Be prepared to lose an hour of time when visiting the World Airport Codes web site. It is the place to find airport codes, abbreviations, runway lengths and other airport information for nearly every airport worldwide.

Developed primarily with the enthusiast in mind, WAC should also prove useful to travelers, researchers or even those with only a fleeting interest in airports.

Using either the search facility or the alphabetically ordered pages, you can use this site to find the following details for almost every airport in the world.

Great Savings On Travel To Europe And The U.K.

American Airlines is offering special sale fares for travel to Europe and the U.K. Start 2008 with savings to these great international destinations!

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In TRIP, the new mixed media book release from Lulu Press, author Mick MacO describes what happened to his head while travelling through 28 cities and 15 countries in 31 days, alone. This book illustrates, in an intimate and fun way, how somebody can go out of their mind when they've nobody to share their thoughts with. Though experiencing all the joys of touring Europe, MacO found that the solitude of the journey caused him to see the world in an altered state, not unlike a psychedelic trip. Free form writing, handwritten notebook entries and photographs from each of the cities help convey the emotion of the ride. "I was determined to see as much of Europe as possible, and wanted to find some truth. It was a physical and mental expedition, and definitely threw me off kilter," says MacO about his trip of a lifetime.

TRIP documents, with modern slang and an Irish twang, a whirlwind tour of places as varied as Amsterdam to Auschwitz. The journey took place in 1995, before the Euro had arrived, when former communist countries were changing fast, and the internet hadn't yet kicked in. MacO gives us a glimpse of what it must have been like to live a month full of daily culture shocks. The languages, currencies and national traits fly by, but the trek gradually takes its toll on the storyteller.

"At various times during the trip I felt in turn, alone, euphoric, afraid, and triumphant. Sometimes I was glad I was on my own. I think that solitude can be a good thing - you can get to know yourself.

"The culmination came after two weeks, in my seventh country and twelfth city in fourteen days. I still had two weeks to go, and could go to whatever countries I wanted. That was when I broke down and cracked up! But I continued on the trip with a head full of craziness. Other people might have liked to relax somewhere for a few days. But because I was alone, it spurred me on to keep going - a new place everyday for a month."

MacO's words tell the story in a lighthearted way of what must have been a mind-blowing experience. The reader sees not only how the author himself was affected by the solitude of the journey, but also how even complete strangers can shape your view of the world when your social interaction is limited.

"If you had even just brief contact with someone, whether it was positive or negative, it would stand out in your head longer because you were alone," says MacO, who made the trip when he was 24 years old and single for the first time in five years. "You could be in a good mood for hours after a smile from somebody in a ticket office. Or if someone was fleetingly grumpy to you, it could turn your day."

The whole adventure covers the full gamut of emotions, and details the author's questioning of what he believed and why he believed it. One notebook entry says that all the people wanting you to believe in them seemed like they needed it too much.

"The impressions and ideas that I was having were totally overwhelming. I was conversing with my notebook, simply because I had to get it all off my chest and out of my system. The end result was that the journey changed the way I looked at the world and myself. I wouldn't want to do that trip again, but I am glad that I did it. And I'm happy now that I've finally put things into words."

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We don't get a lot of emails pointing towards Timeshares, but we have received "The Timeshare User's Group" - TUG - info enough that we thought we would post it.

A little Timshare User Group history. "The Timeshare User's Group started in 1993 is a self-help organization composed of timeshare owners and anyone else interested in timeshares and timesharing. TUG provides timeshare owners with an unbiased source of consumer oriented information on Timeshare resorts and the timeshare concept. TUG collects reviews and ratings for over 4000 timeshare resorts from TUG Members and volunteers who have actually been to these Timeshare resorts and provide this data along with area activities, sites to see and places to eat. Additionally, TUG provides a variety of services which enhance the Timeshare users' awareness of the current timeshare industry."

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Effective January 31, 2008, U.S. and Canadian citizens ages 19 and older should no longer expect that they will be able to prove identity and citizenship by relying on an oral declaration alone. Instead, travelers will be asked to present documents from one of the options below when entering the United States at land or sea ports of entry. Travelers who do not present one of the documents listed below may be delayed as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers attempt to verify their identity and citizenship.

U.S. and Canadian Citizens – Single Document Option
One of the following documents should be presented to prove both identity and citizenship.

Acceptable Documents as of January 31:
* U.S. or Canadian Passport
* U.S. Passport Card (Available spring 2008)*
* Trusted Traveler Cards (NEXUS, SENTRI, or FAST)*
* State or Provincial Issued Enhanced Driver’s License (when available – this secure driver’s license will denote identity and citizenship.)*
* Enhanced Tribal Cards (when available)*
* U.S. Military Identification with Military Travel Orders
* U.S. Merchant Mariner Document
* Native American Tribal Photo Identification Card
* Form I-872 American Indian Card
* Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Card

* Frequent Land Border Crossers — to expedite processing into the United States, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recommends using one of the above asterisked documents.

U.S. and Canadian Citizens – Two Document Option
All U.S. and Canadian citizens who do not have one of the documents from the list above must present BOTH an identification and citizenship document from each of the columns below.

Identification Documents*
* Driver’s license or identification card issued by a federal, state, provincial, county, territory, or municipal authority
* U.S. or Canadian military identification card
* All identification documents must have a photo, name and date of birth.

Citizenship Documents
* U.S. or Canadian birth certificate issued by a federal, state, provincial, county, territory or municipal authority
* U.S. Consular report of birth abroad
* U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
* U.S. Certificate of Citizenship
* U.S. Citizen Identification Card
* Canadian Citizenship Card
* Canadian certificate of citizenship without photo

For more information visit CBP.gov