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Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Monday, 14 December 2015
10 amazing Destinations Every Woman Should Travel To—Alone
BY KELLY WEISS
Traveling alone is a liberating experience that promotes self-discovery, stretches your comfort zone and feeds your passions. You have the freedom to create your own schedule, be social when you want and relax when you want. Traveling alone also opens you up to meeting people and forming stronger connections than you would if you were with a travel mate.
Whether it’s by choice or because your schedule doesn’t line up with someone else, solo travel is an experience every woman should experience at least once in her life.
As a woman who has traveled to dozens of cities and countries alone, I often get asked if I feel safe. Not a surprising question considering 47% of travel agents noted the greatest concern of their solo women travel clients is encountering a dangerous situation.
I believe whether you are at home, traveling with others, or traveling alone you need to be aware of your surroundings. Applying a balance of caution and trust, being sensible, and using your gut instinct to make decisions goes a long way wherever you are and whomever you are with. Check out some tips for solo women travelers to stay safe on WholesomeTravel.
Here is a list of destinations that are my personal favorite to travel to alone. In each of these scenically beautiful places I felt safe, made friends easy, and found a lot of fulfilling activities to do. ........ >>>> http://ln.is/Un1Ip
1. Rome, Italy 2. Chiang Mai, Thailand 3. Goa, India 4. Melbourne, Australia
5. Tulum, Mexico 6. Maui, Hawaii 7. Ubud, Bali 8. Santa Monica, U.S
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Saturday, 12 December 2015
Friday, 11 December 2015
CID warns danger of posting holiday travel plans online
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QUANTICO, Va. - As Soldiers and their families prepare for the holiday season, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly referred to as CID, warns that posting travel plans on social media sites makes your home vulnerable to burglary.
While Soldiers should always be vigilant in their postings to avoid releasing sensitive information, revealing personal holiday travel information puts Soldiers, their families and their homes at risk.
“Social media is a powerful and frequently used tool for Soldiers, their families and friends to stay connected, especially during the holiday season,” Daniel Andrews, director of the CID’s Computer Crime Investigative Unit, said. “Unfortunately, criminals use the same social media sites to conduct surveillance and identify potential targets.”
In fact, Andrews said, posting vacation plans is like announcing to criminals that your residence will be unoccupied for an extended period.
Additionally, personnel are advised to take basic home security measures before leaving their house. ........ >> http://stfi.re/zzvllzg
QUANTICO, Va. - As Soldiers and their families prepare for the holiday season, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly referred to as CID, warns that posting travel plans on social media sites makes your home vulnerable to burglary.
While Soldiers should always be vigilant in their postings to avoid releasing sensitive information, revealing personal holiday travel information puts Soldiers, their families and their homes at risk.
“Social media is a powerful and frequently used tool for Soldiers, their families and friends to stay connected, especially during the holiday season,” Daniel Andrews, director of the CID’s Computer Crime Investigative Unit, said. “Unfortunately, criminals use the same social media sites to conduct surveillance and identify potential targets.”
In fact, Andrews said, posting vacation plans is like announcing to criminals that your residence will be unoccupied for an extended period.
Additionally, personnel are advised to take basic home security measures before leaving their house. ........ >> http://stfi.re/zzvllzg
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Singapore is the most amazing greenest city on Earth?
By Meera Senthilingam, for CNN
(CNN)It's a small, dense, island nation where 100% of the population is urbanized.
And yet, the city-state of Singapore is the greenest city in Asia, according to the Green City Index, and arguably has few competitors in the rest of the world.
As Singapore's population and economy grew, so did its green cover: it was about 36% in the 1980s and it now stands at 47%, according to the Center for Liveable cities.
And while the word "green" can take on a variety of connotations, Singapore appears to encompass them all -- lush environments, renewable energy and future sustainability.
"We take steps to ensure our self-sufficiency," says Yvonne Soh, General Manager of the Singapore Green Buildings Council. "In Singapore we have a lot of initiatives to promote sustainability."
That's crucial, as the city-state lacks any form of natural resource. Half of the nation's water supplies are imported from neighbouring Malaysia, with the rest sourced from desalinization plants, efficient catchment of rainwater and recycling of sewage.
Fuel is also imported to meet energy needs, making alternative energy a national priority.
But greenery in the literal sense is also prioritized.
"If you build a new development, you have to replace the same greenery you replaced," says Yoh.
Singapore is only country to incorporate green building requirements into its legislation, according to Soh.
"Environmental protection was not assumed to be at odds with economic development," says Khoo Teng Chye, Executive director of the Centre for Liveable Cities. "The government saw that it was an integral part of city planning," he says. .....keep reading ... http://goo.gl/s94SVL
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Monday, 7 December 2015
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Ways How to keep your data secure while traveling
By Matt Hansen
Are data thieves the new pickpockets? Travelers have long been advised to zip their cash into money-belts, lock up their suitcases, and watch out for purse snatchers. Meanwhile, they don't always follow that same advice when it comes to protecting their data, choosing insecure passwords for email accounts, leaving laptops unprotected, and downloading unknown attachments from unfamiliar emails.
Business travelers, especially, are in the cross-hairs. Just think of all the new opportunities would-be thieves have: Meetings once held in person are now streamed via Skype, vital account information is just a password away, and documents can be accessed around the world thanks to a free Google or Dropbox account. All of that comes with an element of risk.
Luckily, just by reading this you've taken a step in the right direction — 91 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew in 2014 said they hadn't taken any precautions to keep their information safer online, despite being concerned about privacy.
So here's a quick primer on a few steps you can take to safeguard your data while traveling. Remember these are just basic principles and that you should do further research and seek assistance when implementing any of these steps.
Don't think it won't happen to you: You don't have to be a top-level executive or have access to proprietary information to be vulnerable.
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Friday, 4 December 2015
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Your Top 5 tips stress free cybercrime travel protection
(BPT) - The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is among the busiest travel times of the year. In 2014, more than 98 million traveled over the holiday period, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. These busy, unassuming travelers could be a hacker’s ideal target, as more than half of respondents in a 2015 The Travelers Companies survey say they rarely take precautions, like changing online banking or financial account passwords regularly.
“Cybercrime can be at an all-time high during the holiday season, especially as busy consumers move from place to place and don’t take the same precautions with their portable devices that they might normally have at home,” says Dr. Kenneth L. Williams, Ph.D., cyber expert and professor in the College of Engineering & Information Sciences at DeVry University. “Ill-informed travelers are a hacker’s ideal target, so travelers must be accountable for their own protection.”
With travel booking on mobile devices becoming increasingly popular, and travelers’ near-constant smart phone use on the road, the threat continues to rise. Currently, more than 16 million mobile devices in circulation are infected with some form of malware, a 25 percent increase over the past two years, according to telecoms infrastructure firm Alcatel-Lucent. This high number of malware is often is due to a gap in knowledge on how consumers can to protect themselves from a cyber criminal’s attack.
Dr. Williams offers these tips for travelers to protect themselves from cybercrime this holiday season:
Use personal hotspots. Do not use public Wi-Fi networks as these can be a landmine for cyber hackers. Instead, opt to use your phone or tablet’s personal hotspot.
Be mindful on public networks. Don’t share credit card information over hotel networks, like on-demand menus or hotel services, since these systems are easy for hackers to access.
Shutdown wireless services you aren’t using. Shut down wireless services, like Bluetooth, if you do not need them.
Don’t leave your devices unattended. Protect your devices like cash when you’re in public places like hotels and resorts; thieves and hackers always go where the money is.
Charge with Caution. While convenient, avoid charging your mobile devices from a computer or charging station you do not control, like at an airport terminal.
“In today’s economy, no one is safe in any irregular circumstance when it comes to their cyber activity,” says Dr. Williams. “New and seasoned travelers alike need to take a step back and notice the new opportunities cyber criminals now have to steal their data.”
To avoid being a statistic as one of the 4,000 cyber-attacks that happen each day, holiday travels must take the right precautions to protect their personal data this holiday season.
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How Did Asia's Influence On the World's Plates
Tokyo boasts a mind-blowing 267 Michelin-starred restaurants.
In Hong Kong and Macau you can take your pick from 75.
It's not all restaurants -- authentic food is served in humble backstreet cafes, markets and food stalls.
You'd be hard pushed to find bolder or more full-on flavors than those in Churchgate Khau Galli in Mumbai, Gurney Drive Hawker Center in Penang, Malaysia, or Or Tor Kor Market in Bangkok ............>> http://snip.ly/n5Y6
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