JULIANA’S WORLD TRAVEL AND TOURS: Ama Certo The Locks in the Main Danube Canal – Video

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South Africa Outbound to Asia: What Needs to Happen Next?

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Bangkok--20 May--ScottAsia Communications

Following the inaugural World Travel Market (WTM) Africa in Cape Town this month, Khiri Travel Thailand General Manager, Andre van der Marck, and Khiri Travel Cambodia General Manager, Jack Bartholomew, pinpoint what needs to be done to help South African tourists travel to Asia more.

Some 5.7 million South Africans traveled abroad in 2013. Euromonitor International expects that to rise to 6.9 million by 2017. Numbers to Asia are small -- but rising. South Africa's middle class is growing quickly and embracing overseas leisure travel. About 10% of South Africa's population travels abroad each year. Euromonitor predicts that South African outbound will grow at an average of 4% per year until 2016.

How would you describe potential South African demand for Asian tour products?

AvdM: There is an emerging demand for sure. Buyers commented on how people wanted to travel to Asia. For South African travel agents, Asia is sill perceived as being off the beaten track. This year, Thailand will attract about 21,000 South Africans, Hong Kong 9,000, China 8,000 and India 25,000 although many of them are visiting friends and relatives. South Africans tend to travel to neighboring countries such as Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia or to the UK if longhaul. South Africa is an untapped market. Based on these numbers, there is plenty of potential.

Africa is a massive place with multiple markets. Why South Africa?

JB: South Africa is the logical start point. GDP per capita is the highest among medium or large African countries. The last 20 years since the end of apartheid has seen rapid economic growth. Outbound tourism grew 24% in 2011, but shrank to 2% in 2012 due to the rand devaluing. When the rand is strong, South Africans travel. And it shows. In Q1 this year Thailand reported a 22% increase in South African visitors. For Cambodia, South Africa represented 74% of all African arrivals in the first two months of 2014.

What kind of South African travelers should Asian tour operators target first?

AvdM: Frequent independent travelers (FITs) who want to travel for a length of time, at least two weeks, and experience Asia to its full. It's quite an investment to travel from South Africa to Asia.

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Infographic reveals the top 50 emerging holiday destinations

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Published: 05:52 EST, 20 May 2014 | Updated: 06:14 EST, 20 May 2014

Namibia has been crowned number one in the top 50 emerging travel destination.

The southern African country, which it's predicted will see a 9.1 per cent growth in tourism over the next 10 years, scooped first place when compared to other holiday hotspots in the world.

Montenegro - which does carry a warning from the Foreign Office - follows closely behind with an expected 8.6 per cent boost in visitor numbers to the country, boasting 'pristine beaches, ski resorts and ancient architecture'.

Zambia, Angola and China make up the top five on the 50 up-and-coming countries infographic, compiled by Love Home Swap.

The holiday home company used statistics from the World Travel And Tourism Council to compile the list which predicts the projected annual growth of travel and tourisms direct contribution to GDP in each country, over the next ten years.

As well as already popular holiday destinations such as Croatia, Morocco, St Lucia and Thailand, the infographic includes less well-known countries.

Cameroon, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan and Iran, which all carry Foreign Office travel warnings, make it on to the list.

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Dr. Todd Malan Named Chief Cell Therapy Officer at Okyanos Heart Institute

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Freeport, The Bahamas (PRWEB) May 20, 2014

Okyanos Heart Institute has announced the addition of Dr. Todd Malan to their executive medical team as Chief Cell Therapy Officer and General Surgeon. He will perform and oversee the liposuction step of Okyanos treatment, removing a small amount of fat from patients from which their own stem cells are isolated. Cardiac cell therapy is intended for no-option heart patients who have exhausted the currently available standards of care for their condition, of which there are about 2 million in the United States alone.

Dr. Malan is founder of the Innovative Cosmetic Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializing in advanced liposuction and fat transfer procedures. A pioneer in adipose- (fat) derived stem cell research and fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, Dr. Malan became the first physician in the United States to utilize adult stem cells from fat tissue for soft tissue reconstruction. He has co-authored two medical textbooks on fat-derived stem cell therapies and has served as principal investigator on two Institutional Review Board- (IRB) approved adult stem cell trials.

As an active member of the adipose stem cell research community, Dr. Malan is very familiar with the therapeutic benefits of adult stem cells for cardiac, as demonstrated in clinical trials, said Dr. Howard Walpole, chief medical officer at Okyanos. He lends his experience and integrated knowledge of both innovative cosmetic surgery and stem cell therapy to our medical leadership team, he added.

"It is truly gratifying to see the gathering of like-minded researchers, clinicians, and administrators who see the remarkable value of developing evidence-based protocols for effective stem cell therapies, said Dr. Malan. He added, This project is a culmination of years of experience between industry leaders who are dedicated to making Okyanos a premier cell therapy center in the world. The work we do today will define the future of medicine for years to come."

Okyanos cardiac cell therapy is the first stem cell-based procedure for heart failure available to patients outside of clinical trials, wherein the patients own adipose-derived stem cells are infused directly into the damaged part of the heart via catheter. Okyanos will begin treating advanced heart disease patients in Freeport, The Bahamas, in the summer of 2014.

ABOUT OKYANOS HEART INSTITUTE: [Oh key AH nos] Based in Freeport, The Bahamas, Okyanos Heart Institutes mission is to bring a new standard of care and a better quality of life to patients with coronary artery disease using cardiac stem cell therapy. Okyanos adheres to U.S. surgical center standards and is led by founder and CEO Matt Feshbach, as well as Chief Medical Officer Howard T. Walpole Jr., M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I. Okyanos Treatment utilizes a unique blend of stem and regenerative cells derived from ones own adipose (fat) tissue. The cells, when placed into the heart via a minimally-invasive procedure, can stimulate the growth of new blood vessels, a process known as angiogenesis. Angiogenesis facilitates blood flow in the heart, which supports intake and use of oxygen (as demonstrated in rigorous clinical trials such as the PRECISE trial). The literary name Okyanos, the Greek god of rivers, symbolizes restoration of blood flow.

For more information, please visit http://www.okyanos.com/.

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Trustee awareness- Practical spirituality (murli) – BK Shivani (Hindi) – Video

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SpaceX Dragon departs International Space Station after month’s stay – Video

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SPACE is coming to Da Vinci Science Center

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See the exhibit that helped celebrates NASA's 50th anniversary, in its first showing north of Washington DC when Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown unveils "Space: A Journey to Our Future" Saturday.

The blockbuster exhibition which drew 3.8 million when it opened at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, now is touring science centers around the country and will be at the center at 3145 Hamilton Blvd. Bypass, through Sept. 7.

"Space: A Journey to Our Future" features immersive scenic elements, interactive exhibits and state-of-the-art projection and Space2audio technology. Families will be able to walk through a full-size space habitat and work pod as they explore a future lunar base camp and ride a bicycle-powered centrifuge and experience the physiological challenges of space flight as they discover the past, present, and future of space.

On display will be actual rocks from the moon and Mars, that kids can touch and feel and a wide range of artifacts from past space flights, as well as displays on new spacecraft that will takes people back to the moon and beyond.

Admission to the center which includes admittance to "Space: A Journey to Our Future" is $19.95, adults; and $16.95 children age 12 and under and seniors.

Info: 484-664-1002, http://www.davincisciencecenter.org

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Red Sox show little sign of repeating

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More than any other major league baseball team, the Red Sox have redefined the term "impossible." They authored the game's original Impossible Dream in 1967, in 2004 became the first (and still only) baseball team to win a playoff series after losing the first three games, and last year became the first team to go from posting a .426 winning percentage one season to winning the World Series the next.

Ergo, nothing is impossible for the Sox.

Their chances of repeating as AL East champions, world champions or even playoff qualifiers this season become increasingly more unlikely, though, as the weeks drone on. Boston had Monday off and opens a three-game series with Toronto tonight at Fenway Park. As the Red Sox peer ahead at the rest of the season, their outlook should be this:

Cautiously pessimistic.

The Sox are 20-23 after 43 games, that deficit courtesy of the three-game weekend sweep by the Tigers. Since the Impossible Dream was authored in 1967, Boston has never been below .500 43 games into a season and made it to the playoffs. It has happened 12 times before this year, all but one of those occasions before the expanded wild card was introduced.

While the 119 games left to play provide the Red Sox with a lot of time and opportunity to get things right, and while their deficit in both the AL East and wild card races is almost inconsequential right now, 43 games is enough to establish team character, and that is the hardest part of the formula to adjust.

Boston's character is not very good. That isn't for lack of effort or commitment. Lack of talent? Maybe, because the 2014 Red Sox are not as good in reality as they looked on paper.

A.J. Pierzynski is a mistake, and now Boston is stuck with two 37-year-old catchers.

That's like having a pair of 85-year-olds serving as president of the United States and vice president.

Jackie Bradley Jr. is no Jacoby Ellsbury; he may not even be a Bob Zupcic. Will Middlebrooks, hurt again, seems to be much more potential than performance. The Grady Sizemore experiment is not working.

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El Nio Alert, The Wrath of God is Developing – Get Ready – NASA Alert – Video

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NASA Readies Inflatable 'Flying Saucer' for June Test Launch

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NASA is gearing up to test an inflatable, saucer-shaped vehicle that could help astronauts explore the surface of Mars.

The space agency's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle is now fully assembled at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii the site of its first flight trial, which is currently scheduled for June 3, officials said.

The LDSD project aims to slow the descent of super-heavy payloads such as human habitat modules through the thin Martian atmosphere. It's developing a 100-foot-wide (30.5 meters) parachute and two devices called Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (SIADs). [NASA's Inflatable Flying Saucer for Mars Landings (Photos)]

One SIAD is 20 feet (6 m) wide, while the other measures 26 feet (8 m) across. They are designed to fit around the rim of an atmospheric entry vehicle, like the one that helped NASA's 1-ton Curiosity roverland safely on the Martian surface in August 2012.

Curiosity is the heaviest object that has ever landed on Mars, and its mission pretty much maxed out the descent and landing capabilities of currently available technologies, NASA officials have said. LDSD hopes to raise that ceiling high enough to accommodate future human missions.

On June 3, a balloon will carry a test vehicle equipped with the 20-foot SIAD and the huge parachute to an altitude of about 23 miles (37 kilometers). At that point, the vehicle will be released and its booster rocket will kick on, taking it to Mach 4 (four times the speed of sound) and 34 miles (55 km) up.

The SIAD and big parachute will then deploy in succession, giving team members their first good look at how they perform in a Mars-like environment. (At such heights, the air is thin enough to be a good analogue for Mars' atmosphere, which is just 1 percent as dense as that of Earth).

NASA plans to webcast the demo live, airing video captured by the LDSD test vehicle, officials said.

"This first test is a true experimental flight test," LDSD principal investigator Ian Clark, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. "Our goal is to get this first-of-its-kind test vehicle to operate correctly at very high speeds and very high altitudes."

But something productive will come out of the flight even if all does not go according to plan on June 3, he added.

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