Customs in Bali on the Ball

post from Bali Blog on 14 July 2010 09:50:42 PM. © Bali Blog

We all know the scrutiny and other practices in the past of the Customs at Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar. At times they give you the shits but hey, they have a job to do even though at times we find it frustrating. After what has happened to travellers in the past with regard to [...]

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Soil Solarization

post from FelixWong.com on 14 July 2010 08:35:36 PM. © FelixWong.com

Everyone seems to have a household chore that they find about as enjoyable as stabbing himself in the gut with a chopstick. In my case, it is not hauling out the trash, stripping the bed of its sheets and tossing them into the laundry machine, or even running around with a deafening vacuum cleaner while [...]

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Inside Advantage

post from Cruise Bug Chatter on 14 July 2010 07:49:25 PM. © Cruise Bug Chatter

One huge advantage of an inside stateroom is the cost; typically, these windowless staterooms cost less than a room with a view. On a recent cruise in the North Atlantic, where the sun forgets to sleep, we realized another real advantage of an inside cabin: darkness. We had an ocean view and found ourselves using [...]

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Passion and Prose-People Ive met here

post from The BucketList on 14 July 2010 05:30:22 PM. © The BucketList

When I first met Ursula she was slinging drinks, trading jokes with patrons, while doing a jig and signing songs from home at her bar called Finn McCool’s In Quito. She has away of making people feel at home in far off lands and inspires those who have dreamed of living or travelling to [...]

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Bjork send questiions to parliement in
Iceland,asking about leagality of sale

post from Iceland banking crisis news and more on 14 July 2010 05:24:28 PM. © Iceland banking crisis news and more

Bjork Gudmundsdottir , known as ,Bjork,has sent the Public Representative of the Icelandic Parliament,a complaint ,and asked him to investigate the sale and negotiating process,in selling the HS Orka power company to a foreign company ,Magma Energy.
Also signed the letter , Jon Thorisson (the Icelandic assistant to Eva Joly) and the writer Oddny Eir.
They also put forward several questions they feel must be asked by the government, by the parliament and by the public.
Björk will hold a press conference with a performance on Monday 19th July at 4.00pm in the Nordic House, Reykjavik.

Another protest was today in front of the IMF office in Reykjavik.
This was more peaceful protest ,than the protest yesterday .
Here you can see a video from yesterday,when a protester that threw red paint on the IMF building ,got arrested by police.
He was arrested in front of the Govermnet building in Reykjavik.

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Issue 5 of Northbound Magazine is online!

post from Philippine Travel Journal | Ivan About Town on 14 July 2010 05:24:02 PM. © Philippine Travel Journal | Ivan About Town

Northbound Magazine Issue 5, which came out during the summer, is now available online! Sorry this took a while since things have been really hectic. In this issue, we featured nine adventure destinations in North Philippines including sandboarding in Ilocos Norte, kayaking and spelunking in Cagayan, surfing in La Union, island hopping in Pangasinan, trekking in Tarlac and Pampanga, horseback riding in Clark, off-road go-karting in Benguet, and zip-lining in Subic Bay. Northbound Magazine is a publication of the North Philippines Visitors Bureau. You can download the online version from the NPVB website.

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Beating the Heat to Reduce Post-Harvest Waste

post from Border Jumpers: Bernard Pollack and Danielle Nierenberg on 14 July 2010 05:19:32 PM. © Border Jumpers: Bernard Pollack and Danielle Nierenberg

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet. For a farmer in a hot country like Sudan, a big harvest can end up being just a big waste. A fresh tomato off the vine will only...visit us at www.borderjumpers.org[...]

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Introducing Drinks in Wacky English

Masahiro Nakai of SMAP shows off his English proficiency in this commercial for anti-hangover drink Ukon no Chikara:—Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe)dannychoo.com – Your portal to Japan (Subscribe)

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Minmi in America

Japanese musician Minmi is living in New York now, and as this news video shows, she is preparing to give birth to a baby while readying herself for a possible attempt to break into the American music market:Shown in the video is a performance she gave for open mic night at the Sugar Bar. [...]

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Fan Tribute to Weird-faced Buddhist Statue

Remember that weird-faced Buddhist statue what was posted a few days ago? Aaron of Nurses has written in to inform us that he was inspired by the statue and created his own version of it:….inspired by your post, I made the doll to convince my good friend/roommate not to take a job that would [...]

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