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Alamo Rent A Car Locations Open in Tortola, British Virgin Islands

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ST. LOUIS, MO and ROAD TOWN, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2013) - For the first time, Alamo Rent A Car brand locations will begin serving customers in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Car rentals from Alamo will now be available at the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport in Tortola, and at Maria's By The Sea Hotel in Road Town, Tortola. The hotel is located along the shore of Road Harbour, within walking distance of most major shops and offices.

To operate the new locations, British Virgin Islands-based Tropical Rentals Limited has been appointed as a franchisee for the Alamo Rent A Car brand.

"We are pleased to have the opportunity to join with Tropical Rentals Limited to serve customers of our Alamo brand in the British Virgin Islands," said Armando Lemus, regional field manager of global franchising for Enterprise Holdings, which owns and operates the Alamo brand in North America. "We feel Alamo's low rates and no-hassle service will be welcomed by the numerous travelers to the beautiful island paradise of Tortola."

Allan Parker, general manager for Tropical Rentals Limited, said, "Leisure travelers on the island will indeed respond positively to Alamo Rent A Car because of its great reputation for customer service and value."

Along with its affiliate Enterprise Fleet Management, Enterprise Holdings -- which includes extensive car rental and car-sharing services, commercial truck rental, corporate fleet management, and retail car sales -- accounted for $15.4 billion in revenue and operated 1.3 million vehicles throughout the world in fiscal 2012. Today, Enterprise Holdings has a presence in more than 40 countries worldwide, including 8,200 corporate-owned and franchise locations. Through its regional subsidiaries, Enterprise Holdings operates an Alamo franchise network throughout the Americas. In 2012, the company also made a strategic investment in China-based eHi Auto Services.

For more information, visit http://www.alamo.com.

About Alamo Rent A Car

Founded in 1974, Alamo Rent A Car -- the largest car rental provider to international travelers visiting North America -- is a value-oriented, internationally recognized brand serving the rental needs of airport leisure travelers. Alamo offers low rental rates and a hassle-free customer experience at the most popular travel destinations throughout the world. Alamo is a recognized technology innovator, with the industry's first and only online check-in system since 2005, as well as more than 171 self-service kiosks at 63 U.S. locations, which earned it the "Extra Mile Award" from Budget Travel magazine in 2007. Alamo also serves as the official rent a car of Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort.For more information about Alamo, visit http://www.alamo.com.

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Yandex Launches Interactive Snippets Called ‘Islands’

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Russian search giant Yandex announced a newly redesigned search results page today, including new interactive snippets. The company calls these snippets Islands.

Yandex says Islands will speed up the engagement with sites and services by allowing users to take action on their queries from the results pages. Users could, for example, buy movie tickets, make reservations at restaurants, or pay bills directly from the search page.

Apps have changed peoples expectations of usability, especially on mobile, said Ilya Segalovich, CTO at Yandex. When people search on the rich web these days, they are often looking to carry out an action. What happens now is that even if you can see in search results a link to the website where you can potentially book your movie ticket or pay your bill, you still need to click through to this site and possibly even browse a few pages before you find the booking form. Were speeding up this process.

Interactive snippets deliver a new level of user experience, Segalovich adds. Sitelinks are an outdated way of providing information and rich snippets are mere decoration. We know users want faster, more direct engagement with services, and interactive snippets mean businesses can better serve the needs of their customers by offering a shortcut to the ultimate search.

The company is careful to note that it will not determine when to show Islands itself. It does relinquish some control to the webmasters providing such services. Webmasters will also be able to determine what their Islands will look like, at least to some extent.

The feature will be available to all users on different types of devices, but will first launch for desktop computers and tablets before launching for mobile devices. Its being rolled out in Turkey today, then will be launched in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan in the coming months.

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Hoolahan starts for Faroe Islands clash

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Updated: Thursday, 06 Jun 2013 14:57 | Comments Wes Hoolahan brings a very different dimension to the Ireland midfield for Friday's encounter with the Faroe Islands Giovanni Trapattoni has selected Wes Hoolahan to start against the Faroe Islands

Wes Hoolahan has been selected to start for Irelands World Cup qualifier with the Faroe Islands on Friday night at Aviva Stadium.

The Norwich midfielder will line up in midfield alongside Glenn Whelan, Simon Cox and Aiden McGeady.

Robbie Keane will make a record-breaking 126th appearance for Ireland, as the 32-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy striker passes former goalkeeper Shay Given.

Keane will captain the side and will lead the line with striking partner Jonathan Walters for the must-win clash with the Faroes.

David Forde has recovered from a calf injury and has been passed fit to take his place between the posts, while Marc Wilson starts at left back alongside Sean St Ledger, John OShea and Seamus Coleman.

There was to be no place in the starting line-up for central defender Richard Dunne despite his return from a year-long injury nightmare against Georgia on Sunday.

James McCarthy and Shane Long are suspended for Friday's clash.

Ireland v Faroes: Forde; Coleman, O'Shea, St Ledger, Wilson; McGeady, Whelan, Hoolahan, Cox; Walters, Keane.

LIVE: REP of IRELAND v FAROE ISLANDS

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Vineyard-Nantucket rivalry is part of islands' mystique

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On a recent afternoon, a group of teenagers were playing Frisbee on a lawn on Marthas Vineyard, having a fairly typical conversation for children who grew up on this storied island: They were talking about how much they despise Nantucket.

We dont like Nantucket at all, said Zac Wannamaker. Like, not one bit, Augusto Bueno added. Pressed for reasons, both struggled for an answer. They just did.

Of the seven youths playing Frisbee, only one had even been to Nantucket. But for those who grew up on either of these islands, disliking the other is a birthright enforced through years of athletic rivalry culminating in the fierce Island Cup battle between the high school football teams. For decades, the coach of the Nantucket team visited newborns in the hospital to present them with a tiny football.

While the rivalry between Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard is very real, those on both sides say the root is simply this: Everyone needs a rival, and theyre the only other thing around.

Its little more than the old My-island-is-better-than-your-island thing, said Luke DeBettencourt, a fourth-generation Vineyarder.

But what has changed, natives say, is how rabid the rivalry has become off the field, especially among the summer people who couldnt care less who wins the football game but care very much about what their island choice says about them.

I like the Vineyard because I find its more diverse culturally and economically and socially, said Lisbeth Cooper, who has been coming to Marthas Vineyard each summer since the 1970s. When I go to Nantucket, I just feel out of place, she said as she paused from reading Anna Karenina on the beach in Oak Bluffs, where her son now owns an inn.

Oak Bluffs is just revolting, Richard Zahm said as he rode the ferry to his preferred island, Nantucket. Its like the Jersey Shore. The colors are garish.

Both islands, of course, are summer paradises of great natural beauty. They are also very expensive, very exclusive, and very preppy. Nantucket, the broad-brush argument goes, is just more extreme in all categories. In other words, many Vineyarders say, snobby.

We totally agree, Whitey Willauer, a Nantucket selectman, said to the charge of snobbiness as he sat with friends at the private Wharf Rat Club just off the ferry terminal. They tend to be movie-starish. We tend to attract CEOs and political persons. Its a different culture.

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Balintawak Arnis Cuentada – GM. Bobby Taboada. Canary Islands (Tenerife) Seminar 2013 – Video

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Balintawak Arnis Cuentada - GM. Bobby Taboada. Canary Islands (Tenerife) Seminar 2013
Extracto del Seminario de GM. Bobby Taboada Master Richard Cotterill en Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Islas Canarias - Espaa - (Mayo/2013) https://www.internat...

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