Sometimes, very rarely I might add; a web site link is submitted for review and inclusion into the AJ links page that really does deserve to be highlighted.

Alan, from Anchors Away Bareboat Charters, Whitsundays, Great Barrier Reef submitted a link to his web site this morning and I want to draw your attention to probably one of the most glorious locations in Australia.

I was so impressed with the web site design, the boats for charter, the location and just about everything (grins); that I developed a banner to use in my new Internet project called "Virtual Road Trips and Destinations" which, was released on Tuesday this week as part of the Laughing Camel suite of web sites (Camel Library - Camel Road Trips and Destinations).

At the moment I'm busy developing European road trips and destinations. However, I plan to open some Aussie (probably the natural home to "camel ticklers") road trips in the next few weeks and will include Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef.

In the meantime, here's some more details about Anchors Away Bareboat Charters.

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The world's first Duty Free shop was established at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1946 and is in service to this date. Designed to provide a service for Trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically traveling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on both outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied world-wide.

Most tax regimes also allow travellers entering a country to bring in a certain amount of goods without paying tax on them, the so-called "Duty-free allowance"; because it is not economically justifiable, and is an inconvenience to the passengers, to collect the small amounts of tax involved.

Although EU law permits individuals to purchase unlimited quantities of goods that are duty and tax paid in another Member State, and to carry them back to their home country without any further liability for duty or tax, they must both be transported personally and be for their own personal consumption only. Any re-sale of the goods - including sales at cost to friends or neighbours - means that they are classified as being for a commercial purpose and therefore liable to duty.

Budget airlines may also have restrictions and extra charges for carring large quanties of alchol and cigarettes either as checked in luggage or by hand. Ryan Air charge £18 per suitcase checked in. This would seriously dent any profit made by buying large quantities of cheaper cigarettes.

Controversy has arisen over certain items put up for bid on ebay. For instance, in late 2001 a man offered his liver for auction on eBay, attempting to profit from the potentially lucrative (and, in the United States, illegal) market for transplantable human organs.

On other occasions, people and even entire towns have been listed, often as a joke or to garner free publicity.

In general, the ebay removes auctions that violate its terms of service agreement within a short time after hearing of the auction from an outsider. I'm sure ebay also enjoys the free publicity.

eBay is also an easy place for unscrupulous sellers to market counterfeit merchandise, which can be difficult for novice buyers to distinguish without careful studying of the auction description.

BUY BEWARE

Malta is a small and densely-populated island nation comprising an archipelago of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea. A country of Southern Europe, Malta lies south of Sicily, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English.

Most people drive their cars on the left side of the road and sometimes give way to the right at road junctions.

Only the three largest islands Malta Island (Malta), Gozo (Ghawdex), and Comino (Kemmuna) are inhabited. Each island has different characteristics and no holiday would be complete without visiting them all. Bus routes are extensive and generally run on-time, people are friendly and the crime rate is low.

Tourism makes up a large part of the Maltese economy, although an emerging electronics industry is growing fast.

The winter months are often fairly warm with heavy rain at times, while the summer months are "hot" and almost rain free.

Recent research has revealed "return" flights from London Gatwick using Ryan Air (selected dates) to cost an incredibly low price of £35 (that's including tax, fuel surcharge etc). Combine this with a 2 bedroom self catering apartment for 17 euro per day (about £13) in a top resort for probably one of the best holidays you'll ever have.

Bus fares are cheap and car rentals are reasonably priced (get third party insurance and damage cover), so getting around should pose little or no problems.

Summary: Flu viruses spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing from people with influenza. Most adults may be able to infect others beginning one day before symptoms develop and up to five days after becoming sick. That means that you may be able to pass on the flu to someone else before you know you are sick, as well as while you are sick.

Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). In humans, common symptoms of influenza are fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. In more serious cases, influenza causes pneumonia, which can be fatal, particularly in young children and the elderly.

Children and teenagers with flu symptoms (particularly fever) should avoid taking aspirin as taking aspirin in the presence of influenza infection (especially Influenzavirus B) can lead to Reye's syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease of the liver.

Typically influenza is transmitted from infected humans through the air by coughs or sneezes, creating aerosols containing the virus. Influenza can also be transmitted by saliva, nasal secretions, faeces and blood. Infections also occur through contact with these body fluids or with contaminated surfaces. Flu viruses can remain infectious for about one week at human body temperature, over 30 days at 0 °C (32 °F). Most influenza strains can be inactivated easily by disinfectants and detergents.

Preventing the spread of the flu virus should be the concern of everyone.

1. Wash your hands after sneezing and coughing
2. Always cover your mouth and nose when sneezing and coughing
3. Do not go to work, you'll only spread the flu to your workmates.
4. Drink plenty of fluids
5. Seek medical advice if conditions worsen after a few days

[ source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza ]

Sometimes I wonder.

Birmingham or Brum as the locals call it.

A recent article submitted to LPR gives some very dry statistics about the city. In my mind, I can remember a culture that has a sense of humour and laughs in the face of adversity.

If anywhere can be described as the first purely industrial conurbation, it is BIRMINGHAM . Unlike the more specialist industrial towns that grew up across the north and Midlands, "Brum" - and its "Brummies" are famous for their hardwork and spirit.

City centre pubs vary as much as you'd expect. The liveliest, catering for a mixed bag of conference delegates and Brummies-out-on-the-ale, are liberally sprinkled along Broad Street, in the immediate vicinity of the Convention Centre, and in Brindley Place. Most of them are decorated in sharp, modern style, but there are one or two more traditional places here as well - as there are in other parts of the city centre.

Destination Guides > Europe & Russia > Europe > England > West Midlands and the Peak District > Birmingham > City Centre

Many visitors get their first taste of central Birmingham at New Street station , whose unreconstructed ugliness - piles of modern concrete - makes a dispiriting start. Fortunately, things soon get better if you stroll west along pedestrianized New Street , one of the city's principal shopping streets, to the elegantly revamped Victoria Square , with its tumbling water fountain.

I recently received a question regarding www.stumbleupon.com and the worth of signing up for online marketing purposes.

"Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great sites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations."

After just a few days, I can definately confirm that if your web page/site is listed as a "Discovered" site; you'll get an increase in traffic. However, unless the page listed has interesting and unique content things might backfire, as users can give thumbs up or thumbs down. They can also report spam listings aimed solely at link list building.

The main danger of using the Stumble Toolbar is that it re-invents the old "surfing" way of navigating the Internet. I stumbled around the web last night for three hours and time juust flew by. I can easily see how this could become addictive.

The list below shows the first few posts to my Stumble Blog list.

Many people are so wrapped up in their job many minor illnesses are ignored or worked through, in the interest of job security or ambition.

Then when a holiday or vacation is finally taken, ALL the suppressed stress symptoms suddenly blossom.

Is it any wonder that December and January are the months when most relationships break down?

There's pressure for everyone to enjoy events and eat extreme amounts of food while consuming excessive levels of alcohol in a short time period. Relationship tensions often explode during holiday periods and many hospitals record a higher level of family-on-family violence.

Take a week to clear your work BEFORE you take time off from your job is probably the BEST tip to avoid these problems.

The information below outlines some other ways to avoid holiday stress.