Up-And-Coming Travel Destinations

I found the list of up-and-comers with the fastest growing travel and tourism earnings via World Travel & Tourism Council interesting. They are:

- Macau
- Angola
- Montenegro
- Seychelles
- Libya
- China
- Azerbaijan
- Romania
- United Arab Emirates
- Chile

The Green Bible

The Green Bible by Harper Bibles is interesting. Here is the description from Harper:
The Green Bible will equip and encourage people to see God's vision for creation and help them engage in the work of healing and sustaining it. With over 1,000 references to the earth in the Bible, compared to 490 references to heaven and 530 references to love, the Bible carries a powerful message for the earth. This Green-Letter edition of the Bible will highlight scriptures in green ink that teach about God's care for creation and how God interacts with creation, in an effort to bring greater awareness to how this message is woven throughout the Old and New Testaments. Essays from leading conservationists and theologians on how to read the Bible through a "green lens" as well as a green topical index and Green Bible trail guide for personal study will be paired with teachings throughout the ages to show people how caring for God's creation is not only a calling, but a lifestyle.

Go to The Good Book Business for a different perspective.

The World's Best-Loved Statesman

The Mandela Story @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7500615.stm as he turns 90, was brilliant.

Useful link:

www.nelsonmandela.org

Heard On The Street

Mistakes of judgment are the toughest to learn from, because each one is different.

Future Headline: ‘DTC Sightholder Jailed For Attending Sight’

Chaim Even Zohar writes about the current impasse in South Africa + foreign diamond traders dilema + the licensing mess + other viewpoints @ http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullEditorial.asp

Random Thoughts

The primary type of mistake we make – and everyone makes – is when something changes that we didn’t see coming.

- John Osterweis
www.osterweis.com

Heard On The Street

A common expression we use around here is the Chinese one, 'to have known and not to have acted, is not to have known.'

Real-World Lessons

Students from West Hawaii Explorations Academy build electric cars from start to finish and, in the process, learn how to practically apply what they learn to everyday life. Go to http://www.edutopia.org/race-knowledge for further information.