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- What's the quickest way to board a plane?
- 6 best places to watch sports in Seoul
- iReport: A temple of calm in the eye of the Bangkok storm
- Japan's volcano adventurer, HK hiking addicts, most liveable cities
- 世界上最性感的口音
- Top spots for hiking in Hong Kong
- Why Mumbaikars hire private investigators
- Mount Aso and me: How I risked death on a Japanese volcano
| What's the quickest way to board a plane? Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:56 AM PDT  Airlines have raced to find the fastest way to board a plane for years, and with good reason. Less time spent on boarding can translate into cash. Studies have shown that an airline can save up to US$30 per flight for every minute cut from boarding. An astrophysicist thinks he has now found the most efficient way to get passengers on board. Dr. Jason Steffen, an astrophysicist at Fermi National Laboratory in Illinois, suggests that loading passengers by alternating rows, starting from the back of the plane, is quickest. When loading people in a row, travelers in window seats file in first, then middle seats, followed by aisle seats.      |
| 6 best places to watch sports in Seoul Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT As the Samsung Lions' formidable closer Oh Seung-hwan slings curveballs toward Lotte Giants' slugger Lee Dae-ho in the bottom of the ninth, many zealous baseball fans in Seoul find themselves glued to smartphone screens on the metro or watching the game on flat-screen TVs in their living rooms. But isn't a game-winning change-up much more satisfying when there's a shattered Busan fan to heckle? Perhaps sports bars -- and the obnoxious fans inherently associated with an NFL or EPL upbringing -- are most often found in Western cities. But Seoul, the host of some of the world's largest sports competitions, has evolved into a major athletics hub.    |
| iReport: A temple of calm in the eye of the Bangkok storm Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT A German iReporter explores Wat Bowon Niwet, a highly under-rated city temple near Khao San Road "My passion is to show how fascinating Bangkok looks off the tourist tracks and how Thais manage their daily lives," says German iReporter Holger Bauer. Here, Holger shares his experiences at Wat Bowon Niwet. This stunning temple, interveined by small canals (khlongs) and plenty of trees and flowers, provides visitors with a rare piece of calm in otherwise buzzing Bangkok.    |
| Japan's volcano adventurer, HK hiking addicts, most liveable cities Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:29 PM PDT Newsletter Date: 1 September 2011    |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT 在对真爱的永恒追求时，或是追求不那么永恒的情爱时，恰如其分的迷人口音与明亮的眼睛、温暖的微笑和曼妙的身影一样具有"杀伤力"。 对于周游世界的旅行者来说，遥远国度的语言就是对未知的承诺、对已知的确认和对自以为是的粉碎。 你最欢喜的口音是不是被我们科学的调查排除在外了？ 那去参加我们的Facebook投票，告诉我们吧。 但是当任何口音硬到能压扁一个啤酒罐时，它便不再性感了。 这说明各种口音并不是"生而平等"的。 据统计，世界上有将近7000种语言。 也就是说，世界上有将近7000种方式可以将英语说得"奇形怪状"，或者生动迷人，就像从巧克力色的山峰间流淌出贾斯汀(Justin Timberlake)的歌。 这就让我们有必要总结一下世界上最性感的口音了。 你们中有些人说的语言有足够的理由进入12强。 其他人就没法上榜啦——说你们呢，说德语和越南语的家伙们。 落选的还有普通话/台湾国语（尤其当台湾女生用软软的声调说出来时）、澳大利亚英语（在某些人听来如沐春风，而对另一些人来说就是巨大的折磨）和日语（压抑的小职员们的专用语，很奇怪，它也适用于枕边细语）。    |
| Top spots for hiking in Hong Kong Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT Hiking in Hong Kong is possibly the city's most popular hidden activity. Tourism campaigns for Hong Kong rarely champion its hiking trails and yet 300 kilometers of designated trails, varying in length and difficulty, traverse the territory and many locals hike religiously.    |
| Why Mumbaikars hire private investigators Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:58 PM PDT There are some people who don't like private detectives. Mumbai's leading celebrity divorce lawyer got sniffy about introducing me to one, and my top cop friend said he runs a mile from these characters. Call them gumshoes, sleuths, Sherlocks or snoops, mythologize them in countless comic strips and pulp fiction -- but when you want to know whether you're marrying a suitable boy or who your wife's been cuckolding you with, Mumbai's shadowy subculture of private investigators provides succour. The trinity of Mumbai investigatorsAshok Bhatt the 41-year-old owner of a large and flashy security agency, operates at the very top of the heap, heading a kind of super-cruiser surveillance and protection outfit.    |
| Mount Aso and me: How I risked death on a Japanese volcano Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  By now, we surely all know that Tokyo's great for hiking, but what to do when you've scaled all the peaks in the capital's foothills, quaffed all the beer for sale on their slopes and run the Chuo-sen trains ragged in your muddy boots? Tired of the same old local trails, I decided to look a little farther afield and found myself fascinated with 1,592-meter Mount Aso in central Kyushu. With jagged peaks, volcanic boulders, and steep inclines, it's about as hardcore a hike as you're going to get without having to rope up. Oh, and did I mention it's the largest active volcano in Japan? Double hardcore.    |
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