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2008-12-24T14:04:00.001+07:00

Tình yêu của bạn màu gì? Hãy khám phá.
Author: Edwin Nguyễn
written this on Christmas day 2008

Tình yêu của bạn màu gì? Một khám phá rất thú vị. Bạn hãy nhớ, ở từng thời điểm tình yêu của bạn có thể có một màu khác nhau. Và tôi hy vọng rằng tình yêu của bạn luôn và sẽ di chuyển lòng vòng trong ba màu sau: màu hồng, màu đỏ và màu xanh lá. Đừng để tình yêu của bạn là một màu đen thù hận và căm ghét.

Hãy cảm nhận tình yêu và chọn một màu tình yêu để nói lên một phần tình yêu của bạn dành cho những người yêu ở hiện tại và ở quá khứ bạn nhé.

Màu trắng:
Tình yêu màu trắng, đây là màu đầu tiên và màu cuối cùng của tình yêu.
Tình yêu bạn màu trắng khi:
1. Khi bạn chưa yêu ai và chưa ai yêu bạn, tình yêu của bạn là màu trắng.
2. Khi đã chia tay và cả hai vô tư lự với nhau, chẳng chút nhớ nhung, luyến tiếc, thù hận hay căm ghét... Vô cảm giác.
3. Khi cả hai đều chết. Chết là hết. Hy vọng là bạn chưa chết.

Màu vàng:
Tình yêu màu vàng là Khi người con trai yêu trước người con gái và đang đeo đuổi và hy vọng chiếm được trái tim người con gái. Đây là một điều rất quý báu như vàng, vì con trai luôn nên chủ động yêu trước, đeo đuổi và thể hiện.

Màu xanh dương:
Tình yêu màu xanh dương là Khi người con gái yêu người con trai trước. Người con gái đang hy vọng (màu xanh là màu hy vọng) có thể tạo được sự thu hút ở người con trai, và hy vọng rằng một ngày gần nhất người con trai mà mình đang thầm yêu sẽ đến bên và ngõ ý lời yêu thương với mình.

Màu hồng:
Đây là màu đẹp nhất của tình yêu. Khi hai trái tim yêu nhau chân thành và chân thật, không dối trá, không vụ lợi, luôn mong muốn những điều tốt đẹp nhất đến với người mình yêu và sẵn sàng làm tất cả vì người mình yêu.

Màu đỏ:
Đây là một tình yêu cháy bỏng, cả hai khao khát những giây phút gần gủi nhau, kề cận nhau, ôm ấp nhau...(không dám nói thêm) Nói tóm lại, chẳng bao giờ muốn rời nhau cả. Còn cái sự khao khát gần nhau này có thể xuất phát từ nhu cầu thể xác và cũng có thể là xuất phát từ tình yêu chân thật và cũng có thể là sự mua vui lẫn nhau.

Màu xanh lá cây:
Tình yêu màu xanh lá cây là khi tình yêu của bạn đã đơm bông kết trái, có thể là một gia đình vợ chồng son, có thể đã có những đứa con xinh xắn, có thể đã xây dựng được một tổ ấm để gọi là gia đình. Còn yêu thương nhau thật sự hay không thì chưa biết.

Màu bạc:
Tình yêu màu bạc là khi người con trai đã rời bỏ người con gái ra đi, và người con gái vẫn còn ít nhiều luyến tiếc hay nhung nhớ.
Sự ra đi có thể là do sự phụ bạc của người con trai. Cũng có thể là do người con trai đã chết để người con gái lại bạc đầu nhung nhớ.

Màu tím:
Tình yêu màu tím là khi người con gái đã rời bỏ người con trai (có thể do người con gái đã chết hoặc do người con gái phụ lòng), và người con trai vẫn còn nhớ nhớ thương thương người con gái đó. Người con trai âm thầm thương nhớ. Một màu tím buồn.

Màu đen:
Tình yêu màu đen là tình yêu khủng khiếp nhất. Cả hai đã chia tay, nhưng lòng thù hận, căm ghét nhau chất đầy. Khủng khiếp quá. Chẳng còn gì để nói. Nên không nói thêm cho màu này nữa. Stop!

Màu cam:
Tình yêu màu cam là một sự nửa đỏ nửa hồng. Yêu nhau như màu hồng (chân thật và chân thành) nhưng không còn ở cạnh nhau nữa để có thể chứa chan tận hưởng những giây phút gần gủi nhau. Sự chia xa này có thể là để tốt cho nhau hay vì một sự hy sinh xa cách nào đó hay cũng có thể là một sự hiểu lầm rồi chia xa. Nhưng dù xa nhau vì lí do nào, đôi con tim luôn thỉnh thoảng trộm nhớ về nhau, về những kĩ niệm đẹp của hai người. Đây cũng được xem là một tình yêu đẹp. Yêu không nhất thiết phải chiếm hữu nhau.

Hãy gửi bài này cho mọi người để họ cùng mình chọn màu cho những tình yêu mà họ đang có nhé!!

Chartwell

2008-03-27T16:38:00.002+07:00

Name of the manor. ...Chartwell.

Purchased on...............1922.

Bought by...................Sir Winston Churchill.

Land area....................32 Hectares.

Price............................Rs.95,000.

Present status..............Owned and maintained by The National Trust. A charity organization with about three and a half million members.

“Five reception rooms, 19 bed and dressing rooms, eight baths, large studio and heated swimming pool” As per the agent’s prospectus. When the manor was proposed to sell (later Churchill changed his mind and an anonymous group of Churchill’s friends bought it and presented to Churchill, where he lived up to his death... Read this whole article

The Ashoka Pillar of Delhi

2008-03-27T16:27:00.002+07:00

One thousand and six hundred years old, made of pure wrought iron, weighs six tons, 7.375 meters high, standing bare for all these years in the scorching climate of Delhi, no fungus, no rust, no corrosion, nothing could scar even the inscriptions made on it; this pillar literally stands tall as a wonder for the modern man to witness the greatness of his ancestors; who could do what the space-age scientists not. The Iron Pillar of Delhi (also known as Ashoka Iron Pillar) belongs to the ‘Chandragupta 11 –Vikramaditya’ (between 3rd and 4the century AD) period remains as a riddle even to the modern metallurgists who rack their brains to find out the secret behind the eternal youth of this wrought iron pillar... Read this whole article

Ajanta Caves

2008-03-27T16:12:00.003+07:00

Believed to be built between 2nd century B.C. and 4th Century A.D., Ajanta caves are located about 100 kilometers from Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. The rich carvings, murals and sculptures of these caves offer real surprise to the visitors who flock to these caves in large numbers. Primarily built as a Buddhist monastery Ajanta is the premium tourist location in India not only for the rare sculptures it offers but also for the unique preservations of a culture that once prevailed. In a sense Ajanta caves preserved India’s history by placing it in its lap and protected it from predators of all hues for sixteen long centuries... Read the whole article

Agra - India

2008-03-27T08:00:00.009+07:00

Photo: The Taj from Agra town

Source: walkingloka.blogspot.com

Photo: The sandstone gateway at the southern end of the Taj Mahal

Source: britannica.com

Photo: Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Photographer: Kim Lau
Source: asia.cnet.com

Photo: Taj Mahal - Agra - India
Source: travel-all-the-world.blogspot.com

Photo: Arched walkway at Agra Fort
Source: rwapplewannabe.files.wordpress.com

Photo: Agra Fort - India

Source: searchindia.com

Photo: Taj Mahal Agra from Agra Fort
Source: shreekumar.in

Photo: Taj Mahal - Agra - India
Source: homepage.eircom.net

Introduction
A good place to visit in Agra City – India is Taj Mahal. It locates in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh It is an gorgeous place which was built for love. It is situated on the bank of the river Yamuna.

Love affair
Taj Mahal is a mausoleum. It is built up in memory of Mumtaz Mahal, a second wife of Emperor Shahjahan. She died after giving birth to their 14th child. Mumtaz Mahal is also a Muslim Persian princess.

In 1607 when Shahjahan was not yet a king, but a prince, he met her in Meena Bazaar. But then he got married. The first wife he married to was not her. In those days princes did not marry just for love.

In 1612, he married Mumtaz Mahal when he was 20 years old and she was at her age of 19. She stayed loyal by his side through good and even bad time. They sometimes live in the luxurious royal palaces sometimes in the transient tents of war camps. Her love to him completely won the heart of the prince.

In AD 1628, Khurram became king after a bloody battle of succession.

In 1631, Shahjahan went on an expedition to the south and, as always, Mumtaz Mahal accompanied him. She died when accompanying her husband in a campaign to crush a rebellion. When she died, she was just 39 years old. Shahjahan was inconsolable and contemporary chronicles tell of the royal court mourning for two years. there was no music, no feasting, and no celebration of any kind.

As she lay dying, she asked the emperor for four promises: first buiding the Taj Mahal, second that he should remarry, third being kind to their children, fourth visiting the tomb on her death anniversary. The first promise is why the Taj Mahal was constructed.

Construction
It is one of the most flawless architectural constructions of the world. The mausoleum began in 1633. 20,000 workers contributed in the building for 17 years. The most skilled architects, inlay craftsmen, calligraphers, stone-carvers and masons came from all across Indian and lands as distant as Persia and Turkey. The master mason was from Baghdab, an expert in building the double dome from Persia, and an inlay specialist from Delhi.

For centuries, the Taj Mahal has inspired poets, painters and musicians to try and capture its elusive magic in word, colour and song. It is one of the most flawless architectural creations of the world. Since the 17th century, travellers have crossed continents to come and see this ultimate memorial to love, and few have been unmoved by its incomparable beauty.

Beauty of Taj Mahal during Day

The Taj Mahal shows a different aspect of beauty at different times of the day. The sight of the Taj awash with the subtle pinks of dawn is an unforgettable sight. Sunsets stain the Taj an exotic shade of orange. But nothing beats the poignant beauty of the Taj seen when the cool white marble is bathed in the soft silver light of the moon. Even in the bright light of the day, this wonder of the world shines with an awe-inspiring loveliness.

The glory of the monument is strangely undiminished by the crowds of tourists who visit each day, as small and insignificant as ants in the face of this immense and captivating monument. That said, the Taj is at its most alluring in the relative quiet of early morning, shrouded in mists and bathed with a soft red glow. As its vast marble surfaces fall into shadow or reflect the sun, its colour changes, from soft grey and yellow to pearly cream and dazzling white; it's well worth visiting at different times. This play of light is an important decorative device, symbolically implying the presence of Allah, who is never represented in anthropomorphic form.

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Travel to Hong Kong

2008-03-16T15:37:00.004+07:00

I visited Hong Kong for the first time in 1995 when the territory’s sovereignty hadn’t yet been transferred to the People’s Republic of China. At that time the Kai Tak airport was cramped and narrow, perched on the edge of the sea in Kowloon Peninsula. It resembled Nha Trang airport (VietNam) before it was moved to Cam Ranh. But Kai Tak airport was considerably more dangerous.

It was said that only experienced pilots could planes to Hong Kong, because Kai Tak airport was located in such dangerous terrain. To one side was sea and high buildings. On the other side the runway was very short. One story ran that a pilot, when landing at the Kai Tak airport, could see families sitting down at their tables for the eight o’clock dinner. Local people living around the airport could watch the pilot talking to a beautiful air hostess as he came in to land. Whether you believe this story or not is up to you, but it is one of the current urban legends relating to Hong Kong’s recent past.

The skyscrapers of The Two International Centre

The last time I came to Hong Kong was in mid-July 2007, after the 10th anniversary of the handover of the territory to the People’s Republic of China. The new Hong Kong airport is very modern with an attractive architectural style. This differs from the international airport in Malaysia, which is modern but architecturally unimpressive. When we arrived in Hong Kong, the weather was boiling hot. While still on the plane, tourists coming to Hong Kong for the first time were surprised by the skyscrapers leaning forward on the mountains, overlooking the sea on a hot July morning.

Tsing Ma Bridge

From the airport we went straight by car to the centre of the city, passing over Tsing Ma bridge, which is over 2 km long. This is the longest suspension bridge in the world and was the pride of Hong Kong in the past. We drove past the Container harbour, which has the reputation of being the busiest harbour in the world – busier than Rotterdam harbour in Holland, Singapore or Kobe harbour in Japan. Hong Kong is really noisy and heavily populated. It covers an area of more than 1,120 square km, consisting of 260 islands of all shapes and sizes, in which Hong Kong island is the largest. There are many European people living here.

Tsing Ma Bridge

Of the total area, 70% consists of hills and mountains and 30% is residential land housing nearly 7 million people amid a powerful and still fast-developing economy. Most people live in apartment blocks built over 30 years ago. These stand next to more modern newly-built buildings. In Hong Kong about 95% of the population are Cantonese Chinese. They are famous for the food specialties they have brought from the south of China. The rest of the population are foreigners from European countries, most of them British. There are also Vietnamese people here.

We stayed in Tsim Sha Tsui in the Kowloon peninsula, where there are many hotels and churches built in the British architectural style. The noisiest place is the trading and living area of the Chinese in Hong Kong. Shops, restaurants, Internet cafes and night markets stretch from Tsim Sha Tsui to Jordan, Yau Ma Tei and Mongkok. Hordes of tourists are attracted by the Ladies market and Temples market, where various kinds of goods are displayed on the pavements. After the British won the Opium war in the 1840s, Kowloon peninsula and the New Territories were ceded to Britain for 99 years.

Hong Kong Disneyland

For me, Hong Kong is no longer as noisy as it was in the past, though Disneyland was built 2 years ago and has attracted a great number of new international and regional tourists including Vietnamese. They take the entire family with them to the park. There are many amusement activities and performances on indoor and outdoor stages. Children especially like to come here because they can meet Donald Duck and Golden Mickey Mouse – famous cartoons characters.

Besides Disneyland, there’s also the ocean Park in Hong Kong. In my opinion, Hong Kong is the best place to locate an Ocean Park, because it is a suitable destination for both adults and children. Visitors coming here at weekends are mostly Hong Kong locals. In the Ocean Park, you will experience the exhilaration of sitting in a cable car being winched past the stunning sea and mountains. Sometimes the car has to stop and hangs stationary in mid air because of the strong winds. I like the Middle Kingdom most where you can take photos in the film studios. They remind me of the historic period dramas of TVB Hong Kong, which were so popular with the Vietnamese about 10 years ago.

In the underground or subway system I felt a little afraid in the cool depths, even though there are lights and many people about. Because of this, despite working as a tour guide, I rarely go down the Cu Chi tunnels with tourists. Sometimes when I take business trips overseas, I have to choose between the underground and the tram – whichever suits my pocket. Using the underground in Hong Kong is, for me, the easiest in the world. Not like using the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) subway system in Singapore! There are many underground routes in Hong Kong to serve the Hong Kong population. Most tourists know how to use the underground.

The bustle and energy of Hong Kong brings us exhilarating moments and leaves us with unforgettable experiences. I hope to return to Hong Kong one day.

Article: Pham Tan Duc (Travellive)

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Transcript The Joke

2008-02-14T07:43:00.003+07:00

Here is the transcript for the video "the joke" from youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7G9Zuq1GS5E

-Johnson Residence... Oh, hi, Deena! How's the trip?
-We are having so much fun; The snow is perfect. How's everything at home?
-Well, your cat died.
-What? Oh my god! Cuddles is dead? Oh my god. You can't just drop a bomb on me like that. You've got to ease me into it. You've got to say something like "cuddles got on the roof and he jumped off and broke one of his legs. So he was able to drag himself for a few miles and ran into a pack of wild boars, but he survived that attack and he went looking for help down to the old neighbor lady's house down the street, but she didn't help him; she hit him repeatedly with a broom, and she broke his spine, but he was able to, you know, paw his way down to the river where he fell in and he was molested by a beaver... and the beaver left him for dead but cuddles floated downstream until he eventually washed up at our house and from there he pawed his way in to his little kitty bed where he took his last little kitty breath and he died!" Well, any other news?
-well, your mom got on the roof.

Youtube The Joke

2008-02-14T07:42:00.005+07:00

If you can not watch the video, click the below link to watch at youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7G9Zuq1GS5E

Summary: This is the talk of two girls Johnson and Deena. Deena was on her trip and phoned Johnson. Johnson broke the news that Deena's cat whose name was Cuddles died. The cat was very strong and had a miserable journey before he died. And then the other news is that Deena's mother died too. All is joke.

Click here for the transcript of the video

Air turbulence

2008-02-13T17:27:00.001+07:00

1. What is turbulence?

2. What do pilots do when turbulence may occur?

3. What happens to travelers when turbulence happens?

4. How to prevent injuries during turbulence?

5. Does turbulence happen during descent when it is cloudy?

6. Turbulence-related incidents

7. Can pilots and air traffic controllers talk to each other? What do they talk about?

8. Is turbulence dangerous?

9. Level of turbulence

10. How is turbulence created?

11. How many types of turbulence?

12. Is it true that winter causes more turbulence than summer?

13. Do turbulence occur more often over ocean or land?

14. Is there a better route to take to avoid turbulence?

15. Which route and what time of day would be best to have a smoother ride?

16. Why is it that every time I fly through Colorado or Nevada, turbulence occur?

17. Why is it that every time I fly over Japan, severe turbulence occurs?

18. Encountering turbulence- will a Jumbo drop 500 to 1000 feet?

19. Listen to experiences of turbulence

20. Higher is safer

21. How often do severe turbulence occur? How long will the turbulence last? And more details ?

22. What is jetstream?

23. What is clear-air turbulence?

24. What is wake turbulence?

25. What is Windshear?

1. What is turbulence?

Air turbulence is air motion that normally cannot be seen and often happens. It may occur when the sky is clear and can occur unexpectedly. Turbulence is caused by the weather. It happens due to different conditions, for examples atmospheric pressures, jet streams, cold or warm fronts, mountain waves, or thunderstorms. Turbulence can occur when the sky appears to be clear. In other words, turbulence is possible when it is clear of clouds.
Most of passengers are all familiar with the occasional bumps and lurches that come with flying on an airplane. Turbulence, the stealthiest of weather hazards, can strike from a sky that is quite blue and clear.
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2. What do pilots do when turbulence may occur?

They would inform passengers about the weather they would encounter as well as the coming turbulence. This is fairly important since passengers would have enough time to start encounter with it and then they would not be in amazement when it happens after all. This has helped passengers calm any fears that they may have. Generally the 'Seat Belt Sign' would be switched on to help passengers to avoid injuries from turbulence.

Pilots would make use of the weather radar to know the active areas of turbulence. In the situation where turbulence becomes a safety hazard, experienced pilots would abort the landings, divert to another suitable airport, or land on another Runway where there are no turbulences reported.
There are even ground equipments in airport to warn pilots through the air traffic information service about low level wind shears (and turbulence). Again, pilots would be cautious and decide either to abort the landing or wait for the turbulence to subside before attempting a safe landing.
Now you clearly know about turbulence during initial descent and approach to land. During descent and landing, you would ride through any turbulence without any problems if you have fastened tightly your seat belts.

The important thing to remember about turbulence is that although it may cause some discomfort it is not dangerous.
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3. What happens to travelers when turbulence happens?

From the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), turbulence is the leading cause of accidents which is normally not fatal. Accidents to airline passengers and flight attendants cost commercial airlines in the United States an estimated $100 million a year. From 1981 to 1996, the major air carriers reported 252 incidents of turbulence, resulting in 2 deaths, 63 serious injuries, and 863 minor injuries. Seat belts help avoid accidents: Both fatalities and 61 of the 63 passengers who were seriously injured were not wearing them. There was a turbulence causing a Boeing 747 en route from Japan to Hawaii to plummet 100 feet. An unbelted passenger died after her head hit the ceiling. More than 100 others were injured.

Each year, about estimated 58 air passengers in the United States are injured by turbulence since they are not fastened with their seat belts. Two-thirds of turbulence-related accidents are reported to occur at or above 30,000 feet. Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Most of passengers are all familiar with the occasional bumps and lurches that come with flying on an airplane. Many passengers are not aware of the effects of turbulence, they also do not understand that they may unexpectedly encounter with turbulence without warning. During turbulence, what really happens inside aircraft? Occupants are forced violently against seat-belts, and unsecured items being tossed about. Imagine what it would be like if you were not wearing a seat belt! You may be thrown about in the cabin like unsecured items as well.

Two third of turbulence-related accidents occurs at or above 30,000 feet. Generally, flying through turbulence of the milder nature can be found uncomfortable to the passengers. If such turbulence were detectable by the weather radar or from weather forecast, pilots would avoid them by deviating off track.

Flying through severe turbulence can result in injuries to crew and passengers if they are caught unaware and off the seatbelts. So, have your seat belts on whenever you are seated at all times!
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4. How to prevent injuries during turbulence?

Obviously, occupants injured during turbulence are usually not wearing seatbelts, they ignore recommendations of seatbelt fastening and those people even neglect fastening although the seat-belt signs are switched on. It is common that passengers need to move around the cabin to use restroom facilities or to exercise on long flights. However you should keep your seatbelt fastened at all times when seated. It is the best way.
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5. Does turbulence happen during descent when it is cloudy?

Yes. In this situation, you should be tightly fastened. Turbulence is not so scaring if you are securely fastened. Then you are supposed to be in a rough and uncomfortable ride. There is some little discomfort like you are traveling on a road with potholes.
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6. Turbulence-related incidents

The following are some jet airliner mishaps from around the world. In each event, at least one passenger/flight attendant was injured during an unexpected turbulence encounter.

During a flight from Singapore to Sydney with 236 passengers and 16 crew, the airplane encountered turbulence over central Australia. The plane hit an "air pocket" which caused it to drop 300 feet. Nine passengers including one pregnant woman and three crew members suffered various neck, back and hip injuries, with one of the passengers requiring surgery. Those who were injured were not wearing seat belts.

During a flight from Japan to Brisbane 16 passengers were injured when a large aircraft encountered turbulence. Passengers had been advised to keep their seatbelts fastened while seated. The pilot in command reported that flight conditions were smooth prior to encountering the turbulence. The weather radar did not indicate adverse weather, so the crew did not turn on the seatbelt signs. A number of the passengers who were not wearing their seatbelts were injured when they were thrown from their seats.

A jet hit air turbulence shortly before it landed at a Hong Kong airport, injuring 47 people, seven of them seriously. "It happened very suddenly and everything was very chaotic," one of the 160 passengers aboard the flight said. "The plane just dropped and I saw things flying all over."
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7. Can pilots and air traffic controllers talk to each other? What do they talk about?

No pilot ever wants to give passengers a thrill ride through turbulence. You can easily find this if you ever fly an airline where passengers can hear the conversations between air traffic control and pilots. As a matter of fact, they do talk to each other up there! Actually, air traffic control is a considerable reason why flying is so incredibly safe. And the number one topic of pilots in flight and the controllers is "the ride." If you are able to listen on one of your flights, you will likely hear them talking about "light chop." You will also hear pilots and controllers talking about changing cruising altitude to take a smoother ride.
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8. Is turbulence dangerous?

Turbulence is often an unavoidable part of flying, but remember, as long as you are buckled into your seatbelt, you will be safe! Seat-belts have helped thousands of people fly more comfortably, right through turbulence.
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9. Level of turbulence

Different intensities of turbulence

Light turbulence - briefly causes slight, erratic changes in altitude and/or attitude.

Light chop - slight, rapid and somewhat rhythmic bumpiness without noticeable changes in altitude or attitude.

Moderate turbulence - similar to light turbulence, but greater intensity. Changes in altitude/attitude occur. Aircraft remains in control at all times. Variations in indicated air speed.

Moderate chop - similar to light chop, but greater intensity. Rapid bumps or jolts without obvious changes in altitude or attitude.

Severe turbulence - large, abrupt changes in altitude/attitude. Large variation in indicated airspeed. Aircraft may be temporarily out of control.

Extreme turbulence - aircraft is violently tossed about and is impossible to control. May cause structural damage.

The severity of air turbulence can be basically described as light, medium, severe or extreme. Flying through a medium turbulence is no more dangerous than a traveling along a gravel road in a bus or coach. Severe turbulence can be very uncomfortable but it does not cause the aircraft to break up! However if you are in the cabin without your seat belts securely fastened or happen to be walking toward the rest room, you may fall or bang onto something!
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10. How is turbulence created?

The causes:

a. Thermals(1) - Heat from the sun makes warm air masses rise and cold ones sink.

b. Jet streams(2) - Fast, high-altitude air currents shift, disturbing the air nearby.

c. Mountains(3) - Air passes over mountains and causes turbulence as it flows above the air on the other side.

d. Wake turbulence(4) - Near the ground a passing plane or helicopter sets up small, chaotic air.

e. Microbursts - A storm or a passing aircraft stirs up a strong downdraft close to the ground.

f. Storms – Storm generate powerful and unexpected gusts

g. Interaction – Interaction of strong winds in the jet stream and weather fronts.

If an aircraft is coming into land or taking off and there are strong winds this can cause turbulence. Airports are often surrounded by hangars and terminal buildings and wind blowing across these can cause turbulence, the phoneme is similar to the effects of a stone being paced in the middle of the stream. This can make the approach or take off bumpy but pilots are trained to deal with these situations. If the wind is too strong pilots will often hold off until the wind drops or divert to another airfield where the wind is not a strong. Pilots never take off without having received the weather forcecats for the destination so they know what to expect.

Storm clouds can also cause turbulence and pilots will always do their best to avoid this type of weather, they do this not because the turbulence is dangerous but because they aim to make the flight as smooth as possible. In the centre of storm clouds there can be quite strong up draughts and downdraughts and this is what pilots are doing their best to avoid. Pilots remain clear of storm clouds by either looking out of the window or by using their weather radars.

Clear air turbulence is associated with strong winds at higher levels . These can be caused by jet streams which travel west to east at usually very fast speeds. At the edge of the jet stream the winds can make the air quite turbulent, whereas in the centre of the jet stream the conditions can be quite smooth. Often if you are travelling across the Atlantic from the UK to US you flight will take you away from the jet streams, but on your return you will attempt to fly in the middle so as to benefit from the winds, this can reduce your journey time by as much as an hour.
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11. How many types of turbulence?

There are four dominant types of turbulence: jetstream, clear air turbulence, wake turbulence and windshear.
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12. Is it true that winter causes more turbulence than summer?

It is true that wintry weather is often more turbulent that summer due to more frontal systems and its accompanying stronger winds.
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13. Do turbulence occur more often over ocean or land?

It appears right to conclude that there are more turbulences on land than over the ocean.
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14. Is there a better route to take to avoid turbulence?

Absolutely yes, you can avoid the turbulence in some specific cases by taking other route that is considered a better route. It means that the airplane would have to take a longer distance! In most situations, the pilot would request to fly off track from the turbulence that are often associated with, say a thunderstorm. Fear of turbulence is very subjective. Sometimes a little turbulence is acceptable to one passenger but unacceptable to others.
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15. Which route and what time of day would be best to have a smoother ride?

There is no great certainty to assure which route and time of day for a smoother ride. If you can interpret the weather forecast on television or newspaper, and if you see a low pressure moving to, you are likely to encounter a rough and bumpy flight on your departure. This is because the isobaric lines are close together and that means strong winds!

If you see a high pressure region where the isobaric lines are far apart, then you can expect calm and smooth flying conditions. These are turbulence at the lower levels associated with terrain but at higher altitude, you get a different type of turbulence called CATs or clear air turbulences. Usually, it is said that morning flight would provide a smoother ride.
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16. Why is it that every time I fly through Colorado or Nevada, turbulence occur?

As I have mentioned about standing waves above, these two states are near mountainous regions, especially on the Eastern side of the Rockies. These mountains create very turbulent conditions from the Westerly winds.
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17. Why is it that every time I fly over Japan, severe turbulence occurs?

It is not true that flying over Japan always means severe turbulence unless there is a frontal depression, a hurricane or a jet stream overhead. But it is quite exact to determine that these phenomenon are more prevalent in Japan than anywhere else because of its location and proximity to the jet stream flow.
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18. Encountering turbulence- will a Jumbo drop 500 to 1000 feet?

I have one fear when it comes to flying. Encountering turbulence and the plane dropping 500 to1000 feet all of a sudden. Is this very possible for a jumbo jet? How likely is this?

It is not very possible for a Jumbo jet to drop 500 -1000 feet suddenly. For example, when a Boeing 747 is cruising at 35,000 feet, it is usually controlled by an autopilot. It maintains the height very accurately, even in turbulence.

In all my life of flying (about 20,000 hours now), I have yet to experience a turbulence that had caused my airplane to drop anything like the altitude you described. Yes, I have experienced severe turbulence but it was only for a very short duration for I would make every effort to get out of it.

I have read that it is possible to be caught in an up or downdraft, producing quite great drop in altitude. That could only be encountered inside a very severe thunderstorm. No sane pilot will ever fly intentionally inside such severe weather condition! The answer is that, it is very unlikely for you to encounter this in your normal air travel.
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19. Listen to experiences of turbulence

It’s an embarrassing confession: I’m a space science reporter, but I’m afraid to fly.

It’s not the takeoffs. It’s not the landings. It’s that eternity in between, when the jumbo jet is cruising 30,000 feet above solid ground. Each time the seat belt sign comes on, my heart starts racing and my stomach begins doing flips.

I dread even the hint of turbulence.

Despite my fears, I have to admit I’ve been lucky—at least until April 16, when I boarded United Airlines Flight 925 from London to Washington, D.C. As usual, I asked to meet the pilots. While we shook hands, the captain, a man named Dan, assured me there would be only "a bit of weather" as we neared the U.S. coast—and even that promised to be minor.

The first part of the trip was indeed smooth. When the sign telling passengers to fasten their seat belts came on 6 hours into the flight, there was nary a cloud in the sky, and I had no more than my usual anxiety. Then the plane began shaking violently. Pilot Dan ordered the flight attendants to their seats.
Up and down, up and down. A few moments of calm and then trapped once more in a plummeting elevator. A rattled stewardess yelled a warning to watch out for objects flying through the air. I gripped my wife’s fingers tightly in one hand and my sister-in-law’s hand across the aisle in the other. My eyes were shut, waiting for the roller coaster ride to end. Or for the plane to crash.

Then, after a few last tremors, the turbulence was over. A food cart had tumbled on its side, and the dinner—not that anyone was hungry—was in ruins. In a shaky voice, the stewardess announced that the last few minutes had been the worst turbulence she had experienced in 20 years of flying.
Strapped tightly in my seat, I prayed we would land without another encounter.
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20. Higher is safer

Turbulence may be scary, but encounters at cruising altitudes rarely cause serious injuries. The atmosphere provides a relatively stable platform for aircraft, says Cornman. "If you’re at high altitude, there’s very low probability of crashing that would take an incredible amount of force to turn a plane over or put it out of control. The craft may go up and down like crazy; it does feel unstable, but if you look at the average motion, it’s still zero.

"There’s a continuum of turbulence encounters, from little bumps to pretty good bounces to very severe motion, where people get thrown to the ceiling, but most encounters are moderate," assures Cornman.

At considerably lower altitudes—below 1,000 feet—the probability that turbulence would affect the plane "to the extent that you lose control is a lot greater. There’s less room to recover, and you’re typically going slower at a lower altitude, so there’s less lift," says Cornman.

Turbulence and wind shear at the lowest altitudes—during takeoff and landing—are much more dangerous than anything you encounter at cruising height, adds Cornman.

Flying over mountain ridges in Colorado, researchers are testing an experimental laser system designed to detect turbulence in clear air and provide advance warning.
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21. How often do severe turbulence occur? How long will the turbulence last? And more details ?
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A pilot says that he encounter air turbulence almost daily during the course of his normal flying but they are classified as light to medium in nature and nothing to worry about. Severe air turbulence can arise when one is trapped inadvertently inside a severe thunderstorm. This may be because the pilot was trying to navigate through some line squalls and the weather radar was not very effective or the aircraft may be flying in the vicinity of micro-burst activities.

Severe air turbulence can also be quite prevalent in jet streams found near the frontal systems. In fact, they are more likely to be associated with clear air turbulence (CAT). CAT is something you cannot see but know that they are present because of their proximity to the jet streams. Such severe air turbulence is predictable and often shown in the pilot's weather chart. To avoid severe air turbulence, pilots often request for a higher or lower level or to a re-routing.

Sometimes such requests may not be possible due to other air traffic and you have to bear with them for a while. Always remember to have your seat belts securely fastened.

The pilots would take the necessary precautions like reducing the airspeed to comply with the structural limitation and warning everyone to be securely fastened onto their seats.

It is difficult to say how long a light to moderate turbulence will last because it would depend on your journey. It can be as short as 5 minutes to as long an hour or so. If the track to your destination is smack inside the area of clear air turbulence, then you may be in for a long and rough ride. Otherwise the pilots would endeavor to avoid it because it can be quite uncomfortable to everyone inside the aircraft.

So how long does severe air turbulence last? I suppose no sane pilot would ever wish to encounter one of that severity for he would make all effort to avoid it. If there is one, it would be for a short duration only for every possible means would be made to steer clear of them!

There was once a heavy commercial jet that inadvertently went into a spiral dive, where at some stage, it was almost inverted. However the Captain was able to recover the airplane from the unstable condition and landed safely. On ground inspection, it was found that many of the flight controls surfaces were overstressed and badly buckled.
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22. What is jetstream?

The jetstream is a "river" of air that flows at high altitudes above the earth. In the northern hemisphere, it has a west-to-east general movement. The main significance of the jetstream is that it produces our weather patterns.

The photo on the left is an illustration used by the weather media to explain "High" and "Low" pressure which is a portion of the weather forecast. On the right, you can see a cutaway of the actual jet stream as the air flows through it. From this picture, you can actually see the different layers, which represent different levels of speed in which the air travels across the country. As the air swirls around inside the stream, the air closer to the middle would be faster than the air at the outer edge.

This kind of clear air turbulence is common above mountains. When an air mass slams into a mountain, it’s forced upward. This parcel of air, denser than the surrounding air at that altitude, subsequently sinks back down to below its original height. The oscillations generated as the parcel continues to rise and fall create what’s known as mountain-induced, or terrain-induced, turbulence.
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23. What is clear-air turbulence?

This sudden, and often vicious, phenomenon is invisible to cockpit radar.

There are several notable problems with clear air turbulence:

• It cannot always be foreseen so there is no warning.

• It is usually felt at its mildest in the flight deck and is generally more severe in the aft section.

• It can occur when no clouds are visible.

• Aircraft radars can't detect it.

• It is common at high altitudes, where cruising airline suddenly enter turbulent areas.

Turbulence is the leading cause of in-flight injuries. There are countless reports of occupants who were seriously injured while moving about the passenger cabin when clear air turbulence is encountered.

Clear air turbulence (or CAT as it is called), is the result of the air that is disrupted around the jet stream. Picture a garden hose swirling around in the upper atmosphere (picture above on the right). That is exactly what the jet stream looks like. At the inner most part of the jet stream called the core, the velocity may be as high as 250 mph. As you move away from the core, the velocity drops off so that at the edge it may be only 50 mph. At each point at which two differing velocities rub against each other, eddies form causing the airflow to be disrupted from its nature to want to be smooth. Now imagine we are flying through this area in our airplane. The variability in the disruption will cause variations in the lift produced by the wings causing the airplane to bounce.

The most problematic of this type of phenomenon is when the airplane hits one of the so-called "air pockets" causing it to suddenly drop. Although it may seem to you that the aircraft is dropping hundreds or even thousands of feet, in reality the airplane likely never descended more than 10 or 20 feet. The reason it seems so dramatic is that it was thrust down in a very short span of time. The most disconcerting thought reported by many fearful flyers is that perhaps the wings will fall off. That is exacerbated by observing the wings "flexing" under the load. Keep in mind that the flexibility of the wings gives the airplane its resilience. If it were rigid, it might be inclined to snap like a piece of glass. No airplane has ever been ripped apart by turbulence! Airplanes are designed so that they can withstand all the forces that Mother Nature can dish out. Keep your seat belt securely fastened, and you will be absolutely safe.

Clear air turbulence occurs at high altitudes, frequently in small pockets of the atmosphere. It is associated with a rapid change in wind that causes disturbances, or eddies, near the edge of the otherwise smooth flow of the jet stream .
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24. What is wake turbulence?

Wake turbulence is created by the airplane itself. Some of the airflow over the wing slides down the wing and spirals off each wingtip creating a mini horizontal tornado. This tornado is small and does not last long, but it can play havoc with an unsuspecting aircraft flying through it before it has dissipated.

Sometimes wake turbulence can be visible. If you're lucky enough to fly when the temperature and dew point are very close together—conditions that sometimes exist just before or after a rain shower or when fog is imminent—you can see large clouds forming over the wings just after takeoff or on landing. From the outside you will notice the clouds "sliding" off over the wingtips and trailing off behind like the trail of a sky-writer. The path that these vapor trails follows is the very location in which the wake turbulence exists.

Wake turbulence was captured in this photo of a British Airways flight descending through thin clouds near London last July.

By SUSAN STELLIN

Source:www.nytimes.com

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25. What is Windshear?

Generally, windshear is known as the shearing of two differing velocities of airflow. Although all turbulence creates windshear, the term windshear is often used to refer to a type of air turbulence is associated with thunderstorms and near the ground.

As a thunderstorm matures, the heavier, colder air starts to descend. As it displaces warmer air rising, the intensity increases until the air becomes so cold that it "falls" out of the bottom of the thunderstorm. That downward rush of air is called windshear.

Pilots are trained to escape windshear by flying out of such conditions when they are going to encounter with the front windshear.

Doppler radar has been installed at the major airports to detect the kind of conditions that produce windshear and associated hazards. When windshear is reported, pilots simply wait until those conditions pass or go to an alternate airport.

Finally, all airlines have on-board windshear detection instrumentation, which tells us if we inadvertently were to encounter windshear. In addition to detection, our instruments immediately switch to a mode that directs us to fly with maximum performance to accomplish the escape.
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Tips for Travel with Children

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Travel with Children

1.Before Departure
1.1 Use a Travel Agent.
1.2 Consult the Parents.
1.3 Not many kids
1.4 Talk to children.
1.5 Planning for sitting together on transport.
1.6 Pack a fun bag
1.7 Pack bags
1.8 Update immunizations for the entire family.
1.9 Flying with mobility aids:
1.10 Familiarize yourself with the considerations
1.11 Choose appropriate destinations
1.12 Choose the right time to travel.
1.13 Make sure that your children are ready to travel
1.14 Bring your baby-sitter or nursemaid as companions
1.15 You’re the Guardian, So Be Prepared

2.At the airport
2.1 Allow plenty of time for check-in and also between connecting flights.
2.2 Review screening procedures
2.3 Flying with mobility aids

3. On Transport

3.1 Tell the attendants your special needs and care for your children.
3.2 Help your kids with the seat belt.
3.3 Try your best to keep your children quiet and make others pleasant.
3.4 Bring a child/infant seat on board
3.5 The best coach seats to have when flying with small children are the first row in economy class.
3.6 Mobility equipment

4. Traveling by car

5. Lodging
5.1 Contact the hotel in advance
5.2 Hide away any small gadgets, or dangerous items

6. Eating

7. Traveling
7.1 Try to avoid visiting the more dangerous scenic spots
7.2 Prepare some amusing games or small activities
7.3 Avoid getting lost.
7.4 Break up the trip with frequent stops
7.5 Make a memory box
7.6 Phone Home
7.7 You Need Downtime, Too
7.8 Plan B? Call Your Agent

8. Some extra precautions
8.1 If your vacation includes a trip to a pool, ocean, water park or any other place involving water
8.2 Always bring a hat with a wide brim and sunscreen
8.3 It is important to bring along needed medications.
8.4 To prevent diseases
8.5 Create a Multi-Generational Itinerary

9. Most important

Travel with Children
Traveling with kids may be a very difficult job since children are obviously vivacious, mischievous, active, noisy, curious, easily bored... Traveling with kids requires you patience and good preparation. With the appropriate preparation, travel with children can bring you an interesting, happy and enjoyable experience. Traveling with kids must be placed on responsibilities of adults. So, whether a trip has been enjoyable or horrible is not due to the children’s fault, but completely yours. Remember that. So these tips are crucial for you to have your own experience to start travel with kids.
The tips for travel with kids is rather long since there are a lot of problems with kids that we may or may not know. For that reason, try to read the whole article and jot down on paper what you really need to know and remember.

1.Before Departure

1.1 Use a Travel Agent. Travel with kids is really a complex journey. So if you are not experienced and if you feel uneasy about planning such a complex journey on your own, turn to a trusted travel agent who specializes in family travel. A travel agent can set up a fun-filled itinerary that will motivate curiosity, encourage, exploration and knowledge inside children. Using a world of experience, travel agents know which cruise lines, safaris or theme parks are the most friendly to children, for your travel agent has most likely taken her own children there. Further more, travel agent set up the trip suitable for your family’s interests and budget. This is actually important. They find great deals on airfare and hotels, etc.

1.2 Consult the Parents. It is reasonable to ask children’s parents for advice if you are not their parent. It is also recommended to do so even if you are children’s grandparent. Talking with your kid’s parents is totally essential in planning a successful trip since parents are the best persons who know their own children’s favorite activities and subjects, along with their sleeping and eating habits.

1.3 Not many kids – Since a child’s energy level escalates exponentially with each additional child in the room, it’s wise take no more than two children to travel with you at a time, or even just one. Especially if you are not so energetic or you are an old person, it is better to take only one child. It is more comfortable for you to take care the kid and together with him/her to enjoy nice journey.

1.4 Talk to children. It is said that children often benefit by being prepared for what they might encounter at the airport: crowds of people, the roar of airplanes taking off and landing, security procedures, and so on. Some families have found it useful to visit the airport prior to the planned date of departure. Tell them as clearly as you can about where they are going to go, what there are for them to enjoy and even what difficult things which they may encounter are. Let them understand that you are trying to make them a good journey and require them to make good “co-operation” during the trip. And you should let them know how long they will be living out of their houses because they are, however, used to living in theirs. Some experts say that it works well if they know in advance about the activities, maps and pictures of the destination. Because they have some knowledge of the place where they are going to arrive, they will be eager to take the journey and discover themselves the differences between what they have thought of through pictures and what they have seen in the trip. Then do not forget to ask children if they want to see the world with you. Finding ways for children to contribute their opinions in the vacation planning process can help to assure that arranged activities are appropriate for their interests, hobies and abilities.

1.5 Planning for sitting together on transport. Remember this when making reservations and purchasing tickets. After making flight reservations, confirm seating assignments to make sure that all of you and the kids can sit together. Getting your seat assignment in advance can help ensure families are seated together and that children and adults will be seated next to each other. If a flight is full of passengers and obtaining seat assignments in advance is not a possibility, advise the airline personnel at the airport. The airline may need to ask other passengers to exchange seats so that children are not seated apart from you and companies. It is wiser to make reservations one month before departure.

1.6 Pack a fun bag: Assemble a bag for each child containing stickers, paper and washable markers, figurines (that don't have a lot of pieces), magnetic games and puzzles, and a pillow. If you use these particular bags for trips only, they'll remain novel, and kids will look forward to the journey.

1.7 Pack bags: Pack your luggage well. Do not forget the things especially used for your children including necessary clothes, food (some snacks and socks), toys, feeding-bottle (for infant) and a first-aid kit where some day to day medicines to deal with minor mishaps. Let kids pack their own bags. Decide what type of clothing (preferably loose and comfortable), but allow them to choose their favorites and to pack a special toy. In a carry-on bag, pack some hard candies and gum, hand wipes, tissues, books, paper, markers in a small, tightly sealed plastic bag and perhaps a surprise toy for each child. Read more: What you need in your luggage before travel?

1.8 Update immunizations for the entire family. If traveling abroad, check with public health authorities for advisable additional vaccines. Depending on the destination and duration of stay, the following immunizations may be recommended (although some cannot be given to infants and young children):
» Hepatitis B vaccine » Typhoid vaccine
» Hepatitis A vaccine » Immune globulin
» Yellow Fever vaccine » Japanese B Encephalitis vaccine
» Meningococcal vaccine » Rabies vaccine

1.9 Flying with mobility aids:
Flying with mobility aids: Patience and preparation are the best tools for ensuring a safe and pleasant trip with children who use mobility equipment. When making reservations, inform airline representatives of the type of mobility aid a child or teenager uses. Ask about the airline's policies and procedures for handling mobility aids. Procedures vary from airline to airline, and it is important for parents to know how to prepare for the trip and what will typically happen to the equipment.

Flying with mobility aids: Foldable manual wheelchairs and other easy-to-store mobility aids can usually be stowed in the closets or other spaces on the aircraft. If the flight is crowded, however, these may be stored in the cargo hold, or belly, of the plane.
Flying with mobility aids: Flying with a power wheelchair or scooter presents unique challenges and requires extra consideration by both families and airlines. This discussion should begin when reservations are made. Know the dimensions of your child's chair; its height determines whether it can be transported in an upright position in the airplane's cargo hold or if it must be disassembled. It is also important to specify whether the chair uses wet-cell or gel batteries, as this will determine whether the batteries will be removed prior to shipment.
Flying with mobility aids: Families traveling with power chairs or scooters should try to give the airline 48 hours advance notice and arrive at the airport a minimum of one hour prior to the scheduled time of departure, so the ground crew will have time to properly prepare the equipment for shipment. Before leaving for the airport, label the chair with the type of battery it uses and attach a copy of the manufacturer's written instructions for disassembly and reassembly. These instructions are helpful to ground crews at both departure and destination points.

1.10 Familiarize yourself with the considerations that apply in respect of children when traveling, including the visa, passport, preferential measures and discounts on varied transport fares as well as the admission fees of the scenic spots.

1.11 Choose appropriate destinations that are suitable for both you and your children to visit. The informative, educational and instructive showplaces that are full of history, culture and art may widen your children's field of vision and enhance their knowledge. Try to find information or collect some material related to your destination and introduce them to your children, which may establish a good background for your kids to understand and enjoy the coming trip. Make a reasonable itinerary for your travel. Children lack the physical strength of adults, so your routes should not be very grueling or too long. Make your journey scheduling as flexible and relaxed as possible to ease pressure on your kids.

1.12 Choose the right time to travel. Children tend to be active and adventurous so it is vital that you are able to exercise the right level of control over them. Infants may cause much more trouble. So an appropriate time to set out is very important. Try to select a time when children may sleep in transit. This will ensure not only your peace of mind but also that of fellow travelers.

1.13 Make sure that your children are ready to travel if there are problems, follow the doctor's advice. If your trip is going to include physical activity, such as a fair amount of walking, practice before hand is recommended. Make sure that you have adequate health and travel insurances for your children. Before traveling with your children for an entire week or two, discover how you all travel together by taking a day trip or have them stay over for a weekend. If this short trip is more sour than sweet, maybe your children are not ready for a longer journey away from home. If that’s the case, don’t give up. Simply take more and more day trips until the group learns to have fun together.

1.14 Bring your baby-sitter or nursemaid as companions: If possible, bring your baby-sitter or nursemaid as companions to travel together with your family. They may be the very persons best suited to look after your children and so lessen any problems.

1.15 You’re the Guardian, So Be Prepared – One lesson travel agents teach over and over again is to always have proper identification and medical histories wherever you go, for emergencies enjoy being unpredictable. During the vacation, it is undoubted that you are totally responsible for the children, so make sure you have their proper identification, health insurance, contact information, recent photos and notarized authorization from their parents in case they need medical attention. All identifying documents for the children should comply with the latest federal requirements for passports and other entry/exit documents. Also, it’s your job to know their medications and dietary needs backwards and forwards. Finally, some countries do not allow entry of minors not accompanied by both parents unless the children have written, notarized permission from the absent parents. The rules vary from country to country, so consult your travel agent before your trip.
If you are old, read more: Tips for old travelers

2.At the airport

2.1 Allow plenty of time for check-in and also between connecting flights. Arriving early to board together prevents last minute delays and confusion, especially with the new security regulations. Be sure to have a safety plan in case anyone gets separated at the airport.

2.2 Review screening procedures with children before entering security checkpoints so they will not be frightened by the process. Every person, including children and babies, must undergo screening at security checkpoints. Also, all child-related equipment must go through the X-ray machine. To speed the process along, remove children from their strollers/infant carriers and collapse/fold the equipment so it may be examined or put through the machine. When going through metal detectors, with an infant, have one parent hold the baby and walk through the machine. Do not hand off the baby under the detector, or hand the baby to the screener to hold. Children who can walk should go through the metal detector independently. For older children, it is important to stress that the process should be taken seriously and that threats made even as a joke could result in law enforcement being summoned.

2.3 Flying with mobility aids
Flying with mobility aids When reaching the security check on the way to the gate, parents may request a private security check. A security officer will accompany the family to another room where he or she will inspect their luggage and the equipment. Many families find these private security checks less stressful than leaving bags waiting on the conveyor belt, with a line of impatient people forming behind, while a parent holds the child with a disability as the security officer inspects the wheelchair.
Flying with mobility aids At the gate, parents should receive a baggage claim tag for the equipment. Then they can wheel the child to the end of the jetway, where airline personnel will help transfer the child to an aisle chair.
Flying with mobility aids At that point, the airline's ground crew will begin preparing the chair for shipment. If the wheelchair uses a spillable wet-cell battery and cannot be stored in an upright position, Department of Transportation (DOT) rules require its removal and storage in an approved battery box. The acid-like substance in a wet-cell battery is considered hazardous material, and a spill could create a problem.

3. On Transport

3.1 Tell the attendants your special needs and care for your children. Make sure you have already booked the train/air tickets especially for your child at the required price. Contact the airport, airlines, or train stations as early as possible to tell the attendants your special needs and care for your children, so that they can make any relevant preparation in advance.

3.2 Help your kids with the seat belt. On the plane, train or other transport vehicles, help your kids with the seat belt (infant should be held and carried in your arms or fixed on a special seating). Do not ever let them wander in the cabin or compartment to prevent possible injury or discomfort to other passengers.

3.3 Try your best to keep your children quiet and make others pleasant. So in order to make them pay their attention and to make them not disturb others, let them read books, listen to stories, play their favorite simple toys and provide them with refreshment as appropriate. Bring bottled water to drink and lotion to apply to skin to rehydrate during the dry flight; gum, pacifiers and bottles to reduce air pressure on the children's ears; and a variety of toys in carry-on bags to keep the child's interest.

3.4 Bring a child/infant seat on board that meets current safety standards and is not more than 16 inches wide. It is recommended that children weighing less than 40 pounds be placed in child/infant seats.

3.5 The best coach seats to have when flying with small children are the first row in economy class. There's a lot of legroom when the kids get cranky from the long flight. If the front row seats are not available, place children away from the aisle, preferably between responsible adults. Also, remember to let them get up, stretch and walk around with you regularly during the flight, but do not allow children to walk around unsupervised.

3.6 Mobility equipment: At your destination, the mobility equipment should be waiting by the time all passengers have disembarked. If disassembled for transport, it should be reassembled with the battery attached. All mobility aids must be returned in their original condition.

4. Traveling by car
Make it comfortable by bringing pillows and blankets. Stop frequently at rest stops to stretch and make use of restrooms. Play games like "I Spy.” Make sure the car is stocked with paper, pencils, plenty of engaging toys and tapes or CDs of their favorite songs or books. Most importantly, keep children involved in the vacation process. Save everything collected on vacation - brochures, napkins, ticket stubs - and have children paste them into a scrapbook.
Plan ahead with the rental company to make sure they offer car seats and installation. If not, you'll have to bring your own in addition to a collapsible stroller. If nothing else, a simple call to the rental car company may save you the hassle of bringing along one extra piece of equipment.

5. Lodging

5.1 Contact the hotel in advance to ascertain the general condition of the guest room. Make sure all the facilities are accessible for your children's use. If necessary, ask the hotel reception to arrange for special needs such as an extra bed or crib as well as the availability of child minding services.

5.2 Hide away any small gadgets, or dangerous items that may harm your children. Be conversant with the hotel emergence procedures in the event of fire, etc.
Put safety first by avoiding a myriad of possible accidents. Bring outlet protectors and make a sweep of balconies and bathrooms for any potential dangers. Hide away small objects, accessible medications and cleaners children could get their hands on. Familiarize yourself with the hotel’s fire and emergency evacuation routes and procedures.

6. Eating

When traveling, especially when traveling abroad there will be a change in diet. Children may not like the dishes on offer so you should consider their dietary needs with care. It is wise to ensure that they avoid unwashed fruit and the like as well as uncooked food and that you take all reasonable care to avoid stomach upsets.

7. Traveling

7.1 Try to avoid visiting the more dangerous scenic spots as mountain and cliff footpaths, water in all its forms and areas such as jungle all present hazards. Pay much attention to your children's movements. Keep them under your control and in view at all times.

7.2 Prepare some amusing games or small activities which may add some interest during trips and thus keep your children occupied.

7.3 Avoid getting lost. Do not let them go out alone. Since tourist destinations are usually unfamiliar to you, accompany your children at all times as this is much safer. It is recommended that your children carry a note of your name, telephone and address in their pocket in case they do get separated from you or become lost.

7.4 Break up the trip with frequent stops Playgrounds, indoor fun centers, and family restaurants are good bets. AT&T Wireless even offers new M-Mode cell phone services that let customers access the locations of nearby fast-food restaurants, movie schedules, restaurant reviews, directions and even weather reports.

7.5 Make a memory box Bring an empty shoebox along to store items you'll collect along the way, such as seashells, rocks, funny postcards, and marked-up road maps. When you get home, label the box with the trip destination and date, and you'll have a great souvenir of your time together. This stimulate kids a lot and help them like the travel.

7.6 Phone Home – An effective way to alleviate homesickness is to make periodic phone calls to the other members at home (or to their parents if you are not their parents) and let the kids gush about the day’s exciting adventures. The others (or their parents) will feel better knowing their children are in good hands, and you’ll feel better listening to the kids rave about the activities you planned.

7.7 You Need Downtime, Too – Many places provide supervised activities for kids. If the resort or cruise offers these, take them up on that offer and get some much-needed rest.

7.8 Plan B? Call Your Agent When life serves you lemons, your travel agent has a lemon squeezer, clean glasses and a bucket of ice. Many unforeseen factors—an illness, hurricanes, unscheduled closings—can dampen a vacation, no matter how thoroughly it was planned. When one of these occasions arises, stay positive, pull your travel agent’s card out of your purse and give her a call. A travel agent has Plans B-through-Z at her fingertips.

8. Some extra precautions

8.1 If your vacation includes a trip to a pool, ocean, water park or any other place involving water, the number one rule is to never let children venture off alone. Even if they know how to swim, children should wear a life jacket at all times. Also, it is important to know what is in the water, such as chemicals or jellyfish. Very cold temperatures, currents, and sudden drop-offs are all things to avoid, especially with children.

8.2 Always bring a hat with a wide brim and sunscreen of at least 30 SPF to shield children’s skin from the sun's harmful rays. Sun poisoning can ruin any vacation.

8.3 It is important to bring along needed medications. Diarrhea treatments (although these should not be given to very young children), pain relievers, insect repellants, antihistamines and adhesive bandages are good staples. Consult your doctor about “over the counter” remedies before using them. Bringing a doctor's number, even if traveling to a foreign country, is a good idea, as well.

8.4 To prevent diseases spread by drinking contaminated water, use only bottled or boiled water to mix formula and juices, or simply go with pre-mixed liquid formula whenever possible, if an infant is not being nursed.

8.5 Create a Multi-Generational Itinerary – Too often seniors plan activities to solely please the children, running themselves ragged to keep the trip in a high gear of constant fun. But if you become unhappy, the kids will soon follow. A travel agent will help you craft an itinerary that appeals to both generations, paying special attention to natural attractions, like mountains and canyons, and historical sites, like lost temples and medieval castles.

9. MOST IMPORTANTLY...

Stay in a good sense of humor during the trip to give your children a vacation to remember in spite of any unforeseen obstacles.
Have a nice trip with kids.

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Strange custom and regulations of the destination may spoil your vacation. Be careful!

2008-01-21T10:14:00.000+07:00

Strange custom and regulations of the destination may spoil your vacation. Be careful!

Custom and regulations need be cared before traveling. Not paying attention to it may spoil your vacation. Some countries’ custom or regulations are so strange enough to you that you may break the regulations and then be fined or may be sent to jail. Belows are some examples:

Australia:

This is a country strong at traveling services; however, tourists may be in big trouble if they have clothes or hats with feather sticked on. Clothes or hats which are made of bamboo, palm… All of them are confiscated. If you try to hide them and then they are found, you may go to jail. For best vacation, you’d better leave such things home.

Singapore:

This is a very fantastic place to visit in the South East Asia. It is not such a very fantastic place at all when you use chewing-gum and spit out in the street though. You may be fined up to 1000 EUR and you have to do the social work for 12 hours. If you argue, you may be sentenced to the lash.

Dubai - Arab:

When travel there, you should not take anodyne or anesthetic drugs. If you are found to have them, you may live in jail for 4 crazy years. If you are about to use these kinds of medicine, you’d better have doctor’s medical prescription.

Chypre:

Do not wave your hand (with all five fingers of a hand) to greet somebody in Chypre especially in the north of Chypre! This action does not mean “hi” or “hello” there, it actually mean that “I call you down curses upon you till five generations later.” – Amazed?

Turkey:

Do not buy anything antique there eventhough it is only a pebble. It might become national heritage or something like that and then you may be fined EUR 9000 or may be sent to jail and enjoy your hard time there for 5 or 10 years. You do not deserve that though.

Tips for old travelers

2008-01-19T14:32:00.000+07:00

Tips for old travelers.

By Edwin (shareknowledges.blogspot.com)

Old people travel. The old people should take these tips when traveling. These advices for old men and old ladies traveling are fairly important. The article even concerns some avoidable things to make old people feel comfortable in their trips, vacations and holidays. These notes should be known by old people when traveling or by those who travel with the old people (their grand parents, grand-mother, grand-father)

Old people enjoy their trip.

1. The trip style must be suitable for old people. Before accepting to pay for the trip tickets, it is highly recommened to ask whether or not the trip suits old people and their states of health. The short-time journey is better. It should be less than 5 days. Sight-seeing places, famous temples, wel-known historical areas are totally suitable. And the trip should be relavant to a sick leave. The destination must be a place with fresh air and an unpolutted spot. Avoid any tours with races, claiming mountains, camping outside, swimming. It is absolutely good to have a slow-speed trip. . The tours included in the trip should not be so long, even the length of time on bus should not be long as well. And the tours should be designed in the way not to let old people walk so much

2. No good health no trip. Old people take the trip when they are in good state of health. Before taking the trip, old people, however, should take some health care and toothcare. If not good, the trip should be delayed or postponed for treatment. After treatment, they can go provided that their doctors allow them to do.

3. Drugs are extremely important. Old people, especially those who have heart disease, high-blood pressure and diabetes are highly recommended to be allowed to take the trip by doctors who are taking care of their healths. Ask for drugs should take along the trip. It is good to measure blood pressure and blood sugar everyday in the trip time. Do not neglect those things although the trip is such an interesting. Daily-used drugs should be taken on time and sufficiently as usual and as well as they do when they are at home.

4. Take with you your health care documents in the trip in case there is something incidental, relavant to your health happened accidentally in the time of your trip. It is best for other doctors at the destination know clearlier your health states so that they can have immediate, suitable treatment.

5. Take good sleep before each tour. Lacking of sleep may make you worn out and exhausted. You therefore can not somehow follow the tour in a good way. Lacking of sleep easily cause some diseases. Then it spoils your trip. You should sleep two times a day. You even take some more short rest during the tour.

6. Rooms for old people should not be upstairs. With a room like that, you can easily go out and in the hotel and do activities of the trip.

7. Pay attention to the food. Food must be cooked well-done. Food is soft and with low fat. Food for protein should be digestible, for examples chicken, fish, soya-cakes. Eat light meal like porridge, soup in the evening. Between two main meals, there should be other light meals. Let the person who prepare food for the tour know about your diet. For the best, you should take prepared food from home such as Diabetcare powder, low fat milk, bread, biscuit… Eat at regular time as you do at home. Do not eat food from street venders.

8. There should be some young people in the trip for old people. This is fairly important though.

9. The luggage contains clothes for the weather of the destination (hot or cold weather). The luggage however is light – not heavy and included enough necessary drugs.

10. Take notes. The trip is interesting or not depending on the people participating in the trip. They should be friendly to make the trip become a pleasant one. Taking care of our health carefully is also a factor to make the trip cheerful and happy. If there is some place is not suitable for some old people, we should take more time to take a break and have a rest. Do not stay up so late. You should have a small note book to write down some useful information: information of tour guide and his/her cell-phone number in case you need help.

11. The changes of environment, temperature, daily activity time, food may affect the disease.

12. Tour guides and young people should not be crude to the old people. Moreover, they should be friendly, helpful to encourage old travelers to get over some difficulties they meet in the trip.

13. For a long time on bus, old people should stretch their bodies. Remember that you should not walk or stand for a long time.

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Prepare your luggage before travel

What you need in your luggage before travel?

2008-01-17T07:13:00.000+07:00

Keywords: luggage prepare share knowledge knowledges before travel ticket suitcase

Prepare for your luggage before travel. It is obvious that you do not need all of the belows. Check what you need and stuff them in your luggage.

1. Tickets should be booked six month in advance, decide where to sit (window or aisle). Cheap-ticket seats may be in the middle and at the back of the plane. First class seats are always better.

2. A hotels/resorts tickets should be booked couple of months in advance. In the holiday seasons, everything becomes rare.

3. Money. You should exchange a little for the type of currency of destinations

4. Passports

5. Identity cards

6. Credit cards

7. Driving licenses

8. Prescription Drugs

9. Glasses, sun-glasses

10. Laptop

11. Camera (spare film and batteries)

12. Clothes, hats, gloves, mitten, shoes, belts, underwear, socks, shorts, pajamas, bathing costume … depending on weather and destination

13. Books, games, music device, magazines, headphones, film

14. Materials, Files, laptop if required in your business

15. Outfit

16. Toiletries

17. Hair driers, hair-grip, comb, hair brush

18. Condoms (you never know...)

19. Shampoo, shave cream, shaver, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap

20. Dictionaries, electronic translators

21. Travel guide books, address books, maps, your notes about destinations

22. make-up

23. nail file and clippers if needed

24. tissues, towels, handkerchiefs

25. first-aid kit, aspirins, medicine

26. health insurance certificates

27. pen

28. bags for used clothing

29. ear-plugs, eye-wraps, head rests, etc. - for sleeping on plane

30. small bottle for water

31. bottle opener and/or corkscrew

32. electrical adaptor if needed

33. travel alarm clock

34. binoculars

35. Sun Screen

36. Fold-up umbrella

37. Laundry kit and detergent

38. Electric torch if needed – especially you travel to explore forests or night sea

Keywords: luggage prepare share knowledge knowledges before travel ticket suitcase

Comment me some more other stuff.

Now do an IQ test for fun but not fun

2008-01-16T15:56:00.000+07:00

Fun but not fun - a little puzzled and stressed - but fun

http://iqtest.dk/main.swf

Click above to check how do you score? I scored 118/140.

Create a free forum with forumer.com

2008-01-16T00:34:00.000+07:00

What you are seeing on your left hand is the logo of http://forumer.com
I have just created a forum on the site. And I will tell you something about forumer.

After you register for a free forum, you will have one relatively immediately. Cool. Forumer supply you many domain that you can follow. For example, you register with:
user:yourname
passwords:******

Then you will have many links to your forum which is just created:
http://www.Forumer.com/yourname
http://yourname.Forumer.com

And through these short urls:
http://yourname.999.org
http://yourname.tt.cx
http://yourname.x.am

They made me amazed. So you can also have some short link and http://yourname.x.am as such.

Further more Forumer.com give a service called fShops which help you earn money. You are asked to Login to your forum and get to your Admin Panel, and then you are supposed to click on [fShops: Make Money]. Follow some instructions and start building your own FREE shop.

Through the fShop you can sell your products and earn money through commissions. Payments are mailed once per month.

It's weird because the shop will also assist you to build a group of dedicated members. One more thing, shipping, returns, refunds, credit card processing etc ... are not done by you. CP will take care of those. What you do is create designs, upload them to CP, and choose which products you decide to put in and display in your store...

Read more:
How to have a forum and then administrate it?
Some ideas that one have a free forum should know

Caution for those who have a free forum

2008-01-15T08:57:00.000+07:00

Nowadays it is not hard to possess your own forum. You do not need to know about web designer or about programing language as html, php, javascript and so on. What you just do to have it is to go to a certain website supporting with a free forum, register an account, then you have a free forum. In other words, it is fairly as easy as to create an email account on gmail.com as well as on mail.yahoo.com
How to get a free forum to administrate?

As you know, nothing is naturally free. So is there any problem about free thing? I would definitely say "yes". So before you pay much attention and time to make a big and well-known forum. I highly recommend you to read the things below. What I write below, however, does not cover all the problems about free forum. So if you concern and have got opinion, please comment. Your comment is highly appreciated.

1. They may add some advertisments on your forums. If you do not care about this, it is a great place for you to choose to have a free forum. Anyway, now people can earn money online. But if you do that, it mean all you do to make your forum better is all you do to drive money to the forum services.

2. Be careful with service without advertisments. The question becomes "How can they pay for their free service without money". They also need to advertise themselves to let you know and register. They also need employees to work for them. If they have no revenue and no profit, the threat will certainly be that sooner or later they will close and stop their service. All you do for a long working time will go up to the air and disappear. However, there are some exceptions of this case.

3. The service without advertisments but with suppling paid host or something that can bring money to them else is not bad. They have profit in other ways though. So you can be safer with that. They are trying to supply free to have attention of the public. You somehow help them to let the public know. If you do not worry about that, choose this free service site.

4. With free forum, you do not have your own pretty domain. Your address link may be this way:
http://yourname.theirname.com
Is it so long? The easy-to-remembet domain will help you to drive visitors to your website.

5. When you are driving more and more visitors and yours become popular, what happen? Will they take back their service which they are serving you? I hardly know. It depends on their reputation.

6. I highly recommend you choose the service with top ranking by search engine.

7. What is your purpose to have a forum? Have a look on this problem and consider whether or not to choose another service other than forum such as facebook, myspace, blogspot...

I hope that this post helps.

Read more:
Hosting a Forum. Where to get started?

Template of this blog without Ads

2008-01-14T11:33:00.000+07:00

Here is the template of this blog without Ads of google, copy and past into your blogspot (at tab "edit html"). Make sure you have already reverted your blogspot to clasic template before using this template code.

If you make some mistake, comment and ask me here.
Follow the steps as follows:

1. http://blogger.com
2. click "template"
3. enter "edit html"
4. copy and paste the code below into the text area
5. save template changes

The code is below, click to download:
http://thuychau.110mb.com/files/template_without_ads.zip
Read carefully the guide before using the template.

Read more:
Template of this blog with Adsenses before and after first post

How to revert to clasic template?

How to insert Adsense to your post?

Template of this blog with Adsense before and after post

2008-01-13T21:20:00.000+07:00

Here is the template of this blog, copy and past into your blogspot (at tab "edit html"). Make sure you have already reverted your blogspot to clasic template before using this template code.

This template is already inserted 3 Adsense. 2 of them are placed before and after post-text. The last one is placed at the right column as you see in this site. So you have to replace the code of 3 Adsenses with yours by looking for the word "Adsense" in the Code text. If you make some mistake, comment and ask me here.
Follow the steps as follows:

1. http://blogger.com
2. click "template"
3. enter "edit html"
4. copy and paste the code below into the text area
5. save template changes

The code is below, click to download:
http://thuychau.110mb.com/files/template2ads_on_post.zip
Read carefully the guide before using the template.

Read more:
How to revert to clasic template?
How to insert Adsense to your post?

How to revert your template to classic template

2008-01-13T18:56:00.000+07:00

Follow these steps:
1. Access http://blogger.com
2. Then choose "Lay out"
3. "Edit html"
4. Click "Revert to classic template"

How to insert Adsense in your post?

2008-01-13T17:23:00.000+07:00

In order to make money with Adsense, you need some tips. And one of the tips is that your Adsense must be at a very convenient spot for your visitor to click and to see. No where more convenient than inside and within the post.

We can not put in within the text of the post as a matter of fact. So what I am trying to tell you here to place it above or below the post. Or even both of the place. What you need to do and what you must do is to revert your blogspot to classic template. You can not do that with the templates supplied by blogspot except the classic template.

The classic template is very awful and bad in decoration. So you need another template which meets your eyes' requirements of decoration. Follow one of these steps:

1. You can search the template on the internet.
2. You can use the template of this blog. I will share you.
Template of this blog without Ads by google.
Template of this blog with three Adsenses. (One Adsense before first post, one after first post and one on the right column). It is likely the same as this blog. Have a look at the three positions of Adsenses.

Now your have your own template. If your template has no Adsenses, you can add follows these steps below:

1. go to http://blogger.com and sign in.
2. click "template"
3. enter "edit html"
4. Right after <head>, insert this line:
<script language="JavaScript">var i=0;</script>

Then it becomes:
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">var i=0;</script>

5. Look for the place of <$BlogItemBody$> through the whole code. You will find it. Then decide whether you want to insert before or after post.

If before, insert the new-style adsense code before <$BlogItemBody$>
If the answer is after, insert the new-style adsense code after <$BlogItemBody$>
If both of the places, insert the new-style adsense code before and after <$BlogItemBody$>

Your original-style adsense code looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script>

The first part of code in white must be changed by the first part of your Adsense. The second part in bold purple must be replaced by this one:

<script language="JavaScript">

if(i == 1)
document.write('<div><scr' + 'ipt type="text/javascript" ' +
'src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"' +'> </scr'
+'ipt></div>');
</script>

So your whole new-style code is something like the one below:
<script type="text/javascript"></script>

<script language="JavaScript">

if(i == 1)
document.write('<div><scr' + 'ipt type="text/javascript" ' +
'src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"' +'> </scr' +'ipt></div>');
</script>

6. Click "Save changes" to save your new-style-template with adsense

How to have a free forum to administrate?

2008-01-13T10:26:00.000+07:00

Fr. stands for Forum for quick write.

It is now very easy to register hosting a free Fr. Some of website help you with hosting it without money. But they may add some ads on your Fr.. But I think that it is easy to understand, they add advertisement to have money to support your fr. hosting. So, not a big problem. And there is one thing that I should warn you, be careful with supporting a free one without inserting advertisment. The website do that will have nothing to exist and will sooner or later close their services and then you lose everything you put in the fr. you try your best to make it a best one.

Having a free fr. is so quick. You just access and create an account, everything seems so quick as having an email account. And so what is included in the fr. you have been hosting?

After register hosting a free fr. you will have some option included in your hosting fr.:

1. you can change your forum skin which can be seen as the layout, the theme, the decoration as well of your hosting fr.

2. unlimited posts and users. This mean you and your visitors can post as many text or stuff as they desire. And you can have so many visitors without any break of the rule.

3. create polls

4. private message. This mean you can private message to your user and they message back. And they also can message to one another.

5. private and public fr.s . you can have a lot of fr.s inside the hosting fr. you register. One of them may be private, some may be public depending on you. You can use any option you like.

6. pop-up add free

7. spam prevention

8. use your own logo

9. free tech support. You can have a fee support by joining their technique fr. and post your problem their and wait for the answers.

You can access them by searching them on google.com keywords you can use are: free forum register

Try these: http://www.forumer.com
http://www.boardster.net/

Forum hosting - register for hosting a forum

2008-01-11T22:27:00.000+07:00

Forum (Fr.) is a very well-known word.

Why do we need a Fr.?
Fr. is an extremely good way to get return of visitors. We register for hosting a forum in order to deliver information to our visitors as well as get theirs back. If you run your own business, it is also a good way for hosting one. Fr. web hosting can help you to build a great brand recognized by your own loyal community of users. Loyal customers is a reason why a company exists for a long time.

Where do we register for hosting a Fr.?

*You are having your own website with your own host.

You just search code for a Fr. on web, download it and install into your host. The code consists of many files and it is compressed into a zip file or so. Installing is rather easy and quick. Read carefully some instruction before installing. There are some types of Fr. that are familiar to everyone. They are phpbb and IPB. You can go search on the web with the key words: "phpbb forum download" to find a web site that support it. The keywords are just a suggestion. You can think other words to make your search easier if you find others to put in.

*You do not have a hosting.

In this case, you must register for a host. A hosting is a so-called storing room for all the contents and files of your website including images, text, mp3, etc. Some websites help you to do that and you however know how to design and build up a website. It is not an easy job at all. It requires you some knowledge about web designing.

Register a hosting may cost you some money paid monthly or yearly. You will register a domain name as well. Then after you have already had a site to be hosted, you can go and download code for a Fr. and install the Fr. into your hosting.

Let's search a code file for a Fr. on web, the code file is a compressed file that consists many files and you have to decompressed it. Download it and install into your host. Installing job is rather easy and quick. Read carefully some instructions before you do the installing. There are some types of Fr. that are familiar to everyone. They are phpbb and IPB. You therefore can go search on the web with the key words: "phpbb forum download" to find a web site that support it. The keywords are a suggestion as a matter of fact. You can figure out other words to make your search easier if you find others to put in.

*No money. You can also register for hosting a free Fr.
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How to have a free forum and administrate it?

shareknowledges links pointed from external sites

2008-01-11T22:00:00.000+07:00

http://forums.myspace.com/t/3725244.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewthread
http://forums.myspace.com/t/3725999.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewthread
http://socioculture123.blogspot.com/2008/01/sitemap.html
http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help-howdoi/browse_thread/thread/a63801d8c400d9fc
http://forums.blogflux.com/showthread.php?t=1956
http://boardreader.com/fp/AardvarkTravel_net_Travel_Foru_10117/Introductions_Forum_7347.html
http://www.aardvarktravel.net/ausemade-forum/viewtopic.php?p=121790
http://www.nightwear-p3.exstasy.no/firstaid-kit-for-mothers-book/
http://groups.google.nr/group/blogger-help/search?enc_author=FjusPy0AAACCAGQWWA-kaYHBrbCrL1L1Y2dlDEUOY5KMy6-OeY5f29C6mNBT6L18cYpyCU16v6g&scoring=d