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Monte Carlo
Affordable elegance with family-friendly amenities. Styled after Monaco's Place du Casino, this more affordable (and less luxurious) version of the Bellagio surrounds guests with quiet elegance and beautiful surroundings. The southern Strip location is very convenient, and a monorail to the Bellagio cuts down on walking time. Room at the Inn: Finding hotel deals in 2009
It's an understatement to say that location is everything. The economic crisis is not affecting all markets equally, so just how great a bargain you find will depend largely on where you look.
Which Walt Disney Hotel Should I Choose?
Quick and fun quiz helps you select the best Disney World resort hotel for your next trip. More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Last week I headed to Tribeca to see Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a documentary that chronicles the truly remarkable story of the Liberian women (both Christian and Muslim) who came together to end a bloody, decades-old civil war.
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