Expedia Extends To India

Expedia recently announced that they have entered into serving the travel market in India. This is the seventeenth Expedia branded website that provides smart solutions
for booking airfare, hotel accommodations, car rentals and other travel related services.

“As the number of Indians traveling abroad continues to grow, the strength of Expedia’s international supply gives us an advantage over existing travel providers in the market,” said Sharat Dhall, managing director, Expedia India. “We aim to be the International travel expert for
Indians, who can now travel the world with confidence with Expedia.co.in.”

Expedia.co.in will offer a global selection of around 80,000 hotels and 3,000 attractions. Payment is made through Indian Rupees and customer service representatives speak both Hindi and English, making it easier to communicate.

The website is taking reservations now.

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Welcome Hexapus

I’ve always maintained that there are millions of living creatures that humans don’t know about - especially when it comes to life forms under water. The Hexapus is one of these creatures that’s just been found.

The hexapus, now known as “Henry” was born with six legs instead of eight. It’s believed it is a birth defect. Henry was pulled up in a lobster trap on the Wales coast about two weeks ago.

Henry the hexapus was picked up by the Blackpool Sea Life Centre in England.

It’s another great addition to science only time will tell if there are more to be found..

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Alexander Graham Bell - Happy Birthday!

If Alexander Graham were alive today, he’d be celebrating his 161st birthday.

Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. He was also known as “Father of the deaf.” Both Graham’s mother and wife were both deaf.

Bell was an inventor, scientist and innovator.

When you hear the familiar ring today, be sure to thank Mr. Bell for his great invention - the phone.

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Alain Robert Scales Brazil Tower

Alain Robert, affectionately nicknamed Spiderman has done it again. Alain scaled a 42-floor building with his bare hands in Sao Paulo, Brazil while nearly 2,000 onlookers watched.

He used no safety equipment to crawl down (and reclimb) the 495-foot Edificio Italia, one of the tallest buildings in the city.

Alain Robert wasn’t granted permission to climb the building and was detained by police after the stunt.

Mr. Robert is 45 years old and has climbed 70 buildings including the Eiffel Tower, the Sears Tower and the Empire State Building.

Just when you thought there were no Superheroes left, Alain Robert proves otherwise.

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Dominican Republic Independence Day

Today the Dominican Republic celebrates their Independence from Haiti. This is the 164th year they’ve been free.

Juan Pablo Duarte, Ramón Matías Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez announced an independent ‘República Dominicana’ on February 27, 1844.

Today is a day of celebration in the DR. There are a number of parades and festivities taking place throughout this lush country. Catholic churches celebrate with masses and baseball will be enjoyed by everyone.

Happy Independence Day, Dominican Republic!

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Dunkin’ Donuts Fills In For Starbucks

Dunkin’ Donuts just announced a promotion to capture Starbucks customers while the company closes 7,100 stores to help energize employees on February 26, 2008.

Dunkin’ Donuts will offer all customers a small latte, cappuccino or espresso drink of their choice, hot or iced, for the special price of 99 cents. The promotion will be available in participating Dunkin’ Donuts’ shops across the country from 1 PM to 10 PM.

So if you’re looking for a caffeine fix and can’t find it at Starbucks, you can give Dunkin’ Donuts a try for less than a buck. What a deal!

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Hotmail Issues

It’s a worldwide outage for Hotmail as millions are having difficulty logging into their Hotmail accounts. People have reported Hotmail service unavailable messages since early today.

“We’re having some sporadic issues with the Windows Live login,” a Microsoft rep has stated. “We’ll be working as fast as possible to get up and running.”

That’s good news for the beleaguered users who are suffering from Hotmail being down. Hopefully the Hotmail problems will be over soon.

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Hotmail Service Unavailable

What’s wrong with Hotmail? A quick visit to the website found their Service Unavailable.

I went to check my own mail and got this:

There is no word on what the Hotmail issue is or a status on when it might come back online. Hopefully the Hotmail.com sign in will be available again soon.

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Starbucks Closing

Here’s something that hasn’t happened much in the history of Starbucks.

CEO Howard Schultz ordered that all 7,100 Starbucks close for 3 hours to energize the companies 135,000 employees.

The closure starts at 5:30 local time today. While the stores shut for business, baristas will share their passion for making espresso, or as Schultz says, “to pull the perfect shot, steam milk to order and customize their favorite beverage.”

So if you have plans to stop at Starbucks this evening, you might need to adjust your plans to account for this downtime.

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Lichtenberg Figure

Lichtenberg figures are so cool!

A Lichtenburg figure captures “lightning” at it core. The end result looks a lot like a delicate leaf or a plant’s root system.

Not familiar with this artful technique? Then watch the video below to introduce yourself to it.

That is art at work using the sheer force of energy! Beautiful, indeed.

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