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Nalini Quraeshi embodies what it means to be a global citizen. She has lived among numerous nationalities, cultures and religions all over the world and speaks six different languages. Now, she is doing something special for her native land.
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Published: Apr-27-2009 | Times read: 248 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Susan Fletcher never dreamed of being a world traveler let alone an employee for an $87 billion global health-care company. After all, she didn't even have a medical or life science background.
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Published: Mar-21-2009 | Times read: 239 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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In 2003 Janet Crosby retired after 17 years of teaching in California and returned to Kalamazoo, her hometown. She was only here a week when she suddenly had a heart attack.
“It was like a major bell ringing,” said Janet, who was 63 at the time, “and it made me think differently.”
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Published: Mar-21-2009 | Times read: 150 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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Traveling the world has been a consistent call for Janet Illeni. She has visited and lived in many parts of the world -- and she always keeps her suitcase handy for new adventures. Her latest is Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Published: Feb-07-2009 | Times read: 244 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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For a complete experience of the aesthetic life, look to Stratford in Ontario, Canada. In this town of 29,000 people, west of the fast-paced metropolis of Toronto and in the heart of nation’s agricultural belt, you not only get the very best in repertory theatre, but the finest in cuisine, gardening, architecture, and British-style ambience. And although Stratford hosts hundreds of thousands of out-of-town visitors each year during it’s April-November theatre festival, you don’t feel like a tourist but rather like a communicant of culture and leisure without pretentiousness.
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Published: Aug-09-2007 | Times read: 863 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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The crisp autumn air gives the average Michigander or Michigoose a certain kind of pep. Of course, it’s bird migration season and a one day trip to Leamington, Ontario, can truly delight both bird watchers and outdoor lovers alike when they trek out to Jack Miner’s Bird Sanctuary, Point Pelee, and Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens. The area provides sanctuary not only to the birds but to people of all ages looking for nature activities that are fun, exotic, and inexpensive.
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Published: Nov-15-2005 | Times read: 658 | Rating: 1.00 [Votes: 16] |
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Utah is no place for the faint of heart whether plant, animal, or human. In this land of weathered rock amid sagebrush, yucca, cactus, juniper, cottonwoods and pinyon pine, travelers gain a new appreciation for wind and water’s role in shaping the landscape.
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Published: Nov-11-2005 | Times read: 572 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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To those people who have never entered a casino, these places can seem intimidating or confusing. Opening a casino had been controversial in many communities. And why go to a casino anyway? They’re surefire ways of losing money.
That’s what I thought until one day while on vacation at the lakeshore, I took a trip to Harrah’s in East Chicago and discovered the slot machines and video poker. I also checked out the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City just to see if I could master the games. Well, I didn’t figure out the “system,” but at day’s end I found out that I could actually take time to have FUN!
Fun takes money, right? But casino fun is like any other form of entertainment that you purchase. Not only that, but you have the chance of gaining back what you spend—and maybe winning more. There’s the rush of gambling in a nutshell.
Here are a few tips about what you’ll find in a casino so that you’ll know what to expect and allow yourself to have a good time at this dazzling form of indoor entertainment.
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Published: Nov-10-2005 | Times read: 419 | Rating: 0.00 [Votes: 0] |
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