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| A Buddy-rific event |
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| What Happens When You File Too Many Claims With An Insurance Company |
| You have had bad luck and had to put through a few claims with your auto insurer You are now worried that your insurance provider may raise your rates or worse cancel you instead of renewing you at y (more) |
| Lonely Planet's Burma guide called unethical |
| Filed under: Activism, Burma (Myanmar)Traveling can be political, and as reported by the BBC last September, guidebooks even more so The current political situation in Burma is so highly charged that Britain's Trade Union Congress (TUC) is asking tr (more) |
| RRSP Deadline for 2007 Taxes |
| Midnight of February 29, 2008 is the deadline for RRSP contributions for the tax year
of 2007 RRSPs give Canadians a tax break, as well as letting your hard earned money
grow tax deferred This differs from capital gains and interest accum (more) |
| Stop means stop, officials tell rogue drivers |
| An initiative has been launched in order to stop the number of rogue motorists speeding past lollipop men and women, it has been reported The Stop Means Stop campaign comes after 50 motorists were found to have sped past wardens outside schools in Ma (more) |
| Locals go big at Snowmass |
| SNOWMASS Aspenite Nate Berkle earned the biggest payout Friday for a skier in the second contest of the two month long Big Air Fridays series at Snowmass (more) |
| County rejects Entrance to Aspen initiative |
| ASPEN The Pitkin County clerk rejected a ballot initiative Thursday that sought to ask county voters to finance a four lane highway at the Entrance to Aspen (more) |
| New York's Penn Station to remain hideous |
| Filed under: TransportationI have seen my share of ugly architecture (I grew up surrounded by the best socialist realism had to offer, after all) but Penn Station in New York must still be in my Global Top 5 Architecture Nightmares It is mind baffli (more) |
| How To Ship A Car To Europe |
| Whether permanent or temporary, you need your car shipped and you need to know what you have to do to get it there There are some factors and issues you will need to consider when shipping a car to E (more) |
| Boulder season hits Roaring Fork Valley |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS Large rocks have appeared on the highways, marking an annual rite of late winter and spring: boulder season (more) |
| Business 2.0: 'Just give me money to go travel' |
| Filed under: BusinessHere's a business model you don't come across every day One travel blogger, David Horvitz, has put up on his website 'things for sale that I will mail you' For instance, he will travel to a 'small Okinawan island called Iriomot (more) |
| RBS payout up as bank averts crisis |
| ROYAL Bank of Scotland is poised this week to increase its dividend and reveal that its newly acquired assets in emerging markets are trading above expectations, when it unvei (more) |
| Bond Insurer Plans a Split to Protect Ratings |
| Ambac Financial Group plans to split itself in two and raise $3 billion, a person who has seen the plan said on Friday The move could help restore confidence in the credit markets (more) |
| The Frankenguide: Make your own DIY guidebook |
| Filed under: Learning, Books, Internet ToolsWhenever I travel somewhere new, instead of dropping $30 on the newest Lonely Planet Wherever and lugging it around in my already small pack, I'll create what I call a 'Frankenguide': a mishmash, do it your (more) |
| Tonya Harding 'whack around the world' opera showing in Portland |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, North America, United States, NightlifeTonya Harding, the Pacific Northwest's ultimate bad girl, is back in the spotlight It has been 14 years since the notorious figure skaters' drama the Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan (more) |
| Straight-up Scandinavia: Understanding the smörgåsbord |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Sweden, Foreign LanguageSmorgasbord is a word commonly used in the English language The Merriam Webster Dictionary describes it as 'a luncheon or supper buffet offering a variety of foods and dishes (as (more) |
| Disney plans an adult 'Night Kingdom' |
| Filed under: NewsWe all know where the mind wanders when a project that includes the words 'adult' and 'night' is planned Add the word 'Disney' to it and the very meaning of those two words together can go for a toss Yes, the beans have been spille (more) |
| Sunday liquor sales win initial OK |
| DENVER A proposal to allow liquor stores to open on Sundays in Colorado is moving ahead at the state Capitol (more) |
| Treasury to tell Northern Rock shareholders: 'Bank is effectively bust' |
| SHAREHOLDERS in beleaguered mortgage lender Northern Rock have been dealt a further blow as the Government is expected to value their shares on the assumption that the firm ha (more) |
| Widows proves a star turn for Lloyds |
| SCOTTISH Widows was a star turn for Lloyds TSB in 2007 as the bank's Edinburgh based life assurance subsidiary powered pre tax profits up 26 per cent, or £183 million, to (more) |
| Fire, explosion hit Durango businesses |
| DURANGO, Colo An explosion blew out the fronts of three businesses after a fire in a downtown Durango restaurant (more) |
| How Long Does It Take For Your Car To Be Repaired After A Car Accident? |
| Your vehicle was just damaged in an automobile accident and you need it fixed to drive to work and your kids to school Just how long will it take for your car to be repaired so you can use it again? (more) |
| Aspen girls ski team second at state |
| STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo For the second year in a row, Aspen is home to the state's second best high school girls ski team (more) |
| An inconvenient hypocrisy |
| 'Into the Wild,' John Krakauer's best selling book adapted for the screen by Sean Penn, is up for two Oscars at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony Neither Best Picture nor Best Actor in a Leading Role was among the film's nominations (more) |
| Sen. Gail Schwartz goes for 'big concepts' |
| ASPEN Aspen's state senator says she is not trying to beat her admittedly frenetic pace from last year, when she passed some 20 bills and was a whirling dervish of legislative activity (more) |
| Homeless UK man is a real-life Viktor Navorski |
| Filed under: Hotels and Accommodations, Transportation, AirportsC'mon, you remember Viktor Navorski He was Tom Hanks' character in the 2004 dramedy The Terminal, who lived in JFK Airport because he couldn't return to his war torn Eastern European h (more) |
| Methods of debunkers |
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| Senator starts Web forum on I-70 fix |
| DENVER First Sen Chris Romer proposed charging people who drive on Interstate 70 during peak times as a way to ease weekend traffic Then came the angry e mails and even a few hits on his ski helmet from fellow skiers who hated the idea (more) |
| Take comfort in slippers |
| AVERY decent head of steam behind Lloyds TSB's British retail banking division in 2007 shows there are advantages of banks sticking with the knitting while others are out (more) |
| Tomás Lasansky exhibit opens in Aspen |
| ASPEN Tomás Lasansky was born into a privileged position in the art world (more) |
| Keeping history alive |
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| Learn greetings in 12 languages-- from a parrot |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Learning, VideoWhenever I've learned to hello in a country's language, I feel better It's not much, but it's a start Here's a parrot who can help you master 12 ways to greet people around the globe Bibi's pronunciati (more) |
| SurveillanceSaver: Spy on the world from your desktop |
| I stumbled across a nifty little application called SurveillanceSaver, which takes the live feeds of over 600 network surveillance cameras worldwide and brings them to your desktop when your computer is idle The software was originally exclusive to (more) |
| Health Coverage Often Stops at the Campus Gate |
| Parents often do not think twice about health coverage when their children head to college, but it might be advantageous to take a second look (more) |
| Washington's birthday--a virtual tour of Mt. Vernon |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, Learning, Festivals and Events, Stories, United StatesEarlier this week I headed to Mt Vernon Not physically, but via Mt Vernon's Web site I see lots and lots and lots of Web sites Web site hopping is a gr (more) |
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| Saudi Arabia arrests 57 men for flirting at mall |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Saudi ArabiaNow that woman can finally drive and stay in hotels alone in Saudi Arabia, it seems the men who call the largest country in Arabia home think they too can loosen up a bit They're wrong The country's 'religi (more) |
| 2 Plans and Many Questions on the Uninsured |
| The Democratic candidates have not provided enough detail about their health plans to enable more than guesswork about how they might influence consumers (more) |
| More snow in Aspen forecast |
| ASPEN A snow advisory is in effect for much of western Colorado on Friday and Saturday, including the mountains surrounding Aspen and Snowmass, where 5 to 10 inches of new snow is forecast (more) |
| Merry married Mebels |
| Since meeting in the spring of 2003, Maria Rojas and Greg Mebel of Aspen have been on a path of joint adventure (more) |
| Super Ron |
| Ron Sandler has the job of rescuing the stricken lender Northern Rock, but the City is divided on his chances of pulling off his biggest turnaround yet (more) |
| Mass. Auto Insurance Submissions Flow With Boston Software?s SinglePoint Sy |
| Boston Software has introduced SinglePoint, a new data exchange system that makes it easy for independent agents to submit Mass auto insurance applications to any carrier (more) |
| Thaipusam festival: Body piercing equals devotion and thanksgiving |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Festivals and Events, Photos, India, Malaysia, SingaporeThaipusam has passed and I'm wondering where I was Back in November I planned to write a post, but it was too early Now I'm late But, considering that this fest (more) |
| Lindsey Vonn clinches downhill title |
| WHISTLER, British Columbia Lindsey Vonn clinched the World Cup downhill title Friday, becoming the first American woman to claim the crown since Picabo Street in 1996 (more) |
| Apparently, writers are homebodies |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Europe, North America, United Kingdom, United States, BooksThis could be a big problem for me: 'Many authors are homebodies deeply connected to where they live After all, it's where they work,' after seeing this line, (more) |
| Smile! Barry Smith has new focus |
| CARBONDALE Throughout his college career, Barry Smith focused laserlike on photography (more) |
| No Wrong Turns: RV Adventures |
| Filed under: North America, South America, Camping, Transportation, No Wrong TurnsThe USA is all about RVs And not small camper vans, I'm talking about massive, gleaming houses on wheels I know Canadians RV as well, but it seems to me that the US h (more) |
| Scan-It: Airport security toy for kids |
| Filed under: Gear, AirportsI get frustrated about airport security, lots of people do what's new? But maybe that's just because some of us grew up in a different era without today's strict regulations; I remember a time when family members followe (more) |
| What Your Car Says About Your Personality |
| Many fascinating studies and surveys have been done about cars and their driver's personalities You would be amazed at the reflection on your personality that your car says about you and me (more) |
| Vail Resorts appeals trademark suit |
| DENVER Vail Resorts Inc is asking an appeals court to revive its trademark lawsuit against a marketing operation that uses the words 'ski Vail' in its toll free phone number (more) |
| Aspen music scene on overload |
| ASPEN The weekend brings a stunning array of live music to Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley, including rap, rock and a host of acoustic sets (more) |
| GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 to usher in new era of open-wheel unity nex |
| The newly unified world of North American open wheel racing will make a high profile debut with next month's GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 at Homestead Miami Speedway, and the Dallas based auto insurer is honored to serve as the premier sponsor of (more) |
| 'Swapping Kosovo for a pair of sneakers' |
| Filed under: Europe, Serbia MontenegroThe person who posted the YouTube video of two young woman looting with glee in Belgrade described their actions thusly: 'Belgrade bimbos exploit unrest to steal from smashed up boutiques without the slightest sh (more) |
| GADLING TAKE 5: Week of 2-22-2008 |
| Filed under: Arts and CultureThe weather here in Seward has been so terrible it's a wonder I ever left the house I should've churned out more than 100 posts with all the indoor activity inducing weather, but since we still don't have all our dayligh (more) |
| People make up our rich history |
| Sometime ago, a columnist at this newspaper handed me a packet containing portions of a family history going back to the 1700s (more) |
| Historic Aspen building fetches $14.6M |
| ASPEN Aspen attorneys Ron Garfield and Andrew Hecht added another downtown property to their real estate portfolio Friday, paying $14 6 million for the La Fave Block building at the corner of Cooper Avenue and Hunter Street (more) |
| Cyclone Ivan and Madagascar |
| Filed under: Africa, Madagascar, Ecotourism, News, Travel HealthThe Island of Madagascar, east of Africa, has been hit pretty hard by Cyclone Ivan Madagascar has been a popular traveler's destination due to its natural beauty and unique wildlife Th (more) |
| Mich. Bill to Scrutinize Auto Insurance |
| An insurance panel that sets rates for coverage of severely injured motorists would be subject to more public scrutiny under terms of legislation that passed the state House on Thursday (more) |
| Ode to world traveling: In Kentucky, it's called traipsin' |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Stories, BooksWhile I was growing up, my uncle Lige was traipsin the world In one year, he traveled to five continents In between his travels, he'd swing by our house for a quick visit bringing my brother and me coins (more) |
| What Does A Hit And Run Police Report Have In It? |
| The nature of an accident is that two or more vehicles are involved What happens when one of the cars leaves the scene and a police report needs to be taken? (more) |
| Camarillo man charged with felony auto insurance fraud |
| District Attorney Gregory D Totten announced on February 14 that David Glen Snader (DOB 12 18 84) of Camarillo has been charged with felony auto insurance fraud (more) |
| Hoops: Aspen girls top Bruins |
| ASPEN Finally, something worth celebrating (more) |
| How The Heating System Works In A Vehicle |
| Your car's heating and cooling system is a complex combination of many different components, which enable you to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer (more) |
| Strange scene at Aspen's Isis Theater |
| ASPEN Some moviegoers linger long after the credits stop rolling, but at Aspen's Isis Theater on Friday, three men allegedly took it to a new level (more) |
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| Skiers snap out of funk, down Sailors |
| LITTLETON, Colo After two scoreless periods Friday night against familiar foe Steamboat Springs, Aspen hockey coach Al Butler said his players were gripping their sticks like they were hanging on to the edge of a cliff (more) |
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