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Smooth Sailing Without Seasickness

Feeling Sick at Sea? FTF's Doc Holiday has tips on how to prevent it, and if that's not possible, how to make it go away quickly so you can enjoy your sea cruise. Onboard, at last!...

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Quebec Calls Filmmakers to the Slopes

When my husband David Gil executive-produced Snow Board Academy at the Chantecler (888/916-1616)...

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Immunizations – Don’t Leave Home Without Them

Doc Holiday on recommended immunizations, which regions are likely to require them, and where to get the shots you need.If you think immunizations are just for children, think again. As...

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A weekend in Tzfat, Israel

I spent the weekend before Pesach in Tzfat, one of the four holy cities (the others being Jerusalem,...

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GLOBAL CITIZEN

 My memories never fade.  I can remember cluttered villages, a smell that is unforgettable, unpaved...

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Shenandoah- Daughter of the stars: Driving the Skyline

I have always associated mountains with my mother. Maybe it is because Mom planned 9 out of 10 of my childhood vacations around the mountains. Or maybe because I could see the elation that snow-capped...

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Iona

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Ni Hao

In the summer of 2009 my fellow orchestra dorks and I went on an adventure to the exotic world of China.  We resided there for two weeks without air conditioning or a westernized toilet in sight. ...

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Sea of Cortez

 January 2009, the second half of my junior year of high school, I traveled to Baja Mexico with a group of students from school and my science teacher to study Humpback Whales. I lived on a research...

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