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America is finally moving past its post-9/11 security theater

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Kent Nishimura/Stringer via Getty Images On Tuesday, the TSA — a federal agency not known for its generosity — gave American travelers a gift: They will no longer have to take off their shoes when going through airport security. “I Beyond airport screening, the massive holes in US security that existed before 9/11 have largely been closed.

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The “World Footprints” Podcast Shares Untold Stories for Socially-Conscious Travelers

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Husband-and-wife team Ian and Tonya Fitzpatrick are founders and hosts of the World Footprints travel podcast. Since she had recently returned from living abroad, it was important to her that any potential suitor valued travel. “I My two passions I had were travel and horses. I heart you.’” explains Tonya.

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Uncorking the Dream: Founding Ampersand Estates in Australia’s Wine Country

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These travels were far from the luxurious holiday most people imagine when they hear destinations such as Paris and Venice. Bell describes traveling all across Europe in an old station wagon, sleeping in tents and living on peanut butter sandwiches while touring Italy and Greece.

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Trust Your Entrepreneurial Journey, But Be Open to Learning from Failure

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Quoting Apple Founder Steve Jobs’ famous 2005 Stanford commencement speech , Jiménez says that “we connect the dots looking backwards” on our lives. He travels frequently and has friends and business around the globe. “I Originally from Spain, Jiménez has lived in Indonesia, Miami and Austin, as well as other locales.

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Happy International Coworking Day 2023! See How Communities Around The World Are Celebrating

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Marked on August 9 each year, International Coworking Day celebrates the day in 2005 when the self-proclaimed pioneer of coworking, Brad Neuberg, mentioned it for the first time. He’s traveled to over 60 destinations worldwide, and reckons he’s worked in more than 100 global coworking spaces.

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The Power of Hope: How I Qualified for the Paralympic Games

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During 2005 spring break, when I was a 14-year-old freshman at Jserra Catholic High School in Orange County, California, my best friend Scott and I were riding his dirt bike from my house to his. He told me I’d be able to get paid to compete and travel the world. I traveled to Florida for my first Paralympic Nationals.

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Think Like a Child: What We Lose with Age (and How to Get It Back)

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She also says traveling to new destinations and exploring foreign cultures is great for the mind. “A A former vice president at Coca-Cola, she remembers being “a hard-nosed, results-at-all-costs type of executive”—until she met Leila, a child from Russia she adopted in 2005. Now, he travels the world with his clean-cut standup routine.