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Finding a great beach is easy. Finding the best beach to match your client's needs takes effort. Are your clients looking for solitude or a lively beach town? Basic beach amenities or full-fledged services? The 10 beaches below have distinctive charms of their own, just waiting to be matched to the unique needs of each traveler.
At Playa del Amor, clients can play in the waves against the backdrop of Cabo's iconic El Arco rock arch. This secluded beach is a great choice for couples. Getting there is half the fun, since access is only via open water. The easiest way is to head down to the Cabo San Lucas marina and climb aboard a water taxi or one of the glass-bottom boats. Pack a picnic lunch and sunscreen, since amenities are not to be found.
Here, visitors will find an expansive holiday beach surrounded by modern comforts, including resort hotels, condos, restaurants and shops, making the beach a complete vacation destination in itself. Nuevo Vallarta Beach is a 30-minute drive from Puerto Vallarta. For a change of pace from sand and sea, tee off on three nearby championship courses.
Lovely Zihuatanejo is a former fishing village that has grown into a town with tons of local color.
Palm-lined Playa La Ropa is a favorite with residents and visitors alike. Take a dip, order a ceviche at one of the beachside restaurants and rent a sailboat for an extra thrill.
While La Paz is slightly off the main tourism track, this Baja Sur historic city has much to offer, including Balandra Beach. Your clients will need wheels, since the beach is located 18 miles outside the city. Once they settle in on the sand, they can look out on the lovely island of Espiritu Santo. When it's time to break for lunch, beachside restaurants serve a variety of seafood.
This is one of those lovely collisions of manmade and natural beauty. Touring the ancient Maya ruins of Tulum and then taking a dip in the sea off Boca Paila is a one-two punch that will knock anyone out. Since Tulum is a major tourism attraction access is easy, and once visitors arrive, there will be plenty of options for grabbing a bite to eat.
Playa del Carmen scores on two fronts: It has a gorgeous, expansive white-sand beach, as well as a unique Euro-centric vibe often referred to as "barefoot sophistication." There are lots of water sports and dive shops along the beach as well. Clients can even take advantage of waiter service on the beach, with wait staff dipping down from Playa's restaurants and bars. These same venues supply a spirited nightlife after the sun goes down.
Playa Olas Altas has the added appeal of being close to Mazatlan's historic district. The crescent-shaped strand has been a tourism favorite dating back to the 1950s, and there is still a slight caught-in-time ambience, with hotels and casual restaurants lining the road to the beach and along the malecon (waterfront). Surfers come for the waves while less hardy swimmers content themselves with sitting on the sand and soaking up the sun and the view.
While Playa del Norte makes a great daytrip from Cancun, Isla Mujeres is a destination in its own right, with an easygoing charm and selection of hotels and restaurants. The calm waters of Playa del Norte are as laidback as Isla de Mujeres itself. Enjoy a hammock on the beach, an informal meal at a palapa beachside restaurant or get active onboard a jet-ski.
When in Cancun, take an hour drive south to the beach resort town of Akumal, also known in the Mayan language as "The Place of the Turtles." Kick back and relax on Akumal Bay, snorkel the gentle waters and, for a change of pace, browse the town's modest selection of shops and restaurants. The beaches south and north of Akumal are protected areas to preserve the habitat of the endangered green sea turtle.
While it's only 30 miles south of Cancun, Maroma Beach has a serene sophistication light-years away from the frenetic pace of Cancun. The beaches are sparkling white sand and eco-consciousness prevails, without sacrificing the luxe bits travelers love. Stay at one of the high-end resorts and revel in nature while knowing a four-hand massage or icy cocktail is only moments away.


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Why The ITU's Plans To Divert Money To Lazy Telcos Will Slow Internet Buildout, Not Increase It
from the damn-history dept
But, it's even worse. A new study by Eli Dourado looking at how well "sending party pays" actually worked in the telco system found that it tended to hinder growth, rather than accelerate it:
The possible extension of the telephone system's "sender-pays" rule to the Internet is a contentious international political issue under consideration at the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT). This paper examines whether higher international telephone rates support or impede telecom sector growth in the receiving country. It uses data on international telephone rates from the US from 1992-2010 to explain growth in foreign telecom sectors during the same period. I find that higher international calling rates are correlated with slower growth in the telecom sector, which suggests that countries are not primarily using higher charges to finance additional expansion. These findings cast doubt on proposals that would extend sender-pays to the Internet sector.In other words, the key argument the ITU likes to make for this diversion of funds... isn't actually supported by the facts. Instead, it's what we expected: about helping big telcos (often either state-owned, or formerly stated owned with still close connections) get a bunch of money for nothing... which they then won't invest in expanding the network (why should they?). And, oh yes, the implementation of such a system might just also make it easier to limit internet access and/or spy on nearly everything people do (how else do you charge if you're not monitoring activity?).


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I feel like it was false advertising using the U.S. Postal Service to sell their product in this way. I noticed that there are a number of complaints for this company and please advise me of my rights because now I don't want either one. Thanks.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- I ordered a free sample of their product, which I did not use. I next, received a larger amount of the product, which I DID NOT order. I called the company and told them that I did NOT order and would not use, but would be happy to return, but not pay the postage at my expense.
I was told that a postage label would be sent to me within two weeks, so that I could return the product. It has been a month and I have no label, but I do have a bill for over $25.00. I have, today, attempted to contact by phone, with NO success. By ordering a free sample, one will be sent other products with no way to stop the billing.
My 84 year old mother received unsolicited product from Silkies and a bill showing PAST DUE for $19.94. I noticed that a couple of other reviewers had a similar experience with their senior loved ones. I sent an email thanking them for the "free gift". Shame on this company for taking advance of senior women, probably mostly widows and on fixed incomes to boot!
It is marketing ploys like this that give the entire industry a black eye. How many old ladies in the USA have freaked out getting a past due bill for $19.94 for a product they did not want much less order. I hate to say it but I would be willing to bet that most senior ladies probably pay the bill. Next step the BBB and TV consumer reporters, this company must be stopped from deceiving seniors!
Yesterday I received samples of Silkies Enriche Ageless Moisturizer. They say I will receive more in 4 weeks at a cost of $14.99 plus S&H. I never ordered this sample and don't want the other but I can't get in touch with them no matter what I try. I know for certain I did not order the sample as the address is not my normal address.
CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA -- In March I requested and received a sample of Silkies Enriche. About 3 wks. later a second item of the same arrived (same size). I have been billed several times for this 2nd unordered product. I could return it, but refuse to pay the postage and go to the trouble of packaging it. A telephone # included with the bill is an automated message that does not give me the option of addressing the problem. How can I get them out of my hair???
RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN -- This company is a scam!! If you send for a sample, in a week or 10 days you will receive another package UNORDERED with an invoice for payment and further orders will be sent. If you try to contact the company it is all automated telephone service and their guarantee states they will pay the postage... with no info on how that is done. Then the customer has to pay or continue to be billed and receive future shipments.
Today I also received skin products from this company that I did not order. I do not intend to use them nor to spend postage sending them back. Some years ago after receiving many complaints from citizens complaining about getting unsolicited products in the mail demanding payment for such, the Government declared the receiver was not obliged to return nor pay for such products. If they send a letter demanding payment I will ask them to send me the postage if not I will keep the product for 2 months and if no compliance I will throw the box out.


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When the spotlight dims on the WWE Smackdown! event at the Winnipeg Arena this week, the curtain will also close on more than half a century of wrestling history at the celebrated "old barn."
"I remember fond memories of my dad taking me when I was seven or eight years old and watching the Nick Bockwinkels and Mad Dog Vachons of the world," said Don (Cyrus) Callis, who grew up in Winnipeg and wrestled in the WWF under the moniker The Jackyl. "It was a really great place to be. It was always a really great building to be in."
Tomorrow and Tuesday, the WWE will rock the Winnipeg Arena with its TV events Raw and Smackdown. The performances will mark the last time the wrestling franchise will appear in the old building, with the $133 million MTS Centre slated to open in November.
The Winnipeg Arena opened in 1954. Over the years, the WWE has filled the house dozens of times and tallied up hundreds of monumental matches.
Cyrus made his WWF debut at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1997. A week or two later, his new job brought him home to the old barn, and he said his local appearance made a lasting impression.
"Performing at the Winnipeg Arena was a much bigger deal for me personally than performing at Madison Square Garden," he recalled. "Having my dad in the audience ... having the crowd acknowledge that I was from Winnipeg -- it was one of the highlights of my time with the WWF."
The American Wrestling Association stopped at the arena 13 times a year during its heyday in the late 1970s and early '80s.
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"One time I was going to the Winnipeg Arena and I was in the main event and I was running a little late," the 75-year-old reminisced. "It was like 40 below and on that main street (Portage Avenue) we ran out of gas.
"I had to push the car to get it around the corner and my gosh," said Vachon. "We looked across the street and saw the CBC television station. We called a cab and made it to the arena on time. It was so cold."
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Historical Demographic Data of Southeastern Europe: Orasac, 1824-1975 (ICPSR 32404)
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Joel Halpern, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Department of Anthropology
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The data in the Historical Demographic Data of Southeastern Europe series derive primarily from the ethnographic and archival research of Joel M. Halpern, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, in southeastern Europe from 1953 to 2006. The series is comprised of historical demographic data from several towns and villages in the countries of Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, all of which are former constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The data provide insight into the shift from agricultural to industrial production, as well as the more general processes of urbanization occurring in the last days of the Yugoslav state. With an expansive timeframe ranging from 1818 to 2006, the series also contains a wide cross-section of demographic data types. These include, but are not limited to, population censuses, tax records, agricultural and landholding data, birth records, death records, marriage and engagement records, and migration information.
This component of the series focuses exclusively on the Serbian village of Orasac and is composed of 64 datasets. These data record a variety of demographic and economic information between the years of 1824 and 1975. General population information at the individual level is available in official census records from 1863, 1884, 1948, 1953, and 1961, and from population register records for the years of 1928, 1966, and 1975. Census data at the household level is also available for the years of 1863, 1928, 1948, 1953, and 1961. These data are followed by detailed records of engagement and marriage. Many of these data were obtained through the courtesy of village and county officials. Priest book records from 1851 through 1966, as well as death records from 1863 to 1976 and tombstone records from 1975, are also available. Information regarding migrants and emigrants was obtained from the village council for the years of 1946 through 1975. Lastly, the data provide economic and financial information, including records of individual landholdings (for the years of 1863, 1952, 1966, and 1975), records of government taxation at the individual or household level (for 1813 through 1840, as well as for 1952), and livestock censuses (at both the individual and household level for the years of 1824 and 1825, and only at the individual level for the years of 1833 and 1834).
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, all data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.
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These data were collected over a period of about forty years through the ethnographic and archival field work of Joel M. Halpern in Southeastern Europe. Many datasets were compiled from Serbian state archives or through the courtesy of local officials in Orasac. Some of these data were collected and recorded by hand. These data have since been digitized and processed; nevertheless, some variables in some datasets contain miscodes, out of range values, missing value labels, and various other artifacts of the digitization process. ICPSR has worked to address these issues and record them in processing notes included in the ICPSR codebooks for each part.
Users should be aware that these data are but a component of the Historical Demographic Data of Southeastern Europe series. The other parts of the collection will be processed and released in the future.
Users should be aware that, in addition to the funding agencies included in the "Grants" section of this study description, Dr. Halpern's research in Southeastern Europe has also been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (1968-1970), the American Council of Learned Societies (1972; 1984), the Center for a Voluntary Society (1974), and the American Philosophical Society (1978).
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The demographic data collected from the Serbian village of Orasac serve as a micro-study to explore how changes in this village relate to the larger processes of social change occurring in southeast Europe from the early 19th century through the mid 20th century.
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The data in this study were collected between 1953 and 1990 through extensive ethnographic and archival fieldwork conducted by Joel M. Halpern.
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All residents in the Serbian village of Orasac between the years of 1824 and 1975.
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All unpublished materials from the nineteenth century were obtained through the courtesy of the Serbian State Archives. Census materials from 1948, 1953, and 1961 were made available by the former Federal Statistical Bureau of Yugoslavia and its then Republic affiliates. All other data from Orasac were acquired through the courtesy of both village and county officials.
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Population census data contain variables that record basic demographic information. These include the respondent's relationship to the head of his or her household, sex, date of birth, marital status, occupation, levels of education and literacy, and original place of birth.
Birth, death, marriage, and migration data contain variables that record the date of the corresponding event, as well as relevant demographic information similar in scope to the census data. Migration data include place of origin and year of arrival to Orasac.
Some landholdings data from the nineteenth century include variables that record ownership in hectares and acres of different types of land, such as fields, meadows, and vineyards. Other data do not disaggregate the type of landholdings and instead record longitudinal changes in individual land ownership over time. All landholdings data include basic demographic information (such as relationship to household head), as well as government tax assessments of total individual landholdings.
Tax data measure the level at which an individual is liable for taxation, in other words, whether an individual is taxable, not taxable, or half taxable. The 1952 tax census offers more detailed information about specific monetary amounts owed as tax, as well as demographic information about the number of dependents in a household and the number of people fit to work.
Livestock census data from the nineteenth century record the number of specific types of livestock per household as well as the amount of tax levied on these livestock. Finally, the crop tax census and wine tax record provide information on the degree of taxation levied on these agricultural commodities.
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- Halpern, Joel. Historical Demographic Data of Southeastern Europe: Orasac, 1824-1975. ICPSR32404-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-05-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR32404.v1
2013-05-29 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
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Long-lasting, Easy Care Plants for Black Thumbs
I have yet to have a long term relationship with any green, living, photosynthesizing thing, and even cut flowers seem to begin wilting the moment I put them in a vase. But I think my reputation as plant killer gives me a little credit in the easy-to-maintain arena — if I can keep it alive for more than a month, so can you!
Like many of you, I swoon over the idea of a natural home filled with those lush greens that account for so much of a home's appeal. So despite — or maybe because o f— a ridiculous list of failed attempts at maintaining a little green in my home, I've found myself going back to some fail-safe options. And by fail-safe I mean that we can co-habitate for at least a month before the poor plant meets its doom. For someone who is used to tossing vases full of wilted flowers after a few days I consider a month-long fling with a plant a serious feat.
• Curly Willow. For a cut branch, these sculptural beauties last forever — mine have been going strong for 2 months. And the best part is that they continue to change each day, going from bare branch to green and leafy in a matter of weeks — with little to no maintenance after the first watering. This time of year they can be ordered through your local florist or sometimes found at your local grocery store.
• Moss. Even if I didn't also share a name with this bryophyte, I would feel a certain loyalty to it. It makes an unexpected centerpiece or addition to a bathroom when placed in a shallow bowl, and I've found it to be the closest thing to long-term love. My current moss terrarium — made out of a little-used cheese dome — has been in my life since November. November as in 5 months ago. Some types can be ordered through your local florist, or you can raid a mossy patch in your backyard like I did. Place a layer of broken gravel-sized charcoal in a shallow bowl, cover it with a thin layer of soil, then clumps of moss. I mist mine with water every couple weeks if it is under a dome, and otherwise once a week if it is in open air. It should not be saturated, just slightly wet to the touch.
• Potted Grass. It's sleek and a little quirky, it looks great gracing a modern table or window ledge, and you can pick your variety to suit your home, which means you can grow it with great sucess even if you get very little natural light. Check out my detailed growing instructions: How To Grow Grass Indoors.
• Air plants. As sad as I was to learn that these exotic plant aren't completely maintenance free, they are pretty close. Soak them in water once a week for about an hour and mist occasionally if they are in a super sunny spot.
• Phalaenopsis Orchids. With my reputation, I was wary the first time I invited this flowering beauty home, but after having had several good — month long or longer— flings with Phalaenopsis Orchids I've added them to my safety list. You can find them at most grocery stores and big box home centers as well as just about any florist shop. They don't require (or thrive in) direct sunlight and require relatively infrequent watering. Moisten the soil once a week or less since soil should never be wet, and you'll be good to go. My florist told me that you can judge an orchid's health on its leaf color. If the leaves are bright green than it's doing fine, but if the leaves are a very dark green than it needs more light exposure.
I will also add that cut and forced branches are other go to plant staples. They usually last for at least a month with little other than water an a little indirect sunlight. Although you're likely to find enough flowering branches in bloom by this time of year, you can still check out my post on How To Force Branches To Flower for easy instructions.
Images: 1-3, 5: Leah Moss, 4: Fernseed via Apartment Therapy