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Not welcome in India: Foreign pilots
Anti-snore hotel room will help keep couples together
Qantas engineers vow to only use their left hands
CNNGo TV: Uncovering the new New York
Bed Supperclub’s ‘Circus’ act: The most entertaining meal in Bangkok
Interview: ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus thanks Chinese star Jane Zhang for the music
Mushroom hunters of China, Indianisms exposed, worldly Aussie activities
10大城市，100个超赞的免费景点
Gallery: Where the world's wild mushrooms grow
'Eat my head': 10 more classic Indianisms

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Phasing out foreign pilots in India is a cost-cutting measure, E.K. Bharat Bhushan, director general of civil aviation, said in a press conference this week.

"The Indian airline industry could make huge savings by easing out the highly-paid foreign pilots," he said.

"Currently, 415 foreign pilots are employed in India. By 2013, we would be able to make the Indian aviation industry independent from foreign pilots."

Anti-snore hotel room will help keep couples together

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:15 AM PDT

With egg-box-style foam walls that can absorb loud frequencies and deflect sound waves, eight Crowne Plaza hotels in Europe have just finished a trial on specially designed "snore absorption rooms."

The hotels are now collecting feedback from users and haven't announced when the rooms will be available for formal booking, according to the Crowne Plaza Hotel reservation counter.

In addition to the sound-snaring walls, the head board has also been designed to reduce the noise emitted by fog-horn sleepers.

Qantas engineers vow to only use their left hands

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:50 AM PDT

It's the strike that doesn't go away. It's also the strike that doesn't strike: previous pledges by engineers and pilots have been called off at the last minute.

But Qantas engineers are now getting creative in their industrial action.

Strikes will roll out this Friday and two engineers –- one in Perth and the other in Melbourne –- have vowed to use only their left hand. And yes, they're both right-handed.

The two unionists, Wesley Bell and Vinko Vulin, will go cacky-handed in their use of spanners, screwdrivers and other maintenance tools.

Other engineers have vowed not to use tools at all.

Some Qantas staff might believe they can do their jobs with their eyes shut, too.

CNNGo TV: Uncovering the new New York

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:10 AM PDT

When most travelers think of New York, towering skyscrapers and throngs of tourists packing Times Square might come to mind. But in recent years the city's planners and residents have opened their eyes to the city's surrounding waters and patches of grass.

Now extending well beyond Central Park, Riverside Park or Brooklyn's Prospect Park, New York has been converted to a playground for those who love the great outdoors.

The High Line

A talented young artist named Xaveria Simmons showed us the magnificent High Line.

Bed Supperclub’s ‘Circus’ act: The most entertaining meal in Bangkok

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:31 PM PDT

In spite of its name, Bed Supperclub isn't known for gourmet dining. Rather, it conjures images of international DJs spinning house and hip-hop as Bangkok's beautiful people writhe on the dance floor.

Which is unfortunate, as Bed offers one of the city's most unusual dining experiences by combining performance art with gourmet cuisine. The latest theme is "Circus Eclecticus," on until the first week of August.

Performers in the animalistic show move themselves up, down and around a custom-made two-tower set of scaffolding in the center of the restaurant between courses, sometimes breakdancing, sometimes trotting on top of the tower while wearing eerie horse masks.

Interview: ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus thanks Chinese star Jane Zhang for the music

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:57 PM PDT

The Chinese version of "Mamma Mia!" burst onto the stage at Shanghai Grand Theater on July 11. The premiere drew a host of Chinese and international celebrities, including former ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus, pop singer Jane Zhang, producer of British "Mamma Mia!" Judy Craymer and Taiwanese star Vanness Wu.

Mushroom hunters of China, Indianisms exposed, worldly Aussie activities

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:37 PM PDT

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Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

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Gallery: Where the world's wild mushrooms grow

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Tourists can trek through forests with Yunnan's mushroom hunters to get a glimpse of the first link in a global supply chain

A troop of raincoat-clad peasants tramps through a damp forest, eyes locked on the ground. Wicker baskets hang at their sides; they carry sticks and knives.

They are mushroom hunters in Yunnan province, China, scanning for boletus, matsutake and ganbajun in what has become ground zero for China's wild mushroom trade.

China is the world's largest edible mushroom-producing country, responsible for about half of all cultivated mushrooms. From these damp forests in Yunnan thousands of tons of mushrooms make their way around the world every year.

And these days, visitors like me can join tour groups to catch an insight into the genesis of a trade route that ends with mushrooms on dinner plates in places as far away as Europe and the United States.

'Eat my head': 10 more classic Indianisms

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT

To June's article on classic Indianisms you could add dozens more hilarious -- or extremely irritating -- common grammatical mistakes that flavor the way we communicate in both spoken and written English in India.

The last time I wrote something like this I was accused of writing a "BURGEIOUS article" (sic), and being as funny as a "Germen funeral" (sic). Whatever those are. (*Sigh* I love comments.)

But hear ye, hear ye, all ye genuine geniuses. The word is grammar, not "grammer."

This time, I've featured 10 Indianisms contributed by readers.

Comments welcome. But please, remember to use spell check. And proceed with care.