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GALVESTON ISLAND, Texas (Feb. 15, 2011) – Hotel Galvez & Spa and The Tremont House, both Wyndham Grand® Hotels, will present a new Mardi Gras! Galveston parade entitled “A Salute to George Mitchell” on Friday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. This new parade is the first parade in downtown Galveston’s Mardi Gras entertainment district scheduled for the 2011 carnival season. Prior to the start of the parade at 5 p.m., Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski will present a city proclamation declaring Friday, Feb. 25 as “G

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9008602481?profile=originalIt’s the real thing!  Tall ship cruise operator Star Clippers operates three of the world’s most authentic, head-turning ships; the majestic four-masted, 170-passenger Star Flyer and Star Clipper and the magnificent flagship, five-masted, 228-passenger Royal Clipper.

The Star Flyer began its’ maiden season in Central America last November, in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua, where it will sail six, seven, 10 and 11-night cruises out of Puerto Caldera to explore the bays and inlets of the Pacific

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If you dream of adventure sailing on a tall ship through the wilds of Central America, anchoring in pristine coves filled with dolphins, whales and birds not other boats or cruise ships, then you need to book a cruise with Star Clipper Cruises.

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Photo by N.Birnbaum, 2011


“Star Clippers operates three of the world’s largest and tallest sailing vessels. Visiting ports often untouched by larger cruise ships and offering passengers the activities, amenities and atmosphere of a private yacht, Star Cli

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Night Travel

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Night Travel

What is that I grasp, I miss
When half awake or half asleep I feel such deep, deep longing
Knowing only the rich sadness
The ache
I glimpse a red checkered skirt
A fragment of fabric at the corner of my consciousness
 the swish

I cry
Not for no reason
But for a reason beyond knowing
I know that place only by partly leaving this
But dare not go too far
For then I lose it all to sleep
Or to sudden awakeness
But still the scene is there
I will only ever glimpse it fleetingly
By myself, alone
At night

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9008602476?profile=originalNew York City's iconic big yellow taxi may soon drive both visitors and residents into dervish ecstasy. The Taxi & Limousine Commission just released its Taxi of Tomorrow survey and, in the humble opinion of 22,000 polled, the Karsan V1, a Turkish-made hybrid car, ought to rule the road.

 

Big Apple residents who took the taxi-design survey brushed off two other finalist entries by Ford and Nissan. Evidently, thumbs went up instead for the futuristic Karsan V1's unique panoramic glass sunroof "for

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J&k Photo Exhibition

Minister for Rural Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar has reiterated the need for sustained awareness about the various welfare schemes undertaken by the Government.

The Minister was interacting with a group of media persons after inaugurating a Mega Developmental Jammu Kashmir Photo Exhibition Organized by the Department of Information and Public Relations at Kalakendra Jammu. Director Information and Public Relations, Farooq Renzushah, Director Rural Development Kash

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Snowed Under

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT IN NEW YORK

by Denise Mattia

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I didn’t need a forecast on the evening of December 26th to tell me that New York’s first snowstorm was going to be big.  The city had that muffled silence that only happens with a snowfall.  Sirens were down to a bleat, voices were softened to whispers instead of shouts.  Cars’ tires crunched lightly on the snowy asphalt.  Only the scrape against sidewalks from shovels could be heard as apartment maintenance teams tried in vain to clear a path.9296543682?profile=original

 

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by David Paul Appell

pic-spotlights-Mideast-Israel-Holon-museums-3-10.jpg?width=240The suburbs of the world have generally not been considered hotbeds of serious culture (sorry, multiplexes screening Gnomeo and Juliet and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never don’t count). But in Israel, the municipality of Holon, some 3 1/2 miles (6 km) outside Tel Aviv, has been racing to transform itself in the past half dozen years into just that. Designed by world-class local architect Ron Arad, the 65-million-shekel (US$17-million) Design Museum Holon, a vision in red and o

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When Will We See The Pyramids Again?

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When Will We See The Pyramids Again?

The questions as to when travel to Egypt will resume, and Egyptian itineraries re-established are big ones among the decision makers in the US travel and tourism industry, and are being discussed daily.

The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) a large group of tour operators who managed to pull their clients out of Egypt during the successful uprising, indicated only a decided minority of their members would arrange travel for clients who wanted to

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Fertility Tourism: Selling Women’s Eggs for Big Bucks and Travel

“Female Eggs For Sale” may not be a sign you’ll see any time soon, but for all intents and purposes that’s what the global market for harvesting and selling women’s eggs is all about.

The in vitro fertilization market is a billion dollar industry that touches almost every country in the world. It touches the wealthy neighborhoods of London and reaches  into the Americas, Asia and the IVF capital of the world, Cyprus, which has more

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No te pierdas la 28va convención anual de la IGLTA del 10 al 15 de Mayo, 2011 en Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Establece contactos y asiste a los programas educativos con los lideres mundiales del turismo LGBT.
Realiza valioso contactos de negocios y “networking” antes de la convención de Florianópolis, Brasil del 2012. Citas de negocio dentro de agenda de la convención.
Se parte del área de empresas latino americanas en la feria que llegara a miles de viajeros potenciales del sur de la Florida.
Todos

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Scholarship For Students

Reaffirming the assurance of the Government to bring all the students belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) category under scholarship schemes, Minister for Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo has said that Central Government has agreed to enhance the quota of the scholarship for the State and approved all pending cases submitted earlier.

The Minister was speaking after disbursing post-matric scholarship cheques among the students of ST category here at Polytechnic College, today. As many as 84 students of p

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