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Freedom of the Seas leaves others in its wake with amenities

International Go Skateboard Day, June 21st 2006 (Posted 6/20/2006) Skateboarders around the world are preparing to

Skateboard "Hood Games" Return To Oakland, California (Posted 5/14/2006)
Dozens of skateboarders were on hand on Oakland California *'s Franklin Street for the Hood Games 4, where the whole block from 14th to 15th streets was closed on Saturday May 13th, 2 (Full Article) Search *

Slamtrick 2006 Skateboard Jam, Italy, June 16-18 2006 (Posted 5/13/2006)
"Slamtrick 2006: the family edition" will be held in marina di ravenna, Italy *, from the 16th to the 18th of june. This year's big news is the presentation of new prize categories, "the killer" (best trick), "the machine" (best skater of the day), "the doctor" (most technical trick) and "the crazy horse" (the most original trick).

G. Chambers Williams III: J.D. Power rankings include surprises

Tops on the list was luxury German sports car maker Porsche, leading the pack as the least-troublesome auto brand for 2006, followed closely by Lexus, Hyundai, Toyota, and Jaguar.

But beleaguered General Motors Corp. also had a strong showing in the survey, outranking domestic rivals Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group, as well as some of the top European brands.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Honda, Cadillac and Infiniti (tied for No. 7), GMC Truck, and Acura.

The survey, J.D. Power's 2006 Initial Quality Study, ranks manufacturers by the number of reported problems per 100 vehicles during the first 90 days of ownership.

Cubans Feel Asylum's Barriers

She skipped government approval, entered the communist country through Mexico on April 22 and stayed until her son's last breath a month later.

By staying for more than two weeks, Naranjo violated the government's restrictions on travel to Cuba, imposed by President Bush in 2004. Her failure to register the trip with the Treasury Department also was illegal.

After an interrogation by customs officials, she faces a fine of up to $7,000.

"It's not just and it's not fair," said Naranjo, 40. "I had to go see my son. It was urgent and horrible. My son comes first."

The United States ordered more than 500 fines for travel-related violations since the restrictions were implemented in June 2004.

Crown Princess, Newest Jewel in the Princess Cruises Fleet, Makes New York Debut

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060614/LAW067 )

The naming ceremony took place at the ship's new home port in New York, the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, with "crowning" New York landmarks -- the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge -- in clear view.

Over the last several days, the ship has played host to thousands of special guests who were given an advance preview of the 113,000-ton vessel.

New look for taxi operators

Despite the terrible rainy weather conditions, from 60 to 70 taxi and tour operators turned out for the meeting held by the Minister for Tourism Charles Clifford at the University College of the Cayman Islands.

The introduction of uniforms is just one of the ways in which the public transportation sector is being restructured, he said.

Although there has been some resistance to the uniforms, Mr. Clifford said it is very much in the interests of the sector to wear them. "Customers will recognise you as a public transport provider," he said.

However, although being labelled a "uniform", the item chosen constitutes a Caribbean–style short–sleeved shirt.

World’s sexiest islands

For starters, you can forget the traditional yardsticks for quantifying travel. Easily accessible, affordable and well-signposted? Sure, apply those criteria if you want to see the sights in a new city (along with all the other tourists). But by no means are they sexy.

Nor is every island innately sexy. Think of Vieques, a tiny island off the coast of Puerto Rico, which the U.S. Navy used for 60 years as a bomb-testing point. While it has one of the best bioluminescent bays in the world, at the moment it lacks for luxury lodging (see: " Vivid Vieques"). The Cayman Islands, while great for spring break, are generally too built up and too loud to qualify.