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“Hey fellas! Do all those bubbly broads of yours have super “girls nights out” planned for the much cooed and shrieked about Sex and the City movie? Do you, duhhh, feel left out, like you want some real mantertainment? Well the ultra butch Four Seasons Hotel here in New York has just the right package for you! I mean, “…for you.” Nothin’ frilly.

The “It’s Not All About Sex and the City Package” offers such man-centric amenities as one round of “Anything but Cosmos” at the bar (flirtinis are totes available!), free dick flicks like Die Hard and Full Metal Jacket, and nice plush terrycloth bathrobes for you and your buddy. OK, not necessarily that last bit. But yes, I did say buddy. This package is based on double occupancy, but don’t worry! There are “double-bedded accommodations,” so you won’t have to share a bed or even touch or anything. You can just spend all night in your separate cozy beds, watching shit get blown up, farting away your steak dinner, happy that there is absolutely nothing gay about this. And it’s only $2,000 a night! Men! I mean, Men.

NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ — “Girls Night Out” will take on new meaning when the highly anticipated Sex and the City movie opens on May 30, 2008, leaving guys around the globe struggling to find something to do. To ensure that men don’t feel forgotten and left out during the release of this female phenomenon, Four Seasons Hotel New York has introduced a “It’s-Not-All-About Sex and the City” package created exclusively for guys and guaranteed to please even the most discerning “Mr. Bigs” out there.

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“A patent application suggests that Apple is working out a way of powering portable devices with the sun

Apple’s patent would get round the problem by stacking the solar cells underneath both the touch-sensitive screen and the LCD, according to The New York Times. That would potentially allow the full 2.4 by 4.5 inch glass face of the iPhone to operate as a solar panel.

If the application, entitled ‘Solar cells on portable devices’, is successful, it has the potential to increase dramatically the battery life of iPhones and iPods. According to Apple, the existing iPhone battery gives about eight hours of talk time and seven hours of video, but once a faster, 3G version is released, the device will become even more power-hungry.
The story about Apple’s patent for solar-powered devices originally appeared on the MacRumors website.”

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” the global wanderings of the Material Girl

Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy, is jam-packed with references to being miles apart, saving the world and embracing other cultures. It’s fitting, considering the Material Girl is constantly on the move. Whether she’s taking a Kabbalah course, adopting a baby or simply removing her clan from the public eye, the international pop-star is regularly spotted in far-flung spots. If you aspire to jet-set like Madonna, you’ll need a significant chunk of cash—or at the very least, a willing benefactor.

Even 15 years ago, during her Immaculate days, Madge knew the beauty of a quality luxury hotel. While visiting Brazil for a concert in 1993, the singer laid her pretty platinum head to rest at Rio de Janeiro’s grandest lodging option, the Caesar Park. But her swank digs didn’t stop her from donning her sporty duds and kicking it Brazil-style once she took to the stage.

“Madonna did her best impression of the ‘Girl from Ipanema,’ performing this song and her own hits for 120,000 people at Maracana Stadium, “ says Joao Rodrigues, account manager for Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau. “She showed her true colors by wearing the jersey of most cariocas’ favorite team: Flamengo.”

When Madonna wed British film director Guy Ritchie many years later in 2000, the celebration was no bijou affair. The duo chartered jets to fly their guests that included Gwyneth Paltrow, Sting and Stella McCartney into Inverness Airport before heading to Dornoch, Scotland. The wedding took place at the 19th century Skibo Castle in the rugged Highlands. Once again, keeping with local “fashion,” Madonna arrived in the country bedecked in a tartan overcoat and checked trousers.

Just as she’s grown as an artist, Madonna’s travel style has evolved as well. While she may hit up mainstream locales like Italy and Spain while on tour—posh stops have included Rome’s Hotel de Russie and Madrid’s Hotel Ritz—when she travels as a “real” person, the pop goddess prefers off-the-beaten-path destinations.” ( via forbestraveler.com ) by Kristin Luna

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“After reading these six confessions of a current Alamo car rental agent, you will learn:

• The commission hungry mindset of a car-rental agent
• How they’re always trying to get you to do unnecessary upgrades
• How the cost of these upgrades are discretionary, and therefore, negotiable
• What a “deeker” is

But most of all, you will learn just how much, for at least this Alamo agent, you are his absolute adversary in his battle to get you spring for costly upgrades and beef up his bonuses.

6. IT’S A SALES JOB
First I’d like to let the cat out of the bag. Yes, we car rental agents do work for commissions! If we can get you to pay more for an upgrade, insurance, gasoline, a GPS, even an additional driver, we get a cut of the extra charges.

5. I HATE “DEEKERS”
At Alamo Rent A Car in [redacted], we are handsomely rewarded for good sales and punished if our sales are poor. The pressure this environment produces leads many of us to fine tune our skills to not only offer extras effectively and to have comebacks to all customer rejections, but to also be able to identify the customers in line as to whether they are buyers or decliners, which we call “deekers”. When a customer declines everything you’ve offered, you’ve been “deeked”. Get deeked enough times by a certain type of customer and you begin to feel resentment towards that group. Sometimes a customer can’t be identified as a buyer or deeker until you see the state or country of the driver license. Evidently some states and countries produce more deekers than others. Deekers may at times be legitimate but often they are just cheap people.

4. CHEAP PEOPLE CAN’T FULLY ENJOY A VACATION
A typical example of a deeker is the young couple with two kids, a 3-year old and a 10-month old, on-line with strollers and packing their own child safety seats. He produces his license and credit card but she does all the talking. Offer them a more comfortable or fun vehicle than the sub-compact they have reserved and she will cut you off with a “no”. She will also cut you off when you offer her the peace of mind that the insurance will give her or the convenience of prepaying for the gasoline at a discounted rate. Of course there’s also a “no” to the GPS because she’ll raise the stack of MapQuest printouts in her folder. Listening in silence is the helpless husband as he looks on while imagining driving a sporty SUV instead of the tiny economy car reserved. Enough of these deekers and you may find yourself working in the exit booth of the garage the following month. This punishment can cost you thousands of dollars!

3. TO ALL YOU DEEKERS
First of all, you wonder how this family can fully enjoy its vacation. They are staying in a cheap motel far from the theme parks. The couple’s freedom to roam the theme parks with the kids and the strollers is limited. The kids are too young to have future memories of this trip anyway. You even wonder how this cheap couple is going to eat while on vacation. Are they going to smuggle peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into the theme parks to avoid paying the high priced foods there or are they just going to go hungry? Here’s a suggestion to those of you that fit this customer profile, leave the kids at home! Leave them with grandma or Aunt Betty and enjoy your vacation! Let your husband drive the SUV he’d like or treat yourselves to a convertible! Wander the theme parks freely and enjoy greater intimacy in a nicer hotel located closer to the parks. You’ll enjoy your vacation more and you will help me feed my family!” ( via consumerist.com)

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“In pursuit of fortune, glory and historical truth, daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones, portrayed by Harrison Ford, engages in adventure across the globe. The first three blockbusters, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Temple of Doom” and “The Last Crusade,” span North and South America, Africa and Asia. While little information about the upcoming film has been confirmed, the trailer and early reports for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” indicate that the globe-trotting historian will once again bring his whip into jungles, ancient temples and maybe even a secret government compound.

For those who simply want to follow Doctor Jones’s trail, it’s a matter of booking flights or, in some cases, a tour (Expedia, for example, is offering Indiana Jones Travel Experiences). But recreating the spirit of his travels is much more difficult. The movies, inspired by the cheap and fast movie serials of the ’20s and ’30s, were rarely shot on location. In fact, much of the films were shot in Elstree Studio, a cavernous filmmaking facility in England.

“George Lucas wanted to do something like these old movie serials, but modernize it and do it better, with higher production values,” says Jonathon Rinzler, author of “The Complete Making of Indiana Jones.” “At the same time, he didn’t want $10 million on a shot you could do for $10,000.”

Still, the Indiana Jones crew has collected a lot of flyer miles over the years.

For the first film, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Hawaii stood in for Peru in the opening scene where Jones nabs an Incan statuette from a booby-trapped temple. While scores of tourists flock to the ruins at Machu Piccu, Peru still offers plenty of off-the-track adventure. Martin Haggland, owner of New York-based Inka Empire tours, urges travelers to explore Choquequirao, a ruined city in the south of Peru.

“Access has been difficult until the last few years, and it’s had few visitors,” Haggland says. “If you’re looking for an Indiana Jones experience, where the ruins are still in the jungle and only partially revealed, this will be the place for you.”

The Nepal scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, where Jones acquires the headpiece to the Staff of Ra—and a “partner” in Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood—was shot on a set. If you want to re-enact Ravenwood’s drinking contest, Nepal offers several indigenous liquors, notably the potent raksi. Before heading out, study the political scene—last April, the Nepalese government imposed a week-long ban on the production and sale of alcohol.” ( via forbestraveler.com ) by Adam Bulger

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“It makes perfect sense to start a travel business when you have a gazillion fans who want to follow you around the globe for every show — or any one show for that matter. Kanye West was in the news today for being one of the headliners for Virgin Mobile Fest in Maryland this summer, but also of more interest to our readers is his new travel company, West Brands LLC.

KanyeTravel.com already boasts an assortment of booking opportunities, but strangely doesn’t tie them into his performances despite a tour list that’s available on his website, KanyeUniverseCity.com.” ( via latimes.com ) by Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times

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