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papermoonloveslucy · 3 years ago

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LUCY THE FIRECRACKER!

July 1, 1962

To most people July 4 means a big celebration with family picnics and plenty of fireworks. Channel 8 celebrates two days early by welcoming a redheaded firecracker named Lucille Ball to its summer schedule.

Lucy, along with the guest stars pictured with her on the cover, (1) will be featured in a weekly series of hour long "Lucy-Desi Specials”, starting Monday at 9 p.m.

It’s hard to believe that such a bundle of energy as Miss Ball was unable to walk for three years. Shortly after she had started modeling in New York, she contracted pneumonia with severe complications and, was bedridden for eight months. It took three years of convalescing before she regained complete control of her legs. (2)

Ironically, years later in 1941, Miss Ball got her first big Hollywood, break playing a showgirl who becomes paralyzed in "The Big Street.” Miss Ball was born in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, the daughter of a mining engineer father (3) and a concert pianist mother. She left home when she was fifteen and enrolled in The John Murray Anderson Dramatic School in New York. She was told she had no future in show business.

IN ZIEGFELD SHOW

Taking the challenge, Miss Ball went out on her own and landed a chorus job in the road company production of Ziegfeld’s "Rio Rita”. She was fired after five weeks. After working in a New York drugstore, she decided to try her luck in the modeling field.

During this time she got pneumonia, and it was almost four years before she could start her modeling career again. Magazine and billboard advertisements attracted Eddie Cantor’s attention and he gave her her first Hollywood role in his “Roman Scandals”. (4) For a while she did bit parts at Columbia and Paramount, and finally landed a contract at RKO and a substantial role in “Roberta”.

Broadway, which had scorned Lucy, now took notice and gave her the lead in an unsuccessful musical, “Hey, Diddle, Diddle”. When it folded, she returned to Hollywood to star in “Stage Door” and “Too Many Girls.” (5) It was during the filming of the latter she met and married a Latin band leader named Desi Arnaz. After a year of marriage to Arnaz, Lucy landed a part in "The Big Street.” She followed this with roles in "Easy to Wed”, “Du Barry Was A Lady”, “Best Foot Forward”, “Meet the People” and “Her Husband’s Affairs”.

After Arnaz returned from the service at the end of World War II, he joined with Lucy to form Desilu Productions, Inc., which handled their joint business ventures. (6) With writers Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh Martin and Bob Carroll, Jr., they developed the format for the "I Love Lucy” show.

The debut of the “I Love Lucy” television series was heralded by the birth of their daughter, Lucie Desiree. The couple's second child, a son, Desi IV, was born while the series was at the top of TV polls.

After completing the “I Love Lucy” series, Miss Ball and Arnaz made a limited number of hour-long specials - the ones Channel 8 viewers will see this summer.

Although their marriage ended in 1960, the couple maintain a professional relationship. In October, 1960, Lucy opened in the hit Broadway show, “Wildcat”, and continued to receive rave notices until illness forced her out of the show. Now recovered, she plans to return full-time to television with the new “Lucille Ball Show”, slated for a fall premiere. (7)

Lucy lives with her second husband, comedian Gary Morton, and her two children in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE FUTURE

(1) Surrounding Lucille Ball in the bursts of fireworks, are the headshots of Red Skelton (“Lucy Goes to Alaska”), Betty Grable (“Lucy Wins a Racehorse”), Ida Lupino (“Lucy’s Summer Vacation”), Fred MacMurray (“Lucy Hunts Uranium”), and Milton Berle (“Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos”). Curiously, Danny Thomas is not included, although his episode (”Lucy Makes Room for Danny”) was first to be aired and is included in this week’s listings. This also means the episodes are being aired out of their original broadcast order.

Subsequent air dates:

July 8 ~ “Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana” (Hedda Hopper, Caesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Ann Sothern)

July 15 ~ “Lucy Wins a Racehorse” (Betty Grable, Harry James)

July 22 ~ “Lucy Goes To Mexico” (Maurice Chevalier)

July 29 ~ “Milton Berle Hides Out at the Ricardos” (Milton Berle)

August 5 ~ “Lucy Goes to Alaska” (Red Skelton)

August 12 ~ “The Celebrity Next Door” (Tallulah Bankhead)

August 19 ~ “Lucy Hunts Uranium” (Fred MacMurray, June Gable)

August 26 ~ “Lucy Meets the Mustache” (Ernie Kovacs, Edie Adams)

September 2 ~ “Lucy Goes To Sun Valley” (Fernando Lamas)

September 9 ~ “Lucy’s Summer Vacation” (Ida Lupino, Howard Duff)

September 16 ~ “The Ricardos Go To Japan” (Bob Cummings)

The only episode not being aired is “Lucy Wants A Career” (Paul Douglas). The episode does not feature an exotic locale, or music, and Douglas, while familiar, was not a star in the same category as those featured in the other episodes.

(2) Other versions of this period in Ball’s life state that she was hit by a car, not sidelined by pneumonia. This has led Lucille Ball biographers to speculate that she may have been been concealing a pregnancy or had an abortion - none of which has been substantiated.

(3) Henry Durrell Ball (Lucille’s Father) was not a mining engineer. He was a telephone lineman.

(4) This is a glamorized version of what actually happened. Lucille was stopped on a New York City street by someone organizing Goldwyn Girls traveling to California to appear in a film starring Eddie Cantor. One of the girls cast dropped out, and Lucille Ball was asked to go in her stead as a last-minute substitute. It is highly unlikely Cantor saw Lucille until she appeared on the set for filming.

(5) “Hey Diddle Diddle”��opened in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1937 and was scheduled for a couple of out-of-town engagements before opening on Broadway. But it never happened. Leading man Conway Tearle got seriously ill and the production was abandoned. As the article says, Lucille returned to Hollywood. Lucille made fifteen films between 1937′s “Stage Door” and 1940′s “Too Many Girls,” where she met Desi. In that time, she was engaged to be married twice: to Broderick Crawford and Alexander Hall.

(6) Desilu Inc. was not formed until 1950. Desi Arnaz was discharged from the Army (with honors) on December 1, 1945. In the intervening years, he toured with his rhumba band.

(7) “The Lucille Ball Show” (or “The New Lucille Ball Show”) was the working titled of “The Lucy Show” almost right up until its premiere on October 1, 1962.

INSIDE TV WEEK

Seven months after saying “I Do,” Lucille Ball was still having trouble getting used to being addressed as Mrs. Gary Morton. (Not half as much, I fear, as Gary had getting used to being addressed as Mr. Lucille Ball!)

The headline of the Lancaster (PA) Sunday News, the newspaper that included this issue of TV Week.

#Lucille Ball #The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour #Desi Arnaz #July 1962 #Fourth of July #TV #The Lucy Show #Hey Diddle Didddle #Desilu #Gary Morton #Lancaster Sunday News #TV Listings #Goldwyn Girls #Henry Ball

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newstfionline · 4 years ago

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Overturn Election (NYT) The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the election results in four battleground states that President Trump lost in November, ending any prospect that an attempt to use the courts to reverse his defeat at the polls would succeed. The court, in a brief unsigned order, said Texas lacked standing to pursue the case, saying it “has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections.” It was the latest and most significant setback for Mr. Trump in a litigation campaign that was rejected by courts at every turn. And with the Electoral College set to meet on Monday, Mr. Trump’s efforts to change the outcome of the election will soon be at an end.

Demoralized health workers struggle as virus numbers surge (AP) Doctors and nurses around the U.S. are becoming exhausted and demoralized as they struggle to cope with a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 patients that is overwhelming hospitals and prompting governors to clamp back down to contain the virus. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday banned indoor dining in New York City, saying he had been waiting in vain for hospitalization rates to stabilize. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf did the same on Thursday and also suspended school sports and closed gyms, theaters and casinos. Hospitals around the country have been overrun. “We’re constantly looking for beds,” said Cassie Ban, an intensive care nurse at Indiana University Health. Before the pandemic, an ICU nurse might handle two patients per shift. Ban said she now regularly cares for four or five. Nurses are the most scarce resource of all, said Kiersten Henry, an ICU nurse practitioner at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney, Maryland. “I feel we’ve already run a marathon, and this is our second one. Even people who are upbeat are feeling run down at this point,” Henry said.

Unsold U.S. Hotel Rooms Near 1 Billion as Lodging Crisis Deepens (Bloomberg) As spiking Covid-19 cases further derail travel, the U.S. hotel industry is closing in on a bleak marker: One billion empty rooms for the year. In a normal year, vacant rooms are simply the cost of doing business in an industry that rents space by the night to travelers who sign annual leases on apartments and longer contracts for corporate offices. The occupancy rate for America’s 5.3 million hotel rooms was 66% in 2019, just short of the record high; even so, more than 650 million room nights went unsold. This year has been anything but normal, and the extra 350 million unsold nights come at a heavy cost. Based on an average daily rate of $131, hotel owners have seen about $46 billion in lost revenue.

The return of congressional pork? (The Week) Congressional earmarks “could be primed for a comeback,” said Ledyard King at USA Today. Recently, the bipartisan House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress endorsed their return, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the 117th Congress would resume using them come January. Earmarks, often referred to as “pork,” are spending goodies targeted to individual congressional districts or states; they are attached to broader legislation, such as a COVID relief bill or infrastructure bill, to effectively buy the support of congressmen and senators who might not otherwise sign on. They were abolished in 2011 by Tea Party Republicans after a series of scandals involving costly, wasteful projects like Alaska’s $231 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” The proposed new rules would limit total annual earmarks to about $13 billion, require sponsors to be identified, and ensure that no money goes to a private-sector recipient. Bringing earmarks back makes sense, said The Dallas Morning News in an editorial. Since 2011, Congress has become increasingly polarized and paralyzed. Earmarks help members compromise. And it’s not as if banning earmarks made that kind of spending go away. Now Congress simply tucks the goodies into the budgets of specific agencies as part of appropriations bills, hiding them from the public. Undoubtedly, the use of earmarks often “veers into organized bribery,” said The New York Times in an editorial. But lawmakers have been using earmarks to “grease the gears of government” since 1789. Now, after nine years of congressional “rigidity and gridlock,” a little pork may be needed on the menu.

Mexico fast-tracks law that could limit anti-drug cooperation with U.S. (Washington Post) Outraged by the arrest in California of a former defense minister, the Mexican government is championing a law that is likely to throttle cooperation with U.S. anti-drug agents and the FBI. The legislation has taken the U.S. government by surprise. It was introduced shortly after American authorities tried to defuse tensions with Mexico by dropping drug-trafficking charges against Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos—a highly unusual move. But the bill is a sign of the fury detonated in Mexico by the detention of Cienfuegos in Los Angeles in October. The legislation was proposed by the office of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose party holds a majority in Congress. It sailed through the Senate on Wednesday night and is expected to clear the lower house soon. The measure would require that Mexican federal, state and local officials get permission from a high-level security panel to talk with “foreign agents” such as those working for the FBI or Drug Enforcement Administration. The Mexican officials would be required to provide a written report about such meetings to the Foreign and Public Security ministries. A representative of the Foreign Ministry would have to sit in on the sessions. “It will dramatically change the way Mexican law enforcement and U.S. law enforcement cooperate,” said Ana María Salazar, a Mexico City-based security analyst who worked in drug enforcement under the Clinton administration. “The extreme requirements will probably paralyze the relationship.” U.S. agents are unlikely to share sensitive information under such conditions because it could easily fall into the hands of corrupt officials if distributed widely, former officials say.

Britain’s navy to protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit (Reuters) Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready on Jan. 1 to help protect Britain’s fishing waters in the event the Brexit transition period ends without a deal on future ties with the European Union, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) said. There are concerns about possible skirmishes between British and foreign fishing vessels if no trade deal is reached, with existing transitional rules that give EU boats access to British waters set to expire at the end of the year. The 80-metre-long navy vessels will have the power to stop, check and impound all EU fishing boats operating within Britain’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which can extend 200 miles (320 km) from shore. A French minister said on Thursday that France would compensate its fishermen and take other measures to help them if talks on a trade deal collapse, in an effort to avoid clashes at sea.

China’s belt and road initiative falters (Financial Times, Yale University Press) It has not taken long for the wheels to come off the Belt and Road Initiative. As recently as May 2017, China’s leader Xi Jinping stood in Beijing before a hall of nearly 30 heads of state and delegates from over 130 countries and proclaimed “a project of the century”. This was not hyperbole. China has promised to spend about $1 trillion on building infrastructure in mainly developing countries around the world—and finance almost all of this through its own financial institutions. Adjusted for inflation, this total was roughly seven times what the US spent through the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after the second world war, according to Jonathan Hillman, author of The Emperor’s New Road. But according to data published this week, reality is deviating sharply from Mr Xi’s script. What was conceived as the world’s biggest development program is unravelling into what could become China’s first overseas debt crisis. Lending by the Chinese financial institutions that drive the Belt and Road, along with bilateral support to governments, has fallen off a cliff, and Beijing finds itself mired in debt renegotiations with a host of countries.

Ballistic missile brigades grow (South China Morning Post) The Chinese military has increased the number of ballistic missile brigades by around a third in the past three years to enhance its nuclear strike capabilities amid escalating tensions with the US, a report has concluded. The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force now has 40 brigades, a 35 per cent increase compared with 2017, with more being formed, according to the study published by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on Thursday. The report estimated about half the brigades had ballistic or cruise missile launchers, and the number is likely to grow when the construction of further missile bases is completed.

Protests flare in Iraq’s Kurdish north, adding new front in national crisis (Washington Post) Kurdish authorities in Iraq are struggling to quash wildcat protests as frustration at delayed public-sector payments and decades of mismanagement have boiled over into street violence. The protests highlight the magnitude of the economic and political dysfunction shaping the lives of ordinary Iraqis, now spilling into the relative calm of the Kurdish-controlled areas in the north. As demonstrators decry the growing wealth gap between people and politicians, Kurdish leaders have cast the protests as a conspiracy, blocking the Internet and arresting journalists who are covering the events. Iraq’s Kurdish region is ruled by two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and both have been blamed for years of systematic corruption, neglect and political favoritism. This past week, protesters have burned buildings belonging to both. According to the United Nations, poverty levels have doubled across Iraqi Kurdistan since 2018, and more than a third of families get by on less than $400 a month. The coronavirus pandemic has only deepened that deprivation, with unemployment on the rise as authorities struggle to sustain a bloated public-sector wage bill.

U.S. recognition of Morocco’s claim over disputed region threatens more tension (Washington Post) President Trump's decision to recognize Morocco's claims over the disputed Western Sahara threatens to fire up existing tensions in the region and deprive hundreds of thousands of the territory's inhabitants of their right to self-determination. It also, once again, pits the United States against most of the world. In exchange for Morocco’s agreement to begin normalizing ties with Israel, the United States on Thursday became the first and only major power to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara region—an act that Morocco has sought for years. “This will have no effect whatsoever on the legal nature of our question,” said Sidi Omar, the Polisario Front’s U.N. representative, referring to the U.S. recognition. “The United Nations doesn’t recognize Morocco’s sovereignty.” The Western Sahara region, a former Spanish colony, was annexed by Morocco in 1975. That touched off a 16-year conflict between the rebels and the Moroccan government that lasted until the United Nations brokered a truce in 1991.

New report says part of South Sudan is in ‘likely famine’ (AP) One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report by international food security experts. Nowhere in the world has been in famine since one was declared nearly four years ago in South Sudan’s Unity state as civil war raged. Now western Pibor county is feared to have reached that crisis level, the result of massive flooding and deadly violence that has prevented access to aid. The new report stops short of declaring famine, which would kick aid efforts into higher gear, because of insufficient data. But based on available information, famine is thought to be occurring, according to the Famine Review Committee report released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. That means at least 20% of households are facing extreme food gaps and at least 30% of children are acutely malnourished.

Despite Covid-19, Older People Are Still Happier (WSJ) As we get older we get slower, creakier and stiffer—and a lot happier. This might seem surprising, but it’s one of the most robust results in psychology, and it’s true regardless of income, class or culture. In our 70s and 80s, we are happier than when we were strong and beautiful 20-year-olds. The Covid-19 pandemic is a test case for this principle. It’s a terrible threat that is stressful for everyone, but it’s especially dangerous for older people, who are far more likely to die from the disease. Does the association between aging and happiness still hold? Apparently the answer is yes. According to a new study by Laura Carstensen and colleagues at Stanford University, older people are happier even during the pandemic. In the survey, older people rationally and accurately said that they were more at risk than younger ones. But surprisingly, they also reported experiencing more positive emotions and fewer negative ones than younger people did. Even when the researchers controlled for other factors like income and personality, older people were still happier. In particular, they were more calm, quiet and appreciative, and less concerned and anxious. Age grants us an equanimity that even Covid-19 can’t entirely conquer.

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ecoorganic · 4 years ago

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Looking To Travel In The US? Here Are The Travel Restrictions By State

(CBS13/CNN) — With the Covid-19 pandemic in near-constant fluctuation in the United States, the 50 states are having to adapt rapidly with their rules and regulations.

If you’re planning a family vacation or simply wish to travel from California to another state, it is important to be updated on the latest statewide regulations. While some US states — like California — have no statewide restrictions on travel, all their sites have important Covid-19 safety information, including possible face mask mandates in public settings.

This list is alphabetical and includes links where you should get more information and updates before you head out:

Alabama

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Alabama. However, visitors should be aware of the state’s mask mandate and other rules effective through November 8. You can check here for updates.

Alaska

Alaska’s latest travel protocols have been in effect since August 11. Visitors from other states must do one of the following:

— Submit a travel declaration and self-isolation plan online and arrive with proof of a negative Covid-19 test.

— Follow a plan that your employer filed with the state if you come for work.

— Buy a $250 Covid-19 test when you arrive and self-quarantine at your own expense until you get the results.

Alaska residents also have protocols they must follow for travel.

According to the CDC, “people in quarantine should stay home, separate themselves from others, monitor their health, and follow directions from their state or local health department.” Leaving your home state to enter a state with a mandatory quarantine means you need one place to stay and to stay put. Check here for Alaska details and updates.

Arizona

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Arizona. Check here for updates.

Arkansas

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Arkansas. Check here for updates.

California

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in California. However, you should also check the status for wildfires before making plans. Check here for Covid-19 updates and possible local restrictions.

Colorado

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Colorado. Check here for updates.

Connecticut

Any traveler coming from a state that has a positive rate of 10 out of 100,000 people or a 10% or higher positivity rate must self-quarantine for 14 days. The traveler must have spent more than 24 hours in said state for the rule to apply. Everyone also needs to complete a travel health form.

Visitors can opt out of the 14-day quarantine in limited cases if they can provide proof that they have had a negative Covid-19 test in the past 72 hours.

There were 33 states plus Guam and Puerto Rico on the 10% or higher positivity list as of October 6. The list is updated each Tuesday. Check here for updates and details.

Delaware

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Delaware. Check here for updates.

Florida

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Florida. Check here for updates.

Georgia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Georgia. Check here for updates.

Hawaii

Starting October 15, travelers who arrive with an FDA-approved nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) taken no earlier than 72 hours before their flight, performed using a nasal swab, and can show proof of negative test results from a CLIA certified laboratory can avoid the state’s quarantine. This includes anyone 5 or older.

Until then, Hawaii still has its quarantine system in place. Check here for updates and details.

Idaho

In Ada County, which includes Boise, travelers coming from outside Idaho are “encouraged” to quarantine for 14 days. Check here for updates.

Illinois

There are no statewide restrictions, but a 14-day quarantine is required for visitors heading to Chicago from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The list of states on the quarantine list is updated each Tuesday and goes into effect each Friday. Check here for updates on the list of states and more information before you travel.

Indiana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Indiana. Check here for updates.

Iowa

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Iowa. Check here for updates.

Kansas

If you’re in any of the following categories, you need to quarantine for 14 days after arrival in Kansas (this includes residents and visitors):

— Attended mass gathering events (out-of-state) of 500 people or more.— Took a sea or river cruise ship since March.

Check here for updates and more details.

Kentucky

Visitors from states with a coronavirus testing positivity rate of 15% or more on Johns Hopkins University’s website should quarantine for 14 days.

The states with 15% or higher as of October 11 were Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada (14.92%) South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the US territory of Puerto Rico. Check here for updates.

Louisiana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Louisiana. Check here for updates.

Maine

Travelers must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or sign a form stating they’ve received a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours. You may also get tested upon arriving in Maine but must quarantine while awaiting results.

Residents of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Vermont are exempt from quarantining or having a negative test. Check here for updates.

Maryland

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Maryland. Check here for details.

Massachusetts

All visitors and residents must complete a travel form before arriving in Massachusetts unless they are arriving from a state designated by the Department of Public Health as low risk. As of October 11, those were Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington, DC.

Travelers must “quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative Covid-19 test result that has been administered up to 72 hours prior to your arrival in Massachusetts.”

Those waiting on test results need to quarantine until they receive their negative results. Failure to comply with these directives may result in a $500 fine. Check here for updates.

Michigan

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Michigan. Check here for updates.

Minnesota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Minnesota. Check here for updates.

Mississippi

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Mississippi. Check here for updates.

Missouri

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Missouri. Check here for updates.

Montana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Montana. Travel restrictions might vary at seven Native American reservations. Check here for updates.

Nebraska

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Nebraska. Check here for updates.

Nevada

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Nevada. Check here for updates.

New Hampshire

Those traveling from outside other New England states (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island) who are visiting for “an extended period of time” are asked to self-quarantine for two weeks. Check here for updates.

New Jersey

All travelers to New Jersey from states that have a Covid-19 testing positivity rate of 10% or higher or have 10 people test positive for every 100,000 residents is asked to quarantine for 14 days. This rule does not apply for visitors spending less than 24 hours in the state.

The state government is also asking travelers to fill out a voluntary survey regarding information about where they are traveling and their destination.

As of October 6, there were 35 states and US jurisdictions on the list. Check here for updates and most recent list of states.

New Mexico

People traveling from out-of-state are required to self-quarantine for 14 days or the length of their stay in New Mexico, whichever is shorter. The state issues a weekly list of exemptions, updated each Wednesday.

On October 11, the exemptions were: California, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, DC, and Washington state. Check here for updates.

New York

All travelers who have recently visited a state with a positive testing rate of 10% or higher over a seven-day rolling period or had a positive test rate of 10 or more per 100,000 residents must quarantine for 14 days. That’s well over half the US states. You can check on the most recent list here (last updated October 6).

Those traveling by airplane must fill out a travel form before exiting the airport or face a fine of $2,000. Those traveling to New York through other methods such as cars and trains must fill out the form online. Check for updates here.

North Carolina

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in North Carolina. However, the state urges visitors to check local destinations with possible restrictions before traveling. Check here for updates.

North Dakota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in North Dakota. Check here for updates.

Ohio

Travelers visiting Ohio from states reporting positive testing rates of 15% or more must self-quarantine for 14 days. As of October 11, the states on the list were Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. This list updates each Wednesday. Check here for updates.

Oklahoma

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Oklahoma. Check here for updates.

Oregon

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Oregon. Check here for updates.

Pennsylvania

Visitors traveling from states with “high amounts of Covid-19 cases” are asked to quarantine for 14 days. Check here for updates and changes to the list of states, last updated on October 9.

Rhode Island

Those traveling to Rhode Island from a state that has a positive testing rate of 5% or more must quarantine for 14 days. Travelers can opt out of the quarantine if they can provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of their arrival. You can check that updated list of states here on this Google doc last updated on October 5.

Those waiting on test results must self-quarantine until a negative test result arrives. However, the state still recommends quarantining for 14 days as opposed to relying on a negative test result.

Travelers who check into a hotel or rental property will be required to sign a certificate compliance that verifies that they plan to quarantine for 14 days or that they’ve had a negative test. Check here for updates and details.

South Carolina

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in South Carolina. Check here for updates.

South Dakota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in South Dakota. Some routes through Native American lands might be closed. Check here for updates.

Tennessee

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Tennessee. Check here for updates.

Texas

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Texas. The state urges people to wear a mask, saying “an itty-bitty piece of cloth goes a long way towards keeping yourself and others healthy.” Check here for updates.

Utah

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Utah. Check here for updates.

Vermont

Most travelers visiting Vermont must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

Any traveler arriving in a personal vehicle from counties in New England, Mid-Atlantic states, Ohio and West Virginia that have less than 400 active cases of coronavirus per million people does not need to quarantine upon arrival. The information is updated each Friday.

Vermont is allowing visitors to self-quarantine before they travel as long as they use a personal vehicle to travel. They must make minimal stops and follow precautions such as wearing a face mask or covering, washing their hands and staying six feet apart. They must self-quarantine for 14 days or for seven days if they receive a negative test.

If travelers use public transportation such as an airplane or bus, they must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or for seven days followed by a negative Covid-19 test. Check here for updates.

Virginia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Virginia. Check here for updates.

Washington, DC

Visitors traveling to or from a high-risk state must self-quarantine for 14 days. The restrictions exclude Virginia and Maryland.

There were 31 states on the list as of October 5. Check here for updates and a current list of states.

Washington state

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Washington state. However, you should monitor local news sources for wildfire conditions. Check here for updates.

West Virginia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in West Virginia. Check here for updates.

Wisconsin

There is no statewide quarantine mandate, but all visitors coming from elsewhere to Wisconsin are being asked to stay home as much as possible for 14 days upon arrival while checking for Covid-19 symptoms. Within Wisconsin, it is not recommended that people travel to other private or rental homes within the state. Check here for updates.

Wyoming

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Wyoming. Check here for updates.

Editor’s note: This story was current at the time of last publication on October 11 and will be updated periodically. However, you should still check with the official state websites before you commit to travel plans.

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biofunmy · 5 years ago

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The Interstellar Comet Has Arrived in Time for the Holidays

It came out of the Northern sky, a frozen breath of gas and dust from the genesis of some distant star, launched across the galaxy by the gravitational maelstroms that accompany the birth of worlds.

It wandered in the deep freeze of interstellar space for 100 million years or so, a locked vault of cosmo-chemical history. In Spring 2019 this ice cube began falling into our own solar system. Feeble heat from the sun, still distant, loosened carbon monoxide from its surface into a faint, glowing fog; the orphan ice cube became a new comet.

Six months later, Gennady Borisov, a Crimean astronomer, saw it drifting in front of the constellation Cancer and sounded the alarm.

On Sunday, Dec. 8 the comet that now bears his name — 2I Borisov — will make a wide turn around the sun and began heading back out of the solar system. As it departs, it will steadily brighten and grow in size as sunlight continues to shake off the dust from a long, cold sleep. On Dec. 28 the comet will pass 180 million miles from Earth, its closest approach to our planet.

This procession is being greeted with hungry eyes by a species only just knocking on the door of interstellar exploration and eager for news from out there.

Humanity’s most distant artifacts, the two Voyager spacecraft, recently punched through the magnetic bubble that closes off the solar system from the rest of the galaxy. Meanwhile, a band of scientists and engineers are developing an extravagantly ambitious plan, called Breakthrough Starshot, to launch a fleet of butterfly-size probes all the way to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to our own.

But what’s Out There is already In Here. Nature, generous as ever, has been slinging “Scientific CARE packages,” as Gregory Laughlin, a Yale astronomer, put it, toward us in the form of interstellar comets.

Two years ago, astronomers discovered an interstellar rock called Oumuamua cruising through the solar system. It caused a sensation, exciting talk of alien probes until further study concluded that it was actually a comet with no tail — albeit a comet from reaches unknown. Now 2I Borisov has astronomers tingling again, ready to follow its outbound run with their telescopes.

“I think the sense of excitement stems in part from the timing of these discoveries,” Dr. Laughlin said. Oumuamua and Borisov, he added, augur well for a new telescope the National Science Foundation is building in Chile called the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will sweep the entire sky every few days, producing in effect a movie of the universe.

That telescope will be superbly positioned to find more interloper comets, perhaps even in time to send probes to greet them with Deep Impact-style missions. “The situation is reminiscent of when the first exoplanets were detected,” Dr. Laughlin said.

That discovery occurred in 1995, shortly before the Spitzer Space Telescope, which was built without exoplanets in mind, was launched.

Astronomers have long suspected that if anything came calling from another star system, it would be comets. New stars and planetary systems are surrounded by vast clouds of icy leftover fragments, so the story goes. These snowballs are easily dislodged by passing stars and knocked hither and fro — many inward toward their mother star and its planets, but others outward across the galaxy.

Until now, astronomers have lacked telescopes big and sensitive enough to detect them. Now, with telescopes like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and the Pan-STARRS in Hawaii, which discovered Oumuamua, they do.

Thus far, the two examples of interstellar comets that humans have observed could not be more different. Oumuamua was mistaken for an asteroid at first because it had no cometary cloud of gas and dust around it, at least that could be seen. But as it was traveling out of sight, small perturbations in its motion suggested that in fact the rock was actually a comet, being pushed around by jets of gas shooting from its surface.

Estimates of the object’s shape — long and cigarlike — spurred speculation that it could be an alien probe or even a solar sail. Recent analysis by Sergey Mashchenko, an astrophysicist at McMaster University in Ontario, has concluded that Oumuamua was less a rod than a thin slab rocking back and forth as sunlight and radiation wore it away.

“It was vanishing as it went away, like a bar of soap in the shower,” Dr. Laughlin said.

Borisov, in contrast, is thriving, sprouting a typically bushy, radiant tail. As a comet, it would be utterly ordinary if not for its origin. “Nothing about Borisov is weird,” Dr. Laughlin said. “With Oumuamua, everything was weird.”

Borisov looked like a comet from the start, enveloped in a cloud of gas, which is what enabled Mr. Borisov to recognize it so quickly. And everything the visitor has done since then has suggested that at least some comets out there are more or less like our neighborhood comets.

Mr. Borisov’s comet underwent an astronomical rite of passage of sorts in October, when the Hubble Space Telescope got a good look at it: a white knuckle at the head of a bluish fan of light.

Subsequent observations by telescopes on Earth have confirmed the presence of alien water and carbon monoxide as well as a growing list of chemicals from another part of the universe. As of Nov. 24, the comet’s tail had grown to 100,000 miles long. The comet’s nucleus is only a mile across.

Early in November, the Gemini observatory spotted the wanderer passing about a billion light-years in front of a spiral galaxy “romantically known” as 2dFgrS TGN363Z174, said Travis Rector, an astronomer from the University of Alaska Anchorage who was involved in taking the photograph. As if to tease us humans with a reminder of places unknown and unvisitable, the backdrop to the portrait is speckled with faint smudges of even more distant galaxies and stars.

When December began, 2I Borisov was drifting through the constellation Crater. Its brightness in astronomical terms was magnitude 16, far too faint for the naked eye or even binoculars, but accessible to a modest telescope and a CCD camera. (You can track it in real time at SkyLive.)

The comet is expected reach a peak brightness of about magnitude 15 around Dec. 20, plus or minus a week, according Quanzhi Ye, an astronomer at the University of Maryland and another in the network of observers following the comet.

The comet came from the general direction of Cassiopeia and will exit the Solar System through the southern constellation Telescopium, Dr. Ye said.

But this is only the beginning of comet-tracking season, he added. Astronomers will be following Borisov through at least the end of next year. Anything could happen on this watch. As comets approach the sun, geysers of vaporized ice, gas and dust can spring forth. Subsurface gas can heat up and explode, ejecting huge plumes of dust, which would make the comet much brighter and more visible.

Gennady Borisov, the Crimean astronomer and discoverer of his eponymous comet.Credit…via Gennady Borisov

“Solar system comets often (but not always) display outbursts near perihelion,” Dr. Laughlin said in a recent email. “But so far Borisov has been ‘boring’ in this regard.”

One of the astronomers waiting for action is Cheng-Han Hsieh, a colleague of Dr. Laughlin at Yale, who has been monitoring the comet daily with a worldwide network of robotic telescopes called the Las Cumbres Observatory, which has its headquarters in Goleta, Calif. The network includes a set of radio antennas, at Green Bank Observatory, the Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea in Hawaii and the ALMA array in Chile, standing by for an outburst.

Radio observations might be particularly revealing, Mr. Hsieh said. They could shed light on an age-old issue of whether this comet, as it tracks through our neighborhood, is shedding more than just dust and ice — including, for instance, complex organic molecules that optimistic astrobiologists call “prebiotic.”

The data could also reveal the signatures of the different isotopes of the atoms locked in Borisov’s ice, which in turn might say something about the origin of the comet. What kind of star formed nearby? Was a supernova involved? With luck, we might learn which of those reddish smudges in the cosmic background our visitor once called home.

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This post was written initially October 6, 2018, but held back until the Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Applications opened on January 5, 2019.

The Klondike!

As I write this, I am on-board a flight to New Mexico, for our annual Abiquiu Open Studio Tour. This downtime gave me time to recount one of my most amazing and rewarding adventures as an Artist in Resident on the Chilkoot Trail with the Yukon Arts Center.

On July 20, 2018, I boarded a flight from Albuquerque, NM to Juneau, Alaska where I would meet my hiking buddy, Nancy Morrill. Nancy who would arrive at the same as me was flying from Saranac Lake, NY. Our flights got in at 11pm, and we were quick to get to our Airbnb on Douglas Island so that we could get to sleep before our first big adventure. The following morning, we met hired guide, from ABAK to take us out onto the Mendenhall Glacier. We could not have asked for better guides. The two female guides managed our group exceedingly well. They were immensely knowledgable about the geologic history of the glacier and equally strong in handling fatigued person situations. ABAK fully outfitted us with climbing gear, safety equipment, even water, and snacks. It was a spectacular and beautiful experience with the opportunity to learn about how climate change is affecting Mendenhall.

The Hike to the Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier

Nancy Morrill and Hilary Lorenz on Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier

The following morning, we boarded with all our gear the fast ferry, Alaska Fjordlines, to Skagway. The small boat with about 40 people made numerous stops to watch the whales, harbor seals and sea lions play in the water. Captain Glen would stall the ferry each time we saw a whale or a seal colony. It was a beautiful 4-hour trip that also goes to Haines, AK before arriving in Skagway.

Captain Glen of Alaska Fjordlines

Leaving Juneau on the fast ferry

Despite being 45 minutes late due to all the whale watching, Kerry, owner of the Swaying Spruce Cabin was there to pick us up. She drove us through the tiny tourist town and up the hill to her cabin. It is a delightful area, only 1.5 miles out of town but away from the hordes of cruise ship tourists. We had a couple of nights to get ready for our big adventure. I took a nine-mile run down to the NPS campground where we would stay the evening before hiking the Chilkoot Trail, the official start of my residency. We spent the morning with the NPS staff getting our bear avoidance, radio, and trail training. Both NPS and Canadian Parks are partners with the Yukon Art Center’s residency program. I packed close to 200 Chilkoot Bingo Games plus boxed sets that I gave to NPS, Alaska Geographic and Skagway Traditional Council, all of whom are sponsors and donors to the artist residency.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park with Range Cassie.

Chillin’ on the Chilkoot bingo Cards

With our training complete, food all packed we were dropped at the campground. I was so excited to begin the hike. We pitched our tents and went out for a 6-hour walk into the ghost town of Dyea, now a beautiful campground. We stopped in at the only place to eat in Dyea, the Chilkoot Trail Outpost where we drank local beer and ate salmon sandwiches. While there, we met a couple who just completed the Chilkoot Trail and wouldn’t you know it, they are also from New York, and they live less than 5 miles from Nancy in the Adirondack Park!

Hilary Lorenz and Nancy Morrill with our last beer and a proper meal before heading onto the Chilkoot Trail

Nancy and I said goodnight and went to our campsite, I was almost too excited to sleep. The following morning we began the trail with a half mile of the rugged, muddy mess. I imagined that the first mile or two are wildly popular for day hikes and the path gets pretty beat up, and yes, it soon became less torn up. The first night we would stay in Finnegan’s camp, a short 4-mile hike through the woods. We met two couple there, both men were military, and they all live in Anchorage. I pulled out the bingo games, and they pulled out the boxed wine and cigars. I passed on both. This was the first official Chillin’ on the Chilkoot Bingo game, and the first night I answered the park service’s call in with my handle, “Artist 3.”

Chilkoot Trail Marker

Historic signs in Dyea

Dyea, AK once home to 8,000 to 10,000 Gold Rush residence.

Hilary Lorenz signing into the trail log book.

The beginning of the Chilkoot Trail

The first downhill of the Chilkoot Trail

Views along the first section of the Chilkoot Trail

Here is how I looked at the beginning of the trail. Bear spray strapped to my front.

A bit of muddy walk along the route.

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A very good year.

Yikes. It’s actually been a year since I last wrote in this “journal” of ours.

It has indeed been a very good 12 months since I was last recovering from pneumonia in Nepal. After that break / adventure we were back in the states for another couple of months with great travels doing On Stage Alaska. It truly is a wonderful gig. You never know what you might discover. We had the best Korean beef bulgogi in a dive bar In Oklahoma (keep in mind we had just been in Korea so we know good bulgogi) We had a motel room in San Diego that served its complementary breakfast outside in the parking lot. We hiked around Garden of the Gods in Colorado and met many fabulous people along the way. And... still can’t believe it. We had a week in Oregon and Dee put together the greatest surprise. She knew that playing golf at Bandon Dunes was a bucket list trip for me. Unbeknownst to me, she not only booked a tee time but flew in my best friend and golf buddy Scott to play. It was magical. Dee, Scott, I cant thank you enough. And good lord what a place. It far surpassed everything I’d hoped.

That took us to our next break and it was time to get exotic. Kuala Lumpur then Langkawi and a stay at the phenomenal Andaman resort. Which was highlighted by hearing about how some monkeys got into a Russian guests room, drank all the vodka and passed out. 2 in the bathroom and one on the bed. How it was explained to us - “ the monkeys drink all the booze and go flat”.

We wandered Penang with all its fabulous street art then boarded a Seabourn cruise from Singapore to Dubai. Wow. Seabourn will spoil you. The ships beautiful. The restaurants are great and the staff is amazing. But... gotta admit, we’re just not wired to be on a ship for that long. It was 19 days. A lot of cool ports of call but also 9 days at sea. We were being completely pampered but found ourselves at many a meal time looking at each other and saying “we should have done a Camino “. Seabourn was amazing, perhaps just not our kind of amazing. Though we did meet two gents that were / are just jewels. These two gents have been friends since school days. Both married their school sweethearts, started and ran a hugely successful business and the 4 of them traveled the world. Places you can’t really go to these days. Afghanistan, Syria etc. they had such great stories. But the most interesting part was that sadly both of their wives passed a few years back so - they just became a couple and have kept on going. Hand in hand. Beautiful. Though I was dying to ask what the tipping point was. Do you look at each other and say “well, it’s just us now. Whaddya want to do?”

Then it was back to Alaska for another season. We love it up there. Truly do. The place, the people and the “work”. There’s not a day goes by where we don’t look at each other and express gratitude. It’s not always easy but it’s always wonderful.

Then back to On Stage and some new cities. We’ve had so many surprises- didn’t know Milwaukee was so cool. How bout Grand Rapids? Fargo??

And - we met Dr. Afordable. I’d been dealing with some strange awful seemingly incurable skin disease on my arms for 10 months. Anyone who’s spent time on the mats gets something. It just comes with it. But jeezus this sh#t wouldn’t go away. 5 different doctors in 4 different countries and nothing. It kinda stopped spreading but it wasn’t giving up. I’d had more pills and creams thrown at this thing but to no avail. 10 months! So, we’re in Florida in October and it’s still Hot like it’s July. The arm thing loves the heat and gets real active. So I find myself more miserable with it than I’d been in a while. Dee starts calling dermatologist’s but no one can see us until January. I’m frustrated but Dee never gives up. She finds Dr Afordable. No lie. That’s on his shingle. It’s in back of a black woman’s beauty parlor. We walk through said beauty parlor and see a guy sitting behind a desk through an open door. “You the doc?” We ask. He says “come in, sit down”. Nice guy. Friendly. We sit and he asks what’s up. We go through the whole spiel (at this point somethings now going on wth my eyes. Swollen and itching like hell). He looks me over asks some questions and writes some scripts. Tells us if they don’t work we should go overseas to get a full blood work up. Overseas because it’d be way cheaper.

The bill for this office visit - with a true medical doctor - who didn’t rush us - talked to us - asked in depth questions and then wrote 6 prescriptions (3 for the eye stuff & 2 for the arm thing). $43. Yup. Under $45 and Zero paper work. I filled out No forms. I generally spend more time on the forms than I do with the doctor.

Oh, and it all worked. After all those docs and all their medications - Dr Affordable.

- he actually has a large practice in Tampa but he and a couple other docs volunteer time at this small clinic in Zepherhills. Thank you Doc,

Lets go to Japan.

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This year a projected 27.2 million passengers are expected to set sail on cruises. In 2017, this number was 25.8 million. Cruises are popular, increasingly so. According to Travel Agent Central, cruising increased 20.5 percent from 2011 to 2016. And it’s not just seniors who are interested. A study by the Cruise Line International Association found that the demographic with the highest growth in bookings is people ages 30 to 39. From 2016 to 2018, this demographic booked 20 percent more cruises. But cruises are still a uniquely polarizing vacation.

Despite steadily climbing ticket sales and evidently broader appeal, there is a vocal contingent of anti-cruisers. People who take pride in saying they would never book one, citing their oh-so-refined tastes and disdain for being ferried from port to port on a floating amusement park.

But there are bigger problems than being trapped in a consumerist funhouse. Ships can also be dangerous, with high sexual assault rates, frequent poisonings, and the ever-present possibility of going overboard. And, of course, cruises are horrible for the environment — their heavy and growing use of fossil fuels means someone on a seven-day cruise produces the same amount of emissions as they would during 18 days on land. And they can damage fragile ocean ecosystems, thanks to practices like irresponsible disposal of sewage.

In his essay “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again,” first published by Harper’s in 1996, David Foster Wallace describes his cruising experience as a “special mix of servility and condescension that’s marketed under the configurations of the verb ‘to pamper.’”

Through the piece, he exhaustively recalls every event, person and feeling he has during his seven-night voyage on the ship he rechristens “the Nadir.” His experience gets to the heart of what is so insulting about what a cruise offers— you are told what to eat, what will entertain you, what will relax you, all in the name of “luxury.” Instead of creating serenity, the repetition of activities can be quite maddening, no matter how much you may like unlimited lobster or the thrill of slot machines. A trip without agency feels too Wall-E-esque to be peaceful.

Even cruise enthusiasts recognize how limiting the onboard activities are. Miami resident Carolyn Smith has been on 32 cruises since 2002 and says being a captive audience has led others she knows to hate cruising. “While on a land-based vacation, you can branch out for meals and other events from your hotel or resort, at sea on a cruise ship that is not an option,” she says. “I have friends who never cruised again for this exact reason. I have actually heard comments like, ‘I didn’t enjoy feeling like I was being herded like cattle!’”

The creepy captivity of cruises is actually not the most potent case against them. Ross Klein, a Canadian academic, studies corruption of cruise corporations and logs all the misfortune that happens on and off board.

Although he is blacklisted from many cruise lines for publishing information from his studies in books and on his website cruisejunkie.com, Klein says that his website has no agenda other than to report the facts. In fact, as a former cruise enthusiast, he doesn’t find his site inflammatory at all. “My page is not anti-cruising, it’s just information you won’t find at the cruise line website.”

Visit the site (Klein denies its name was chosen to troll cruise-lovers), and you are confronted with the Comic Sans header “cruisejunkie dot com your resource for the other information about the cruise industry.” Below that are a handful of links such as “Persons Overboard, 1995 – 2018” and “Ships that have Sunk, 1979 – 2013,” which lead readers to charts with staggering numbers.

Since 2000, apparently 322 persons have gone overboard or just went missing while cruising. Klein says about 20 percent of those overboard are rescued.

On the night of October 18, a crew member on Celebrity Reflections went overboard, but no one searched for them until the next morning. In May, a 50-year-old Carnival Paradise passenger went missing. After searching for 55 hours, the Coast Guard called off the search; the man has still not been found. In January 2015, a Mexican newspaper reported that a Disney Cruise rescued a passenger who had fallen overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise. Royal Caribbean had not even noticed a passenger missing.

In 2011, a cruise waiter on Costa Atlantica threw himself overboard and was found face down in the water, dead. Apparently, he was being investigated for sexual assault at the time of the alleged suicide. Which brings us to the next danger: sexual assault. As of September 30, there were 60 reported sexual assaults this year on cruise ships, according to the Department of Transportation. NBC noted a 2013 congressional report found that minors were victims in one-third of assaults.

Jim Walker, a maritime lawyer, echoed that statistic on his site Cruise Law News, writing that most reported cases are not investigated. According to his site, one-third of the 100 victims he has represented in the last 15 years were minors. He writes that one of his clients was drugged and raped by a cruise line bartender. The employee was fired but then hired again to Princess Cruises. Walker contacted Princess Cruises’ in-house legal team and informed them they had hired a rapist and he was fired once again.

Grandeur of the Seas is a Royal Caribbean ships that has been in service since 1995. It holds more than 2,400 passengers. Roger W/Flickr/Creative Commons

Klein is also the author of the book Cruise Ship Squeeze, which details how cruises take advantage of local economics. As opposed to working with the places they port, many cruises invest in terminals that only benefit their own economic interests.

According to Klein’s book, cruises threaten to boycott destinations if they attempt to raise their port charges, which can be as little as $1 per person. In 2004, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Associations’ 12 members threatened to boycott Antigua and Barbuda because the countries raised their port charges to $2.50 per person. The threat worked, and the ports backed off.

Another way cruises turn a large profit is by investing in port terminals. For example, in Belize, Royal Caribbean invested $18 million for co-ownership of the Fort Street Tourism Village. The port charge is $5 per person, $4 of which goes to Tourism Village, meaning Royal Caribbean recouped their money in 6 to 7 years.

When a ship docks for a few hours, cruise lines give passengers suggestions of what to do with their time before returning to the boat. But instead of offering up sincere recommendation, cruise lines employ a certain pay-to-play model where stores on the island can pay to be recommended.

Crew members are also known to be overworked, which, according to Klein, is because cruise ship are not beholden to US labor laws. According to Cruise Law News, crew members could work 10 to 12 hours a day for up to 10 months of the year. “If you’re a cleaner on the Grandeur of the Seas, there are 35 public bathrooms,” he says. “You’re making about $560 a month and you may have an assistant, you may not.”

According to CruiseCritic.com, a laundry attendant makes $700 month, a cabin steward makes between $650 and $1,150 per month including tips, and a kitchen cleaner may make as little as $600 per month. Wages for customer-facing jobs are often dependent on gratuities. Crew members in housekeeping or food and beverage may only be promised $2 a day, and tips often make up 95 percent of their income. Cruisecritic.com also notes that these numbers may change based on where the crew member is from.

By registering their companies in foreign countries, cruise lines are able to dodge not only corporate income tax, but reasonable labor laws. Royal Caribbean is incorporated in Liberia, where the minimum wage is between $4 and $6 per day, Carnival incorporated in Panama, where the minimum wage ranges from 1.22 to 2.36 per hour, and Norwegian is incorporated in Bermuda, where there is currently no minimum wage (although one will be implemented starting in May 2019).

“Carnival will earn $3 billion and they’ll pay no corporate income tax at all,” Klein says. “That’s $3 billion net profit. Why would they would they want pay their workers a little extra money and make only $2.9 or $2.8 billion.”

Klein’s website also aggregates how much each cruise line spends on lobbying; from 1997 to 2015, Carnival has spent $4.7 million, Royal Caribbean has spent $10 million. Last year, three cruise lines donated a combined $23,500 to an Alaskan senator who then ensured a tax exemption for ships stopping in Alaska.

Black smoke rises from Sun Princess, a Princess Cruises operated ship. Jason Thein/Flickr/Creative Commons

Along with the questionable moral implications of these numbers and how little ports benefit from cruise tourism, the cruise industry also has a severe impact on the environment. These ships are essentially floating cities, and many of them produce as much pollution as one. In 2016, the Pacific Standard reported that “each passenger’s carbon footprint while cruising is roughly three times what it would be on land.”

Traditionally, ships use diesel engines, gas turbines, or a combination of both. Diesel fuel is linked to pollution as it produces nitrogen oxide emissions, which have been linked to respiratory disease and lung cancer. Their high sulphur content is also harmful to the environment since sulphur, when mixed with water and air, forms sulfuric acid — the main component of acid rain. Acid rain can cause deforestation, destroy aquatic life, and corrode building materials. But recently, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that all vessels must switch to cleaner fuel with a lower sulphur content by 2020.

However, instead of paying for more expensive, but less sulphuric fuel, such as liquified natural gas, ships are installing “emission cheat” systems, called scrubbers. A scrubber allows ship to wash cheap fuel and meet the IMO requirements, then discharge the pollutants from the cheap fuel into the ocean.

This will just add to the fact that a 3,000-person cruise ship generates 210,000 gallons of sewage weekly. All cruise ship sewage goes through what is called “sewage treatment,” where solid and liquid waste is separated and sterilized, then the solid is incinerated and the liquid is released back into the ocean.

Apparently, it’s just like clean water. But in 2016, Princess Cruises was fined $40 million for polluting the ocean by dumping 4,227 gallons of “oily waste” off the coast of Britain. According to Klein’s website, just this September two cruise lines were charged with “unauthorized discharge of untreated graywater,” or a stream of sewage that comes from everywhere but the toilet.

The two most popular cruise lines, Royal Caribbean and Carnival, both received a D score from environmental advocacy group Friends of Earth, which tabulated the score based on sewage treatment, air pollution reduction, water quality compliance and transparency.

Cruises are unique in their negatives but also their positives — what else ferries you to and from picture-perfect destinations in a vessel dedicated to pampering its inhabitants? Cruise fans may well just elect to ignore all the aforementioned dangers and repercussions, as Michael Ian Black wrote that he did in the New York Times this past July.

His justification was that he was “a monster,” which is perhaps what we all are on vacation. Besides, planes are also bad for the environment (although not quite as bad), and people fly frequently. But there is something wildly unnecessary about a cruise that makes them both appealing and offensive. It all depends on how guilty you feel about devouring an endless shrimp buffet in the middle of the ocean.

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My Favorite Books of 2018 (So Far)

Posted: 10/19/2018 | October 19th, 2018

I’ve been terrible this year when it comes to books. I started off with a reading bang but writing my own book and planning TravelCon took up so much time this year that I must admit that I haven’t read a lot this year. By the end of the day, I just didn’t have the energy to process words. I used to read a book every week or so and, this year, it’s sometimes taken me months to get around to finishing one.

I broke a habit and now getting back into the flow again is proving tougher than I thought (though I am setting specific time in my day to read again so that’s good).

And that is why it’s been a long time since we had a “best travel books of the year” list. I’ve been asked for recommendations and I just haven’t had many to give. However, I finished a few books in the last couple of weeks, I finally feel I have enough suggestions to warrant a new post!

So here is a new post on my favorite books of 2018 (so far). There’s a lot of non-travel books in this list as I’m trying to expand my reading genres!

Dune, by Frank Herbert

I love the cheesy Sci-Fi channel movies based on this book and finally decided to pick up this massive 800 page tome. The story centers around Paul Atreides and the desert planet Arrakis, one of the most important planets in the cosmos because it produces the “spice”. I couldn’t put this book down. It had character depth, intrigue, action mixed in with philosophy and what it means to have power and lead a good life. I was hooked from the start.

Souvenir (Object Lessons), by Rolf Potts

From the author of the backpacking bible Vagabonding, this new book by Rolf Potts explores the hidden lives of ordinary things. Potts goes back several millennia to examine the relic-driven journeys of Christians to the gimmicky souvenirs you’ll find at any shop in any tourist destination. It’s a small, easy read that is a great treatise on why we buy the things we do when we travel.

Conspiracy, by Ryan Holiday

This is a real life story of how Gawker outed PayPal founder and billionaire investor Peter Thiel as gay and how, seeking revenge, Thiel helped fund the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that, in the end, brought down the Gawker empire. Featuring interviews with all the key players, this book is a fascinating and sometimes scary read about how one man can bring down an empire, ego, and the nature of conspiracies.

Tip of the Iceberg, by Mark Adams

Back in 1899, Edward H. Harriman (a rich railroad magnate) converted a steamship into a luxury cruise for some of America’s best scientists and writers and embarked on a summer voyage around Alaska. Now, author Mark Adams retraces that expedition, traveling over 3,000 miles across the coast of the state. Mark is one of my favorite wraiters and this book is very reiminsicent of Turn Right at Machu Picchu. Mark brings insight into the people, history, and culture of the state in a way he did with his other book.

The Black Penguin, by Andrew Evans

Andrew Evans’ life was laid out for him: church, mission, university, marriage, and children. But as a gay kid stuck in rural Ohio, he escaped to the pages of Nat Geo (which he now works for). After being shunned by his family, Evans set out on an overland journey halfway around the world. This is the story about his 12,000-mile journey through deserts, mountains, and jungles until he eventually reaches his ultimate goal: Antarctica. This is a really beautiful read that touches on faith, family, and self.

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

Not travel related, but Atomic Habits gives you a solid framework for improving yourself every single day. In this book, Clear discusses habit formation and reveals strategies that will teach you how to form new good habits will breaking the bad ones. As he says: “If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system.” James is an amazing writer and person and I was super excited to get my hands on his book when it came out!

The Fish That Ate the Whale, by Rich Cohen

This is the true story of Samuel Zemurray, a self-made banana seller who went from a roadside banana peddler to kingmaker and capitalist revolutionary. When Zemurray showed up in America in 1891, he was penniless. By the time he died 69 years later, he was one of the richest men in the world. It’s a fascinating story of the kind of Gilded Age capitalism that doesn’t exist anymore (for good reason) and will give you a new look at the whole sordid nature of the banana industry.

Why the Dutch are Different, by Ben Coates

Ben Coates got stranded at Schipol airport, where he called a Dutch girl he’d met a few months earlier, and ask if he could stay over the night. He never left. Fascinated by his adopted home, this book is a travel book wrapped in a history book wrapped in a memoir. It is a look at modern Dutch culture and society as well as how it got that way and what the future holds for the country. It’s one of the better books on The Netherlands I’ve read!

Rediscovering Travel, by Seth Kugel

Former New York Times’s Frugal Traveler columnist Seth Kugel is one of the world’s best travel writers. In this book, Kugel challenges the lack of spontaneity in adventure in today’s world because of all the websites (like this) that exist out there to allow people to plan everything to a T instead of letting travel just happen. It’s a collection of amusing stories designed to inspire you to be a little less shackled to technology on your next trip! I got to read it before it came out. It’s good. Pre-order it!

The Dutch Wife, by Ellen Keith

Set in Amsterdam in 1943, Marijke de Graaf is sent to a concentration camp in Germany with her husband where she faces a choice: death, or join the camp’s brothel. It is there she encounters SS officer Karl Müller. Keith’s ability to seamlessly combine different timelines and narratives as well paint the tough emotions that come from tough choices is superb (and why this book topped the Canada best seller lists when it came out!).

Blackout, by Sarah Hepola

Ever blacked out so hard from drinking that you forgot hours of your evening? This was Sarah Hepola’s life, during a time where she spent most evenings at fancy parties and dark bars until last call. This self-reflective and poigant book about the causes of her alcoholism, the effect it had on her life, the lives of her friends, and Hepola’s rediscovery of herself is a touching book that will make you think about the negative habits in your life – and how you might be able to break them.

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So there you are! Those are my favorite books of the year so far. I know there are a few months left to go before the year is over. But, for now, enjoy these good reads. I’m hoping to go on vacation later this month with a pile of books so leave your suggestions in the comments as I’m always looking for a good travel book!

For more of my favorite books, check out these other posts:

13 Travel Books That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust

11 of the Best Travel Books

12 Books You Have to Read

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My Favorite Books of 2018 (So Far)

Posted: 10/19/2018 | October 19th, 2018

I broke a habit and now getting back into the flow again is proving tougher than I thought (though I am setting specific time in my day to read again so that’s good).

So here is a new post on my favorite books of 2018 (so far). There’s a lot of non-travel books in this list as I’m trying to expand my reading genres!

Dune, by Frank Herbert

Souvenir (Object Lessons), by Rolf Potts

Conspiracy, by Ryan Holiday

Tip of the Iceberg, by Mark Adams

The Black Penguin, by Andrew Evans

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

The Fish That Ate the Whale, by Rich Cohen

Why the Dutch are Different, by Ben Coates

Rediscovering Travel, by Seth Kugel

The Dutch Wife, by Ellen Keith

Blackout, by Sarah Hepola

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For more of my favorite books, check out these other posts:

13 Travel Books That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust

11 of the Best Travel Books

12 Books You Have to Read

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My Favorite Books of 2018 (So Far)

Posted: 10/19/2018 | October 19th, 2018

I broke a habit and now getting back into the flow again is proving tougher than I thought (though I am setting specific time in my day to read again so that’s good).

So here is a new post on my favorite books of 2018 (so far). There’s a lot of non-travel books in this list as I’m trying to expand my reading genres!

Dune, by Frank Herbert

Souvenir (Object Lessons), by Rolf Potts

Conspiracy, by Ryan Holiday

Tip of the Iceberg, by Mark Adams

The Black Penguin, by Andrew Evans

Atomic Habits, by James Clear

The Fish That Ate the Whale, by Rich Cohen

Why the Dutch are Different, by Ben Coates

Rediscovering Travel, by Seth Kugel

The Dutch Wife, by Ellen Keith

Blackout, by Sarah Hepola

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For more of my favorite books, check out these other posts:

13 Travel Books That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust

11 of the Best Travel Books

12 Books You Have to Read

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The Best Honeymoon Destination Weather By Month

Choosing the perfect honeymoon destination goes well beyond just spinning the globe and pointing your finger. Whether you’re coordinating your honeymoon with work holidays or jetting off right after your wedding, you’re likely crossing your fingers that your dream spot’s weather comes through.

As Jack and I plan our December honeymoon I continue to get my hopes up and then quickly crushed. “Honey, what about a sexy, tropical vacation in…Tahiti?!” Ten minutes later I read aloud, “In December, Tahiti experiences unbearable heat and humidity” Oof.

Photo by Greg Finck via Bridal Musings

Use this guide to know where in the world to find the best weather in your month of embarkation – avoiding “hot destinations” when they’re too humid, grossly sticky, miserably rainy or just too cold for beach weather. Plus, find our top picks for every month (because let’s be real, we need a year-long honeymoon).

January

You lucky babes, flights and accommodation can be quite affordable in January, due to the sudden dip in travelers following the busy end of year holidays. Find fabulous weather in these destinations:

The Alps (for skiing), Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canadian Rockies (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Dubai, Ecuador, Hawaii, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Florida Keys, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA (ski destinations)

Our Pick: Thailand is on our minds for a drier and far from sweltering monthlong getaway (given the affordability) in January. Give yourself some time to hop around Southern Thailands many, diverse islands, and find your niche. We’ll be hiding in our own private villas as our chef makes local fare by the pool.

February

With prices spiking only around Valentine’s Day, February too offers low rates for travel worldwide, with plenty of sunny, beach destinations to choose from.

The Alps (for skiing), Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canadian Rockies (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Dubai, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, the Philippines, New Zealand, the Florida Keys, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA (ski destinations)

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: White sand beaches, crystal clear waters and plenty of coconuts wait for you in the Dominican Republic (and across the Caribbean for that matter). Find ultimate privacy lounging in our own pool at Villa mi Vida, eat fresh-caught, grilled fish with your toes in the sand, and enjoy long walks on the beach under the stars to town for swanky dinners in Las Terrenas – tell us that’s not romantic.

March

As the seasons begin to turn, shoulder months offer amicable weather in so many crowded summer honeymoon destinations, find plenty of empty gems during Springtime (and the Southern Hemisphere’s Fall) around the world.

The Alps (for skiing), Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canadian Rockies (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, the Florida Keys, USA (ski destinations, Southeast, Southwest), Vietnam

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: Love southeast Asia but want to see fewer tourists? Grab your visa and fly to up-and-coming Vietnam. At a fraction of the price of Thailand, you’ll stay in luxe villas (with private chef included!), see incredible limestone cliffs, enjoy beach relaxation and some of the best food the region has to offer.

April

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Seychelles, Spain, the Florida Keys, Southern USA, Vietnam

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: Pack your swimmies and head to “The Baja’s Answer to Tulum”. Discover Jack any I’s wedding destination, Todos Santos, Mexico – a breezy, arid, strip of desert on the Pacific with baby turtles returning to the sea and out-of-this-world tacos. Book a room (or the whole place) at Villa Santa Cruz and take a day trip to La Paz to swim with whale sharks.

May

Possibly the best time to hop to the Mediterranean before seaside resorts fill, May offers warm weather across the Northern Hemisphere, when plenty of budget deals.

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, the Canary Islands, Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, the Galapagos, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Machu Picchu, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Seychelles, Spain, the Florida Keys, USA.

Photo via Airbnb

Our Pick: “Everything in Moana is real” said my friend who recently returned from her honeymoon in Tahiti. Enjoy perfect beach weather without the humidity in May. Relax in Tahitian style, participate in cultural traditions and snorkel in crystal clear waters.

June

Take your pick you lucky babes, June and the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer offers endless sunny destinations.

Alaska, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, the Galapagos, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Machu Picchu, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Norway, Seychelles, Spain, the Serengeti, Northern USA.

Photo by Jon Maximillian via Bridal Musings

Our Pick: Explore Iceland at all hours of the day, as the sun never sets at the end of June. Trek across volcanoes, get drenched in waterfalls and cuddle with the majestic, iconic Icelandic ponies (take a browse through our Icelandic honeymoon guide).

July

Alaska, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Norway, Seychelles, the Serengeti, Northern USA.

Photo via Africa Uncovered

Our Pick: Dreaming of a safari honeymoon? Pick a luxury tent camp during the Serengeti’s dry season (also mating season!) during July and witness the majesty of nature.

August

Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Machu Picchu, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Norway, Seychelles, the Serengeti, Northern USA

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: Struggling to find that secluded August honeymoon spot on the Mediterranean? Explore lesser touristed Islands in Croatia’s Dalmatia region. Taste local wine driving through the Peljesac Peninsula on your way to Korcula – an island akin to Hvar, without being overrun by the yacht and cruise crew.

September

Another shoulder season begins, and your money goes a long way in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, desert adventurers will find the American West at its finest weather for hiking and exploring.

Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, California Coast, Canada, the Canary Islands, Central & South Africa, Croatia, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Machu Picchu, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, the Serengeti, Spain, USA

Photo via Amangiri Resort

Our Pick: A hiking tour through the American Southwest including Zion, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly and a stay at Amangiri Resort in gorgeous Utah.

October

Australia, Bali, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, California Coast, Central & South Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Italy, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, the Serengeti, Seychelles, Spain, USA (the Southeast & Southwest)

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: If you can take off right at the start of the month, experience beautiful sunny days, and a lack of crowds in the Cyclades of Greece. Lounge at Lithos Luxury Rooms on (practically) your own private island of Milos, and sunbath in the moonlike beaches of Sarakiniko, just ten minutes away.

November

Time to head South as cooler temps and snow moves into the North.

Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, California Coast, Central & South Africa, Dubai, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Seychelles, Spain, Thailand, USA (ski destinations, Southeast)

Photo by Claire Eliza

Our Pick: Now’s the time to explore the Moroccan Sahara. Stay at Erg Chigaga watch the sunset over the incredible desert dunes and bring along an empty suitcase for all the fabulous shopping you’ll do in the souk on your way back.

December

While islands in the tropics offer incredible weather, you’ll want to watch your travel dates as prices surge around various National Holidays.

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canada (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Dubai, Ecuador, the Galapagos, Hawaii, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, the Florida Keys, Thailand, USA (ski destinations)

Photo via Backroads

Our Pick: Jet off to the Big Island of Hawaii. Swim with dolphins outside Kona, ride horses in the pastures of Kohala, and take a helicopter tour over the ever-erupting Kilauea.

For more honeymoon inspiration, check out our Travel Section.

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