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Toward a Methodology for the Smart Growth of Destinations
Journal of Internet and e-business Studies
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Del Vecchio Pasquale, Ndou Valentina and Passiante Giuseppina
Laboratory of Management Engineering - Department of Engineering for Innovation — University of Salento , Lecce, Italy
Volume (2016), Article ID 610369, Journal of Internet and e-business Studies, 12 pages, DOI: 10.5171/2016.610369
Received date : 16 October 2015; Accepted date : 5 January 2016; Published date : 1 September 2016
Academic editor: Raquel Reis Soares
Cite this Article as: Del Vecchio Pasquale, Ndou Valentina and Passiante Giuseppina, "Toward a Methodology for the Smart Growth of Destinations," Journal of Internet and e-Business Studies, Vol. 2016 (2016), Article ID 610369, DOI: 10.5171/2016.610369
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The aim of this paper is to present a methodological framework that will be useful for supporting destinations (managers, policy makers etc) to create their own identity by using largely the new social media tools. The methodology here presented is the result of two local experimentations realized in the Apulia region with the intent to promote the destination through the extensive and intelligent use of digital and social technologies that enable processes of users' co-creation. Carried out in Apulia, both the two initiatives are aimed to promote and test a model of smart tourism, labelled with #ApuliaSmarTourism, inspired by the principles of service co-creation, digitalization and user centrality.
Keywords: Virtual Destination Management, Service Co-creation, Smart Tourism, #ApuliaSmarTourism
In the current scenario, destinations are called in a high competition is affected by a lot of variables. The large diffusion of the ICTs, social and mobile applications are causing significant changes on both sides of demand and supply of tourist services and products. Focusing on smart tourism as a topic of growing actuality in the agenda of researchers and destinations' managers, the study aims to provide contributions at the enlargement of this research stream. Starting from the comprehension of the current trends characterizing tourism, the paper derives a methodological framework to support destinations in creating their own identity by promoting the active involvement of tourists into the telling of their stories of journeys. Emotionally and socially embedded into a copious network of relationships, tourists are, nowadays, able to create by them-selves their experiences, share their feedbacks and contribute to create and take inspiration from the big amount of knowledge available online. The methodology proposed has been conceived into the frame of an ongoing research project, Puglia@service, aimed to define an agenda for the smart growth of the Apulia region, a destination of growing popularity in the South of Italy. In particular the evidence coming from two case studies built around two ongoing experimentations of digital tourism, #Appiedi and #SalentoUpNDown, has constituted the basis of data and information for the realization of the methodology presented. The methodology aims to provide destination managers with a process pathway to be activated for the integrated promotion and management of destinations. A crucial element of the methodology is the large employability of digital and social technologies that enable processes of users' co-creation. The methodology at the basis of the study is characterized by an integrated approach of qualitative methods, as case study, action research and netnography. Both initiatives aim to promote and test a model of smart tourism, labelled with the #ApuliaSmarTourism, inspired from the principles of service co-creation, digitalization and user centrality. Identified as an opportunity for the regional intelligent growth of the area, the model of smart tourism proposed is based on the centrality of users motivated into the design, consumption and sharing of their experience of journey. The evidence collected suggests useful implications for future development in theory and practice.
Literature Background
Networking and collaboration for smart growth of destinations
Tourism destinations are known to be amalgams of touristic products and services (Buhalis, 2000) and they are perceived as complex systems which are difficult to manage (Fyall, 2011).
It is a wide, complex, multidisciplinary and specific system with unique features and characteristics. The complexity of the sector necessitates profound shift of thinking about the strategy and management practices of tourism, in particular in relation to how competitive advantage can be achieved and how sustainability could be attained.
While collaboration and interaction between different business actors has always been important, the widespread deployment of the Internet has greatly enhanced the ability of firms to engage in collaborative innovation in several ways. Thus, for example, the creation of virtual customer environments permits firms to tap into the social dimension of customer knowledge shared among groups of customers with common interests (Sawney, Verona and Prandelli, 2005).
The main features characterizing tourism are:
– tourists' consumption patterns comprise a large array of products and services made up of different syndicated resources supplied from different, singular suppliers. Delivering the product means coordinating and assembling different parts of the whole problem solving process for the client;
– tourism service typically involves multiple interdependent actors that have sophisticated roles, interact with each other and engage in tradeoffs.
– tourism innovation takes place in more complex supply chains where the tourism experience is the product of a wide variety of services. In many services, customers participate in the service processes, and are essential to the co-creation of value with service providers.
– The different actors and services are extremely heterogeneous, interdependent among them and Demand uncertainty and volatility characterize products and services.
The interdependence of a high variety of stakeholders and industries complicates management while at the same time it is causing fragmentation within the control and development of the tourism destination. Besides, different values and cultures, and the interrelated impacts on the local population all make for a complex planning system within tourism destinations (Jamal and Jamrozy, 2006).
The growing complexity and dynamicity, the explosion and use of e-commerce and e-business models generate major impacts for tourism businesses and its competitive positioning strategies.
As it is highly discussed in the the social exchange theory, firms' sustainability depends largely on other firms' provision of resources, which causes a situation where this latter is exchanging resources with other firms. As Gulati (1999) argues, networks offer greater potential as they allow firms to access key resources from its environment, such as information, capital, goods, services that have the potential to maintain or enhance a firm's competitive advantage. Firms can influence networks for knowledge acquisition and exploitation by building relation — specific assets, knowledge-sharing routines as well as effective relational governance mechanisms. Furthermore thanks to new emerging technologies firms have larger opportunities for establishment of electronic networks where they can collaborate with former competitors and potentially achieve competitive co-evolution (Ordanini, 2001)
Especially, the network approach is a viable model for the success and innovativeness of the tourism sector due to its characteristic (heterogeneity, modularity, local embedding's, SME etc). Due also to the proliferation of ICT tools and applications, tourism enterprises are able to establish virtual linkages with their counterpart in innovative ecosystems — where tourism enterprises can highly collaborate horizontally, vertically and diagonally and can achieve economies of scale and scope, make cost effective use of technology, reach global customers, take part of global online marketplace and develop further their skills and possibilities for competitive advantage (Ndou, 2015).
Accordingly, tourism competitiveness could be conceptualized as the result of recombining existing resources that are embedded in a network of interacting actors that re-configure in a flexible and dynamic way their capabilities and roles to focus on a specific problem solving and value co-creation opportunity.
This leads toward the definition of smart tourism as the result of the interconnection of tourism destination with multiple stakeholders' communities through dynamic platforms and knowledge intensive flows of communication and enhanced decision support systems (Buhalis and Amaranggana, 2015; 2014).
Smart Tourism Destinations can be perceived as places utilizing the available technological tools and techniques to enable demand and supply to co-create value, pleasure, and experiences for the tourist and wealth, profit, and benefits for the organisations and the destination (Boes et al, 2015).
This new conceptualization has relevant implications for the competition among destinations. Tourism destinations' success depends on the co-opetition intensity of their stakeholders, where there is a combination of collaboration and competition offering greater opportunities (Ritchie and Crouch, 2005).
Furthermore, to ensure the success of a tourism destination, Ritchie and Crouch (2005) stress the importance of human resources and innovation in combination with cooperation and collaboration on a local and regional level.
Networking and Collaboration for Smart Growth of Destinations
Due to the large diffusion of social networks and digital applications, tourism experience is more and more a collective process (Aarikka-Steroos and Jaakkala, 2012). The web 2.0, social media and user generated content and platform for interaction play a significant role in changing the tourism industry (Buhalis and Law 2008). Especially, the interaction with customers in the tourism industry is of particular relevance being that tourism is an experience network in which various stakeholders co-create value and the individual human being is the started point on co-creating authentic tourism experiences, instead of the company itself (Binkhorst, 2006).
Nowadays, tourists arrange their holidays using the web and their social networks, and this is not only confined to booking almost all the services they need, but it extends to virtual explorations of the entire journey lifecycle, that is pre-tours, in tours, after tours of their destinations, to share in their own networks, the experiences they expect to live as well as their satisfaction or frustration during and after the trip (Ndou and Del Vecchio, 2012). The web enables them to take responsible decisions by learning from official sources and — crucially — from users' feedback available online.
The product tourists buy consists on a series of events, themes such as the trip, the museum, the hotel, the restaurant etc that he wants to be engaged on during his journey. Tourist does not appropriate a tangible product, but overall some memorable moments that could result in a good or negative experience. If an organization fails to provide a positive user experience, negative consequences can occur such as negative publicity and loss of user engagement. Furthermore, tourism is an important example of a sector where the service encounter is of central interest: production and consumption typically involve interaction between employees and users (Sorensen 2011).
Therefore, tourists are recognized as the most valuable source for providing valuable information, knowledge on their needs as well as feedback and suggestions to reduce market uncertainties and increase new service adoption (Sigala 2012). Empowered with a large range of technological tools such as travel blogs, travel review websites, social media, virtual communities, mobile technologies, recommendation systems etc (Neuhofer et al. 2012), tourists are gaining power and control over firms and are shifting the competition toward the co-creation experience as a basis of value and as the future of innovation (Prahalad and Ramaswamy 2004, Binkhorst 2006).
Neuhofer et al. (2013) focused on the "technology enhanced tourism experiences" as integrative conceptual framework to describe tourism of our days as combination of "experiences, co-creation and technology" (Neuhofer et al., 2013).
In an experience-based exchange, the tourist enters into a multifaceted interaction with the regional actors and the setting of a narrative staged by the local community.
Prahalad and Ramaswamy (2004, a) stress the need of high-quality interactions that enable a customer to co-create unique experiences with the company as the key to unlock new sources of competitive advantages. In the view of Prahalad and Ramaswamy (2004, a), it is fundamental to set an experience environment where customers can create their own unique experiences: informed, networked, empowered, and active consumers co-create value with the firm.
Co-creation model envisages a collaboration between organizations and their stakeholders in order to develop systems, products or services, reinforcing the idea that consumer experience is central to enterprise value creation and innovation (Ramaswamy & Prahalad, 2004).
Several scholars and researchers studied the profound changes in the relationship between producer and consumer (Arvidsson, 2005; Fırat et al., 1995; Pettinger, 2004), their engagement in the co-creation of value through individual co-creation experiences and interaction with brands, companies, and other consumers (Del Vecchio & Ndou, 2010; Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004), which is the meaning of their configuration as aware prosumers able to select and construct products, services but also stories, (more and more digital), about their own experiences. Recent studies (Ind, 2001; Lundqvist et al., 2013) agree in pointing to the helpfulness and effectiveness of brand storytelling in order to reach and engage firms' management and employees and also to create and reinforce positive brand associations (Kornberger, 2010) among consumers. According to Shankar et al. (2001), storytelling is fundamental for consumers to make sense of their consumption experiences and even part of their lives. Supported by the large diffusion of digital media, storytelling can be currently considered as a powerful communication tool (McLellan, 2006). Narrative, in fact, is considered "as a mode of thinking, as a structure for organizing our knowledge, and as a vehicle of meaning making" (Bruner, 1996, p. 119). If telling stories means constructing meaning, "it seems evident, then, that skill in narrative construction and narrative understanding is crucial to constructing our lives" (Bruner, 1996, p. 40).
Storytelling is usually inspired by direct experiences, emotional connections and engagement opportunities that allow people to be heard and/or co-create directly with brands themselves. It is in this perspective that storytelling can be assumed as a precious tool for the collaborative process of interaction and development between firms and customers. Lots of firms are using storytelling as a crowdsourcing tool to innovate, for instance, food and packaging with consumers. Co-creation meets the concerns of the "prosumer" approach and accounts for the changed roles of consumers and producers, with positive impact also in terms of reduction of risk in terms of customer resistance and thereby market failure.
Following these trends, this paper derives a methodological framework to support destinations in creating their own identity by promoting the active involvement of tourists, which are emotionally and socially embedded into a copious network of relationships, into the telling of their stories of journeys, sharing their feedbacks and contributing to create and take inspiration from the big amount of knowledge available online.
Research Methodology
Aimed to define a methodological framework to support destinations in creating their own visibility by promoting the active involvement of tourists into the co-creation and sharing of their stories of journeys, we adopt a qualitative integrated approach based on case study (Eisenhardt, 1989; Yin, 1994), action research (Myers, 1997; De Vos et al., 2011) and netnography (Kozintes, 2002). The opportunity of an integrated methodological framework arises from two local initiatives, the cases of #Appiedi and #SalentoUpNDown, aimed to promote the destination through the extensive and intelligent use of digital and social technologies inspired by the principles of service co-creation, digitalization and user centrality.
The active involvement of researchers as catalysts of knowledge results is a critical element for the objectives of this study. As a qualitative research approach that adapts the techniques of ethnography to the study of virtual communities that coalesce around (Kozinets 2002), netnography allows to monitor the trends on the official pages, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, of both initiatives in order to derive useful insights on the popularity and social dynamics of shared news and updating. The involvement of institutional actors as Municipalities, Local Groups of Actions, Regional and National Agencies for tourism promotion, in addition to two communities of storytellers: a first of walkers in #Appiedi and a second of Instagram's top influencers in #SalentoUpNDown, involved into the creation and storytelling of their experience of journey, has requested the adoption of an integrative approach of analysis. Framed in the context of an ongoing research project, Puglia@service, aimed to define an agenda for the smart specialization for the Apulia (South of Italy) region, the cases are two innovative examples of initiatives of smart tourism, inspired by the principles of service co-creation, digitalization and user centrality. Carried out in Apulia, both initiatives aim to promote and test a model of smart tourism. This has suggested the opportunity of an additional hashtag #ApuliaSmarTourism that has been promoted in both initiatives as a further label of study.
Case studies has been analyzed on the basis of the following parameters: period of journey, geographical areas interested by tourist experience, areas of experience, promoter of the initiative and associated partners, types of social media e networks, number and profiles of storytellers primarily involved, official hashtag adopted, web popularity on Google.
Sources for data analysis are represented by official web sites and profiles on social networks, web pages and social profiles of storytellers, institutions and organizations (public and private) involved. In addition, report on direct observations conducted by the researchers and analysis of web data has been used to integrate the contents useful to compose the two cases. The period of study is from April 30, 2015 to September 1, 2015.
Research Findings
#Appiedi and #SalentoUpNDown can be identified as two initiatives of innovative management of destinations offering interesting evidence for the goals of our study. Specifically, even if representative of two different ways of living the destination, both are characterized by a perspective of experiential and knowledge intensive tourism.
In the table that follows, a synthetic overview of the two initiatives is offered.
As for the period of experience, both initiatives have been launched in the late spring of 2015, specifically #Appiedi from May 30 to June 6, 2015, while #SalentoUpNDown from May 29 to June 2, 2015. Those are the periods of real visiting and journey of the storytellers, however the nature of the phenomena observed as well as the proximity of summer have suggested the opportunity of a longer period for the sharing and telling of the stories till September 30, 2015.
About the areas of experience proposed and offered during the two initiatives, in #Appiedi there was the valorization of the art and cultural heritage of the area, its roman and mediaeval history (via Appia was one of the consular roads of the Roman Empire and was defined as the road of the salt, while the via Francigena was the mediaeval road to reach the Holy Land). About #SalentoUpNDown, the areas of experiences proposed into the tour are: travel, art, food, fashion and technology.
As for the promoter, in #Appiedi the initiative has been launched by the Chapter of Brindisi of the Italian Touring Club, as part of a larger project of requalification of the network of "vie Francigene" and the Edeno Association, a no-profit organization operating in cultural and social fields. Partners of #Appiedi are the City of Brindisi and the Laboratory of Management Engineering of the University of Salento, together with a wide large number of institutional and technical actors. In the case of #SalentoUpNDown, the promoters have been the Association of Instragrammers of Lecce and the University of Salento with the Laboratory of eGovernment. Larger is in this case the network of other partners and supporters: the Laboratory of Management Engineering of the University of Salento, the Apulia Regional Agency for Tourist Promotion and several other institutional and technical partners.
In terms of presence on the web and social networks, #Appiedi has been officially hosted on the institutional web site of Italian Touring Club and presents an official profile on Facebook. Furthermore, the personal profiles of walkers on Facebook and Twitter, together with the page of the Laboratory of Management Engineering on Facebook have contributed to nurture the social visibility of the initiative. As for #SalentoUpNDown, the presence of the Instagrammers within the nucleus of promoters of the initiative has assured a larger presence on the web and mainly on the major social networks. The echo of the project has been also in this case supported by the other partners and individuals.
About the number and profiles of storytellers, in #Appiedi the team of walkers was composed of 8 people, all coming from the Apulia region, presenting different cultural backgrounds and professional experiences. The team covered different segments of age. In #SalentoUpNDown, the team of storytellers was composed of 23 top influencing European Instagrammers. Also in this case, members have different cultural backgrounds and professional experiences.
In terms of visibility on the web, posts and comments generated, the two events presents significant results. A first evaluation of flows of communication, performed by using Google Search demonstrates as, at September 1, 2015, there were n. 850 results for #Appiedi and 20,000 for #SalentoUpNDown.
Toward a Methodological Framework for the Virtual Destination Management
Aimed to define a strategy for the active involvement of tourists into the management of the destination based on the creation and sharing of their own experiences of journey, the two experimentations conducted, #Appiedi and #SalentoUpNDown, provided useful insights in terms data and information. This has suggested the opportunity of deriving a methodological framework for the virtual destination management consisting in 5 phases (Fig. 1):
– Destination local awareness;
– Creation of Destination's Identity;
– Launching of a pilot initiative;
– Consolidation of the Destination's Virtual Identity;
– Monitoring and Feedbacks.
The creation of the destination identity is the main goal of the second phase. This requires the definition of a set of keywords regarding the destination and its most valuable offerings. In this phase, a set of distinguishable words needs to be identified in an integrative and intelligent way, as they will provide the crucial words to remember, use, promote and describe the local destinations. Therefore, the words to be used should be easy, simple, expressive, and creative. This process in fact integrates together different stakeholders to express, comment, suggest the best words that better express the local features. The choice of these elements in our two experimentations was the result of meetings realized with the major stakeholders of the destinations. Then it will be necessary to proceed with the creation of a destination web presence, also considering the presence on the main social networks. The creation of new web or social presences will require a preliminary check of pages already present, in order to avoid overlapping and the risk of confusion. About the social networks to consider, it will be useful to assure an integrated and coherent presence on the most diffused ones, as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. The successful execution of this phase will also require the identification of an organization, public or private, or an actor responsible for the destination identity management.
The third phase is aimed to creating and executing of a pilot initiative useful to test the virtual identity and model of management defined. Coherently with the objectives of destination development, the pilot campaign will be structured in terms of a set of keywords (#) to be used for the telling of the tourist experiences, paths of visiting and journey, nucleus of involved users, identified on the basis of the matching between objectives to reach and profiles (cultural background, web social presence, professional experiences, etc). At this purpose, it will be useful to monitor the preliminary results achieved with the launching of the pilot campaign, to provide feedbacks and adjustments. The contribution of this preliminary initiative will be valuable to define guidelines for stakeholders populating the destination that will be also sensitized and invited to support the growth of the virtual destination identity.
The fourth phase is devoted to the consolidation of the destination identity, through the creation and the launch of initiatives for the promotion, fidelity and the enlargement of the community of stakeholders involved. In this phase arises the opportunity of a structured and continuous monitoring of feedbacks and experiences shared online. The definition of a structured service of content (netnography) and sentiment analysis to automatically provide feedbacks is, in this stage of the methodology, compulsory for providing insights and corrective actions to be activated. Despite the utility of the methodology for guiding tourism managers and policy makers to activate approaches for the digital promotion of their destinations, the availability of the data that will result from this technique will constitute another crucial element for destination management. In fact, the use of this approach enables the creation of a series of data and information that constitute a strategic information source. However, this requires then a structured monitoring and procedures for systemic gathering, analysis and elaboration of the Data.
Conclusions and Implications
The paper presented a methodology for the virtual destination management, based on the active involvement of tourists as co-creators of their own services and tellers of their experiences of journey. Focused on the literature debate on smart tourism destinations, the methodology is the preliminary result of a larger research labelled with #ApuliaSmarTourism aimed to promote the smart growth of Apulia region, a destination of growing popularity of Southern Italy. The premises at the basis of the methodology refer to tourism as a knowledge-intensive business service, regional integrated system and bundles of products and services offered by a large community of local stakeholders. The study of two recent initiatives of digital tourism, #Appiedi and #SalentoUpNDown, has offered interesting evidence for the development of the methodological framework for the virtual destination management based on the active involvement of users, presented in the paper. Structured into 5 phases, the methodology is a coherent approach to addressing regional destinations towards the challenges of the global competition and digitalization of consumption. Specifically, it is useful for promoting the active involvement of tourists into the design and sharing of their own local experiences by supporting destinations into satisfying the needs of users, more and more empowered in their experiences of consumption and communication by the diffusion of ICTs and digital and social applications. The centrality of the tourists' experience is the common feature charactering all the phases of methodology. The contribution of storytelling that tourists can offer to support the growth of a destination is a primary evidence of the study. In the meantime, the process of virtual destination management requires the awareness of a wide large integrated community of regional actors called to support the process of creation and development of the destination. This is the main practical implication suggested by the study that calls in public and private actors the importance of activating a strategy of destination recognition and creating a culture of collaboration and integration among the stakeholders populating the destination. Further implications for future research are identifiable into the need of consolidating the results of the two experimentations with a more consolidated approach at the sentiment analysis in order to confirm the goodness of the methodological schema developed as well as to replicate it in different contexts.
This paper provides a contribution to the research related to an on-going research project Puglia@service leaded by the Apulia regional technological district D.HI.TECH and funded by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research (MIUR).
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There are more troubles – even more private than all of these things – that really try to take a hold of my head and my heart and make me believe that I am broken; that my situation is permanent; that my life is a Karmic repaying of great sins from long ago, and that I must suffer in this lifetime to make amends.
All the things I've had to turn down because of the Hirschprung's Disease, the eating disorder, or the Multiple Sclerosis wear on me like a heavy coat, but I can not let them weigh me down, lest I sink.
I know how many people are out there questioning EVERYTHING, good and bad: their fortunes, their troubles, their achievements, their ruins and their calculated downfalls. People count everything up, keeping score against each other and themselves. And it is no wonder to me how people get so lost in the abyss, so dark.
It can be hard too, when you just want a moment to grieve for what is lost, only to have others, in their perceived abundance (and that's all it ever is, anyway, our perceived notion of another persons' gains or losses), instruct you to "move on" and "keep your chin up." It is excellent advice; it's even what I'm advocating, but we also need to let people feel their way through the pain for a moment, without a need to throw our rallying cry over their shoulder. Sometimes, if you aren't yet strong enough, those words of encouragement can be a burden to bear. By not living up to the "rise and grind" standard, you can feel even weaker. I know.
For me, it is the continual decision (sometimes made dozens of time in one single hour), to not give up, not even give in. If you've struggled with the depths of depression you know that digging out is generally harder than holding on a little longer in the first place.
Bjork said, and I love this, "I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up, and kill it in the evening." And I encourage you to do that as well, if it helps at all, to see each day as a completely new universe, full of new pains and new surprises. New beauties to behold, every day.
Don't give up on the new day, not until it's over. Then start all over again.
Not giving up today,
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2. Jason Mraz for encouraging his readers to define (in photo form) what they wouldn't give up on (Thank You), and
3. A Zofran that held the nausea at bay long enough for me to sit up and type this (Thank You).
(Yes, I believe in natural health, and yes, I believe that pharmaceuticals generally cause more harm than good, but after 4 weeks straight of unending nausea, peppermint and ginger wouldn't cut it. You win a battle here, you lose it there. You try better tomorrow.)
I vow to treat myself with adroit respect and resourceful compassion and outrageous grace.
I pledge to see my problems as tremendous opportunities and my flaws as imperfect talents.
I promise to shower myself with rowdy blessings and surprising adventures and brave liberations.
As long as I love, I vow to die and be reborn, die and be reborn, die and be reborn, over and over again, forever reinventing myself.
I promise to be stronger than hate, wetter than water, deeper than the abyss, and wilder than the sun.
I vow to love and honor my highs and my lows, yeses and my noes, my give and my take, the life I wish I had and the life I actually have.
I promise to push hard to get better and smarter, grow my devotion to the truth, fuel my commitment to beauty, refine my emotions, hone my dreams, wrestle with my shadow, purge my ignorance, and soften my heart – even as I always accept myself for exactly who I am, with all of my so-called foibles and wobbles.
I pledge to wake myself up, never hold back, have nothing to lose, go all the way, kiss the stormy sky, be the hero of my own story, ask for everything I need and give up everything I have, take myself to the river when it's time to go to the river, and take myself to the mountaintop when it's time to go to the mountaintop.
~Rob Brezsny, Pronoia
(A Note: perhaps the intention and original message of this video adheres itself to the notion on not giving up on a romantic relationship, but for me it has taken on a completely new layer. I echo the sentiments, understanding that the most important relationship we will ever have is the one we have with our own self; the "me" in physical form and the "me" in spiritual form, in harmony and unity; the "US" that is the whole Universe. And so when heard that way, the call is for patience with yourself while you explore, grow, fall and get back up again. It's about not ever giving up on yourself. God knows we're worth it.)


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"Indians are slowly inclining towards wine"
Wine is gaining popularity in India, even though the country is still a major consumer of whisky and rum
1. What do you have to say about the wine culture in India?
The culture is growing quite fast thanks to the many Italian and French restaurants in the country and their great wine selection. Also, wine events are becoming very popular and are witnessing a great response from Indians who are slowly changing their tastes and are inclining towards wine.
2. What is the correct way to consume wine?
Wine-making is an art and thus it should be carefully and properly consumed. Wine drinking should follow precise steps, which are called the 4S — see, smell, sip and swallow. It involves all our five senses (touch the glass, see the wine and its colour, smell, taste and even hearing when we clink the glasses...cheers!).
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The Southeast's largest newspaper can no longer be found in Madison County.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution cut Madison County from its distribution list earlier this month, slashing its coverage area from 74 to 49 counties. Other northeast Georgia counties removed from the paper's circulation list included Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Elbert, Oglethorpe and Wilkes.
The AJC said the action was necessary to "serve the greatest concentration of readers and advertisers while managing operating costs."
"The way in which consumers get their news and information continues to evolve," said Robert W. Eickhoff, AJC Senior Vice President of Operations. "We are changing as well, to ensure we continue to serve our readers and our advertisers in the metro Atlanta market as efficiently and effectively as possible."
The AJC also eliminated 62 distribution jobs.
Jennifer A. Morrow, External Communications Manager for the AJC, said she did not have any specific numbers on Madison County subscribers affected by the change. She said the paper is offering refunds to those who can no longer receive the paper.
"Out of counties that were discontinued — 25 counties in total, approximately 7,000 subscribers and retailers were impacted daily and nearly 10,000 subscribers and retailers on Sunday," said Morrow. "Again, these numbers are total from the 25 impacted counties. This number is not available by county."
Company officials said they want to focus on the "core Atlanta market" and many of the "fastest growing counties in the state."
Madison County residents can view AJC news online or make the trip to Clarke, Jackson or Banks counties to purchase a paper.
While the AJC cut service to 25 Georgia counties, the paper is still delivered to three North Carolina counties, as well as Glynn County in southeast Georgia.
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You know I've been digging the veggies lately. Just can't get enough… they can be really fun and super delicious! Again to give accolades where they are due: thanks to Gwenyth Paltrow and her new cookbook, It's All Easy. Eating healthy doesn't mean bland, or that you have to squash your creativity. In fact, just the opposite, vegetables can make your mind whirl with possibilities! For example beets can be more than a Greek salad or Bortsch, they make for great chips! I love their red color and there little sweet crunch. Adding herbs like parsley or cilantro to your hummus, is a nice way to play with flavors and add a little variety to your intake of nutrients. But seriously, even if none of that matters to you- you're going to love this because it is yummy!
As organic as possible:
Beet Chips
1 Tbsp olive oil, plus more more for the baking sheets
2 medium beets, peeled or very well scrubbed
leaves from 1 sprig fresh rosemary, minced (*I used almost 1/2 tsp dry)
Kosher salt
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease two baking sheets lightly with olive oil.
Use mandolin to slice the beets as thin as possible.
In a bowl, toss the beet slices with rosemary, olive oil, and a generous pinch of salt. Arrange the beets in an even layer on the prepared baking sheets, making sure that none of the slices overlap. If you can't fit all the slices, use another baking sheet.
Place the baking sheets in the upper and lower thirds of the oven, bake for 10 minutes, then switch their positions and bake for another 10 minutes. Let the chips cool on the baking sheets before eating. Eat plain or with the cilantro hummus for dipping.
Cilantro Hummus
1 – 15 oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
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"Of course there are the obvious upsides of having less clutter — like fewer opportunities for your possessions to jump out of the hall closet at you next time you open the door to find your coat. But the real benefits of minimalism stretch much deeper — and wider — than that."
– Allison Vesterfelt
If you're questioning whether spending all that time decluttering your home and better organizing your schedule is worth it, stop. The answer is an unqualified yes. Merely having less stuff crowding our homes is wonderful, but the benefits of minimalism don't stop there.
Minimalism is truly life-changing.
Depending on your personality, lifestyle and obligations, you may choose to take on the Herculean task over the course of a few weeks or months to get everything in shape. As a mother and lawyer, I preferred the gradual minimalist route, taking a couple of years to be in a position to downsize.
This allowed time for work, family and relaxation, but you may have fewer time constraints or just want to get done as quickly as possible.
Regardless of how you do it, begin simplifying now to reap the rewards of minimalism.
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Becoming minimalists helps us have more:
- Clarity.
- Meaning.
- Inner peace.
- Happiness from the little things in life.
- Freedom.
- Impulse control.
- Better health.
- Breathing room.
- Good examples for children.
- Gratitude.
- Time for hobbies, friends and family.
- Money for travel.
- A "greener" lifestyle.
- Self confidence.
- Enjoyment of mementoes now displayed rather than boxed up.
- Better relationships.
- Money and time for helping others.
Minimalism can also result in reductions in:
- Debt.
- Money spent on things you never use.
- Time spent cleaning and looking for things.
- Excessive work hours.
- Stress.
- Unfavorable comparisons to the Joneses.
- Feeling trapped in a too-large home.
- Fatigue.
- Indecision over what to wear.
- Panic over unexpected guests.
- Wasted time.
- Emotional baggage.
What benefits of minimalism have you noticed in your life? Or, if you're just beginning the minimalist journey, which benefits are you most hoping for?
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POSH Holiday Challenge Reminderby Angela On November 18, 2010
In case you haven't been following along, it's not too late to join in on our 20-day challenge: Positively Organized & Simple Holidays!
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It's been over a month since it was announced that Curt Hawkins was returning to WWE on SmackDown Live as the company wanted to boost the roster depth as they did by bringing back both Rhyno and Jinder Mahal. However, after all this time Hawkins still hasn't appeared in a match on SmackDown and even though he has had promos on TV each week the fans are now growing impatient to see him and not in a good way.
This week's episode of SmackDown was supposed to see the debut/return of Hawkins after he announced during the pre-show of No Mercy (a painfully bad segment) that he would be competing in a match. Yet, SmackDown has come and gone and Hawkins didn't appear once and was involved in a video (below) for WWE.com explaining why he didn't compete.
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Live shows are always unpredictable and timing the show isn't an easy task with segments often over running meaning others get their time cut. That was the case this week with SmackDown simply running out of time and making the decision to cut Curt Hawkins scheduled match from the show, which is now set (apparently) for next week.
Whilst this has happened before and it will happen again it is never a good sign for those involved. For your particular segment to be cut it signifies that it was the least important in the company's eyes and the way Hawkins has been treated since his return hasn't been that of a star. It is unknown whether WWE actually has any plans for him to be used in a serious manner of if he is around to be a comedic relief or a jobber, which is the way that Mahal has been used on Raw.
Hawkins' debut is now set for next week and fans will get to learn more about his new character other than that he likes to tell 'facts,' something that fans are growing tired of already.


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Thimonia Beach
They say the that Thimonia is the only beach on this island still not organized and has no sunbeds and umbrellas for rent.
The beach is famous for its beautiful blue-green water, like one on Alyki which is only 2km away.
On the shore of the beach are pebbles and small rocks, and in water mostly rocks, especially on the left side as seen from the shore. Right part of the beach has more accessible entrance into the water, no rocks, with fine gravel (in front of the Hotel Thimonia). This beach is more suitable for swimmers than children, but because it is never crowded, it's favorite and for the families.
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Travelling in Jetstar's Business Class on long-distance flights from Australia and New Zealand? Here's our guide to picking the best seats on the plane.
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1A 1K: with nobody reclining back into you, and an easier hop out for the person in the aisle seat, these are definitely rows to pick if you're a window fan. Bear in mind that you may be moved to make way for an infant, though, and if you're very tall you may prefer to sit in another row to extend your legs fully under the seat in front of you.
1E 1F: if you're an aisle seat fan, these are great because there's no middle seat in the first row. So nobody will be climbing over you to get out. (The advice above about babies and tall people applies here too.)
2D 2F: looking for the most legroom? These are the seats to pick, because with only two seats in row 1, row 2's aisle seats let you stretch your legs out to the side. Bear in mind that you're likely to be run over by a trolley or trampled in flight, though.
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Row 5: Still close to the galley kitchen, there's likely to be more noise here as well.
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28 Dec, 2011 04:08 pm
I have travelled in the old Starclass and row 1 was definately the pick of the bunch, otherwise if the person in front reclines, you feel pinned.
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13 Feb, 2013 12:18 pm
The whole product is very average . When I travelled up the front , it was uncomfortable, and what is with the plastic cups?
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14 Mar, 2013 06:28 pm
Would agree with other posters row 1 (window) would be the pick of the bunch.
Travelled JQ7/8 last Nov for the first time in this prduct, the biz seat on JQ7 night flight was not the best but the product is OK for the return day flight JQ8.
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apologies/correction: JQ8 = night flight / JQ7 = day flight.....
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