Travel articles
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) for Business Travel to the U.S.
Until very recently (Jan 12, 2009), the Visa Waiver Program permitted business and tourist travelers to the U.S. the ability to stay in the States for up to 90 days... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are making a comeback in some upscale hotel rooms. Learn to recognize bed bugs and avoid being bitten. Bathroom Vanity
Picture of the vanity in the bathroom of Cinderella's castle suite in Walt Disney World. Surviving an Avalanche
Parts of the Rocky Mountains have received almost 200 inches of snow already this year. Resorts in Sierra Nevada are measuring snowfall in feet, even through it's only the...
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