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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Can Syrias lost generation be saved - CNN.com
(CNN) -- In many ways, Musab Al-Jamal makes for an unassuming rebel.
His mission is seemingly innocuous. He merely wants to educate the swarms of college-aged Syrian refugees who have been forced to abandon their studies while fleeing Syria.
"The universities in Syria are basically like prisons for students," says Al-Jamal. "They capture or arrest anyone who opposes the regime. On the other hand, universities outside the country often don't accept Syrian students, or the students can't pay the fees or speak the local language."
To some, it may seem like access to higher education is hardly a priority for the that have fled Syria since the conflict started three years ago. To Al-Jamal and his fellow academics, however, it is a seminal component in one day rebuilding a broken country.
"If (the students who left their studies) come back to Syria ignorant and illiterate, they won't be able to help their country," he says.
A former law professor from Damascus University, Al-Jamal joined other faculty ousted from the ravaged country to start offering lectures to students in liberated regions inside Syria, and in neighboring countries.
In 2013, he set up the , an academic institution housed in an apartment building in Reyhanli, a Turkish town near the Syrian border. It offers 13 majors, including law, psychology and business.
The university is mainly funded by Al-Jamal himself, and a host of academic volunteers donating their time and expertise to the cause (Al-Jamal gives them a one-time payment of $1,500 when they sign up). Any student with the means contributes $280 per semester for their education.
"The amount is mainly symbolic," admits Al-Jamal. "It barely covers 10% of expenses."
It's difficult to discern how many Syrians have had to abandon their studies since the conflict started, though, according to Keith Watenpaugh, an associate professor at the , and the co-author of , the number likely exceeds 100,000.
"Our major concern is that the longer this conflict goes on, the more you're creating a lost generation of college students," he says.
'Studying is holy'
Today, Syria's universities -- like many of the country's social institutions -- are, essentially, collapsing. Watenpaugh estimates they're operating at 50% capacity, hampered by security issues, fleeing faculty, and broken-down infrastructure. Often, he notes, students have to cross battle lines just to attend classes.
Male students -- who were once exempt from military service -- are now pressured into it. For those reasons, there is little impetus for those inside the country to continue their schooling. It's a marked change from how education was treated in recent decades.
"I think something that is often lost on people who are only coming to think about Sryia post-conflict is how important education was as a place where different minorities and genders mixed. Syria was a place in which education could be accessed by anyone who received the requisite score on an exam," says Adrienne Fricke, a human rights consultant and co-author of Watenpaugh's study.
"There's long been a deep commitment to education, and it's not just window dressing. Historically providing educational access was considered one of the things the Ba'ath party did really well."
For those students forced to give up their schooling, their commitment to higher learning hasn't diminished, even if their opportunities to pursue it have. On a research trip to in Jordan last April, Watenpaugh recalls meeting a group of female engineering students who smuggled their computers out of oakley vault the country.
"We asked them how supportive their parents were, and Oakley Closeouts if they would let them go abroad to study. They all answered yes. One woman said, 'in our house, studying is holy.'"
Overcoming obstacles?
The challenges facing those who want to continue their education are fierce.
"They range from the prosaic, like not having a transcript, or maybe just having a photocopied one, to the substantive, like having to choose between tuition and taking care of family," says Watenpaugh.
Neighboring countries don't always make it easy. Jordan, for instance, is hostile to refugee institutions that risk becoming permanent. In Turkey, there's the added barrier of language.
On top of everything else, space is limited, both at foreign universities, and at the Free Syrian University, which can accommodate little more than 800 students -- a fact that keeps Al-Jamal awake at night.
"I regret that I'm not able to accept the whole Syrian student body, but we don't have the capabilities. We could only do that if we had more funding," he says.
Furthermore, the refugee population, of both students and faculty, is disparate, with many still stuck in Syria. To remedy this, Al-Jamal offers lessons via Skype, Facebook and email.
Interestingly, many of Syria's fragmented student population seem to have a singular focus, according to Fricke: returning home one day.
She says this is evidenced by the fact that courses Best Oakley Sunglasses For Men at the Free Syrian University are taught in Arabic, not Turkish. She also cites the fact that several thousand Syrian refugees in opposition-held areas of Syria and in neighboring countries rallied to take the high school exit exams based on the revised 2011 Syrian curriculum.
According to Fricke, several hundred students chose to take the exit exams recognized by the Syrian opposition government in exile in Libya.
"The primary reason to sit for Syrian exams outside of Syria is because you think you can go back and use them there, especially when it is not clear who outside of Syria will recognize the results," says Fricke.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Best Easter egg hunts around the world - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Searching living rooms and closets for your eggs may be fun the first six times, but if the novelty's wearing thinner than a chocolate egg's foil wrapping, there are more adventurous egg trails out there.
Imperial Easter Nest Hunt (Sch?nbrunn Palace, Vienna)
For a traditional hunt, Austria's beautiful Sch?nbrunn Palace serves as the backdrop for the annual Easter market.
The highlight is an Easter egg hunt, but there are also workshops in marzipan sculpting and flower arranging.
Kids over 20 might enjoy the craft stalls and live jazz.
The Old Vienna Easter market, a short walk away, is equally worth a visit -- if only to see the enormous mountain of 40,000 painted Easter eggs.
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Capella D.C. Easter Egg Hunt (Washington, D.C.)
This city-wide Easter egg hunt is organized by the Capella Washington, D.C. hotel.
From April 17 to 20, the hotel will post pictures of golden eggs hidden around the city on its , and feeds.
Once intrepid egg hunters have tracked down their golden prey and taken a photo of themselves in situ, they can call a number on the ticket inside the egg and find out what they've won.
Prizes include round-trip tickets from Washington, D.C. to Istanbul with Turkish Airlines and overnight stays at Capella hotels.
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Magical Egg Hunt on Table Mountain (Cape Town, South Africa)
The Easter Bunny, Easter Fairy and Mad Hatter lead the way on this high altitude egg hunt on top of Cape Town's Table Mountain at Top Station.
Egg hunters are provided with clue cards and at Mad Hatter's Tea Party the characters will reveal further clues to help visitors track down the hidden treasure.
The goal is to find the Easter Bunny, hiding somewhere on Table Mountain with an enormous chest filled with chocolate eggs.
; April 20, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; return cableway ticket from $19.50 per adult, $10 per child (4-17)
The Great Egg Hunt at Vaucluse House (Sydney)
Chocolate and hot weather are a recipe for disaster, but this Victorian-themed Easter egg hunt isn't all about the sweet stuff.
Participants start by designing their own Easter basket to use during the hunt.
Eggs are dotted around the beautiful grounds of this historic house, one of Sydney's last remaining 19th-century mansions.
, Wentworth Road, Vaucluse; April 20; 11 a.m.-noon, 1-2 p.m.; $14 per child
Easter Egg-stravaganza, Centreville Amusement Park and Far Enough Farm (Toronto)
Toronto's biggest Easter egg hunt takes place at this popular theme park and farm.
There's an Easter egg hunt and an Easter egg scramble.
Eggs are hidden in the strangest places, from the wheels of a tractor to the theme park's fire station.
The Easter bunny will join forces with the park's Beasley Bear to offer guidance to egg hunters, and there'll also be face painting sessions and Easter basket workshops.
, Centreville Amusement Park and Far Enough Farm; April 18-20; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; $14 per person with promo code "eggs2014"
Great Egg Safari, Zoo Miami (Miami)
It's not just the Homo sapiens who get to experience some Easter-themed fun at Miami zoo -- the Oakley Sunglasses Wholesale animals get their own Easter eggs too.
The zoo has been holding the annual Easter egg hunt -- or safari in this case -- for several years.
Hunts take place throughout the weekend, but there's also face-painting sessions and chances to meet the zoo's own Easter Bunny.
, Zoo Miami, 1 Zoo Blvd., 12400 S.W. 152 St.; April 19-20; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; from $15.95 per adult (13+), $11.95 per child
Bad Eggs Easter Egg Hunt, the London Dungeon (London)
Fed up with cute bunnies and sickly sweet chocolate?
London Dungeon employs an "Egg-cecutioner" to provide clues to the locations of hidden "bad eggs," which reflect the area in which they're hidden.
The egg concealed in the plague room might be covered in leeches; you might spot a fuse sticking out of the egg hidden in the area dedicated to Guy Fawkes.
All participants get an Easter-themed sweet treat and a chance to win theme park passes.
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The Easter Egg Hunt (Provins, France)
This French Easter egg hunt takes place in the historic town of Provins, in the shadow of its spectacular castle.
About 7,500 chocolate eggs are hidden throughout the town.
Participants must answer a series of historical riddles to find the chocolate eggs, which are then doled out by locals in medieval dress.
, Provins Tourist office, Chemin de Villecran; April 20-21; 2-5 p.m.
Easter Egg Hunt, The Roof Gardens (London)
Participants get unbeatable views over the UK's capital as they explore one of its largest rooftop gardens.
While the gardens' Easter Bunny keeps an eye on the kids, parents can enjoy the Easter Chocolate Trio Cocktail, specially created for the occasion.
, The Roof Gardens, 99 Kensington High St., London; April 20-21; 10 a.m.-noon
The Big Egg Hunt NYC presented by Faberg�� (New York)
Sadly, participants in this glamorous event don't get to take the eggs home.
More than 200 egg sculptures dotted around New York's five boroughs have been designed by famous artists and designers, including Tommy Hilfiger and Caroline Herrera.
Participants must first download The Big Egg Hunt NYC app, which provides clues related to locations of the spectacular, super-sized eggs.
Codes displayed on eggs are used to enter a drawing for the chance to win one of three $48,000 Faberg�� pendants.
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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Million-dollar safari -- would you pay up - CNN.com
(CNN) -- How stressed out do you need to be to spend $1 million on a 111-day holiday?
Rhetorical questions come and go, but the latest super-luxe vacation is here to stay, as long as its "attractions" remain -- species close to extinction.
"That money serves to assist the endangered species that potential clients would see," says Will Bolsover, managing director at UK-based Natural World Safaris, which is offering what it's calling a "Journey to Nature's Edge."
Prospective safari-goers (so far no one has booked) will get to gawk at 18 endangered species in 12 countries over 111 days, all from the Hermès-catered splendor of luxury lodgings.
Guests will fly to each destination in first class, meet local conservation experts and have fiddly things like park entrance fees, transport and excursions arranged and paid for.
The $1 million price tag covers two people and Bolsover himself, who'll accompany guests "to ensure everything runs smoothly."
He says his own costs are greatly reduced by partners in the locales.
Ten percent of the fee goes to the conservation projects involved and conservation administration .
"We want to highlight the plight of endangered species on our planet and bring this to the attention of individuals at the same time as them truly experiencing the natural world and the conservation efforts that are ongoing to protect it," Bolsover says.
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It's not the most expensive vacation to have been conceived recently.
A $1.5 million was created, and reportedly booked, last year.
Just a few weeks ago a company launched its "Lovers Deep" concept -- converting .
A week on that, at nearly $290,000 per night, would cost more than $2 million.
But at an average of $83,333 per destination -- an example of which is a five-day stay to see mountain gorillas in Rwanda -- this Journey to Nature's Edge falls into the just-think-what-else-you-could-do-with-that-kind-of-money category.
"The $1 million price tag does grab people's attention, however this was the cost when we finalized pulling the trip details together," says Bolsover.
He adds that, despite the high-end price, guests may not be pampered every moment.
"People are prepared to pay a premium to get out and experience something entirely different and this may be staying at the most luxurious property in Botswana seeing some breathtaking game.
"Equally it could be staying at a very basic camp in Hemis National Park in India at minus 30 degrees Celsius with no shower facilities in the hope of catching a glimpse of the elusive snow leopard!"
Those interested in booking, or just window shopping, can do so at the .
Would you pay $1 million for a chance to see these endangered species? Let us know below.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Inside the world of rare mountain gorillas - CNN.com
Editor's note: Every week, takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. This week, explores Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (CNN) -- The forest was in charge. I knew it the moment I gazed at its dense green overcoat, searching for cracks of daylight in its chaotic folds. Inspiring in the morning kiss of gentle light rays; sulky under a black afternoon cloud; serene in the falling dusk, as the haze of twilight accentuated its mystery.
I was in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, part of a guided trek to see some of its 300 endangered mountain gorillas. The moment I stepped in I surrendered. It was humid and dark and the dense, feisty foliage that enveloped me was dismissive at times, taunting at others.
All the trekkers were handed a tall narrow stick to help navigate through the slippery slopes. The moist leaves scattered on the soil demanded balance, stinging nettles and hiding holes urged utmost caution, centuries-old greenery wrapped its arms around me, challenging me to hack through the twisted vines and untested trails.
It tripped me over again, slipping, sliding. I grit my teeth knowing the forest was forcing me to want the prize it hid in its shape-shifting bosom. The target: a group of eight gorillas, one silverback and his eight babes.
Three sweltering hours that drew blood and inflicted bruises, yet I pushed on, realizing the Oakley Sunglass Outlet forest would not give me something for nothing. One Olympic obstacle course after the other, crisp slices of machetes hacked the twines, daring the forest to dissuade us.
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"We're here," the lead ranger whispered, stopping dead still and turning up the drama, punctuated by a light breeze that picked up along with a list of rules of gorilla engagement, which we absorbed.
"Stay seven meters away."
"If you want to cough or sneeze, turn away, you could infect them with your germs."
"One hour only."
It was a rare 60 minutes, the shortest, the most fascinating. I lifted my eyes and there she was, a giant gorilla clinging onto a tree trunk, sucking the bark out of an apparently delicious eucalyptus tree, getting tipsy; sitting in shade, munching shoots and leaves, and then nonchalantly striding by. I observed their powerful arms, elegant posture, and the occasional eye contact made me feel connected.
They are intimidating and gentle, protective and patient, flirtatious and fearsome, at the same time. Protected by a hardcore ring of black backs, a mother nursed a three-week-old gorilla. It was a rare and moving sight. She hid her offspring under her belly, "protection from vultures," we were told.
Immersed in their world, listening to their language, the beat of their group, the simple raw reality of their lives and tribe, I forgot my complex world.
Friday, April 18, 2014
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Thursday, April 17, 2014
Oleg Luzhny World needs to support Ukraine in Russia conflict - CNN.com
(CNN) -- Amid the rumblings of war between Russia and Ukraine, just how do you go about your everyday life?
With foreboding and fear, according to former Ukraine football international Oleg Luzhny.
"Everyone is scared about war -- they are very nervous," Luzhny, who enjoyed a successful spell in the English Premier League with Arsenal, told CNN.
More than once during our interview, Luzhny seemed desperate to deliver this message: "It is important the whole world supports us."
He was speaking from his mother's home in Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, after flying there from London, where he lives with his wife and children.
He wanted to visit following the events of the past few weeks.
Luzhny, who was born in in the western city of Lviv, last held a managerial job with Tavriya Simferopol -- a club based in Crimea, an autonomous region of eastern Ukraine with strong loyalty to Russia.
"Here in Kiev, it's OK but in Crimea and places like Donetsk and elsewhere, people are worried. Where there discount oakley sunglasses is a large population of Russians, they are scared," he said.
"Everyone is scared about war. They are very nervous. It's scary for the children, for the adults, for everyone.
"I hope the world can see what is going on and will speak out."
What he has witnessed on his television screen, and heard while speaking to his friends, has ignited a passion for his country's right to self-determination.
Ukraine has been in chaos since President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted on February 22 following bloody street protests which left many dead and hundreds injured.
A deepening split within Ukraine society has seen those in the western part of the country supporting the interim government and ties with the European Union, while those in the east advocate a Russian presence in Ukraine.
Crimea, where Russia has sent more troops, remains firmly opposed to the new political leadership in Kiev.
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the country's interim prime minister, accused Moscow of declaring war and insisted his West-leaning government would not give up the Crimean region.
But as words are traded by politicians around tables and via television screens, among the people, trepidation over Ukraine's future only grows.
"Russia is aggressive against many countries not just Ukraine," said Luzhny, who admitted he did not understand Russian President Vladimir Putin's tactics.
"They went into Georgia in 2008 and now they have gone into Ukraine," added Luzhny, referring to the five-day conflict between Georgia and Russia.
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"Nobody understands why he is doing this, for what?
"He says that it's to defend Russian people, but the Russian people in Ukraine that I know are saying, 'We are OK' -- they don't need any help."
Moscow has defended its parliament's approval to use military force to protect its citizens in the Crimean Peninsula.
In the U.S., a senior White House official told CNN on Sunday that Russian forces "have complete operational control of the Crimean Peninsula." The official said the U.S. estimates there are 6,000 Russian ground and naval forces in the region.
"There is no question that they are in an occupation position -- flying in reinforcements and settling in," another senior administration official said.
The move by Russia has been met with fear and anger in Ukraine while it has also been condemned by world leaders.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Russian Federation to "refrain from any acts and rhetoric that can further escalate the situation and instead engage constructively and through peaceful means with Ukraine."
Luzhny, who was part of the famous Dynamo Kiev team of the 1990s which included Andrei Shevchenko and Sergei Rebrov, says he enjoyed his time working in Crimea before leaving in June last year.
He still has friends in the region and while they are all OK, he says that the rise in tensions within Ukraine is unimaginable.
"When I was growing up I never thought this would happen. Nobody would have thought this situation would happen," he said.
"Everybody is surprised because nobody thought for a second that Putin would go into Ukraine.
"Everyone is shocked. Ask anybody if they expected this to happen and they would have said you were crazy and that it would be impossible."
In Kiev, Luzhny says life is returning to normal following the protests which raged for several days.
He is at a loss to understand the decision to move Ukraine's international friendly game with the United States to Cyprus on March 5.
It was originally scheduled for the eastern city of Kharkiv, but Luzhny believes it could still have been played on home soil -- even though the domestic championship has been suspended.
"There is no more trouble in Kiev, it is absolutely fine," he said.
That cannot be said for Crimea and Donetsk, where tension continues to rise as the world waits to see how this situation plays out.
"I don't know what is going to happen next," said Luzhny.
"I think we will see something happen in the next few days because the whole world is watching Putin.
"It is so important that the world sees what is going on.
"We need their support," adds Luzhny in one last plaintive refrain.
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Some tourist meccas are meant to be savored with a crush of people.
Entering the fray in Times Square, Bourbon Street and every other man-made wonder out there is all part of the experience. No one imagines enjoying Space Mountain or the San Antonio River Walk in solitude.
Then there are the natural wonders. Cheap Oakleys Places that lend themselves to quiet marveling and meditative solitude … if it weren’t for the surging mass of humanity beside you shooting phone video, jockeying for position and thinking exactly what you are: "Imagine this place without crowds."
No, you won’t be getting Bright Angel Trail or Broadway (the one in Mammoth Cave), Yosemite Falls or those in Niagara, for that matter, to yourself these days.
But even at the most magnificently mobbed must-sees of nature, a little local intel can help bring you a step (or quick shuttle ride) closer to that ideal.?
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Annual visitors: 4.4 million
Peak crowds: Summer
Everyone has to gawk into Arizona’s perspective-shattering, mile-deep abyss at some point.
And during the summer months, when the South Rim’s Grand Canyon Village population bloats to capacity levels, it seems like everyone is.
But even during “low season” don’t expect Discount Oakley Sunglasses to be the only one outside El Tovar Hotel staring through a wide-angle lens at sunset.?
“Driving through that main South Gate, you’re approaching via the busiest entrance,” says Mark Wunner, the park’s Backcountry Information Center Supervisor.
Instead, he suggests entering via the South Rim’s quieter East Gate, which offers several serene overlooks and pullouts along 26-mile East Rim Drive en route to the park’s hub.
In the Village, early dawn hours afford the only reliable South Rim solitude potential before the tourist throng buzzes 'til dusk.
During civilized hours, make use of the park’s free shuttle service and head further afield to a viewpoint or trailhead hiding off the map-toting hoi polloi’s “recommended trail” radar.
“The farther away you go from that epicenter, the quieter it’ll be -- but you don’t even have to go too far,” says Wunner. “Try the Hermit Trail. It’s a shuttle-accessed threshold trail just eight miles away, but a world apart.”
For maximum solitude …
Head to the Grand Canyon’s loftier, more remote North Rim -- a crowd-thinning, five-hour drive from the South Rim -- where park facilities (there’s just a single lodge there) operate only between mid-May and mid-October, and receive a fraction of the park’s total visitors.
“It’s a whole other Grand Canyon experience on this side,” says Wunner, “at the same Grand Canyon.”
Yosemite Valley, California
Annual visitors: 3.5 million
Peak crowds: June-September
The glacial-carved peaks, towering granite walls and half-mile-long waterfalls visible as you exit the far side of Yosemite Valley’s Wawona Tunnel provoke the same three involuntary words from everyone’s mouth.
Oh. My. God.
And you can bet your 2013 Ansel Adams calendar that it’ll be a pretty big everyone joining in that chorus.
“About 95%?of Yosemite [National Park’s] visitors come to the Valley, which represents less than 5% of the total park area,” says Yosemite park ranger, Scott Gediman. "So that’s a lot of people gathering in a seven-mile-long by one-mile-wide canyon.”
He suggests visiting on an early weekday during shoulder season to dodge summer crowds and weekend masses.
Winter’s an even better bet.
“You’re talking about 800,000 visitors for the month of August versus 100,000 or less in January, when it’s just as stunning and the crowds and hotel rates are at their lowest,” notes Gediman.
Best approach strategy during peak season
Either come really early in the morning or later in the afternoon.
“We see a noticeable drop-off of day visitors in the Valley by around 3 p.m.,” says Gediman.
“Driving in at that time, you’re usually going against traffic, the parking is easier and there are far less folks on the trails in the late-afternoon or dusk, when you get that gorgeous alpenglow light.”
In the Valley, lose the pack along its lesser-known trails. For a quick escape, take the short Snow Creek hike hiding behind Mirror Lake or, for a longer one, the relatively flat and unpeopled 13-mile Yosemite Valley Loop Trail.
Then check out the other 95% of this 747,956-acre park.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Annual visitors: 400,000
Peak crowds: Memorial Day to Labor Day
There’s enough space in the longest known cave on earth -- 400 miles mapped and counting -- for more than 130 types of animals, and 14 species of bats alone.
But the human tourist species may not get as much elbow room in the main attraction of Mammoth Cave National Park.
Only 10 miles of the cave are open to the public, which can congest its main caverns with up to 120 guests per tour on a typical busy day. That can be a spoiler even in Mammoth’s gargantuan Rotunda room, or on “Broadway” -- borse louis vuitton a 40-foot high, 60-foot wide passageway that meanders for three miles.
“If you’re here in the summer, especially between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the place is just packed with visitors,” says Vickie Carson, the park’s public information officer.
Unsurprisingly, it’s the opposite in the winter, but here’s the thing: inside the cave, it’s the same temperature year-round.
“A wonderful 54 degrees,” says Carson.
In January, it can feel almost balmy inside, and you may get a tour nearly all to yourself.
“Walking along Broadway in the offseason when you’re practically alone,” adds Carson, “is truly one of the most surreal, peaceful experiences you could ever imagine.”
But if you’re here during high season …
Book an 8:30 a.m. tour slot before all the buses arrive.
Or reserve a spot on Mammoth’s Wild Cave Tour, an intense 6.5-hour drive, five-mile cave trek (and occasional belly crawler) restricted to just 14 helmeted souls exploring the cave’s innards, where handrails, lights and snack-doling nannies dare not tread.?
“That one’s not for everyone,” says Carson.
Which is exactly the point.
Niagara Falls USA, New York
Annual visitors: 8 million
Peak crowds: Summer
Checking off this thundering cataract via crowded Niagara Gorge elevator or Maid of the Mist boat bulging with newly engaged couples is one way to go.
Experiencing the falls your own way -- no barrel required -- is another.?
“Most of the summer congestion is happening in the main areas of Niagara Falls State Park, where lines for must-do’s like Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds are based,” says Michelle Blackley of the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation.
She suggests investing in a Niagara Falls USA Discovery Pass to dodge long and abundant ticket lines.
For a quick escape …
Head for any of the Three Sisters Islands -- a trio of footbridge-linked islets accessed from larger Goat Island.
“They’re the most remote section of the park and offer some rare views of the Upper River Rapids just a few hundred feet from the brink of Niagara Falls,” says Blackley.
About a third of the 400-acre state park’s (America’s oldest) 8 million annual visitors arrive Cheap Oakley Sunglasses For Sale during the summer, with crowds frequently swelling during high season’s loaded roster of events and festivals.
The most obvious crowd ducking strategy at the world’s best-known waterfall is simply to steer clear of that time. But broadening your definition of Niagara Falls helps too -- during peak season especially.
Just north of all the tourist action, a hike into Devil’s Hole State Park leads alt-Falls travelers 300 feet into the Niagara Gorge for an intimate look at the Niagara River’s category five rapids and swirling whirlpools.
Says Blackley: “It’s one of those places where you’ll find the locals hiding out.”
Always a good sign.
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The rise and fall of cities, the charting of war and adventure, the promise of riches through trade ... history continues to be rewritten according to scholars' reinterpretations of ancient cartography.
John Selden's 17th-century map of China made a huge splash recently as the stimulus for analyzing London's rise as an economic hub (the city's success is inextricably linked to trade with China, as the Selden map illustrates).
According to some experts, the current unprecedented volume of global travel is also contributing to a burgeoning interest in map collecting.
"I believe that as people travel more, migrate more and speak more languages, and as business becomes more globalized, the appeal of two types of attachment to the idea of 'place' increases," says Daniel Crouch, a London based specialist of antique maps and atlases.
"One, as an identification with, or memory of, a place or homeland left behind, and the other as a statement of a new 'home' or adopted country, or fondness for a land visited."
Crouch reveals some fascinating map facts gathered from a lifetime of collecting and selling antique maps, and shares favorites from his most recent exhibition in Hong Kong featuring maps of China.
7 things to know about maps
1. It's still possible to have your own world-class map collection
Even the wealthiest collectors of old master or impressionist paintings, Chinese ceramics or modern art can never hope to have collections of a quality to match the likes of the Louvre, the British Museum or the Met.
However, that's not true of maps.
The savvy collector can still buy maps or atlases as good as, and sometimes better than, those found in the world's major libraries and museums.
"We have several items in our gallery that are at least as good, if not better, than the equivalent examples in, say, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the British Library or Library of Congress," says Crouch, whose keeps approximately 250 maps and 50 atlases in stock at any one time.
2. "BRIC" nations are hot right now
Antique maps featuring the world's biggest developing countries have seen a recent spike in prices.
According to Crouch this heightened interest can be linked to the recently increased Cheap Oakley Sunglasses Outlet inbound and outbound travel from these countries.
"Maps of B.R.I.C. nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have seen the fastest growing markets (and prices) in recent years," says Crouch.
"I have also noticed an increased interest in 'thematic' and 19th and even early 20th century mapping," he says.
3. The first "modern" map was printed more than 500 years ago
While the earliest maps were rudimentary diagrams drawn in caves in pre-historic times, the first proper manuscript maps appeared in the 12th century.
The map of the Holy Land printed in the "Rudimentum Novitiorum," an encyclopedia of world history published in 1475, is considered the first modern printed map.
A sample of the Rudimentum Novitiorum was sold for ?500,000 ($829,000) in 2013.
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Ever been to the town of Agloe in New York State? Whitewall in California? Or Relescent in Florida?
While these towns are clearly marked on a number of antique maps of the United States, they don't actually exist.
"Paper towns" were fake places added to maps by early mapmakers in order to dupe forgers into copying them, thereby exposing themselves to charges of copyright infringement.
5. The world's best map collection is in Paris
"The best collection in the world, in my opinion, is that of the , followed by the Library of Congress in the United States and the British Library," says Crouch.
"Many of what we now regard as the major institutional collections of cartography were actually put together by individuals in the 17th and 18th centuries. In the United Kingdom, the best collection of such material was made by King George III."
The latter collection is known as the "," and can be found in the British Library.
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The U.S. Library of Congress paid a record $10 million for German cartographer Martin Waldseem��ller's Universalis Cosmographia, a wall map of the world printed in 1507.
It's the only surviving copy of the map, which was the first to use the name "America."
In 2007, Crouch brokered the sale of the most expensive atlas ever sold cheap oakleys -- the 1477 Bologna Ptolemy, the first printed atlas -- for ?1.9 million ($3.12 million).
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The annual European Fine Art and Antiques Fair in Masstricht, Netherlands is often considered the world's best place to shop for antique maps, classic and modern art and jewelry.
More than 70,000 people visited the TEFAF Maastricht in 2013 to browse the 260 booths from 20 countries.
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'They're still alive'
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN) -- New hope, more frustration.
As the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 turned up fresh potential clues, dozens of anguished Chinese relatives on Sunday demanded that Malaysia provide them with evidence on the fate of their loved ones aboard the missing Boeing 777.
Ideal weather conditions gave one Australian aircraft crew the opportunity to detect many objects in the water west of Perth.
It spotted four orange items of interest, took photos and sent the coordinates, but Flight Lt. Russell Adams said the crew couldn't determine whether the objects were from the airliner, which officials believe went down in the southern Indian Ocean.
The items were more than 2 meters (6.5 feet) long, he said.
Authorities will analyze the images and then decide whether to send a ship to the debris location.
Adams called the discovery of the four objects one of the "most promising leads" searchers have come across.
The search resumed Monday, with 10 aircraft and 10 boats set to look for signs of the missing plane.
"We are searching a vast area of ocean, and we are working on quite limited information. Nevertheless, the best brains in the world are applying themselves to this task. ... If this mystery is solvable, we will solve it," Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told reporters Monday.
Speaking from the Royal Australian Air Force base where search teams have been headquartered, Abbott said he wouldn't set a time frame for how long the hunt for the missing plane could take.
"We can keep searching for quite some time to come. We will keep searching for quite some time to come. ... The intensity of our search and the magnitude of our operations is increasing, not decreasing," he said.
Search efforts Sunday ended with no confirmed sightings of debris from the plane, the Oakley Sunglasses Wholesale Prices Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
Objects picked up by ships on Saturday turned out to be fishing equipment and other items, officials said.
'We want truth'
The family members arrived in Kuala Lumpur and held a news conference at their hotel, imploring officials to be more transparent.
"We want evidence, we want truth and we want our family," said Jiang Hui, the families' designated representative. The crowd chanted the same words.
"We are here to call for Discounted Oakley Sunglasses For Men the following three things," he said. "First, the Malaysian side should provide us with timely and comprehensive evidence and answer the families' questions."
He also asked Malaysia to apologize for releasing confusing information and for announcing on March 24 that the plane had crashed even though there was no "direct evidence."
Relatives wore white T-Shirts with the words " Pray for MH370 ... return home safely." Some wept.
"We are here struck with sadness and urgency," Jiang said. "The meetings recently in China were not fruitful with (Malaysia Airlines) officials."
Mixed messages
Family members have accused Malaysian officials of withholding information since the plane vanished more than three weeks ago.
Of the 239 people aboard the doomed jetliner, 154 were Chinese.
Last week, relatives were told everyone aboard had died. But Hishammuddin Hussein, Malaysia's acting transportation minister, told reporters Saturday he had not closed the door on the hope that there could be survivors.
Frustrating search
Beijing has publicly slammed Malaysia's efforts to find the Boeing 777, which went missing March 8 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
And as the frustrating three-week search resumed Monday, China was among the countries scouring the choppy waters of the southern Indian Ocean for signs of the plane.
Ten aircraft were set to fly over the search area about 1,150 miles (1,850 kilometers) west of Perth, Australian officials said.
Ten ships were also involved in the search, including the Australian navy ship Ocean Shield, which was fitted with a "black box" detector and an autonomous underwater vehicle.
On Saturday, crew members aboard a Chinese plane dropped buoys to mark three suspected debris sites, China's state-run CCTV reported. It later said Sunday an orange "suspicious object" spotted by a Chinese plane Saturday turned out to be a dead jellyfish.
Amid the confusion, Malaysia said it has done its best with what it has.
"History will judge us as a country that has been very responsible," Hishammuddin said.
Relatives said they hope to meet the transport minister in Kuala Lumpur. They also asked Malaysia to plan meetings with the various companies involved, including Boeing, the plane's manufacturer.
Race against time
Experts said the clock is ticking.
The batteries on the flight data recorder, commonly referred to as the black box, are designed to last about 30 days. The plane disappeared March 8 -- 22 days ago.
"We certainly have our challenges in front of us," said Cmdr. Mark Matthews of the U.S. Navy.
"What we're trying to find is an acoustic emission from one of the pingers on the flight data recorder (and) the cockpit voice recorder. Typically these last, the batteries last about 30 days, usually they last a little bit longer, and that's what we're trying to find. But what is critical is that the teams that are out there searching for the surface debris, they get good position data on that and they feed it back to the oceanographers, to help us determine a probable point of impact for where the aircraft went in."
An American pinger locator and undersea search equipment were loaded onto the Ocean Shield. The ship is set to depart by Monday morning, and will take up to three days to reach the search area.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. William Marks told CNN's "State of the Union" that his team really needs a conclusive piece of debris to narrow down the search area, due to the range of the pinger locator.
"We have to be careful not to send it in the wrong place, but we also wanted to get it out there as close as we can to what we believe is the right place," he told CNN's Candy Crowley.
He said if the batteries on the recorders aboard the missing plane run out, the search would require side-scan sonar, one of which has been loaded on a search ship.
"But like I said, without good visual confirmation of debris, which we really have not had yet, it is tough to even go in the general direction," he said.
'They're still alive'
In Beijing on Saturday, oakley fast jacket cheap some of the relatives of the missing vented their anguish in the streets.
"They're all still alive, my son and everyone on board!" yelled Wen Wancheng, 63, whose only son was among the passengers. "The plane is still there, too! They're hiding it."
He held aloft a banner that read: "Son, Mom and Dad's hearts are torn to pieces. Come home soon!"
Relatives implored Hishammuddin to redouble efforts to find the plane.
"What they want is a commitment on our part to continue the search, and that I have given," Hishammuddin said. "For me, as the minister responsible, this is the hardest part of my life, at the moment," he told reporters.
"Miracles do happen, remote or otherwise, and that is the hope that the families want me to convey -- not only to the Malaysian government, MAS (Malaysia Airlines), but also to the world at large," he said.
Sea objects
The latest data analysis shows Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended up in the southern Indian Ocean.
But officials have offered different assessments of exactly where it could have gone down.
Investigators shifted the search area Friday after concluding that the plane had been traveling faster and burning fuel faster than they previously had thought.
The new search area is closer to Australia's coast, so it takes less time to reach, meaning more area can be searched. It's also marked by calmer waters.
CNN's Kyung Lah, Mitra Mobasherat, Brian Walker, Yuli Yang and Paula Hancocks contributed to this report. KJ Kwon reported from Kuala Lumpur; and Steve Almasy and Faith Karimi wrote from Atlanta.
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(CNN) — Facebook anunció el martes que planea comprar la firma de realidad virtual Oculus VR por 2,000 millones de dólares (26,000 millones de pesos).
Ésta es la última adquisición de alto nivel del gigante de las redes sociales durante los 10 años de su existencia. Algunas de las casi 50 empresas nuevas han sido adquiridas por su tecnología y otras por su talento.
El CEO de Facebook Mark Zuckerberg dijo este martes que sus adquisiciones son parte de "una apuesta a largo plazo" y considera que han comprado "compañías que creemos que pueden alcanzar a 1,000 millones de personas".
Aquí está cómo lo mejor de esa lista de compras ha resultado.
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Facebook adquirió, una empresa quedesarrolló un casco de realidad virtual que cubre los ojos de los usuarios y los sumerge en un ambiente que responde a los movimientos de su cabeza. Facebook dijo que su objetivo es invertir en el producto para el futuro.
En un intento por dominar la mensajería en línea, Facebook adquirió por la suma récord de 19,000 millones de dólares (250,000 millones de pesos). La aplicación de 5 años tenía 450 millones de usuarios en el momento de la adquisición en febrero, añadiendo un millón de usuarios cada día.
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Facebook reconoce los rostros de la gente en fotos y los etiqueta con sus nombres. La red social adquirió una compañía de tecnología de reconocimiento facial que hizo esto posible, , por un costo entre 55 millones y 100 millones de dólares en el 2012 (entre 720 y 1,300 millones de pesos).
Facebook compró la red para compartir fotografías, , por 1,000 millones de dólares en el 2012 (alrededor de 13,000 millones de pesos), con una combinación de efectivo y acciones. "Proveer la mejor experiencia para compartir fotos es una razón por la que a tanta gente le encanta Facebook y nosotros sabíamos que sería valioso unir esas dos compañías", dijo Mark Zuckerberg sobre la adquisición.
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En abril de 2012, Facebook anunció un acuerdo con Microsoft, que asignaba a la red social el derecho de comprar una parte de una patente que el gigante de las computadoras personales adquirió de AOL Inc. Precio: 550 millones de dólares en efectivo (más de 7,000 millones de pesos).
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En el 2011, Facebook adquirió el servicio para compartir ubicación '' por una suma no revelada. La adquisición permitió a los usuarios de Facebook compartir su ubicación con más frecuencia. Sus características fueron integradas en la línea de tiempo de Facebook, la cual fue lanzada más o menos al mismo tiempo.
FriendFeed
La alimentación de los medios sociales, que detiene las actualizaciones de las diferentes redes sociales, se convirtió en parte de Facebook en 2009, cuando la red social lo compró por 15 millones de dólares en efectivo (196 millones). Como parte del acuerdo, todos los empleados de FriendFeed se unieron a Facebook mientras que a los cuatro fundadores de la compañía les dieron puestos altos en la ingeniería de Facebook y equipos de productos.
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Cuando Facebook compró Parakey en el 2007 por una suma desconocida, fue su primera gran adquisición. Facebook en realidad estaba comprando los cerebros detrás de la empresa nueva, Blake Ross y Joe Hewitt, los cofundadores de Mozilla Firefox, un navegador web de código abierto. Ross y Hewitt se unieron al equipo de Facebook para trabajar en el desarrollo de la red.
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En un acuerdo que inspiró el drama nominado al Óscar en 2010 "La Red Social", Facebook accedió a adquirir ConnectU de los hermanos después de un acuerdo bajo el cual Facebook compraba la red rival por dinero en efectivo y una participación en las acciones de la red social.
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