hundred dollars from small donors in the U.S. have an impact abroad, providing enough to start a village livestock program.

"The exhibits will show how easy it is for someone to have food security, to have schools for their children, to have a roof to keep the rain off of them," White said.

Like the headquarters building itself, the Heifer Village museum is built of recycled and renewable materials, and uses passive solar heat and light. Rainfall at the Heifer campus is collected and flows into a wetland. Visitors to a trail learn how improved environmental conditions can improve living conditions for a community.

Last year, Heifer's headquarters received the American Institute of Architects' highest honor for its ecologically minded design.

The main building is curved and the new museum is also, fitting into a scheme of circles and semicircles across the grounds. Amid the immaculate landscaping are native plants and trees, including bamboo, yellow coneflowers and dogwoods.

The design projects a unity, which is within Heifer's message.

"Heifer Village is an attempt to bring more of that story to people who will help us end hunger and poverty," White said. "It's not so much about hunger and poverty as it is about the solution."

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The importance of obesity treatments

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Personally, I recently came across a very user-friendly website, obesity medical center (or “centros de tratamiento de obesidad” as the Spanish would say), where Spanish users are given the chance to take full advantage of the most reliable obesity service provided by the best specialists in Spain. Furthermore, based on my personal experience as a businesswoman who knows a lot about web development and graphical concept of websites, I would personally say that the website above is extremely user-friendly, functional and the graphical concept really fits the needs of the users and the general topic of the website. Moreover, the images and colors chosen for the website also display a classic look, making it look extremely professional. Still, I believe that there should be some other flash player components and maybe some videos to add an even more professional look to the website.

So, are you looking for the best obesity treatments (Spanish would refer to them as “tratamientos de la obesidad”? If that’s the case, then I would personally advise you to take some time and discover more about the obesity medical center to which I have linked just above.

Discover the new sculpture garden in St. Louis

When considering the importance of some relaxing moments in our lives so that we can produce a better work in our job, I would personally say that gardens are probably one of the best places for us to cool off and njoy some amazing moments with the nature! Below you may read more about the recently open sculpture garden in St. Louis:

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ST. LOUIS - A new sculpture garden in downtown St. Louis is trying to give a little something to everyone, offering a mixture of highbrow art, quiet spaces for reflection and whimsical spray fountains where visitors can cool off.

The park, called Citygarden, combines two dozen sculptures on three acres (1.2 hectares) of land, from a giant bronze head resting on its side by Igor Mitoraj to animated figures walking across electronic screens by Julian Opie. Citygarden opened July 1.

"The challenge and the opportunity was not just to make a sculpture garden, but a place for the public," said Warren Byrd with the architectural design firm Nelson Byrd Woltz of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He designed the park so grand sculptures sit on big lawns, while other sections provide little pockets of space to serve as quieter, more intimate areas.

The sculpture garden is on city-owned land, but it was funded with roughly $30 million from the nonprofit Gateway Foundation, which supports outdoor art and urban design. The foundation will retain ownership of the sculptures, and is paying upkeep costs except water and electricity.

"It will take its place among the great public spaces here in St. Louis and in this country," said St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay.

Slay used his cell phone at the opening ceremony to dial a control room at the park, asking workers to turn on the water features and take down construction barriers.

"Gentlemen, it's time to start the fountains, and to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, tear down the fences," he said. The park is blocks from the Gateway Arch, Busch Stadium and the convention center, and will be free to visit.

Cell phones will come in handy at the park. Citygarden also has an audio tour, which people can access by calling 314-802-9571. St. Louis leaders from Hall of Fame Cardinal Ozzie Smith to St. Louis Symphony Music Director David Robertson were asked to contribute recordings. Park visitors can punch in a number on their phone that corresponds to each sculpture to hear more about it.

Byrd said the designers responded to the natural features of the region, particularly its rivers, when determining how to lay out the park.

"The garden looks this way because it's in St. Louis. There's nothing off the shelf about it," he said.

The park includes a limestone arc wall, which curves along the northern side of the park and a low, more meandering wall that snakes along the south. It has pathways, terraces and plazas. A new cafe is also opening where diners will have a view of a waterfall spilling from the limestone and a pool surrounding Aristide Maillol's reclining nude sculpture "La Riviere."

Raymond Furgason was one of the first visitors to the park. The downtown resident and owner of a nearby business, the Bubba Tea Cafe, strolled through the grounds, coffee in hand, with his 2-year-old son Jadyn, who rode along on a tricycle.

"I think it brings a nice sense of style to downtown," he said. "It makes it feel good, homey, real comfortable."

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