Airfare Deals and News for the Week of May 27, 2011 Read more: http://www.frommers.com/articles/7317.html#ixzz1Nuw3eQJa Published by Blog - On 01:36 // This post haved 0 коммент. //

Travel from June 1 and June 30, and again from August 24 and November 16. Blackout dates are September 2 and September 5. Tickets must be purchased by 11:59pm PDT May 31. Lowest sale fares are not available for travel on Fridays and Sundays.

Fares include:

• Chicago to Los Angeles $278
• San Francisco to New York $278
• Las Vegas to New York $278
• Los Angeles to New York $278
• Los Angeles to Boston $278
• Orlando to Los Angeles $278

Select Frontier Cities on Sale

The current sale from Frontier (tel. 800/432-1359; www.frontierairlines.com) is good for travel from June 3 through November 9. Tickets require a 10-day advance purchase, and must be booked by 11:59 pm ET, May 30.

Seats are limited at these fares and certain flights and/or days of travel may be unavailable, especially during busy travel periods.

Fares include:

• Denver to Austin $138
• Houston to Denver $138
• San Diego to Denver $158
• Newport News to San Diego $238
• San Antonio to Denver $138

Web Specials from Alaska Airlines

The latest web specials from Alaska Airlines (tel. 800/426-0333; www.alaskaair.com) start at $79 one-way. Rules and restrictions/travel dates vary by route. Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or all days. Some markets may not operate daily service. All fares require immediate purchase.

Visit Alaska's website for more info. Fares include:

• Pullman to Seattle $178
• Los Angeles to Manzanillo $426, incl. all taxes

30% Off Promo Code from Porter Airlines

Take 30% off your next flight with Porter (tel. 888/619-8622; www.flyporter.com) flight, via its latest promo code deal. Just enter promo code CIRCUS at time of purchase on its website. This offer is valid for travel from June 9 through December 15. Book your seats by midnight, June 1.

Travel to/from Boston, Montreal, St Johns, Newark, Thunder Bay, Halifax, Ottawa, Moncton, Quebec City, and Toronto.

Fares include:

• Toronto to Boston $202
• Toronto to Montreal $139
• Toronto to Ottawa $125
• Boston to Windsor $209
• Newark to Windsor $181

Air Canada Promo Codes for Tokyo, Beijing, & Shanghai

Air Canada (tel. 888/247-2262; www.aircanada.com) is offering discounted flights to select cities in Asia, departing from Canada. Save 30% on Tango Plus fares to Tokyo, for travel through December 31. Just enter promo code F4KBWHZ1 on aircanada.com to apply discount. Save 20% on Tango Plus fares to Beijing and Shanghai, for travel through July 31. Enter promo code XN7WQMN1 to apply discount.

Tickets must be booked by May 29.

This promo code is available on one-way and round-trip itineraries and does not apply on multi-city itineraries. If you are not departing or returning from the same city, or your itinerary includes a stopover, in order to take advantage of this offer, you must make multiple bookings.

From the MailBag: No Seat, But Lap Children Can Cost You

Q. We were shocked to learn that our one-year-old child, who will be sitting on my lap on an international flight, and not taking up a seat, will be charged $400. What's this all about? The airline representative we spoke to was unable to give a satisfactory response.

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Michael Nye: About Hunger Published by Blog - On 02:46 // This post haved 0 коммент. //

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I've briefly touched upon the issue of hunger in a POV a few days ago, and coincidentally found Michael Nye's compassionate work at the same time.

Michael Nye’s exhibition About Hunger & Resilience, consists of fifty portraits and accompanying audio stories of individuals who experienced hunger in the United States.

Michael Nye has been listening, photographing and recording hunger for the past 4.5 years. He lives in downtown San Antonio, and practiced law for 10 years before pursuing photography full time. He's the recipient of a Mid-America National Endowment for the Arts grant in photography, and a Kronkosky Foundation grant. He also participated in two Arts America tours in the Middle East and Asia, and has exhibited and lectured widely in museums and universities, including Morocco, India and Mexico.

"About Hunger & Resilience" opened at the Witte Museum,San Antonio, Texas in January of 2010 and is currently traveling around the United States.

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Jan Sochor: Nukak-Maku Published by Blog - On 02:33 // This post haved 0 коммент. //

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Jan Sochor has documented the Nukak Maku people, a nomadic indian tribe from the Amazon, who were driven out of the jungle by the Colombian guerrilla and paramilitary squads. More than half of the Nukak population have died of western diseases like flu. In refugee camps, the Nukak are taught from (mainly Christian) aid workers concepts and habits that were never part of their tradition.

Jan is a freelance photographer, working between South America and Europe. He lived and worked in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain and the Czech Republic during the past five years. His photographs and stories have appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers and websites, including Sunday Times, National Geographic, Reuters, Burn magazine, Foto8, 100Eyes, UNESCO, Boston Review, PDN online,and others.

I've always considered proselytizing by any religious group to be an abhorrent practice...hand in hand with racism and bigotry.

Found via The Click

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Thomas Cristofoletti: Day of the Dead Published by Blog - On 02:23 // This post haved 0 коммент. //

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Here's a movie made of still photographs by Thomas Cristofoletti on the singular tradition in the Philippines which occurs on the Day of the Dead. The stills were made in Tandag, Surigao del Sur and document the tradition of caring for the tombs on November 1.

Tombs are cleaned up, repainted and spruced up by relatives. Candles are lit and flowers placed. Many families spend a night or two near their loved ones' tombs in remembrance. Card games, eating, drinking, singing and dancing are common activities at the cemeteries during the holiday.

In the Philippines, the day of the dead is known as Araw ng mga Patay; one of the traditions imported from Spain during the country' colonization. Of course, El Dia De los Muertos is a well known tradition in Mexico, as well as in other countries where the Catholic faith is practiced. The observance coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day.

Thomas Cristofoletti is a freelance photographer and art director currently based in Madrid, who is a proponent of the decisive moment and of candid photography.

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Evan Abramson: When The Water Ends Published by Blog - On 02:12 // This post haved 0 коммент. //

Ethiopia's government is building a new dam in the Omo river projected to be the largest hydropower project in sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 50% of its electrical output has already been sold to neighboring countries, but it will reduce the water flow to the Omo River and threaten the lives of some 500,000-800,000 nomadic pastoralists.

Evan Abramson's When The Water Ends photo essay examines the impact of such a massive infrastructural on the lives of the Omo Valley tribes.

Evan's photographs were also used in a 16-minute video When the Water Ends produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm. It tells the story of the increasingly dire drought conditions facing parts of East Africa, and the eventuality of conflict.

Evan Abramson is a 32-year-old photographer and videographer based in New York, who spent two months in the region, living among the herding communities. His project focuses on four groups of pastoralists — the Turkana of Kenya and the Dassanech, Nyangatom, and Mursi of Ethiopia — who are among the more than two dozen tribes whose lives and culture depend on the waters of the Omo River and the body of water into which it flows, Lake Turkana.

Quite a number of photographers have photographed the tribal people of the Omo Valley, and I'm certain they, as well as many non-photographers, are lamenting the change that will befell the region.

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