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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer

The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…

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Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for journalists

My editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica has asked me to extend this offer to all my journalist colleagues. You are invited to enjoy free access to all its factchecked resources, and if you do link to a Britannica story in your articles, none of the content linked to will be paywalled. Your readers in turn will have full and free access to Britannica's content. To get your free, personal subscription, just go to britannica.com/journalists and enter the code: EXPERT-CONTENT.

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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?

Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…

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What is global entry?

Global Entry is a program that allows pre-approved travelers to expedite the process of entering the United States.To apply for Global Entry, you must be a citizen or national of the United States, Mexico, or Canada and have a valid passport. You can also be a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico.Once you have applied for Global Entry and been approved, you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete your interview appointment at any U.S. Customs and Border…

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Denise Mattia April 1, 2011 at 10:33pm

We mourn the passing of Maria Conte Mikkelsen of ConteMporary PR, who died yesterday of a stroke. Her clients included Marriott, Visit Sweden, the Finnish Tourist Board, the Munich Airport, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, among others. Whether professionally or personally, she greeted everyone with a smile and genuine warmth and will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by her husband, Bjarne (B.J.) The service in her memory is as follows:

Maria's "Celebration of Life" will be held at the Union Church, Pocantico Hills
at 6:30 PM on Saturday April 2nd, 2011

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be made to:
Union Church Pastoral Endowment
Ref.: Maria Conte-Mikkelsen

Reception to follow in the Chuch Hall attached to the church.

Bjarne

Church website:
http://www.ucph.org/
Metro North info (Tarrytown) aproximately 2 miles from the church:
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=30
Taxis at the train station
Knapp McCarthy Taxi : (Guaranteed Ride Home Program): (914) 631-0031, (914) 631-8294, (914) 674-8294 or (914) 332-8294

Union Church of Pocantico Hills
555 Bedford Road
Pocantico Hills, NY 10591
Call:914-631-2069

Willow Tree Flower Farm, Inc.
Maria & Bjarne "BJ" Mikkelsen
300 Willow Tree Rd.
Milton, NY 12547-5321
willowtreeflower@earthlink.net <mailto:bwillowtreeflower@earthlink.net>
Ph: 917-282-2305
David Paul Appell April 1, 2011 at 12:02am

Also in Ask A Travel Pro, a member has posted asking re apartment rentals in Bolivia. If anyone has any advice or leads, please respond by clicking on this link. Muchas gracias!
David Paul Appell March 31, 2011 at 11:58pm

A Washington State bed and breakfast has posted a question in Ask A Travel Pro about how to best go about getting covered in the travel press. If you'd like to offer any advice, please reply by clicking on this link. Thanks much!
Hal Peat March 31, 2011 at 10:59pm

"I've heard rumors that Entourage's days are numbered..."

You mean that show on the CW that's based on that horrible agent whose brother became Obama's chief of staff and now Mayor of Chicago? I wish you were right.
Chris Christensen March 31, 2011 at 10:44pm

thanks Ed :-)
Allan Lynch March 31, 2011 at 10:33pm

Now I use Entourage and have only had it crash about four times in six years. My Mac guy gets upset with me because I generally have 20,000 saved emails in Entourage, plus another 50-60,000 in the files. What can I say, I'm a cyber hoarder. I wonder if we'll ever get our own TV show?
Evelyn Kanter March 31, 2011 at 10:20pm

What I'm ready to give up on is Entourage. When I switched from PC to full-time Mac last year (for a couple of years I was a hybrid with a Mac laptop and PC desktop), fooolishly I installed the laptop's Office for Mac on the iMac, so I could use Entourage which is a Mac version of PC Outlook that I knew and loved and hated. Dumb move.

Entourage crashes regularly -- at least a half dozen times today alone. I click the prompt to send the report to both Gates and Jobs, and it reopens within seconds -- but not to the email I was reading or writing the moment it crashed.

I've heard rumors that Entourage's days are numbered, but I'm terrified of making the switch.

Added note -- I'm a proud left-hander, along with people named DaVinci, Einstein, Obama, and guy on Tripatini named Lynch.
David Paul Appell March 31, 2011 at 10:16pm

Walt's a nice guy and all, but I had to sit through one of his speeches not long ago at a Columbia Journalism School reunion, and...well, can somebody summarize for me instead? Thx.
José Balido March 31, 2011 at 10:10pm

I used Firefox for a couple of years and finally switched to Google Chrome about a month ago. For me Chrome is lightning-fast. Firefox was hogging all my memory and crashing at least twice a day, or making my computer so slow that I would type in a letter and it would appear on the screen 5 seconds later. So, I'm happy with Chrome for now. But I just watched the Mossberger video below and maybe I'll re-install Firefox and give it another chance. Has anyone else given up on Firefox? And more importantly, can anyone else tell me if the latest version of Firefox is working faster and hogging less memory? thanks!!
Allan Lynch March 31, 2011 at 10:09pm

11 out of 18 people in my journalism class were lefties. Er, as in left-handed. Politically they were also lefties, but then we're Canadian. Your Democrats seem a bit too Tory for us.