Canadian Adventure Couple Dave and Deb have been traveling the world for 11 years.Read why ,while other people are content to put down roots, see their friends regularly and take their yearly vacations and getaways, they always feel the need to keep on moving.Maybe, just maybe you yourself might need to make changes to your lifestyle.
Read more :http://theplanetd.com/why-we-travel/
29 Dec 2011
28 Dec 2011
Christianity goes global as world's largest religion
(CNN) - Christians are by far the largest religious group on the planet, and the religion has gone truly global over the past century, according to a new report out Monday, which finds some of the world's biggest Christian communities in surprising places.
Europe was the clear center of world Christianity one hundred years ago, but today the Americas are home to more than a third of all Christians. In fact, the United States has the world's largest Christian population, of more than 247 million, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
China also appears on the list of top 10 largest Christian populations - with an estimated 67 million Christians, it has more followers of the faith than any western European country.
Read more : http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/19/christianity-goes-global-as-worlds-largest-religion/?iref=obinsite
Europe was the clear center of world Christianity one hundred years ago, but today the Americas are home to more than a third of all Christians. In fact, the United States has the world's largest Christian population, of more than 247 million, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
China also appears on the list of top 10 largest Christian populations - with an estimated 67 million Christians, it has more followers of the faith than any western European country.
Read more : http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/19/christianity-goes-global-as-worlds-largest-religion/?iref=obinsite
27 Dec 2011
Da Nang,Vietnam welcomes first AirAsia flight
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The first AirAsia flight between Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur and Da Nang City on Vietnam’s central coast touched down at Da Nang International Airport on the Dec. 16 morning with more than 100 passengers on board. |
 The Kuala Lumpur-Da Nang service is the low-cost carrier’s third route connecting Vietnam after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.The new service marked another milestone in the central coast region’s surge toward a real international tourism destination. AirAsia operates four weekly flights to Da Nang on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, using Airbus A320 aircraft. The airline says it has sold out 10,000 seats for the new service in eight days for promotional fares. Read more : http://www.footprintsvietnam.com/Travelnews/2011/December/Da-Nang-welcomes-first-AirAsia-flight.htm |
Going it Alone - The Pros and Cons of Solo Travel
To some, the thought of setting off into the unknown with little more than the pack on your back and a good book for company may sound like purgatory, but others wouldn’t want it any other way. So, should you travel solo, or with others?
Both ways have their own merits, yet equally, they both have their pitfalls. Having done both, here’s my take on the pros and cons of solo travel, along with tips to successfully go it alone.
Read more : http://www.ubertramp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459:pros-and-cons-of-solo-travel&catid=36:adventure-travel&Itemid=512
Both ways have their own merits, yet equally, they both have their pitfalls. Having done both, here’s my take on the pros and cons of solo travel, along with tips to successfully go it alone.
Read more : http://www.ubertramp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=459:pros-and-cons-of-solo-travel&catid=36:adventure-travel&Itemid=512
26 Dec 2011
The silliest stories of 2011
In a year that featured a major earthquake, a grounded tanker oozing oil and the Rugby World Cup, there was more than usual serious New Zealand news making international headlines, but there were still enough silly stories to go around. Nikki Macdonald revisits some of them.
Read more : http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/6190150/The-silliest-stories-of-2011
Read more : http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/6190150/The-silliest-stories-of-2011
iPhone sales down across Europe
Weakening economies and falling prices of rival smartphones are hurting sales of Apple iPhones across Europe, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Thursday.
The October roll-out of Apple's iPhone 4S boosted its position in Britain and United States, but the new phones failed to excite interest in continental Europe, where Apple's share of the fast-growing smartphone market slipped.
The smartphone industry is dominated by Google, which has stormed the market with its free Android platform.
Read more :http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/6185430/iPhone-sales-down-across-Europe
Ten tips on using your credit card wisely
Used sensibly, credit cards can be excellent for cashflow - a handy addition to any financial toolbox. But used foolishly, they leech an alarming volume of cash straight out of your wallet and into the bankers' pockets.
And the holiday season is a particularly vulnerable time for us all.
Here are 10 tips to make your credit card work for you - not the other way around:
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6180333/Ten-tips-on-using-your-credit-card-wisely
And the holiday season is a particularly vulnerable time for us all.
Here are 10 tips to make your credit card work for you - not the other way around:
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/6180333/Ten-tips-on-using-your-credit-card-wisely
22 Dec 2011
Tourist, aged five, bashed in her sleep
Is New Zealand safe for tourists?
A five-year-old girl on holiday from Europe with her family is in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital after being attacked at a holiday park in Turangi.
The girl was attacked while sleeping in the family caravan with her brother at Club Habitat last night, about 10.40pm, police say.
The girl's parents were away from their children at the amenity block at the time.
When the mother returned she found the caravan locked and a man inside.
The man fled before the woman could get her husband.
The couple found their daughter inside the caravan on her bed with serious head and face injuries.
Read more :http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6179499/Tourist-aged-five-bashed-in-her-sleep
A five-year-old girl on holiday from Europe with her family is in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital after being attacked at a holiday park in Turangi.
The girl was attacked while sleeping in the family caravan with her brother at Club Habitat last night, about 10.40pm, police say.
The girl's parents were away from their children at the amenity block at the time.
When the mother returned she found the caravan locked and a man inside.
The man fled before the woman could get her husband.
The couple found their daughter inside the caravan on her bed with serious head and face injuries.
Read more :http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6179499/Tourist-aged-five-bashed-in-her-sleep
Vatican.xxx web address snatched up
The Vatican said on Wednesday an unknown buyer had snapped up the internet address vatican.xxx, a domain combining its name with an extension reserved for pornographic content.
"This domain is not available because it has been acquired by someone else, but not the Vatican," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said on Vatican radio.
It was not clear from his statement if the Vatican had tried to acquire the domain in order to prevent future misuse and had been beaten to the punch by the unknown buyer.
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6179323/Vatican-xxx-web-address-snatched-up
"This domain is not available because it has been acquired by someone else, but not the Vatican," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said on Vatican radio.
It was not clear from his statement if the Vatican had tried to acquire the domain in order to prevent future misuse and had been beaten to the punch by the unknown buyer.
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/6179323/Vatican-xxx-web-address-snatched-up
21 Dec 2011
First Earth-sized planets found
Nasa is reporting the discovery of the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, but the newly found worlds are far too hot to live on.
Read more :
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/6171818/First-Earth-sized-planets-found
Read more :
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/6171818/First-Earth-sized-planets-found
Top 10 YouTube clips of 2011 in New Zealand
Of the top 10 clips viewed by New Zealanders this year, eight were homegrown, including the now-infamous Nek Minute and Ghost Chips videos.
Read more here : http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/6169585/Top-10-YouTube-clips-of-2011
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5 Nov 2011
A moving adoption story.
Moving: British Education Secretary Michael Gove has given a highly emotional account of his adoption.
I love my parents in the way most children would: for having been there at every point in my youth and childhood, ready to pick me up when I fell and support me when I stumbled. I love them for having made sacrifices for my education, for doing without foreign holidays, a new car or the conservatory they’d dreamed of so I could be given every opportunity.
2 Nov 2011
New 9/11 footage shows WTC 7 consumed by fire.
Its dramatic collapse several hours after the Twin Towers fell triggered a decade of conspiracy theories.
Those who believed that the September 11 attacks on America were not carried out by Al Qaeda terrorists pointed to the fall of World Trade Center Building 7 as proof of their wild claims.
But a newly released video appears to finally prove once and for all that Building 7 was brought down by the intense heat of the blazing World Trade Center - and not explosives, as conspiracy theorists claim.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056088/Footage-kills-conspiracy-theories-Rare-footage-shows-WTC-7-consumed-fire.html#ixzz1cVfg6rwY
1 Nov 2011
Gun found in hospital patient's fake leg
A Sydney hospital was placed in lockdown after the alleged discovery of a handgun hidden in a patient's prosthetic leg.
A doctor reported seeing the gun in the patient's room on level nine of the hospital about 3.50pm yesterday, police said.
No one was threatened with the weapon, but staff immediately locked the hospital down until police arrived and secured the gun.
Read more : http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/5887827/Gun-found-in-hospital-patients-fake-leg
A doctor reported seeing the gun in the patient's room on level nine of the hospital about 3.50pm yesterday, police said.
No one was threatened with the weapon, but staff immediately locked the hospital down until police arrived and secured the gun.
Read more : http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/5887827/Gun-found-in-hospital-patients-fake-leg
YouTube to launch 100 'TV channels'
Channels will be free to watch from any PC. Move to turn YouTube into rival to cable and satellite TV. First channels will roll out this autumn.
YouTube is to take a dramatic step away from its roots as a user-generated video site - launching 100 new professionally produced TV channels in partnership with stars such as Madonna and Ashton Kutcher.
31 Oct 2011
Steve Jobs's final hours.
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