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By Michael Tulipan
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You arrive at a chaotic foreign train station, teeming with travelers, maybe just off a plane and jet lagged. You go to a machine to buy your ticket for a local train. But after you go through all the steps and insert your credit card, the transaction cannot be processed. You try again, maybe with a different card since on top of everything else, the machine does not take cash. Thankfully, a lone window is selling tickets, but it has a long line that you are forced to join and you miss your train. This exact scenario happened to Jim Burke, a frequent traveler who was stuck in Europe when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused travel chaos this past spring, and problems with credit cards are increasingly happening to Americans not only in Europe but throughout the world.
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By Michael Tulipan
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For pet owners, the fear is palpable. You arrive at the airport with a family member of the four-legged variety, and you have to check him or her in with an airline. How will they take to being flown at 30,000 feet? Will they make the connecting flight? Will your pet be injured or escape while in the airlines' care? And if you are not traveling with the pet but sending one in cargo, what happens when there is a problem?
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By Michael Tulipan
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From snowboarding to downhill skiing to cross country skiing, winter sports are challenging for first timers but quickly picked up with enough practice. Each requires specific equipment, certain types of clothing and comes with a culture all its own. But they are also a tremendous amount of fun and a great way to keep in shape. While kids pick up the sports quickly, there is no reason that an adult of any age cannot learn and enjoy themselves.
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By Michael Tulipan
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Technology in everything from cell phones to contactless smart cards to e-passports is designed to make life easier and improve security but do these technologies also pose a threat to our privacy? The answer is complicated and not always what one would expect.
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