At least one well-known astronaut does: The one who happened to be stuck in the middle of the drive-non-stop-from-Houston-to-Orlando-allegedly-in-diapers love triangle . In reporting on the case, Florida Today notes that former astronaut William Oefelein and former Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman—she was the victim of a pepper spray attack by her rival —are currently running this travel writing website .
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Even Astronauts Want to be Travel Writers
We have finally reached the end of Chapter 1, which brings us to Allie, the high-end escort whom we profile at some length. She has appeared earlier on this blog, answering some of our questions about the Eliot Spitzer affair
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SuperFreakonomics Book Club: Ask Allie the Escort About Her Work and Life
PRINT ARTICLE LeBron James posted a career high 15 assists with 22 points to lead his Cleveland Cavaliers past the Memphis Grizzlies 105-89 yesterday at the Quicken Loans Arena to keep their win streak alive at nine. Shaquille O’Neal added fire power with 13 points and 13 rebounds in his 21 minutes on the floor
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Cavaliers Win Nine Straight
Despite all the concern over increased plagiarism in the Internet age, concrete figures on the trend are hard to come by. In a new working paper, Brian Jacob (an occasional Levitt co-author) and Thomas Dee conducted a natural field experiment at a “selective post-secondary institution” to shed light on the determinants of student plagiarism
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The Truth About College Plagiarism
PRINT ARTICLE Sharks veteran Joe Thornton notched a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of play, but the Detroit Red Wings rallied back with four unanswered to steal the 4-2 W Tuesday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. Daniel Cleary and Henrik Zetterberg were able to tie it up in a span of five minutes towards the end of the initial block. Following a scoreless second period, the Red Wings took over again with Derek Meech and Patrick Eaves scoring to overcome the first place Sharks
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Red Wings Defeat Top Ranked Sharks
iStockPhoto With the last of the stranded tourists freshly evacuated from the flooded area around Machu Picchu , the question now is: When will the World Heritage site re-open to visitors? The AP reports that the damaged rail lines connecting the site to the outside world could take at least eight weeks to repair—in the meantime, many locals laid off from shuttered hotels and restaurants are headed to nearby Cuzco in search of work.
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Repairs Begin at Machu Picchu
While most of the European Union is still debating whether or not to implement full-body scanners , the United States now plans to fill half the nation’s airports with the new security systems in 2011. The $215 million project comes at the heels of the Christmas Day bomb scare, and has been the largest security revamp since the country’s reaction to the attacks on September 11, 2001
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TSA calls for 500 more full-body scanners
The Federal Aviation Administration is charging American Eagle $2.5 million for not ensuring that weight records were accurate on each plane on dozens of flights in the past two years. When the crew of an airplane has incorrect information about the amount of weight in the cargo area, it affects how the pilot will gauge its take-off and landing procedures
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FAA faults American Eagle $2.5 million for misinformation
Transportation planners are a noble and advanced species; all I have met have opposable thumbs, walk upright, and have a reasonable command of fire and language. But the results of a fascinating new experiment reported in the journal Science give us cause to question whether their work would be better performed by primordial slime.
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Are Transportation Planners Smarter Than Mold?
As expected, a couple of the travel movies we’ve been following all year have landed some high-profile nods for the upcoming Academy Awards: “Up in the Air” has six nominations, while animated South American adventure “Up” has five; both are up for Best Picture. Here’s the full list of nominees .
PRINT ARTICLE Colts Defensive End Dwight Freeney has been struggling with ankle problems since their January 24th AFC Championship victory over the New York Jets. He was swarmed by reporters alongside fellow teammate Peyton Manning Monday afternoon at Super Bowl media day. Most questions directed towards Freeney were related to the third-degree ankle sprain he hopes to overcome by Sunday
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Colts Prepare Without Freeney
PRINT ARTICLE The Boston Celtics earned their first victory in four games Monday night against the Washington Wizards , but not all was good news for the 30-16 veteran squad at the Verizon Center. Even with Kevin Garnett back in the lineup, the Celtics haven’t been able to catch a break with injuries
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Celtics Handle Wizards, End Skid
Secondary or alternative airports are very popular mainly within people who travel a lot with low cost airlines. Such airports have lower fees and that’s why the final price of airline tickets can be lower. Moreover, you can find great deals to nearby airports during peak season
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Airport Of The Week: Alternative airports in the USA
Photo Credit: The Orlando Sentinel Ladies and gentlemen, break out your brooms. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will unveil itself in Orlando in spring of 2010. From magical wands to flying broomsticks, secrets are swirling around the country as to what exactly will brew in the 20 acres of sorcery
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens in Orlando, spring 2010
In a lengthy decision between joining Delta Air Lines and SkyTeam, and staying with American in the Oneworld Alliance, Japan Airlines president Masaru Onishi has said that a decision will come soon, and it will not be influenced by any other previous conversations. The airline will reportedly decide on its alliance as soon as possible, but it will not provide a time frame for when the choice will be made. Under new management, JAL is reconsidering the deal “from scratch” and filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago with a debt of $25.6 billion and ambitions to restructure, according to USA Today .
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JAL plans to choose an alliance as soon as possible
PRINT ARTICLE Texans QB Matt Schaub collected MVP rights after throwing for 189 yards and two touchdowns to lead the AFC past the NFC 41-34 in this year’s offensive friendly Pro Bowl yesterday in Miami. “It’s a game you watch growing up as a kid and wonder if you could ever be in,” said Schaub. “To actually be a part of it is incredible.” The attendance for the game was 70,697, marking the second largest audience in the events history
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Schaub, NFC Claim Victory
my favorite part is the beginning montage & P1 votes RT @ normalguyguide the e-brake is always, always great comedy. # I don't struggle to provide the service, just to keep up with posting everything RT @ themarc : your struggle to provide service # HA! want the address? RT @ brian72975 : Someone needs the ever-loving shit beat out of him: Fake Gordon Keith?
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31
Air Canada announced plans to add seven routes to from Toronto to U.S. cities starting April 6, 2010 with daily flights to Orange County, Ca. The Canadian airline will continue with daily flights to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Memphis, Portland, (Maine and Oregon), Syracuse and San Diego .
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Air Canada announces major U.S. flight expansion
Photo Credit/Apple The newest innovation from the Apple engineers weighs in at 1.5 lbs and is only 0.5 inches thick ( read: it fits in my purse or carry-on, and still leaves room for everything else ). Apple’s iPad is Steve Jobs’ answer to the netbooks of today, and it’s already creating chaos among Apple aficionado’s.
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Can Apple’s iPad reshape the way you travel?
Right off the heels of Apple’s iPad announcement , Southwest Airlines hits the apple fan base with a new app, complete with the airline’s signature “DING!” Southwest’s first app for iPhone and iPod touch allows customers to book airline tickets , check-in for flights, check flight status, view flight schedules, and download DING! to get exclusive fares on Southwest flights. Download the Southwest Airlines iPhone application and get a special DING! fare, good for today (Jan. 29) only
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Need flights? Southwest has an app for that
JetBlue check-in desk/New York JFK Airport T5 JetBlue is preparing itself – and its travelers – for a messy travel weekend. Despite the pending storm that is making its way up the East Coast, causing JetBlue to proactively issue travel advisories for the Boston , DC and New York areas, the low-cost airline is transferring to a new reservations system starting at noon on Friday
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JetBlue: Passengers should prepare for new reservations system, winter storm
In the SuperFreakonomics Virtual Book Club, we invite readers to ask questions of some of the researchers and other characters in our new book. Last week we opened up the questioning for Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, labor economists and experts on the male-female wage gap.
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SuperFreakonomics Book Club: Goldin and Katz on the Male-Female Wage Gap
Musers take a trip to the world of handshakes. There’s nothing worse than a limp hand in my opinion
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Handshake Talk
For the 8:40 segment today, they’re playing some uncomfortable audio.
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Uncomfortable Audio
Zipline tours are starting to pop up across the nation as unique and exciting ways to explore a new setting while on vacation. Get the heart pumping as you discover beautiful rivers, hidden forests, and natural wildlife, all while doing 30 mph hanging from a wire
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Some of the top zipline tours in the nation
In light of the upcoming delays that begin at New York’s JFK International Airport on March 1, 2010, airlines are preparing to make changes to avoid any massive delays. The airport is typically packed even during slow, less-demanding travel periods, so the runway closure will make flight scheduling more complex. Especially since New York is a hub both domestically and internationally, closing its longest runway could affect the entire country.
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Airlines prepare for JFK runway construction
Musers talked to Tiger Woods while in the sex clinic getting rehab. Poor guy sounds really upset he can’t touch his private place while in there
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Fake Tiger Woods – From Sex Rehab