Long gone are the days when an airline passenger is able to go straight to the gate and catch their flight. As you all know, the way we think about travel has been profoundly changed by the events of Sept. 11 and their aftermath. These shifts have had a practical and psychological impact on all of us. Most of these changes have taken place in the airline industry although other parts of the travel industry and the nation as a whole have been forced to adjust also. Immediately after Sept. 11, as you know, travel was drastically reduced virtually across the planet. In the past year, it has been steadily picking up. However, in most cases, it has not reached pre-September 11 levels. Domestic travel In the United States has recovered much more quickly than international travel. In fact, domestic travel has been very strong this summer, with some destinations such as the national parks are reporting record breaking numbers of visitors. International travel has been picking up too, but more slowly. Recently, more...

The immigration debate is once again dominating the news as members of Congress focus on the long-neglected problem of fixing our country s failed immigration laws. American lawmakers are now at a critical point. Enforcement-only legislation won t work and hasn t worked. Previous efforts to solve this problem by focusing exclusively on border security have failed miserably. tripled the number of agents on the border, quintupled the budget, toughened our enforcement strategies and heavily fortified urban entry points. Yet during the same time period, America saw record levels of illegal immigration, porous borders, a cottage industry created for smugglers and document forgers and tragic deaths in our deserts. We must learn from our mistakes, not repeat them. What we need is comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform that deals smartly with the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S. citizens and lawful residents or workers holding jobs that Americans do not want. People...

Are you constantly criticizing yourself for every little time you do wrong, for example saying things to ourselves like . I should have said this Look I can t even do this simple thing Everyone thinks I m stupid etc, etc. I put my hand up too, I know I m guilty of this as well as everyone, I often say things like I wonder will anybody read this article or maybe they will think it stinks blah, blah, blah. But when you think of it if you had a best friend and you talked to them like this how long would they stay with you?.. Or would they even want to be around you. But we do this everyday and, when you really think about you ll never be able to escape from you no matter how far you run, so today give yourself a break!. We often go through our day to day life being constantly stressed out and on edge but when you think about it how much stress is actually coming from the outside and how much are you actually making yourself through negative thinking and letting your imagination run away with you?. So, today treat...

Fleas are tiny, biting pest that jump from one host to the other and can spread disease each time it bites. Fleas can carry tapeworm larvae and they can cause an allergic reaction in people and pets when they bite. Fleas can also cause other serious health conditions such as anemia in your pet and they can spread the plague in animals and humans. The plague, also called Black Death, during the Middle Ages killed approximately 30 million people in Europe. During the 19th century the plagued killed over 12 million people in China. In the 21st century, thanks to better living conditions, antibiotics, and improved sanitation, the World Health Organization statistics show there were 2,118 cases in 2003 worldwide. What is the plague. The plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. People can get plague from being bitten by a flea that is carrying the plague bacterium, by handling an infected animal, or by exposure to humans or animals with plague pneumonia. If left...