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    <updated>2010-03-09T09:39:34-08:00</updated>
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        <title>Ride the Trans-Siberian Express from your laptop</title>
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        <published>2010-03-09T09:39:34-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-09T09:45:24-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Now Google allows you to ride along on one of the worlds most famous trains, the Russian Trans-Siberia Express from Moscow to Vladivostok. Google shows a window seat view video, in a second frame, a Google Map shows the trains location along the route and in a third area of the screen you can select audio, hear train noise, russian radio or the reading of "War And Peace". Google Page- Trains Official Website - Wikipedia TB</summary>
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Now Google allows you to ride along on one of the worlds most famous trains, the Russian Trans-Siberia Express from Moscow to Vladivostok.  Google shows a window seat view video, in a second frame, a Google Map shows the trains location along the route and in a third area of the screen you can select audio, hear train noise, russian radio or the reading of "War And Peace". &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.ru/intl/ru/landing/transsib/en.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Google Page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trans-siberian.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Trains Official Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Siberian_Express" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Wikipedia &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;  &lt;em&gt;TB&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>TSA to swab airline passengers' hands in search for explosives | CNN.com</title>
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        <published>2010-03-09T00:35:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-02T15:50:12-08:00</updated>
        <summary>To the list of instructions you hear at airport checkpoints, add this: "Put your palms forward, please." The Transportation Security Administration soon will begin randomly swabbing passengers' hands at checkpoints and airport gates to test them for traces of explosives. via edition.cnn.com</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;To the list of instructions you hear at airport checkpoints, add this: "Put your palms forward, please."&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;The Transportation Security Administration soon will begin randomly swabbing passengers' hands at checkpoints and airport gates to test them for traces of explosives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;
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        <title>En Travels To Antarctica | Jeff Blumenfeld</title>
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        <published>2010-03-09T00:12:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-09T00:12:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary>This is Jeff Blumenfeld's ExpeditionNews.com blog that he create while visiting Antartica on the M/S Ushuala with a group of students. It is in three part. One - Two - Three Jeff Blumenfeld is a public relations guy based out of Connecticut who specializes in matching adventurers and expeditions with companies that can supply products and money in exchange for media exposure. He has written a book You Want To Go Where? which covers this topic. Watch him on YouTube . NOTE: If you purchase his book using the above link the Travel Blogger will recieve a commission from Amazon.com. TB</summary>
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;This is Jeff Blumenfeld's &lt;a href="http://www.ExpeditionNews.com" target="_blank"&gt;ExpeditionNews.com&lt;/a&gt; blog that he create while visiting Antartica on the &lt;a href="http://www.amazonadventures.com/mvushuaia.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;M/S Ushuala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt; with a group of students.  It is in three part. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://expeditionnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/en-travels-to-antarctica-dec-31-jan-1.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://expeditionnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/en-travels-to-antarctica-jan-4-5-blog.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Two&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://expeditionnews.blogspot.com/2010/01/en-travels-to-antarctica-jan-8-final.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Three&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jeff Blumenfeld is a public relations guy based out of Connecticut who specializes in matching adventurers and expeditions with companies that can supply products and money in exchange for media exposure. He has written a book &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FYou-Want-Go-Where-Someone%2Fdp%2F1602396477%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1267575948%26sr%3D1-1&amp;amp;tag=assistinformatio&amp;amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You Want To Go Where?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=assistinformatio&amp;amp;l=ur2&amp;amp;o=1" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" width="1"&gt;&lt;/img&gt; which covers this topic.  Watch him on &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iINpHr0of9o" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;YouTube&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; .  NOTE: If you purchase his book using the above link the Travel Blogger will recieve a commission from Amazon.com. TB&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        <title>France sprucing up cultural treasures | CNN.com</title>
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        <published>2010-03-08T01:25:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-02T15:31:02-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Mixing an abundance of cultural treasures and national pride, France is spiffing up its sights and museums from the Rhine to the Pyrenees. Of course, the biggest news is in Paris, where 2010 brings important changes that smart travelers will want to know about. via edition.cnn.com</summary>
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&lt;p&gt;Mixing an abundance of cultural treasures and national pride, France is spiffing up its sights and museums from the Rhine to the Pyrenees. Of course, the biggest news is in Paris, where 2010 brings important changes that smart travelers will want to know about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xD;
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    <entry>
        <title>Accidental tourist? Tips for maximizing happy coincidences — and avoiding the bad ones</title>
        <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTravelBlogger/~3/LjM7ETeAyy0/accidental-tourist-tips-for-maximizing-happy-coincidences-and-avoiding-the-bad-ones.html" />
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a012875b279d5970c0120a8ee6a33970b</id>
        <published>2010-03-08T00:12:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-02T16:05:58-08:00</updated>
        <summary>This story is from Christopher Elliot's website He is a great resource for consumer related travel issues, Chris is AKA the Travel Troubleshooter. TB The bad accidents — the fender-benders, the missed airline connections the unfortunate food-borne illnesses — are the ones that come to mind first, of course. via www.elliott.org</summary>
        <author>
            <name>TheTravelBlogger</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Travel Tips" />
        
        
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.travelblogger.com/.a/6a012875b279d5970c01310f553149970c-popup" onclick="window.open(this.href,'_blank','scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false" style="DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&lt;img alt="Compass" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a012875b279d5970c01310f553149970c " src="http://www.travelblogger.com/.a/6a012875b279d5970c01310f553149970c-250wi" style="WIDTH: 175px" title="Compass"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;This story is from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elliott.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Christopher Elliot's website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;  He is a great resource for consumer related travel issues, Chris is AKA the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elliott.org/category/the-troubleshooter/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Travel Troubleshooter. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;TB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&#xD;
&lt;blockquote dir="ltr"&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 13px"&gt;The bad accidents — the fender-benders, the missed airline connections the unfortunate food-borne illnesses — are the ones that come to mind first, of course.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;via &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elliott.org/the-travel-critic/accidental-tourist-tips-for-maximizing-happy-coincidences-%e2%80%94-and-avoiding-the-bad-ones/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20elliottorg%20%28Elliott%29&amp;amp;utm_content=Google%20Reader"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 14px"&gt;www.elliott.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Sunday Cartoon</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a012875b279d5970c01310f2765ec970c</id>
        <published>2010-03-07T01:48:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-07T01:48:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary />
        <author>
            <name>TheTravelBlogger</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Sunday Cartoon" />
        
        
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    <entry>
        <title>Weekend Photo - Lake Tahoe</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a012875b279d5970c0120a8c549e9970b</id>
        <published>2010-03-06T01:18:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-06T01:18:00-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Lake Tahoe - March 5-14 brings SnowFest to the North Lake Tahoe area with parades, ski races, snowman building contests, a polar bear swim and more. Details at www.tahoesnowfestival.com .</summary>
        <author>
            <name>TheTravelBlogger</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Weekend Photos" />
        
        
<content type="html" xml:lang="en-us" xml:base="http://www.travelblogger.com/blog/">&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.travelblogger.com/.a/6a012875b279d5970c0120a8c5487f970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="DISPLAY: inline"&gt;&lt;img alt="Bs_weekend_Skier_lake_tahoe_3707016" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a012875b279d5970c0120a8c5487f970b " src="http://www.travelblogger.com/.a/6a012875b279d5970c0120a8c5487f970b-500wi"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Lake Tahoe - March 5-14 brings SnowFest to the North Lake Tahoe area with parades, ski races, snowman building contests, a polar bear swim and more.  Details at &lt;a href="http://www.tahoesnowfestival.com"&gt;www.tahoesnowfestival.com&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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