Chamonix Mont Blanc France is a prestigious town with the legendary Mont Blanc as well as tumbling glaciers. The group like to go paragliding or from time to time visiting the Aiguille du Midi. I invariably catch a plane from Greenville and stay at a Chamonix catered chalet for the duration of my break.

I used to went to Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside however it never matched its description: Overlooking the Blackcomb and Whistler ski lifts, this boutique hotel is one block from Whistler Village Square, two blocks from the Whistler Conference Centre, and approximately 85 Vancouver International Airport. Amenities include 24-hour front desk, meeting rooms, babysitting, daily housekeeping, Interet kiosk (w/fee), business services, laundry services, valet parking, year-round outdoor, heated pool, two whirlpools, a steam room, fitness center’s exercise equipment and spa treatment menu.

However in Chamonix Haute Savoie France the catered chalet is invariably good. In addition eating out in our favorite hotel restaurant, Geisha Steakhouse, eating lamb chops with yogurt-mint sauce is a real treat. Chamonix Mont Blanc is a large enough destination to insure that there is plenty for the snowboarder to do. Including a spa and a plethora of shops, Chamonix offers a mix of skiing, French charm and shopping which few resorts can beat.

“Vigne Vecchie” Bed & Breakfast is the ideal place for spending your comfortable holiday, between sea and history, culture and traditions, where you can feel at home, living the same situation as the landlord.
We are glad to accommodate you in a very comfortable Villa situated in Casamassella, a very little village 3 kilometres from the fantastic coasts and white beaches of Otranto and Porto Badisco. Eight kilometres from the coasts of Castro and Santa Cesarea Terme and 30 minutes by car (or bus) from the “Baroque City” of Lecce. Just 25 minutes to the southern coasts of the cape of Santa Maria di Leuca the “heel of Italy”.
Our newly renovated Villa has two floors safely situated in our peaceful town of Casamassella. On the ground floor there are five private rooms, three rooms with double beds and two with single beds. Each room has a private bathroom with showers, cable TV, telephone, and air conditioning. The accommodations are beautifully set up with new contemporary furniture.
The household atmosphere and a very typical breakfast will give you the best “good morning” for an unforgettable Italian holiday

Vigne Vecchie is situated in the suggestive interland of Otranto…that’s why Vigne Vecchie is so quiet.
Casamassella’s history is connected with the past events of the centrally located Castle Marsella, a place of great historic interest dating back to the Ottoman Empire.

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Cyprus is an island with strong greek traditions, but its great all year round sun is what attracts most of us, which has made it a very popular destination for Europeans, with over 2.4 million visiting its many resorts. Cyprus basks is more than 330 clorious days of sun each year, which has given it the name The Island of the Sun. With plenty of travel agents able to arrange Cyprus holidays and budget airlines such as Easyjet offering routes to Paphos and Larnaca, there has never been a better time to visit.

While attracting visitors from around the world, most of them tend to be Europeans. In recent years Russians and Poles have become poolside regulars alongside the French, Germans and, of course, us Brits.. The British Armed Forces have long has a presence in Cyprus. The UK retains a military base in order to have a gateway for forces to the Middle East. The impact of this on the surrounding area is that Cypriots have grown used to, and in turn, now cater for the Brits. From English being spoken everywhere you go, to driving on the left side of the road. A major attraction for many Brit tourists is that the island offers all of the comforts and familiarities of home, but we also get to bask in the sun.

Much of olden Cyprus is giving away to culture that is more eclectic and less traditional. However, this side of Cyprus, that continues to attract millions of tourists year after year, is only one aspect of the island and is concentrated around the tourist hotspots of Paphos, Larnaca and Ayia Napa. Fortunately as you venture off the beaten track, your are soon reminded of the character that has made this island a popular destination for millennia.

Its worth tearing yourself away from the beach and visiting the Troodod Mountains if you can. In the heart of the mountains you will find the Kykkos monastery, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1998. Housing art and exhibits on ancient Greece, the monastery has the twin function of being a museum for visitors and a practising monastery lived in by worshiping monks. If you are a wine lover, there are treats in store for you. A daytrip to the Troodos Mountains can be a welcome change from the beach and with overnight accommodation available in many of the authentic villages dotted about; you might want to spend a few days here sampling another side of Cyprus.

The Papaya Man, He carts his fruits and vegetables around with an antique motorcycle-drawn-cart: papayas, grapes, oranges, this and that, so forth and on. He broadcasts his coming from house to house by way of a loudspeaker: up and down and around my casa [my house], in San Juan Miraflores (Lima, Peru): he looks up at me, as I’m looking down at him, from my second story window, he stops…got my attention, he is better than a security guard, knows what is happening around him.

He wears a blue rosary around his thick brown neck, short in stature, broad and robust; he looks kindly at my wife, now looking at the fruit and vegetables: he picks out the biggest and most yellowish-green papayaweights it, he is smiling; ah! he made the sale, blessed be to the rosary.

He then starts his motor-cart back up again (it is 11:30 AM); not sure how it stirs, no handlebars, but nonetheless, he stirs it away, and down the street he sways, hands on the side of the cart…! The moment has passed, God has feed, both him and my wife, and perhaps me tonight!

#1287 3/24/2006 Note by the author. The nice thing about Peru, and Lima, is the old traditions are still alive, especially if you live here; the Papaya Man, the Bread Man, the Soda man, and so for and so on, come around and sell their goods, like it used to be back in the United States in the 50s.

See Dennis’ web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Poeta Laureado de San Jeronimo-Huancayo, Peru

Congratulations on your desire to start your own home based business. You are going to have a lot to learn, but your effort will be worth it. Growing a successful business, living the flexible lifestyle, and the possibility of financial freedom are great reasons to start your own home based business. This article will give you some great tips on getting your home based business started.

First, set up a special working space in your home. This can be a small bedroom, your kitchen table, part of your garage, or the corner of the living room. This is where you are going to build your home based business.

Next, gather all the materials that you need to run your business. You want to have easy access to all the tools, materials, and resources that you need to run your business. Keep everything close at hand. This will prevent you from wasting time, having to search for what you need.

Decide what hours and days that you will work, when you will market, when you will provide your services or products to clients.

Plan, plan, plan. Planning is one of the greatest keys to success in your business. Set measurable goals with specific time frames. Think of all the steps that you need to take to make these goals a reality and get working towards them. Even a small step is a step in the right direction.

Network like crazy. One of the fastest ways to grow any business is to make connections with other people. Be sure to share your passion and enthusiasm with others at every opportunity. Let people know who you are and what you offer. Remember, people can’t buy if they don’t know you’re selling.

Present a professional image. If you want to be treated professionally, present a professional image. Set up a separate bank account for your business. Install a separate phone and fax line. Create professional marketing materials. Be courteous and pleasant in all your customer facing interactions. Basically, be someone people want to do business with.

Automate your business as much as possible. Granted, you are just one person (right now) and might have a lot of extra time to take care of all the details. This might work for now, but won’t work into the future as you get busier and busier. It’s best to set up automatic systems and processes right from the start to free up your time to concentrate on the most profitable activities.

The key is to be persistent. Don’t get discouraged. It is easy to get discouraged when you are first starting. Just keep at it. God bless. Jesus loves you.

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Recently the Ford Motor Company and the Gay and Lesbian Community voting block got into a tiff. The Gay and Lesbian Community threatened to boycott Ford Products and not at a very good time in the company’s history either considering the current US Automaker trends. So what should Ford do now?

Ford Motor Company should immediately give one new car to every homosexual in America, because they cancelled their ads in a homosexual magazine, never mind they cut 80% of all their magazine ads to cut advertising costs. Let’s make it up in reparations to the homosexual community as many may have had their ancestors also slighted in some way.

Additionally Ford Motor Company should pay legal costs to get gay marriage going in all states and open strictly Gay and Lesbian Night Clubs where no one else is allowed. Ford must pay just like any other corporate entity that is attacked by a group. We must destroy their brand name and sue them up the gazzoo.

If Ford fails to give every Gay and Lesbian a new free car we must shut them down to protect the rights of all Americans. Don’t you agree, wouldn’t that solve the problem? Consider all this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

The promise of lower cost has motivated many enterprises to move their voice traffic to the enterprise IP wide area network (WAN). Many have discovered, however, that Voice over IP (VoIP) quality does not always meet business use standards.

In addition, as VoIP is introduced to the network, the performance of other business-critical applications — already at risk given growing Web/Internet traffic — begins to deteriorate. The challenge is to assure the performance of real-time VoIP calls while protecting business data that requires immediate response times, in a manner that optimizes the efficiency of the WAN.

The growth in real-time and interactive business traffic that requires immediate response mandates a layer of application-aware control that intelligently links the performance requirements of a growing mix of converged data, VoIP and video applications with available network resources in a manner that assures an optimal user experience.

This application-aware, traffic-management solution should work with the existing IP network, and should assure the performance of individual VoIP calls and application flows. Policies should be accurate and application-aware, and tuning performance in both the inbound and outbound directions should be possible to ensure the integrity of each user connection.

Users should first know what is currently running on their network so that they can proactively manage the WAN to assure business-critical data and VoIP performance. Traffic should be actively monitored, classified and then assigned policies that assure the required level of performance in the most efficient manner possible.

Intelligent traffic-management policies can be applied to assure the performance of existing business-critical applications (e.g., CRM, SAP), while non-critical traffic is limited in the most efficient manner possible. In most cases, traffic-management policies that specifically guarantee bandwidth and response time for each application session and/or flow are required.

VolP-specific controls should be applied to assure real-time VoIP call performance (e.g., latency, jitter, bandwidth) on a call-by-call basis. This requires granular and accurate enforcement of bandwidth policies and priority control for each individual call. Given that a VoIP call is a two-way exchange, these policies should be enforced in both the inbound and outbound direction.

In addition, because a VoIP session consists of multiple flows (e.g., call setup, call control and call media) each flow should be individually protected to guarantee the integrity of the call. This means the traffic-management solution should be session aware and enforced on a per-flow basis. For example, if the call control information for a single call is compromised by the media traffic, calls may be dropped midstream.

While proactive traffic management provides a first level of control against other applications running on the network, techniques such as packet size optimization and burst control are necessary to manage the impact at a packet level. These are not available when a router alone is used to perform the traffic-management functions.

Call admission control is needed to protect VoIP calls already in progress. This should be network aware (knowledgeable about calls running on the network), with policies that establish directives on what to do when the next call is placed. In addition, the policy-management process should be kept simple, using VolP-aware defaults that apply policies dynamically based on the VoIP protocol, the codec and the number of concurrent calls to be supported.

David Cowgill
VoIP Blog

Source: Making VoIP Perform as Advertised

Attention to the following details can make a difference between having an OK honeymoon and a great one.

1. Book a late flight the morning after the wedding, when possible.

2. Know what your budget is and work within these limits. If money is tight, look into an all-inclusive resort, where you
know ahead of time what you’ll spend. Many resorts sound reasonably priced until you add up all the extra charges. Checkout
time can be a mind blower.

3. Book the best room you can afford. Complaints from honeymooners tend to focus on the quality of their accommodations.

4. Ask about bed size. In some parts of the world, double beds may be smaller than what you expect. In Europe you’ll find
a lot of twin-bedded rooms, so if you’re Europe-bound, you might want to ask for a “matrimonial bed.”

5. Both the bride and the groom should take part in deciding where to go and how much to spend.

6. Unless you want to keep your honeymoon a secret, let the hotel know ahead of time that you are newly married (your
travel agent can do this for you), Honeymooners often enjoy special perks, such as champagne and breakfast in bed.

7. If is often helpful to be in the travel agent’s office while your room is being booked so that you can answer any
special questions the hotel might have.

8. If being directly on the beach overlooking the water is very important to you, make sure the hotel and the room
you book are just that. Sometimes properties advertised as “beachfront hotels” are in reality not right on the beach,
but close by. Rooms may also have a view of the garden instead of the water.

9. ASk about the best way to get from the airport to you resort. Are you being met? Do you need to look for someone
in particular? How much is a taxi or van service?

10. If you are renting a car, find out ahead of time about insurance requirements. Check with your credit card company to see
if you are covered by collision damage waiver.

11. Check what travel documentation you will need and get everything in order. Carry two forms of photo identification
in two separate places. If you lose one you’ll still be able to get on the plane with the other. Remember, a valid
photo ID is required to board. No ID, no flight.

12. On international travel it is good to fax hotels a few days before your arrival date to reconfirm your arangements.
This is particular important when the booking was made well in advance. This is one vacation you want to make sure
runs like clockwork. Your travel agent should do this for you, but be sure to request that it be done.

13. I highly recommend purchasing trip cancellation insurance. If you have to cancel for any reason (heaven forbid),
you’ll get your deposit back. Ask your travel agent about this.

14. If you are tavelling to a place such as Africa or the South Pacific, check with your doctor or local health authority
to find out if you need any special inoculations or medicines to take either prior to or during your trip. In some areas
you must show proof that you are up to date on certain disease-preventing immunizations (e.g. yellow fever and malaria)
in order to enter the country.

15. If you are not leaving for your vacation destination until a day or two after your wedding, you may want to stay
at a relaxing, romantic inn on your first night. Most couples find they are quite exhausted after the festivities and
need some time to unwind.

16. Book you airline seats at the same time you make plane reservations. This is also the time to order special meals of
you have any dietary restrictions.

We hope this travel tip will help you to have a unforgettable honeymoon.

Joe & Nanang want all couples to share their love with each other. Their website promotes love and bliss to all couples.

In order to understand qualifications for loan approval, let’s examine the types
of loans; secured and unsecured, and the two types of
re-payment plans: short term and long term.

Secured loans have both short and long term repayment plans. These types of
loans are secured by a form of collateral, such as the equity in a home or auto.
Some lenders will also accept stocks and bonds as security against the loan.

Because these types of loans are secured, the risk to lenders is minimized and
allows borrowers to enjoy lower interest rates than unsecured loans. And; even
if there are still payments due on an existing auto or home loan, it’s possible
to get a lower rate than the original loan terms, particularly if the borrower’s
credit had improved.

Unsecured loans generally have only a short term repayment plan. The most common
type of unsecured loan is a payday cash advance, or a signature (personal loan)
from a bank. The payday cash advance is a much shorter term loan, most commonly
to extend only until the recipient’s following payday. A bank signature
loan; however, generally has a one year repayment plan. Another main difference
between these two types of loans is how the interest rate is calculated. A
payday cash advance charges a fee instead of an interest rate, but Federal
regulations require lenders to provide an "interest computation" so
borrowers can compare rates amongst various loan products and lenders.
When a payday cash advance fee is transformed to an interest rate, the sum is
much higher than a bank signature loan, which is an actual percentage rate
charged over the duration of the loan. But there’s yet one more difference
between these two loans which makes payday cash advances more accessible.
Whereas a bank signature loan requires favorable credit, a payday cash advance
does not, making this an attractive loan for bad credit people.

Your credit rating, assets, and the eagerness of a lender to issue a loan, all
determine which types of loans you are qualified for. If you have favorable
credit, consult your local bank loan officer or; if you desire a business loan,
your local SBA. If you have troubled credit, instead of seeking a long
term unsecured loan, consider alternatives such as using your home or auto as
collateral for a secured long term loan, or consider a payday cash advance for a
short term unsecured loan.

Toni Phelps is the Research Manager of http://www.creditfederal.com where you can find more information regarding loans.

The Trauma of Awakening
Awareness under anesthesia ranks second only to death as a dreaded complication of surgery. It is reported to affect 40,00-140,000 patients per year in the US but there is reason to believe that many more have awakened during surgery. Because modern anesthesia consists of three agents - a light dose of painkiller, a paralyzing drug, and an amnesic agent that blocks memory of the experience - most patients do not remember awakening and so do not report it to their doctors. The paralyzing drug prevents any struggle or gesture as sign of distress so the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, and nurse cannot see that the patient is awake. Some experimental studies estimate the rate of awareness may be as high as 44%.

Not remembering does not diminish the pain, fear, and utter helplessness of awakening under the knife and being unable to let anyone know. Nor does it diminish the traumatic effect of that experience. Survivors who finally recall the awakening usually describe an experience in which their center of awareness coalesces outside their helpless body and they watch the scene from above. Their frozen state and accompanying depersonalization seems to go on and on without a clear point of resolution. The return to the body may happen in the recovery room or even later in the hospital room and, rarely, only after days, weeks, or years.

Posttraumatic Consequences
The experience of awakening in a panic during surgery and finding oneself unable to move or cry out creates a dramatic crescendo of survival instincts. The drug-induced paralysis thwarts any impulse to escape and deepens the instinctual freeze response. Awareness during surgery carries the exact conditions known to induce post-traumatic symptoms. The horrors of the experience become embedded in the nonverbal mind with a potential to intrude into consciousness whenever triggered. The suffering individual will not relate the emerging panic to unremembered and wordless experiences during a past surgical operation.

Over half of the patients that remember coming light under anesthesia develop the full syndrome of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Survivors with or without memory often become phobic about surgery and their avoidance of triggers may generalize to a fear of hospitals or doctors or of white coats. They may suffer attacks of frozen panic or depersonalization, sometimes with clouded states of altered consciousness. They may repeatedly hear the voices of operating room staff. Their conditions are often misdiagnosed as panic disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, or epilepsy.

Treatment of Surgical PTSD
Once the true cause is suspected the condition can be readily treated and cured with trauma therapy. Successful treatment does require processing of the entire traumatic experience so the therapy must be able to access that seemingly forgotten memory. The memory is there even though conscious verbal probes fail to reach it. It was not verbally coded when the person was under the dual effect of the anesthetics and the instinctual trauma response. Even though it was stored in fragments of nonverbal perception it can be processed into a narrative form that will be available to conscious thought.

Hypnosis is very effective in providing access to the traumatic memory fragments. Other approaches that use nonverbal communication can also be effective. These are the creative arts therapies such as art therapy, movement therapy, music therapy and psychodrama. In most applications the person constructs a verbal narrative of the trauma and comes to own it as a finished historical event.

Louis W. Tinnin, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist, Intensive Trauma Therapy, Inc.
http://traumatherapy.us