Cicero: Courage

“Live as brave men, and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts,” (Cicero, 106 BC – 43 BC: quotationspage.com).

Dateline: Zamboanga

I’m right here in Zamboanga City, Mindanao, Philippines, the land of my birth. Its been quite some time since I visited my hometown. A lot has changed since I was a kid. I visited a couple of schools and will tell you my thoughts and observations in succeeding postings. One big development here is the change of Zamboanga being the “City of Flowers” into the “Latin City of Asia.” Hopefully this moniker will bring in more tourists and maybe call centers catering to the Spanish-speaking world.

Hannah Arendt: Determination

“What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one’s own efforts,” (Hannah Arendt: quoteworld.org).

Anonymous: Ambition

“We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have ‘crossed bridges’ in their imagination far ahead of the crowd,” (Anonymous: quoteland.com).

The Journal of Tourism History

Dear Fellow Travelers,

This notice is to introduce a new periodical, The Journal of Tourism History. Relevant information is below.

Best wishes,

Bert Gordon, Co-Editor, H-Travel

Journal of Tourism History – Editor: John Walton, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Review Editor: Robert J. Perrins, Acadia University, Canada

Print ISSN: 1755-182X – Online ISSN 1755-1838

The obvious and increasing importance of the global development of tourism has engendered extensive academic interest which has issued forth in a wide range of journals focusing on various aspects of or approaches to tourism studies. These have tended to examine historical trends only over short recent time periods or in abstract and schematic ways. The neglect of tourism is now beginning to be addressed, especially through the International Commission for the History of Travel and Tourism, which was founded at the University of Central Lancashire in 2001. As interest has burgeoned, the lack of a dedicated journal in this field has become increasingly apparent.

The Journal of Tourism History meets this need by providing an international outlet for the publication of articles and reviews covering every aspect of the history of tourism. It is interdisciplinary in ethos, looking outwards from a historical core to engage with the full range of cognate disciplines and theoretical approaches, and welcomes overviews and comparative as well as contextualised case-studies, covering all areas of the world and all approaches to historical study. It has an international editorial board and an advisory board providing access to global expertise in the field. The Journal of Tourism History is edited by Professor John K. Walton, one of the pioneers of the field. It will be launched in the spring of 2009.

Call for Papers: Papers should be submitted through our online submission and peer review system which can be found at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cvp-th.

Presentation of manuscripts: General guidelines as to the presentation of manuscripts for publication in any of the Channel View Publications journals can be found at: http://www.channelviewpublications.com/multi/guidelines/guidelines_journals.asp.

Detailed procedures for Special Issues are available from the publishers upon application.

Charles Churchill: Genius

“Genius is of no country,” (Charles Churchill: quotationspage.com).

Amelia Earhart: Courage

“Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace,” [Amelia Earhart (1897-1937), Courage, 1927: quotationspage.com].

HB-00013: Overseas Filipino Bank, Cong. Jaime Lopez

FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO BANK AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ABSTRACT : The bill proposes to establish a financial institution that would specifically address the banking, economic, financial and related needs of overseas Filipinos.

BY CONGRESSMAN LOPEZ, JAIME C.
DATE FILED ON 2007-07-02
REFERRAL ON 2007-07-24 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
SUBJECT:BANKS;OVERSEAS FILIPINOS

Source: congress.gov.ph

Hoshang N. Akhtar: Determination

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough,” (Hoshang N. Akhtar: quoteworld.org).

International Day of Solidarity with Migrants

In 1997, Filipino and other Asian migrant organizations began celebrating and promoting the 18th December as the International Day of Solidarity with Migrants. This date was choosen because it was on 18th December 1990 that the UN adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants Workers and Members of Their Families.

Building on this initiative, December 18 – with support from Migrant Rights International and the Steering Committee for the Global Campaign for Ratification of the International Convention on Migrants’ Rights and many other organizations – began late 1999 campaigning online for the official UN designation of an International Migrant’s Day, which was finally proclaimed on December 4th, 2000.

http://www.december18.net/web/general/start.php