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The Real Cost of Taking Up Yoga.
MaryAnn Busso in her Bloomberg piece The Real Cost of Taking Up Yoga worked out that a start-up year of yoga would cost a 37 year old New Yorker $10,779 (£6,775.)
'Bloody ridiculous' I grumbled across the breakfast table. '$40 on yoga socks? $152 on Adagio Organic Tea? $860 on yoga conferences? Is Busso mad?'
Intent on proving her mad I got my calculator out and cast my mind back to the year I took up yoga.
It started well—I crossed out several of Busso's high cost items immediately:
$860 on a yoga conference
$1200 on acupuncture
$1800 on privates
$3590 on a Balinese yoga holiday
Then I crossed out several of her more esoteric calculations:
$40 on yoga socks (what's wrong with bare feet?)
$70 on YogaToes and YogaHands (what's wrong with pedicure toe separators from the local pharmacy?)
$126 on yoga bras (M&S is fine with me)
$152 on Adagio Organic Tea
Then I started totting up my own spend:
Classes: three a week with Simon Low £1400 – rather more than Busso's $1150.
Holidays: After only one class I signed up for Low's holiday at Huzur Vadisi, Turkey, spending around £600 plus flights to sleep in a yurt with a hole in the roof, 'built for star gazing.'
Workshops: I'd say Busso's estimate of $118 was on the low side; I spent £250 in that first year – one weekend with Sarah Powers and the other with Shiva Rea who managed to get me into a handstand – well worth it for that alone, though I've never done it since.
Massage: $392? And the rest! I had no idea I had muscles in all those places.
Food and drink: In no time I was mainlining a box of Yogi tea @£3 a week – maybe I should've economized with Adagio.
Clothes: OK I may not have gone for the socks and the yoga bra but I was a sucker for the two £40 each après yoga t- shirts with suspect Sanskrit-ish writing down the arms, and let's not forget the two workout vests from Cyndi Lee's OM yoga studio that I paid a friend to bring back for me… and what about the two Elvis vests that another friend was wearing in class that I just had to have?
Equipment: The mat, the mat bag, the strap, the bolster, the beautiful wooden Iyengar inspired blocks probably set me back £150. At least my yoga blanket was a multi-tasking pashmina from Joseph that I'd owned for years.
Music and concerts: Only 2 Krishna Das CDs? Busso has to be kidding! I bought his entire back catalogue, and Deva Premal's, plus every Buddha Bar CD ever released.
Books: Only three Busso? What's the matter with you? Light on Yoga, The Heart of Yoga, Awakening the Spine, Autobiography of a Yogi, A Search in Secret India, The Spiritual Tourist etc etc… plus the glossy $75 Yoga Journal tome stuffed full of yoga masters, and still inspiring me today.
Miscell: Add in the home practice DVDs, the £4 a month we Brits have to pay for Yoga Journal, the leggings, the eye pillow, the travel to and from class, and I don't think I'd have got much change out of £4000, or nearly $6500.
At the time I was working in advertising and could afford to spend such sums but eventually the practice of (as Simon Low put it) 'peeling back the layers that stood between me and my true self' led me to leave the ad business, and now I earn half the money I once did – writing books, conducting qualitative research, helping small to medium sized businesses connect with their customers, building a yoga resource website…
So you could argue that the total cost of that first year's yoga was half a lifetime's earnings, and I'd say it was worth every penny – far from being mad, it was the only route to sanity.
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This is so dumb, so Yoga Journal. How 'bout 3 months of daily instruction in Astanga primary series, about $600, until you have it memorized, then practice at home for free for the next 50 years?
Are you people so inculcated in consumerism that something isn't real unless you can put a price tag on it?
This primarily home practitioner of vinyasa LOVES you …
I refuse to be associated any more with the embarrassing greater metro New York City commercial "yoga scene" … like babies, all these yoga teachers and yoga programs like to make scenes …
Walk-in prices in the current economic climate point up to the fact that in light of the possibility of being the solution to the problem – or being part of the problem, and most vinyasa studios disingenuously know which side they have been on all along …. see this link: There is an Elephant in the Room and it ain't Ganesh http://themagazineofyoga.com/blog/2011/10/26/ther…
This is a fine article by Jessica (she is an excellent teacher as well) and an interesting read.
Everyone is talking about how distorted that article was. People are posting their yoga costs all over their blogs. It does not even come close to what her hypothetical yoga student consumes.
Yoga does not have to be expensive, can use as part of warm up and down on visits to the gym and practice at home, even a 10 minute session can make you feel great…
Lucy – as always you crack me up! Looking back at my first year of yoga I guess I was pretty practical – $5 yoga mat, books and CDs from library, bargain sale yoga pants, and unfortunately no training in exotic locations…I had already dropped out of the advertising world, so I took the economical yoga journey.
Makes sense, Maria@downwarddog, you'd had an insider's view of the hype …
Not expensive really, if we look at the cost of giving up our " False Identity" which we nurture in ignorance for life times….are we really "ready" to pay this cost ??? Thank you for the lovely compilation. Would surely make many a yogis ponder. Looking forward for many more :))
Yoga is whatever you make it to be. Mats: optional. Teacher: optional. Props: optional. If you don't have it, improvise.
I live in San Francisco. Space is expensive here. Your yoga teacher has to pay rent and buy groceries, just like everyone else.
I've been teaching yoga for four years. It's been more than three years since I've had health insurance. Don't get me wrong, I do pretty well; I do well because I am living the life I choose to live.
Yoga is everywhere, you don't have to spend much money at all. If you want a teacher to know your name, to know your injuries, to care about your growth…then maybe you should care about their's.
I'm thinking along the lines of Lindsay. When my wife and I first started Yoga, we happened to find a local, real live Yogini – one whom spent years studying on rock and marble floors in Madhya Pradesh. She speaks and reads Sanskrit. She is not a person who was able to accurately demonstrate a pose on a video and say the right things and then get a certificate in the mail.
She teaches out of her home. She has a jar set at the entrance to her Shala-space (old master bedroom) where you donate and offer what you can, when you can. Don't write her a check, because it may sit in there for two months before she checks to see what's in it.
Each of her students over time has donated mats, some she's collected over the years. Don't have one? Use one of hers or one that was donated. Have trouble with a pose? Modify it so it works with you. Me? I've a back that doesn't let me do A LOT of the spinal twists (if I try I'll collapse in a heap of pain with numbness and pain down my legs as well). So I modify. Wear what you find comfortable, but still respectful to others around you.
Garbing yourself in lululemon and all the nice adornments are just more of the same we face every day. You've wrapped yourselves up in the same layers of bull shit you're trying to dissolve.
I'm sorry! That's silly for all who pay so much.. $40 for mat and towel. $75/month for studio membership.
How does tea factor in to yoga costs, again? …
Yay consumerism bleeding from "alternative" folks, "yogis".. :/
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Why so harsh? Most everyone has good intentions. Paths are many.
I don't really see it that way, but good luck on the y-axis. Looks a bit myopic from here.


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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) -- The Supreme Court has heard arguments that could lead to a landmark ruling and will do the same Wednesday.
The court heard a challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage. Tomorrow, it will hear a challenge to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. Some local churches already are taking action -- banning gay marriage in their congregations.
Preachers in the bible-thumping states shout it loudly from the pulpit -- their stance -- on same sex marriage, but at churches around here -- a new push to put it in writing -- right in the bylaws.
We showed some Tucson folks that new wording from Christ Community Church. Tony Mazza reads: "Sexual intimacy is to occur only between a man and a woman -- who are married to each other."
Reporter Valerie Cavazos asked Mazza "Do you have issues with churches making that kind of stand? and define it?" He answered, "No, that's their religious view."
El Camino Baptist Church did it too -- putting it in writing that you can come in their church if you're gay, but don't expect them to marry you. Reporter Valerie Cavazos asked Paster Ronald Rushing, "They're a gay couple -- they want to be married. You tell them what?" Rushing said, "I tell them I'm sorry I can't do it here. It violates who we are as a church and our faith."
Carmen Valdez says the bylaws against gay marriage sound good to her. "I think they should go ahead with it," she said.
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It was during yesterdays long run. Out of the blue this stranger running toward me had the nerve to offer up his hand as we passed by on the local running trail. I've got to admit it caught me by surprise. In many years of running this hadn't happened to me before. I mostly run in the dark early morning hours and make it a point to keep a sensible distance between myself and any other person (including runners) I see. After all many of these other runners are women running alone. Yesterday however, I slept in and didn't go out to run until 7:00 am. So, possibly this high five thing is more of a daytime activity.
This offered hand, was more than my mind could compute in its oxygen depleted state. Was the gentleman really holding his hand out or was he just swinging his arms sort of wide as he ran? As it turned out I was so slow in recognizing the offered hand that by the time it sank in we were nearly side by side. So at the last moment I shot my arm out and returned the five.....barely. So, fellow Loopers has this ever happened to you? Or maybe you routinely offer up high fives to strangers on your runs.
I must admit that the friendly gesture lifted my mood for at least the next couple of miles. Still, I think I'll have a hard time being the one who initiates this in the future.
Only once or twice, if I'm feeling especially frisky and the oncoming runner seems in a great mood as well.
Attitude is everything
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I have received a high five from a fellow runner.
I was struggling to complete my run and that high 5 lifted my spirits.
I high 5 nearly ever runner I see. (Sometimes cross the road to do it.). A year and a half ago, I high 5 about 100 others in an out and back race, and I know it slowed me down enough that my time for the Pikermi was 1:45, instead of 1:44.
I high five frequently. Especially on long, slow runs. It gives you a burst of energy and it's impossible not to smile while high-fiving
I can't remember if I've ever high fived a stranger. I think it may have happened once or twice. I run with Team in Training so I've often high fived teammates going in the opposite direction. It's always a boost, but would be a shock for sure if it came out of nowhere.
I've done it on one occasion with someone I knew. He was coming down a steep hill as I was going up. I think I'll do it again sometime.
Down low too slow
I have done it on occasion and had it offered. But with all the new germ studies, it is a fist bump from this time forward. You never know where the hand you fived has just been .
I've gotten high fives from the tourists around DC occasionally. Teenage boys seem especially enthusiastic about giving lady runners some encouragement I've never initiated one myself, probably because getting a simple nod or "good morning" out of other runners here is quite the challenge. But maybe I'll start trying, since it's always perked me up when I've gotten a high five!
I've never high 5'd anyone on a run but I do wave to the runners (and walkers) that I pass. Most of them will return the wave, or nod, or say good morning. I do notice that if I'm running in the city I don't get as many return waves --- I may even get a strange look in return.
"Teenage boys"......keep your pepper spray handy.
I try to wave and say good morning and get about a 50% response rate. The other 50% don't even want to make eye contact.
When both participants aren't fully vested I believe this would be called assault.
Once in a while, usually if there's a good reason, like a ridiculous rain storm, or a monster hill conquered. Some people are just friendly. I wish more were. I actually got a bunch during HTC this week from runners going by.
I don't run around many other people, but I run on some mountain bike trails and about half of the riders are very friendly (I think the other half consider runners below their regard). Obviously we don't high five, but we usually give each other nods or a few words of encouragement or admiration. Sometimes one or both parties just makes Neanderthalesque sounds that could mean anything, but usually just mean that one is heading uphill and that's the most coherent sound possible at the time.
I did get cheered on from a car once (the driver MUST have been a runner) while I was running in heavy rain wearing a garbage bag as rain gear.
I'm so glad your brain kicked in and you were able to return the five. What an uplifting thing to have happened. =)
I used to wave, but never tried to high-five. I imagine it would be more embarrassing to be left hanging from a five than having a wave ignored, as they were about 50% of the time.


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The New England Section of AIHA (NEAIHA) in partnership with SKC, Inc.
hosted a half day seminar, Advancements in Air Sampling Technologies, on
December 4, 2008 in Waltham, MA. The seminar was presented by Debbie
Dietrich CIH from SKC, Inc. The purpose of the seminar was to introduce
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Don Delikat, CIH, above on the left, whose long service to NEAIHA included
positions as Director (2001 – 2005), President-Elect (2005 – 2006),
President (2006 – 2007) and Past President (2007-2008) receives his
plaque from Corey Briggs CIH, CET ((NEAIHA President)
Bart Ellingsen, CIH, above on the left, who served as Secretary
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Matt Norton, CIH CSP, above on the left, who served on the Executive
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Second Annual CRV, NEAIHA. and Western
Mass Joint Industrial Hygiene Conference
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
NEAIHA held its second annual joint industrial
hygiene conference with the Connecticut River Valley (CRV) and
Western Massachusetts (WM) sections at the scenic Sturbridge Host
Hotel and Conference Center on October 14, 2008. Six prominent
speakers presented on industrial hygiene issues of current concern
for approximately 120 conference participants. In addition,
representatives from 32 occupational, environmental and safety
companies were present with booths in the exhibition hall. Copies of
most of the presentations are available on the presentation tab of
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In the first presentation of the morning session,
Keith Harper and Steve Mayo CIH, from the Sikorsky Aircraft Company,
spoke about "Measuring the Value of our Industrial Hygiene
Profession." They are pictured below on either side of Howard Cohen
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Frank Hearl P.E., Associate Director of NIOSH,
gave conference participants a glimpse into future workplace hazards
with his presentation on coming problems and directions for
occupational health and safety. He is pictured below with Howard
Cohen PhD, CIH (CRV President).
Robert Sands CSP, OSHA Region 1 VPP Outreach
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(NEAIHA President), provided conference participants his insights
into OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.
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session, Vahid Ebadat PhD, an expert on combustible dusts from
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from Patty Heyl, CIH, CSP (CRV Past-President).
William Dyson PhD, CIH gave conference
participants an insightful look into the legal world for EHS
professionals with his presentation titled, "The Industrial
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Howard Cohen PhD, CIH (CRV President).
Pictured below are Second Annual Industrial
Hygiene Conference attendees in the exposition hall viewing vendor
booths between presentation sessions.
NEAIHA—NEACHMM Joint industrial Hygiene
Technical Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
NEAIHA held a joint evening meeting with The New
England Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (NEACHMM)
at the Waltham Best Western on September 17, 2008. Four
knowledgeable speakers made presentations on EHS issues during
building renovation and demolition for an audience of over 80 NEAIHA
and NEACHMM members. The meeting was graciously sponsored by Dec-Tam
Corporation. Copies of the presentations are available on the
presentation tab of the NEAIHA website.
Mike Walters PhD, CIH, PE relied on his extensive
decommissioning experience at Polaroid Corporation as he presented
"Decontamination Certification for Building Demolition." Mike is
shown on the left below with Andrew Kalil ScD, CIH (NEAIHA
Marty Wood from the Institute for Environmental
Education, who presented "Unexpected ACM," is shown below with Eric
Jenson CHMM (Director-at-Large from NEACHMM).
Jeff Hamel PE, LSP of Woodard & Curran presented
on the emerging issue of "PCBs in Caulking and Other Materials." He
is shown below receiving a speaker appreciation gift from Eric
Jenson of NEACHMM.
Dan Kallin CPEA, MIT, used his university and
industrial experience to provide an environmental perspective in his
presentation "Quick Silver Away! – Managing Mercury during
Renovations in Older Buildings." He is shown below receiving a
speaker appreciation gift from Andrew Kalil of NEAIHA.
AIHA - New
England Section Evening Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The New
England Section's June 19 evening technical meeting was held
at Anthony's Pier IV in Boston, MA.
While the
meeting focus was on presenting the research and projects of
student graduates, the first speaker, Kimberly Castillon of
OSHA, recently a Councilor for the Academy of Industrial
Hygiene provided an overview of the Academy's industrial
hygiene mentoring program. The next presentation, on
doctoral research by Candace Tsai, ScD from the University
of Massachusetts at Lowell (delivered by Mike Ellenbecker)
was titled "Worker Exposure to Airborne Nanoparticles at
Various Workplaces in University Laboratories." Elsa
Olivetti a postdoctoral associate at MIT, presented on
student energy conservation initiatives and EHS at MIT.
Shalu Shelat, a recent graduate of the Harvard School of
Public Health, presented on the evaluation and redevelopment
of confined space entry programs in a utility plant.
All the talks were well received by the approximately 65
NEAIHA members and guests. The presentations will be made
available on the NEAIHA website.
The meeting
was graciously sponsored by Ed Stevenson of the Industrial
Hygiene Service Group at Liberty Mutual (HTUhttp://www.libertymutual.comUTH).
Corey Briggs,
CIH, CET and local section president presenting Mike
Walters, PhD, CIH, CSP with NEAIHA certificate recognizing
him as an AIHA Fellow.
Corey Briggs,
CIH, CET and local section president presenting Debra Gursha
CIH the 2008 NEAIHA Scholarship Award of $1500.00.
Debra will soon be attending the Massachusetts Maritime
Academy to obtain her Masters degree.
Andy Kalil,
ScD, CIH and local section president-elect presenting Ms.
Kimberly Castillon, CIH of OSHA with a speaker's recognition
Andy Kalil,
ScD, CIH and local section president-elect presenting Dr.
Mike Ellenbecker, CIH of the University of Massachusetts
Lowell with a speaker's recognition gift. Mike was standing
in for Candace Tsai, ScD who was one of the student
Frank Cichon,
CIH of Liberty Mutual's Industrial Hygiene Group, the
evening technical meeting sponsor
Andy Kalil,
ScD, CIH and local section president-elect presenting Ms.
Elsa Olivetti, an MIT post doctoral associate with a
speaker's recognition gift. Elsa was one of the student
speakers for the evening meeting.
Andy Kalil,
ScD, CIH and local section president-elect presenting Ms.
Shalu Shelat, MS, a recent graduate from the Harvard School
of Public Health with a speaker's recognition gift. Shalu
was one of the student speakers for the evening meeting.
Corey Briggs,
CIH, CET and local section president receiving the evening
meeting sponsor check from representatives of the Liberty
Mutual Industrial Hygiene Group. From left to right Corey
Briggs, Lawrence Shum, Van Nguyen, Frank Cichon, Ethel
Patricio, Mien Peng, Don Delikat (local section past
president), Victor Hillman and Andrew Kalil (local section
Please join us for the traditional
NEAIHA June meeting at Anthony's Pier IV and an opportunity
to learn about industrial hygiene mentoring and hear three
presentations from the exciting research of exceptional
students from local universities.
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AIHA - New
England Section March Evening Meeting
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The New
England Section's March joint technical meeting was held at
MIT's Brain and Cognitive Science Building in Cambridge
Massachusetts with the New England Chapter of The Auditing
Roundtable co-hosting.
meeting presentations were, "How GHS and REACH will Affect
the Practice of EHS in the U.S." presented by Denese
Deeds CIH, from Industrial Health & Safety Consultants,
Inc., Woodbridge, CT and "Quantum EHS: A New Dawn for EHS,
Impacting Our Organizations as Never Before" presented by
Charles Redinger, Ph.D. MPA, CIH, from Redinger &
Associates, Inc. Harvard, MA. Both talks were well received
by approximately 70 participants from NEAIHA and the
Auditing Roundtable and will be available on the NEAIHA
website (www.neaiha.org).
During the
dinner break, attendees had an opportunity to tour
architectural highlights of the new "Brain and Cog" research
building with Emily Rankin, CIH an NEAIHA member who
provides EHS support for the building.
The meeting was graciously sponsored by Kevin Gibbons,
Northeast Manager for EDR, an environmental information
service company (http://www.edrnet.com).
Pictured is
Elizabeth Krol, Chair of the Auditing Roundtable - New
England Chapter, introducing the first speaker.
Pictured is
Charles Redinger, an NEAHIHA member, presenting his insights
on the use of EHS thinking in business strategy.
NEAIHA Joint Technical Meeting
with Greater Boston ASSE
On January 23, 2008 NEAIHA had its annual joint meeting with
Greater Boston Chapter of the ASSE. The well attended
meeting (90+ participants) provided an opportunity for
members of the New England local section to network with
friends and colleagues from ASSE and obtain further
technical knowledge of the meeting topic – Confined Space
Entry. Mr. Ed Willwerth CIH (and an NFPA Certified Marine
Chemist) presented "Current State of US Confined Space
Safety, and the Future for Confined Space Regulation" in
which he provided attendees with both the historical context
for much of the present regulations for confined spaces and
a glimpse at the future direction of confined space (e.g.,
OSHA's proposed Construction Industry Confined Space Safety
Rule"). In the meeting's second presentation, "Confined
Space Rescue—The Right Way and Wrong Way," Mr. Art LaPorte
gave an insider's view of the intricacies of confined space
rescue. Copies of the presentations will be made available
on the Meeting Presentations section of the NEAIHA website (www.aiha.org/NEAIHA.htm).
The meeting was graciously sponsored by Mark King of BW
Technologies by Honeywell (http://www.gasmonitors.com).
Pictured is on the right is Andy
Kalil, CIH (NEAIHA President-Elect) presenting a speaker
gift to Ed Willwerth CIH
Pictured on the left is Remi
Fleuette (Greater Boston ASSE President) presenting a
speaker gift to Art LaPorte.
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The Federal Trade Commission reportedly forwarded a settlement offer last week to social media behemoth Facebook. The FTC began investigating Facebook over claims that the latter was violating the privacy of millions of users by changing the default value of several privacy settings without providing prior notice to subscribers.
According to published accounts of the content of the proposed settlement agreement, Facebook would agree to obtain advance, express consent from users before sharing any material that was posted prior to the new guidelines.
The Department of Homeland Security has announced it will be bringing it's "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign to hotel rooms across the nation. Guests checking in at reputable hotels like the Marriott and Hilton will be greeted by a message featuring Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano immediately upon turning on their televisions.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, the "If You See Something, Say Something™" campaign was launched in July 2010, as a "simple and effective program to raise public awareness of indicators of terrorism and violent crime, and to emphasize the importance of reporting suspicious activity to the proper state and local law enforcement authorities." It was launched in conjunction with the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) which is touted by the DHS as "an administration-wide effort to develop, evaluate, and implement common processes and policies for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing information about terrorism-related suspicious activities."
It was first utilized by New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), but will be reportedly expanding. UPI explains, "The Department of Homeland Security is turning to television and public service announcements to urge U.S. hotel guests to fight terrorism." The same PSAs that will be aired in hotel rooms are already playing at hundreds of Wal-Marts across the country. They will now be expanded to 5,400 hotels that are serviced by television provider LodgeNet.
When Ben Franklin declared, "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," he wisely predicted that the American people would often be prone to willingly forego their rights for so-called protection from the federal government. The clearest example of that has been with the inception of the PATRIOT Act, which has garnered a surprising level of support from the majority of Americans; however, there are a number of local examples of that exchange of liberty for safety as well. The most recent example can be found in cities across the country: high tech street lights which act as surveillance cameras as well as display signs.
Produced by Illuminating Concepts, the "Intellistreets" feature motion sensors and video surveillance, and are composed of a "wireless digital infrastructure that allows them to be controlled remotely by means of a ubiquitous wi-fi link and a miniature computer housed inside each street light, allowing for 'security, energy management, data harvesting and digital media,'" reports Prison Planet.
The devices are also set to aid the Department of Homeland Security by displaying "security announcements." CBS Detroit reports, "The signs can be programmed by authorities to show any message — a civic welcome, directions to parking for festivals or farmer's markets, maps, pretty much anything the imagination can conceive. In emergencies, they can also post pictures of children being sought in Amber Alerts or the location of toxic chemical releases or the paths of tornadoes (and more importantly, how to stay away from those dangerous areas)."
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has long turned a deaf ear to criticism and complaints. Whenever its groping of toddlers sets the country howling, the TSA responds that employees "followed proper … procedure." Ditto when they inspect a 95-year-old invalid's diaper or drench a survivor of bladder-cancer in his own urine — twice. Last week they even searched trucks and busses in Tennessee to huge outcry nationwide and a sharp rebuke from the heroic Ron Paul. But you can bet such opposition will only increase the number of these internal checkpoints.
Likewise, the more passengers protested the agency's computerized strip-searches at airports, the more it insisted that its "whole-body imagers" didn't violate anyone's modesty. It even changed the porno-scanners' name to convince us: "AIT [advanced imaging technology] machines … have built-in safeguards to protect passenger privacy," administrator John Pistole repeatedly asserted. Indeed, he called those safeguards "rigorous" in an editorial for USAToday.
Yet now the agency's adding software to protect privacy it swears didn't need protecting. The software supposedly substitutes a generic figure that resembles a genderless gingerbread-man for the picture of our naked bodies the scanners produced — pictures the TSA's "area director" in Denver, Colorado, admitted "were graphic, no doubt about it." Mr. Gingerbread appears on the monitor as a stand-in for all passengers, or so claims the TSA, which lies about everything, all the time; yellow boxes highlight any contraband. If you leave your cell-phone in your hip pocket, Mr. G blushes yellow there.
First it was airports. Then it was bus and train stations. Now, under the Transportation Security Administration's Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program, even the highways aren't safe from the TSA's prying eyes and probing fingers.
"Tennessee is now the first state ever to work with the TSA to deploy a simultaneous counterterrorism operation statewide," according to Nashville's WTVF-TV. That operation, which involved the TSA along with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDSHS) and state and local police, was deployed at "five weigh stations and two bus stations across the state," the station reports.
It was a two-pronged approach, the report adds. Government agents were "recruiting truck drivers … into the First Observer Highway Security Program to say something if they see something." At the same time, "the Tennessee Highway Patrol checked trucks with drug and bomb sniffing dogs during random inspections."
One might expect the searches to make recruiting more difficult; but at least one truck driver, Rudy Gonzales, seemed willing to assist the TSA just the same. He told WTVF reporter Adam Ghassemi: "Not only truck drivers, but cars, everybody should be aware of what's going on, on the road."
Oh happy day! A check from the government! No, not a welfare check or a "stimulus" check, but a refund check to your editor from the U.S. Department of the Treasury — for tax year 2007. Seems the IRS — a division of the Treasury — with which this scribbler has had a running feud, has surrendered. After years of dunning me with claims that I owe thousands in back taxes and penalties, the good folks at the IRS have shown mercy; they have agreed with me that I overpaid my taxes. And they have generously deigned to return several thousand dollars of my meager salary that they had previously confiscated — with interest, no less!
What's not to love about a government so kind, and munificent? Of course, in order to obtain the refund (of my own money), yours truly was forced to spend a couple hundred hours of indentured servitude researching, copying, and documenting records and receipts. Not to mention hundreds of dollars in accounting fees. Even worse though is the incredible invasion of privacy one faces for the decision to itemize deductions and business expenses, in the hope of retaining a fraction more of one's hard-earned income. But after all, Big Brother must know of, and approve of, every penny earned and spent by the taxpayer — to keep us all honest, and keep us all paying our "fair share," so that the government can keep doing all the wonderful things it does for us, right? That's the "American way," yes?
Sam Antonio interviews John Hallman, Legislative Affairs Director, Florida Campaign for Liberty.
Apologists for the State often excuse its surveillance by claiming that those who've done nothing wrong have nothing to hide. This implies that only criminals object to Leviathan's all-seeing eye.
We'd have to head to Congress for anything more illogical or disgustingly craven. Meanwhile, a mystical and perhaps mythical Chinese philosopher from 2600 years ago deftly skewers this nonsense: "The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed," Lao Tzu wrote, "the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders." A government big enough to spy on us is big enough to legislate on just about every subject. Which means we all fracture many laws each day, often unwittingly, whether jaywalking, relaxing with some weed, or bending the IRS's byzantine rules in our favor.
Criminalizing huge swaths of behavior is one of government's favorite weapons. Not only does it bring much of life under rulers' control, it also silences dissent. Authorities can easily muzzle critics by investigating them. Given an endless list of laws and the likelihood of having broken some, which of us wouldn't quail at the threat of such a fishing expedition?
Facebook continues to be the subject of controversy over issues of privacy, this time because Facebook cookies were found to be accidentally tracking other sites users visited after they had logged off. The information is then sent to Facebook via the cookies, provoking concerns over users' privacy violations.
According to The Daily Mail, the cookies "send Facebook your IP address — the 'unique identifier' address of your PC — and information on whether you have visited millions of websites: anything with a Facebook 'like' or 'recommend' button on it."
One Facebook spokesperson admitted, "We place cookies on the computer of the user," and that some of those cookies do in fact send back the address of the users' PCs and sites they visited, even while logged out. "Three of these cookies inadvertently included unique identifiers when the user had logged out of Facebook. We did not store these for logged out users. We could not have used this information."
The malfunction was made public by Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic, who was disgruntled with the recent changes made to Facebook.
Opponents of ObamaCare have long argued that the law poses a grave threat to Americans' privacy. Although that argument was based on informed speculation, a new rule proposed by the Obama administration provides concrete evidence that privacy concerns were indeed well-founded.
The rule, proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), would require "insurance companies [to] submit detailed health care information about their patients," according to a Washington Examiner op-ed by Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.). If enacted, the rule would enable the government "to collect and aggregate confidential patient records for every one of us," declares the Congressman. "This type of data collection is an egregious violation of patient-doctor confidentiality and business privacy," he maintains, likening it to "J. Edgar Hoover in a lab coat."


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2012 — Recorded three stops and one pass breakup in win vs. Colorado … Made one unassisted tackle in victory at Arizona State … Had one quarterback hurry in victory over Arizona … Recorded one stop in win vs. Arkansas State.
BEFORE OREGON — Played in the 2011 Under Armour All-American game … Garnered four stars from Rivals.com, Scout.com, ESPN and 247Sports.com … Considered the No. 6 inside linebacker recruit in the nation by Rivals.com and the 15th-best prep player in the state of Texas … Scout.com pegs him as the No. 6 recruit nationally at middle linebacker … A member of the ESPN 150 (No. 147) and ranked as the No. 7 ILB by ESPN … Considered the No. 9 ILB by Tom Lemming and No. 11 by 247Sports.com … PrepStar Magazine All-American … As a senior, helped Skyline High School to an unbeaten 7-0 league record in 5A Region II District 9 under head coach Reginald Samples … Piled up 115 tackles and earned honorable mention All-State distinction at linebacker in 2010 … As a junior, tallied 90 total tackles from the his linebacker spot, leading the Raiders to the Class 5A Division I Region II state semifinals … Compiled 48 total tackles and 2 sacks during his sophomore campaign … Notable: His father, Anthony Sr., played middle linebacker at Texas Southern.
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An entirely new approach to digital marketing and analytics is taking hold. Are you ready for it?
If you plan on getting your digital analytics done the way you've done it in the past, you may want to scrap those plans and start fresh.
Because in 2013, an entirely new approach to digital marketing and analytics is taking hold. Some have called it multi-channel analytics; some have called it business intelligence for marketers; some have called it (somewhat one-dimensionally) big data. I have called it convergence analytics.
Whatever you or your advisors want to call it, the facts about these important changes remain the same, and here are the four most important:
1. Everybody is measuring everything. And putting the reports in a dashboard. By everything, I mean everything. Begin with the desktop (this now means " web"); add "mobile" (which means several things not very well-defined); add what is euphemistically referred to as "unstructured data" or social media; then add census or other data; CRM (like Salesforce); CDNs; predictive models; ad network data; geographic data; add in revenue data; add any data from any tool that has an API or SDK (and that includes about everyone). And you begin to get a sense of what "everything" is.
From the vendor side, the level of activity is nothing short of spectacular. To say that every company that ever measured a digital property now says they can connect to any data and visualize it for you might be an overstatement, but not by much.
From the marketer side, it's going to suggest a need for re-architecting your entire approach to data. And possibly an entire new round of tool selections and skill enhancements.
2. Digital is getting married to television. We thought we were done with TV, right? Wrong.
All television is now digital (pretty much by government mandate). Which means TV really is just another IP address-driven content container.
Here's why it's important: people still love television. It's engaging and compelling in ways that websites and apps never will be. It's the movies. Except on a big flat screen (or a small flat screen) in your own home or office. And we haven't yet figured out how much it will distort or even destroy the rest of the digital content universe. No matter what, we will have to figure out how to market there (again). Because it will be more like YouTube or perhaps Netflix than like "primetime." And we will have to measure usership in more sophisticated ways than ever before.
3. Privacy may be dead, but nobody likes surveillance. I'm a digital analyst. So I'm not going to climb on a holy soapbox and complain about how corporations are tracking your every move online. They are. But then again, they're not charging you any money for most of the stuff you use online. That's the price users pay for "free stuff." They pay with information about the way they interact with the content.
While Europe has gone buggy about privacy, in the U.S., only a few people really care about it. And even fewer ever do anything about it (like, for instance, reject or delete cookies at intervals).
But now that we're starting to see so-called "surveillance scandals" at the government level, especially as regards the news media and beyond, the subject of privacy may well come into focus for the American consumer. The government can get records of almost anything it wants (and the recent advances in digital tracking make this a more important factor than ever). Most people try not to think about this. And they shouldn't, as long as the government respects the individual's right to due process. But we are one or two scandals away from folks deciding they don't want to be tracked anymore because they've become paranoid of the Feds.
We don't want that. So we should try to make sure the government understands that there is a huge difference between the shopkeeper knowing what frock you looked at while you were in the store, versus Big Brother knowing where you were the night of September 17.
4. Marketers are losing control of the data. To be fair, the concepts of "marketing" and "data," while not quite an oxymoronic pairing, have never been a comfortable fit. Marketers aren't typically wired for data. Measurement has landed on them and they have embraced it; and some of the most agile and forward-thinking have made big wins with data-driven decision-making.
But that was when we were talking about web analytics and a dash of campaign attribution. Now we are talking about an enormous new push by vendors and senior management to squeeze the marketer on measurement of ROI. Vendors have created powerful new technologies that need selling. Management has gotten the sense they can somehow know successful marketing through measurement; and thereby save tons of money. Both vendors and management are more or less correct. And marketers, caught in between, will again be forced to adapt to rapidly advancing technology.
It's an open question whether they will, as a group, be able to do it. Or whether the entire task of digital measurement, having grown far more complex than it was even a couple of years ago, gets yanked from marketing and put back in the hands of data people who don't report to marketers.
Marketers will need to get out in front and lead on this - or they will find themselves roasting in a rather hot sweatbox, penned in by data scientists using sophisticated tools that until recently were far too difficult to build and too expensive to buy except for the very largest and most data-intensive organizations.
Digital analytics is changing forever. Some might say it's about time.
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Andrew V. Edwards is a digital marketing executive with 20 years of experience serving large organizations, and has been an operating executive and digital marketing consultant since the 1980s. Currently he is a partner at Efectyv Digital, a digital analytics consulting firm. Andrew combines extensive technical knowledge with a broad strategic understanding of digital marketing and especially digital measurement, plus hands-on creative in the form of writing and design.
In 2004 Edwards co-founded the Digital Analytics Association and is currently a director emeritus. He has designed analytics training curricula for business teams and has led seminars on digital marketing subjects.
Besides writing a regular column about analytics for ClickZ, Andrew wrote the groundbreaking "Dawn of Convergence Analytics" report, which was featured at the SES show in New York (2013).
His book Digital Is Destroying Everything, published by Rowman & Littlefield, will be released on June 15, 2015.
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Tahiti Village Resort & Spa
- Free WiFi and free parking
- Airport within 5 mi/8 km: Las Vegas, NV (LAS-McCarran Intl.)
Main amenities
- 850 condos
- Full-service spa
- Outdoor pool and lazy river
- Free area shuttle
- Pool bar
- Fitness center
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- ATM/banking services
- Laundry service
- Multilingual staff
What's around
- In Enterprise
- Town Square Las Vegas (0.7 mi / 1.2 km)
- Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign (1.6 mi / 2.6 km)
- Bali Hai Golf Club (1.8 mi / 2.9 km)
- University of Nevada-Las Vegas (5.6 mi / 9 km)
- Thomas and Mack Center (4.8 mi / 7.7 km)
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 850 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 10 floors
- Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out time is 10 AM
- Express check-out
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Free self parking
- Accessible parking
- Free area shuttle
- Free shopping center shuttle
- Free casino shuttle
In the hotel
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- Barbeque grills
- Outdoor pool
- Lazy river
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Aerobics on site
- Golfing nearby
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Disabled parking
- Accessible path of travel
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room massage available
- Separate sitting area
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 42-inch TV
- Cable TV channels
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Kitchenette
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Weekly housekeeping provided
- In-room safe
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Also known as
- Tahiti Resort
- Tahitti Village
- Tahiti Village
- Tahiti Village Las Vegas
- Tahiti Village Resort
- Tahiti Village Resort Las Vegas
- Tahiti Village Hotel Las Vegas
- Tahiti Village Las Vegas Nv
- Tahiti Village Vegas
- Tahitian Village Las Vegas
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
Deposit: USD 100 per stay
- Resort fee: USD 15.00 per accommodation, per night
Resort fee inclusions:
- Fitness center access
- Internet access (may be limited)
- Phone calls (may be limited)
- Faxes
Inclusions may be listed elsewhere on the page as free or for a surcharge.
Optional extras
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
High-speed Internet access (wired) is available in guestrooms for USD 10.99 per day (rates may vary)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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February 11, 2011
By Peter Brookes
There's lots of speculation going on over the fast-breaking events in Egypt -- but Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's claim yesterday on Capitol Hill that the Muslim Brotherhood is "largely secular" and has "eschewed violence" doesn't need to be speculated upon.
The Brotherhood has not only described itself as an Islamist group, committed to implementing Sharia law, it spawned Egyptian Islamic Jihad -- which offed Anwar Sadat in 1981 and later joined forces with al Qaeda. Another Brotherhood offshoot is Hamas, the terrorist group that holds Gaza in its bloody grip. It's no fan of the Camp David peace accords with Israel, either.
Though Clapper's office has reportedly "clarified" his remarks, the damage has been done. The DNI's testimony makes it appear that the US government either doesn't know the facts on the ground in Egypt or has mistakenly concluded that we shouldn't be concerned about the Brotherhood being large and in charge of that strategic Mideastern country. Either case is troubling.
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COMMONstudio developed a building and landscape concepts for TAO, The Afghanistan Orphanage. TAO is a Salt Lake City based non-profit with the mission of building the largest orphanage in Khalakan, Afghanistan. The concept will be used for fund raising purposes but the hope is that the design will ultimately be built. The mission of the project is to develop an integrated, whole-system design that is responsive to the needs of displaced Afghan youth through building a community that can serve as an economic, educational, and environmental model for development in the surrounding region. The architecture is designed to use locally available materials in order to reduce the cost of construction and minimize dependency on imports and maximize community involvement.
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Following classroom training, new dispatchers begin working in the 9-1-1 Center plugged in with a seasoned dispatcher, throughout the next several weeks the seasoned dispatcher will help coach our newest hires through the various types of calls the Missoula County 9-1-1 Center takes. By the end of this period, our newest hires will be ready to solo at the call taking and fire medical dispatch positions. No dispatcher is truly alone, since there is a dedicated team working in the room with them, ready to answer questions and help out where needed.
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Syrian rebels deserve more support if Bashar Al Assad refuses to negotiate a political solution to the civil war, the new US secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday.
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Russia, Syria's main ally, urged Washington yesterday to steer the Syrian opposition to hold unconditional talks with the regime.
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Looking for a unique getaway? Sometimes, you just have to branch out—literally. Treehouse hotels not only offer nature lovers the best in eco-friendly accommodations (many are solar-powered and made from sustainable materials), they provide breathtaking views and interesting neighbors (say hello to the friendly sloths in Costa Rica). Here, we round up the world's most amazing treehouse hotels.
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1. The Mohicans, Glenmont, Ohio
Located in Glenmont, Ohio, The Mohicans is a family-owned property that prides itself in offering accomodations that respect the environment. In addition to a series of cabits, The Mohicans offers guests the choice of three, stunning tree houses to spend the night in, all made of repurposed or local materials. Two of these treehouses, the White Oak that sleeps up to four guests and the cozy Little Red Treehouse that sleeps two, were designed by Pete Nelson, star of Discovery Channel's series 'Tree House Masters.' Their third treehouse, the Old Pine Tree House, sleeps four guests and features one bedroom and one loft.
2. Tsala Treetop Lodge, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
Located between the coastal towns of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay in South Africa's Western Cape, the Tsala Treetop Lodge is a luxe resort nestled high in the canopy of an indigenous forest. Its suites and villas feature fireplaces, spa bathrooms and infinity pools on private decks offering stunning views. Tsala boasts 10 private treetop suites and six two-bedroom villas on a treetop canopy above the forest floor, where bird-watching visitors can spot the indigenous Knysna touraco or other fowl from their balconies, according to The Daily Mail.
Located in Harads, Sweden, the Treehotel shows how modern design can interact beautifully with its natural surroundings. There are currently six treerooms (one features a UFO design, another mimics a bird's nest) elevated 13-19 feet off the ground, all with spectacular views of the Lule river. The newest room, called the "Dragon Fly," can sleep up to four people, and features a conference room, toilets and a lounge. All rooms feature furniture, lighting and fabric custom-designed by renowned Scandinavian designers, and guests have access to a "Tree Sauna."
4. Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, Calif.
If you've always wanted to sleep in harmony with nature but also enjoy impeccable service and accommodations, then the Post Ranch Inn may be your idea of utopia. Located in the coastal wilds of Big Sur, Calif., you'll enjoy hiking trails, cliffside pools, free yoga, and breathtaking mountain and ocean views. And some of the best views are from its unique Tree Houses, built nine feet off the forest floor and made from reclaimed wood, steel, stone and glass. Rustic but luxurious, the Post Ranch Inn Tree House features a King-size bed, wood-burning fireplace, indoor spa tub, a private deck, and a skylight so you can watch the stars as you drift off to sleep.
5. Tree House Lodge, Limón, Costa Rica
Located within the Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge (home to toucans, sloths, green sea turtles, motmots and more), the Tree House Lodge in Limon, Costa Rica, is surrounded by the lush forest and built on tall stilts, with a wooden suspension bridge leading straight to the front door. The Tree House is built entirely from sustainable wood and all hard wood used were obtained from fallen trees, according to its website. Want to feel closer to nature while you're answering the call of nature? A shared bathroom on the ground level is built around a 100-year-old Sangrillo tree (a trunkfold shelters a toilet, another shelters an outdoor shower).
6. Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, Manaus, Brazil
At Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel, you'll sleep amongst the exotic flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest in a canopy-level private tree house. The Tree Houses feature private balconies with amazing views of the Rio Negro and the rainforest, Queen-sized beds, living rooms and bathrooms. For dining, the hotel has two restaurants that offer Brazilian and regional fare and four treetop bars for after-dinner drinks.
7. Playa Viva, Guerrero, Mexico
Located near Zihuatanejo (pronounced see-wah-tah-NAY-ho) in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, Playa Viva is a luxurious eco-resort that brings guests as close to nature as possible (the site is nestled right in between the rugged Sierra Madres and the sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean). The beach-front treehouses come in 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom options and all "casitas" are kept stable by living palm trees. Surrounded by 160 acres of private nature reserve, Playa Viva is home to a Turtle Sancutary and an archeological site within the propery.
8. Chewton Glen, Hampshire, England
Luxury in the middle of a forest? That's what Chewton Glen, located on the edge of the historic New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England offers. The main hotel is considered one of the UK's finest, but Chewton Glen's Treehouses is a more secluded—though still luxurious—option. Each elegantly-designed treehouse is built on stilts, delicately balanced within the valley and tree canopy. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides guests with panoramic forest views and floods suites with light. Nestled in a wooded valley, guests can access the treehouses from the main hotel via a golf buggy.
9. Out'n'About Treehouse Treesort, Takilma, Ore.
Kids will love their stay at the Treesort in Takilma, Oregon. Aside from treetop lodging, the treesort offers family-friendly "activitrees" such as treehouse ziplining, river rafting and horseback riding. Available treehouse in the complex include the Swiss Family Treehouse (complete with a swinging bridge to the kids' room) and the "Treezebo," the resort's tallest treehouse (it has a rope hoist so you can pull your luggage up to your room). Some of the treehouses are accessible via the Mountain View Treeway, a hanging network of walkways and bridges.
10. Bangkok Treehouse, Bangkok, Thailand
Serving as a "green" haven in the heart of bustling Bangkok, the Bangkok Treehouse caters to the adventurous traveler. The are no roads leading to the site, so visitors need to travel by foot, boat, or bike (the hotel provides complimentary use of bicycles). Many of the Tree Houses feature accessible open-air roofs, outdoor showers, and all offer views of the river. And those wanting to cool off in Bangkok's tropical climate will be happy to learn that the hotel provides free ice cream 24/7.
11. Hapuku Lodge and Tree Houses, Kaikoura, New Zealand
Visitors to Kaikoura, New Zealand (a popular whale-watching destination) rave about its scenic mountains and Pacific coastline views, but the best views may just come from the Hapuku Lodge and Tree Houses. Built 30 feet off the ground in the canopy of a native Manuka grove, the Tree Houses at Hapuku Lodge come in a one-bedroom option (perfect for honeymooners!) and a two-floor family option, complete with an interior staircase connecting the master bedroom to the kids' room.
12. Hang Nga Guesthouse, Dalat, Vietnam
Also known as the Crazy House, this guesthouse in Vietnam features ladders, tunnels, and 10 hollowed-out animal-themed rooms within its concrete-treehouse structure. Architect Dang Viet Nga has stated the guesthouse's design was inspired by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudiand the natural environment surrounding the city of Dalat. The interiors are as unique as the exteriors. All furniture pieces are handcrafted—and sometimes even built into the rooms themselves. Stone decorations throughout the house depict animals such as bears and giraffes, along with natural elements such as mushrooms and spider webs.
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Bob "Fuzzy" Neil proudly wore his black "Bikers for Christ" leather jacket and bright red Santa hat as he rode down the street on his motorcycle.
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And Tom Briscoe, decked out in his own black leather jacket and Santa hat, rode his sparkling green custom built Volkswagon trike.
The two longtime Oklahoma City bikers were among several hundred people who participated in the recent Oklahoma City Toy Ride at Woodson Park in south Oklahoma City.
Ed Glendinning, 74, said the Dec. 9 event was the 20th annual bikers' toy run. He said he wasn't surprised to see a large crowd of about 300 people who either rode in the toy ride or watched from the sidelines even though the weather was chilly.
"We love the underprivileged children in the Oklahoma City area and they are the kids that get these toys," Glendinning said.
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