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...industry was deregulated in 1978, but you wouldn't know it from all the extra baggage it carries. The main offenders: ever increasing taxes, lack of government spending to build a modern air-traffic-control system and airports, and countless rules imposed without consideration of how the airlines can afford to comply. All told, the airline industry is the most regulated "deregulated" business out there. The government, oddly, has been too tough on airlines in some respects (through taxation) and too accommodating in others (through anticompetitive legislation such as the Wright Amendment, which limits flights out of Dallas). The industry...
...LEMPAD HOUSE This gallery on Ubud's main drag, Jalan Raya Ubud, occupies the former home of Bali's most famous artist, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, who died in 1978 at the age of 116. There isn't much of his work on display?it's mainly by other artists, including Lempad's grand-children and great-grand-children. But even if you don't see anything you like, the traditional Balinese architecture of the house and compound makes the visit well worth the trip. The gallery has no phone, but your hotel concierge will know how to find...
...SENIWATI GALLERY OF ART BY WOMEN This gem of a gallery, tel: (62 361) 975-485, displays a broad selection of painting, pottery and weaving from more than 40 women artists worldwide. But its main focus is on female painters from Bali itself and on their characteristically dark orange-, brown- and golden-hued work...
...Pure Fiji's products leave you feeling good, so will its relationships with the community. Since its founding 10 years ago, the company has trained villagers in the Namosi Highlands?on the main Fijian island of Viti Levu?in the preparation of plant extracts and the natural paper used in Pure Fiji's packaging. The company also funds scholarships for its employees' children...
...McDonell’s second novel seems to attempt a far more ambitious task: to grapple with the tragedy of 9/11. Unfortunately, by the end of the novel, McDonell and his main character Mike shrink back from that task...