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Initially feared to have the force of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ernesto lost force and weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday, August 27. Although forecasters worried that the storm would pick up force and resume its hurricane status, Ernesto did not hit the state of Florida with hurricane force.

Miami Beach’s oceanfront Newport Beachside Resort (http://www.newportbeachsideresort.com) remained open and honored all reservations through the pre-storm panic. Resort general manager Barry Harris is advising guests that “Ernesto is over and all is great in paradise.” The food is hot, the beach is groomed, and the resort is in full swing for end of summer travel.

Unfortunately, sometimes news reports can get taken out of context, and instead of serving as a warning to the public, they can cause panic. If you are traveling and worried about weather or other issues going on in the area you will be traveling to, always check with the establishment you will be visiting to find out the true nature of the conditions in the area. The hotel will be able to confirm or deny conditions in the area, and will work with you to accommodate you accordingly.

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Stand-up comedian Dustin Diamond, better known to children of the nineties as Screech from “Saved By The Bell”, had an encounter with a woman in his hotel room last week, an incident he recounted to a Florida radio show. The chance meeting apparently involved grabbing and at one point pinning against a wall. And then the police arrived.

OK, that all sounds way more torrid than it really was. According to a story in Yahoo news, Diamond claims the woman broke into his hotel room in the wee hours of the morning, grabbed some video games, and then tried to make a break for it. At some point Diamond stopped her as she was trying to escape and held her against the door until authorities arrived. For her part, the woman denies any wrong doing and says Dustin was the one who assaulted her.

Obviously the most important questions here have not yet been answered. Like, what video games was she trying to take? I could see getting all upset over someone trying to swipe “Halo 2″, but if she was taking something embarrassing like “Kabuki Warriors” that Dustin may have secretly adored, why not let her take it and end the shame? (Note: I have no clue about Diamond’s taste in games…I just find it funny that he felt the need to keep a woman pinned to his door over the matter.)

Draw your own conclusions. After all, this is the guy who started a campaign of making silly t-shirts and begging ex-fans to buy them in a bid to keep the bank from foreclosing on his expensive home. Ah Dustin, you can try to run from it, but with these kinds of stunts, deep in our hearts you’ll always be Screech.

With news today focusing on global warming, high gas prices, and how if we don’t do anything soon the Earth will die, there is one hotel in South Africa doing it’s part to take care of the environment.

In South Africa’s Mount Nelson hotel, a high class luxury hotel, has hired someone - or something rather - to take care of all the organic waste at the hotel. 15 centimetres long, the worms, commonly known as red wrigglers or tiger worms.
While composting may not be a new concept by any means, I think it is nice to see a large hotel doing their part to help the enviroment. Since the introduction of the worms and composting to the Mount Nelson Hotel they have managed to reduce waste by 70%!
Their fluid excrement, or “worm tea,” is carefully harvested and used as a prized fertilizer in the hotel’s rolling gardens, where peacocks parade on manicured lawns. Their other by-product, vermicast, is a rich compost.

The worms neutralize harmful bacteria, such as Ecoli, and produce beneficial bacteria while increasing the levels of nitrogen and potassium in the soil elements that help vegetables grow.

Yet another scandle has leaked out of the US government in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath. It seems up to $1.4 billion Katrina relief funds were spent on bogus projects. Worse still is that up to, if not more than, 750 debit cards worth $1.5 million may not have even gone to Katrina victims, according to auditors.

Among the items purchased with the cards:

• An all-inclusive, one-week Caribbean vacation in the Punta Cana resort in the Dominican Republic.
• Five season tickets to New Orleans Saints professional football games.
• Adult erotica products in Houston and “Girls Gone Wild” videos in Santa Monica, Calif.
• Dom Perignon champagne and other alcoholic beverages in San Antonio.

Read the full Katrina Relief fund Scandle story.

Source: Trendy Teens

Till a few years ago, summer break in colleges meant part-time jobs for students � and a chance to earn an extra buck. The idea is to have a swanky job profile mentioned on the resume. To make things easier, most colleges of Delhi University are offering career oriented add-on courses along with bachelor programmes.

These courses help students explore other career options and an internship or summer training gives them a feel of the industry they might like to join later. Students pursuing short-term courses like journalism, advertising, tourism and ticketing, and banking do internships during the summer vacations.

�Internships are part of our add-on courses like journalism. Students of other short-term courses like advertising and banking also visit advertising agencies and banks to see people in action,� said Meera Ramchandran, principal, Gargi College.

“The students may or may not get stipend for these internships but they do get experience in these organisations,” she said. “Most of our students do summer jobs such as voice-overs and editing.

BPOs are also very popular,” said Roopali Sircar Gaur, Vice Principal of Sri Venkateswara College. The college offers add-on courses in Tourism and Ticketing.

After years of Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz, it’s rival surf town, squabbling, threatening Surf-Offs, and petty jive talking Huntington Beach has been granted exclusive trademark rights of the name ‘Surf City USA’� (after the catchy 60s pop song with the promise of two girls for every boy).

Huntington Beach is known for it’s world class surf competitions and I have it on very good authority that if you every want to experience the most beautiful beaches in North America Huntington Beach is the place to be. It boasts on of the largest recreational piers in the world, and is one of the safest cities in North American. I have also heard if you visit for an extended period of time you might just find yourself staying there forever and living a simple life surfing waves and relaxing (at least I would end up doing that).

But Santa Cruz wants everyone to know that it has some of the gnarliest waves on the coast. And isn’t just another ocean town. You can check out kayaking, kite boarding and windsurfing in the morning, then chill out in the afternoon with mountain biking or a game of golf. It has its world famous boardwalk and 29 miles perfect beaches.

It’s just to bad this chapter of their story had to end with a legal trademark. Imagine the mayors of Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz having a surf-off for the use of the name Surf City USA? Totally a throw back to chicken races in classic movies…minus the leather jackets, I don’t think anyone wants to surf in leather jackets…except for maybe The Fonze.

DUBAI � A British businessman is suing Dubai International Airport for Dh2 million after he slipped on a slice of watermelon.

Paul Wagol, 50, arrived in Dubai on April 30 on a flight from Brunei.

He was due to catch a connecting flight to London, but as he walked through the airport�s business lounge he stepped on a discarded slice of watermelon and went crashing to the floor.

The tumble fractured Wagol�s leg and he was rushed to Rashid Hospital, where he spent two days undergoing treatment.

Wagol has now appointed Dubai lawyers Al Kumaiti to sue the airport for damages.

He wants compensation to cover his medical expenses and loss of earnings while he recovers from the fractured leg. Wagol�s claim, filed on May 1, states his injuries have left him a temporary invalid, enforcing a long absence from work.

This, he claims, will cause him to suffer huge financial losses.

Wagol also says he will face expensive penalty payments at Heathrow Airport in London, where his luggage is being stored.
source: Khaleej Times Online

My roommate says we all have to go on an adventure tour this summer. I had no idea what they were all about so I did some research, this is what I found out:

Most adventure tours will offer a guide, mountain guides are professional rock climbers, alpinist, and skiers who teach and lead their clientele in the mountains. Guides provide high quality, and safe journeys through difficult terrain, whether it is mountain climbing, rock climbing or skiing.

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