Alright there you have two Olive Oils: one is normal and the other is "light".

Ladies you want to be careful and ALWAYS try to take the light version of EV ER Y THING.

Well is it worth it to bother so much when in fact.... Check this out from close enough:

Do you get my point? Both are just the same, oh yeaaah yeaaah right there is a difference of 1kj.
No point to check the lighter versions over and over when you see this!

That was from Woolworths and Coles, two Australian supermarkets.

TRAVEL website TripAdvisor is under investigation after claims that up to 10 million reviews are actually fakes posted by rival businesses. The move comes after researchers claim to have developed a formula that can identify false reviews on the website with up to 90 per cent accuracy.

The investigation was launched into TripAdvisor by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority following allegations that millions of reviews on the site were fake.

The ASA decided to open a formal investigation into the company after receiving a complaint that fake and misleading reviews had reached "epidemic levels," The Times in London reported.

TripAdvisor claims to provide "honest travel reviews and opinions from real travellers around the world" and receives 45 million visitors every month.

A good rating can be worth tens of thousands of dollars in bookings. But industry experts have warned that large numbers of the site's 50 million reviews are written by hotel owners, agencies acting on their behalf or rivals looking to take their business.

An investigation by The Times in June revealed that hotels were paying agencies to boost their rankings on the website and discredit their rivals. Hotel owners were found to be paying up to $15,260 to companies that employ teams of writers to post hundreds of fake reviews.

Chris Emmins, of the online reputation management company Kwikchex, has been studying TripAdvisor for eight months and said he believed as many as 10 million reviews on the site were fake.

"Unless they take some action to actually verify reviews it is going to become useless. The sophistication of the agencies that are working posting fake reviews is getting quite extraordinary," Mr Emmins said.

Several websites and freelance writers openly offer to post fake reviews on TripAdvisor and similar websites, including one called postingonlygoodreviews.com which offers to write up to 1000 reviews for just over £900 (1373) a month.

Last month researchers developed an algorithm that is able to identify a fake TripAdvisor review by analysing the language used by "guests" providing feedback.

Freelance writers were asked to write 400 fake reviews of hotels in Chicago, US, for the study. They were combined with 400 genuine reviews of the same hotels, and three volunteers were asked to spot the real from the fake reviews but were unable to.

The giveaway signs a review may not be genuine include referring to the hotel by its name and emphasising who the reviewer traveller with. Exclamation marks, frequent use of “I” or “we” and over-using adjectives such as “very” also rang alarm bells.

A spokeswoman for TripAdvisor said it does not comment on active regulatory investigations, but said checks were carried out on all reviews.

"We take the authenticity of our reviews very seriously and have numerous methods to ensure the legitimacy of the content on TripAdvisor, including automated site tools, a team of review integrity experts, and our large and passionate community of millions of travellers that help us identify suspicious content," the spokeswoman said.

Anger about fake reviews has been building for some time. Last year over 700 members of the hospitality business announced they are committing to or considering legal action against the website via Kwikchex.

THE plane crash that killed 43 people, including a top ice hockey team, has sealed Russia's position as the most dangerous place to fly in 2011.

The country now surpasses even the Democratic Republic of Congo in the number of aircraft-related fatalities this year, Sky News reports.

The Yak-42 plane was carrying 37 passengers and eight crew members Wednesday when it failed to gain enough height on take-off and crashed in flames.

The passengers were all members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey squad, heading to Belarus to play their first game of the Kontinental Hockey League season.

Two survivors - 26-year-old player Alexander Galimov and a flight attendant - are fighting for their lives in the hospital.

The 73-seat aircraft, in use since 1993, was operated by the Moscow-based Yak Service.

In 2009, the European Aviation Safety Agency ranked Yak Service as the least safe of 35 Russian airlines flying to Europe. It has been banned from operating within the EU since then.

The last Yak-42 was built in 2002, but more than 170 planes remain in operation.

So far this year, 121 people have died in Russian plane crashes. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 108 people have been killed in the same period.

President Dmitry Medvedev has promised to start taking aging Soviet fleets out of service next year.

The poor safety record raises concerns over the upcoming Winter Olympics in 2014 followed by the World Cup in 2018. In the biggest country in the world, internal flights are vital.

Russian aviation expert Roman Gusarov said the government needs to put money into the country's aviation industry.

"We need huge investment from the government, literally billions and billions of rubles," he said.

"Until recently we had big taxes on the import of foreign aircrafts. Companies just couldn't afford to buy new planes. Not a single airline has enough cash to buy new planes. This problem should also be addressed by the government.

"Last year, Russia built only seven new aircrafts. We need hundreds and hundreds of new ones."


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Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef are in the 28 finalists. New Zealand's Milford Sound, the Maldives, Brazil's Iguazu Falls, America's Grand Canyon and South Africa's Table Mountain are all in the running.


With the end of the competition only two months away Tourism Australia is pulling out all the stops in a bid to win, with the hope that it will boost tourism.

“Being home to two of the world’s seven natural wonders would reinforce our message that ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’ to the rest of the world,” Andrew McEvoy from Tourism Australia said.

“While many of the world’s most remarkable destinations are also in the running, we know that Australia’s candidates are truly phenomenal, highly worthy and stand a very strong chance - we just need the public to take action and vote.”

Tourism Australia has even launched a Facebook application to generate support for the landmarks, inviting Aussies to share stories and images as well as vote. 

The competition will be fierce, with some of the world's most stunning locations making the cut.

“So many breathtakingly beautiful, natural places are still quite unknown to many," New7Wonders Founder and President Bernard Weber said. "From waterfalls to fjords, rainforests to mountain peaks, freshwater lakes to volcanoes, we are discovering together the incredible beauty and variety of our planet.”

There is already a list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Launched in 2007, the winners of the New7Wonders campaign will be announced on November 11.

Check this out: http://www.new7wonders.com/

The wayward emperor penguin was released in sub-Antarctic waters south of Stewart Island yesterday more than two months after coming ashore on Pekapeka Beach near Wellington.

However, according to a tracking device, he is swimming the wrong way and heading back to New Zealand.

Happy Feet, the first of his kind seen in New Zealand in 44 years, was nursed back to health at Wellington Zoo, winning the hearts of Kiwis and animal lovers worldwide in the process.

Returned to good fitness and fitted with a GPS tracking device, Happy Feet had an "excellent chance" of meeting other adolescent penguins and finding his way back to Antarctica, experts say.

Online monitoring on ourfarsouth.org seems to show that he has turned in a north-east direction and is heading back to New Zealand.

Wellington Zoo vet Lisa Argilla, who is credited with saving the penguin's life, has said some deviations in his swimming course were to be expected.

There you go, we are one day away from Spring! Finally the end of the Australian winter (not so winterly). We already can feel it in the air that the warm days are just around the corner! 

LOOK out London, Las Vegas is set to trump you with its own bigger and better version of the London Eye.

The 168m Las Vegas High Roller will boast views over the bright lights of America’s hedonistic capital and tower over the Eye, which stands at 135m.

But why just stop at London? The giant Ferris wheel is set to conquer the world, taking the title of tallest wheel from the 165m Singapore Flyer. 

"It would be the centre piece of a trip for a lot of people," Caesars CEO Gary Loveman says. 

The High Roller’s 28 spacious cabins will hold 40 people each, making them ideal for birthday parties, bucks/hens nights and you could probably even squeeze a traditional Las Vegas shot-gun wedding into the 30 minute ride.   

Construction on the observation wheel is due to begin next month, with its first rotations expected by 2013.
Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, the mid-Strip attraction will be built behind the company’s Imperial Palace and Flamingo hotels.

It’s hoped the new attraction will give a much needed boost to tourism in the area, which has been particularly hard-hit by the recession.


Sounds like a nice project there! Bring on more fun in Vegas!

Sydney is now the seventh most expensive place to live in the world, a report says.

Oslo, Zurich, Geneva, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Tokyo are the only cities with higher living costs, according to financial services firm UBS.

The rankings, published in the annual Prices and Earnings report update on Tuesday, are calculated by comparing the cost of an average "shopping basket" of 122 goods and services.

It's not all bad news for Sydneysiders, because with high living costs come higher wages, UBS found.

Sydney finished second in a table ranking the domestic buying power of its citizens. This ranking is calculated by comparing wages in each location with living costs.

In 2010 Sydney was 12th on the list of most expensive cities and in 2009 it was 38th.

"Sydney continues its storm to the top of our rankings, now holding seventh place," the latest UBS report said.

"To some extent this development can be explained by the Australian dollar's continued appreciation against both the US dollar and the euro.

"However, Sydney is just one of many cities that have seen a jump in their rankings."

UBS found some US cities had fallen in the cost of living rankings, with New York slumping to 14th, if property rental is excluded.

In recent years New York has been ranked in the top 10 of the most expensive cities.

"This can be attributed to the general depreciation of the US dollar versus the world's other currencies," the UBS report added.

London slumped to 15th place on the list, compared with 10th in 2010.

Sydney is the only Australian city included in the latest UBS rankings

A BRITISH advertising campaign meant to draw tourists ahead of the London Olympics has been pulled after riots broke out in the city - but not before being hijacked by pranksters.

Created by the British tourist board, the “You’re invited” advert features several British landmarks and celebrities.

As the film sweeps over shots of Stonehenge and the London Eye, the likes of Judi Dench and Jamie Oliver spout phrases like “you’re intrigued” and “you’re intrepid”.

But in the wake of riots and looting in the country, the ad’s usual slot just before the news meant it was running before footage of burning double-decker buses and hooded youths carrying crowbars. 

The organisation behind the film, VisitBritain, thought it best to temporarily pull the $160 million campaign.

“We will switch the advert back on to appear just ahead of the news once we have made sure it is appropriate. It is unfortunate, but has not affected the rest of our marketing strategy, which remains in place,” a spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

The decision hasn’t escaped the attention of pranksters, who were quick to post their own rendition of the ad on YouTube. 

The new version features all the same celebrity voices, but put to scenes of the recent chaos, it appears to be inviting the world to join in the violent clashes. 

Meanwhile, international coverage of the riots and, more importantly, local police failing to contain them, has left some questioning the level of security ahead of London's hosting of the summer Olympics. 

American daily USA Today reports the violence in an "unwelcome reminder of London's volatility".

The reports have left locals worried about the lasting damage to the city's tourism industry. However, Mary Rance, chief executive of UK Inbound, told The Telegraph in the UK that the tourism board has not received a single call from concerned tourists, and said that no-one had cancelled their purchases.

"London is still one of the greatest cities in the world with an enviable record of safety and it’s important we stress that these developments are not typical," she said.