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You can have your cup and eat it, too

Do you ever wonder why, with our human capabilities, we can't sometimes solve the apparently overwhelming problems of waste management,  recyclables,litter and the future of our planet?  Some organizations and individuals are taking this quite seriously though, and this article describes an airline that actually serves cups that are edible. It makes sense and hats…
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Ireland. 200,000+ books. What’s not to like?

The Trinity College Library houses some of the world’s most precious manuscripts and artifacts dating back to 800 A.D. This colossal hall is a book lover’s paradise. Known as the Long Room, this magnificent chamber was built between 1712 and 1732 nearly 65 meters (213 feet) in length and home to over 200,000 rare books. Why so…
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Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad is the larger of the two islands that make up the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Regions Click on the area’s name for hotels and activity ideas North Trinidad - Mostly busy and urban, but with some rural and laid back places as well as the north coast beaches and rainforest. Highest…
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Clarifying the myths about retiring abroad

The lure of moving to another country permanently is a constant tug on many retirees' heartstrings.  Likely, we've all been there, where we found ourselves in a country, city or hamlet that ticked every single box when it comes to being the ideal place to live.  Sometimes it's the attractive cost of living.  Other times,…
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South America – More

Nestled between the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and the South Atlantic Oceans, South America is the wilder of the Americas, and a continent of superlatives. The world's biggest rainforest and the largest river (Amazon), the highest mountain range outside Asia (the Andes), remote islands (Galapagos Islands, Easter Island and Fernando de Noronha), heavenly beaches (such…
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Washington

  Often referred to by its full title, Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., Washington [6] offers rugged coastline, deserts, forests, mountains, volcanoes, and hundreds of coastal islands to explore. The Cascade Mountains bisect the state, with the damp forested coastal areas to the west, and pineforests, deserts and irrigated farmland of the…
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St. Maarten

This article is about the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.  Saint Martin is an island split between the French collectivity of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten (formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, but now a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). It is one of the smallest land…
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