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Kentucky joins more than 365 U.S. colleges and universities that in recent years have instituted antismoking rules both indoors and out. In most places, the issue doesn't seem to be secondhand smoke. Rather, the rationale for going smoke-free in wide open spaces is a desire to model healthy behavior...
...Gist: We all know that flying can be a miserable way to travel. Most of us have suffered airport gridlock, interminable flights in cramped seats or vanishing luggage - and those of us who haven't have surely endured the horror stories secondhand. If you're grumbling now, consider that airline performance has been above par - if far from stellar - since travel dropped sharply amid the economic downturn and that both ticket prices and congestion are expected to spike when the staycations end and customers return to the skies. A new report from the Brookings Institution puts air-travel trends into...
...afternoon I might browse the antique and secondhand shops in Cukurcuma and stop by my favorite English-language bookstore, Pandora, tel: (90-212) 230 0962. I like reading in the tranquil gardens of the Archeology Museum, tel: (90-212) 520 7740, where you can enjoy a Turkish coffee amid the sound of ferry horns and friendly cats. For dinner I'd go to Simdi, tel: (90-212) 252 5443, in Asmalimescit, which serves good food in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. Try the grilled kofte. (See Watch TIME's video "Turkey's Unconventional Muslim Minority...
...world. The advent of 20th century farming replaced wild herd animals, whose carcasses are the staple diet of vultures around the world, with heavily medicated livestock. Diclofenac, a frequently administered anti-inflammatory veterinary painkiller comparable to ibuprofen, has proven to be particularly deadly to the vultures that ingest it secondhand. Though the birds by design have "very strong stomach fluids" that digest even the nastiest of pathogens, this particular drug has proven too much, says Tom Aversa of Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. After populations' decreasing numbers were first noted in the 1980s, it was found that diclofenac residue...
...event on the cards, the compound's motley venues offer plenty of diversions. It's hard not to find joy within the expansive Grand Thrift House, tel: (63) 920 962 3079, run by a family of antique and curio collectors - expect vintage Elvis posters, brick-sized cell phones and secondhand photography books (if you're lucky, you'll find one that features a youthful Imelda Marcos cavorting with Madame Mao). Pop-culture fiends will delight in Sputnik, tel: (63-2) 709 1867, which sells local and international comics as well as vinyl toys, while fans of vintage furniture will find...