Avion Billet - Articles
Change of Venue
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Susan S.
Ned and Max are watching the end of the Tour de France (on the Internet) and we can see exactly where our hotel was (right across the street from the big ferris wheel in the Tuileries. It's bizarre having been there just yesterday. It was a fantastic vacation. I haven't begun to go through it all in my head; I've only just sorted out the billets ...
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Boulder!
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kirsten sweetland
I got off to a rocky start (as you probably saw by my twitter updates! :) But the trip ended up being a huge success! Ok, in case you didn't catch the twitter updates I'll give th whole story. So my first little 20min flight to Vancouver got canceled and all the next ones were booked so they rerouted me through Calgary. No problem except for a lig ...
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence - the price they paid
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Barbara C.
Rush has a piece well worth reading to your children today - and every July 4. It is an address given by his late father called Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor" about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the aftermath.To whet your appetite, here is an excerpt - but please do visit Rush's site and print the entire thing ...
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Waterton National Park hiking
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Rick McCharles
Happy Canada Day!When I was a young adult, “hiking” held no appeal to me at all.One of the first actual hikes I ever did voluntarily was the Bear’s Hump in Waterton National Park, Alberta.It’s a great adventure for kids, non-hikers and … everyone. What a view!flickr - Jeff Milner- click for larger versionWaterton Scra ...
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Space Shuttle Launch Photographed From Outer Space
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MarcAndAngel
An interesting photo sent to me by my buddy Nick who works at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. The International Space Station happened to be directly overhead two shuttle launches ago (last September). One of the astronauts up there snapped this picture of the launch from a window in the space station. I thought it was pretty coo ...
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CEMETERIES FOR PETS
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Helpful Buckeye
In last week's issue of Questions On Dogs and Cats, we made mention of Memorial Day being in honor of all those who have died in military service to their country. Since Helpful Buckeye is on the road for a few weeks and won't be able to use up-to-date topics that our readers have enjoyed seeing, I thought you might appreciate a whole issue devoted ...
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Hyundai Nuvis Hybrid Concept: Future Cool
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John G.
By Christopher DeMorro It wasn't that long ago when it seemed like I spent more time fixing my friend's Hyundai Elantra than she spent driving it.It was the basest of base model cars, and it would throw mechanical temper tantrums almost weekly, and I thanked the car gods when she finally splurged on a used Lancer. But the Hyundai of today is an alt ...
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Origami Avions Djeco
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Shelley Phillips
I bought these paper airplanes as a stocking filler at Christmas - the link is in the title. They are great. They are meant to be for ages 7 - 12 so they need their Dad to help. Kit sometimes makes paper airplanes out of plain paper and then every now and again he brings out the kit and lots of fun is had by all.
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Virgin America Begins In-Flight Offsetting Option
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Carbon Fund
Our partner Virgin America is the first U.S. carrier to offer passengers the option to offset in-flight. Already, Virgin America has implemented sustainability practices to reduce its carbon footprint and lets passengers offset through the ticket-purchase confirmation page. Now the carrier provides the option to offset via Red TM, the airline's tou ...
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Early Work Tips
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Ronni B.
Some good friends, all met through blogging, are filling in for me while I take a two-week sabbatical from Time Goes By. Today’s guest blogger is Steve Sherlock who blogs mainly at Steve’s 2 Cents and also at quiet poet where his verse and sherku can be found at Franklin Matters, about his current hometown in Massachusetts.Recently part ...
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