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		<title>The iPhone 4: Business traveler pleasure or plague ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[antenna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antennagate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc. smartphone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the business traveler, their communication capability, when away from home, is essential, whether on business or vacation. Ned Levi discusses whether or not the new iPhone 4 is a capable communication tool for the business traveler today.]]></description>
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		<title>Rental car mystery &#8211; How do I start the car?</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/rental-car-mystery-how-do-i-start-the-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After you sign your rental car's paperwork there is much more you should do before driving off the rental car company's lot. Ned Levi has a checklist for you to follow which will minimize problems for you as you drive down the road.]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing those dam&#8217;d spots on your photos</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/preventing-those-damd-spots-on-your-photos-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/preventing-those-damd-spots-on-your-photos-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DSLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[focal length]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nikon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dust spots on digital photographs are a bane of the travel photographer. In this follow up to his earlier column about cleaning DSLR sensors to eliminate those spots, Ned Levi discusses how to prevent dust accumulation on a DSLR camera's sensor.]]></description>
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		<title>Should the tarmac delay rule be extended to international flights?</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/should-the-tarmac-delay-rule-be-extended-to-international-flights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/should-the-tarmac-delay-rule-be-extended-to-international-flights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bradley International]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[customs and border protection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[flyersrights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heathrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newark Liberty Airport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray LaHood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[three hour tarmac limit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virgin atlantic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Newark was diverted to Bradley International and sat on the tarmac for almost 4 hours. Ned Levi looks at the problems of the flight and discusses applying the "3 hour tarmac limit" to international flights and carriers flying to and from the US which are currently not covered by the rule.]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity Eclipse lures landlubbers to sea</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/celebrity-eclipse-lures-landlubbers-to-sea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/celebrity-eclipse-lures-landlubbers-to-sea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Dunham-Potter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baltic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Celebrity Cruises]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[classy cruising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruises for couples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wow factor is exactly what Celebrity Cruises is striving for on <em>Eclipse</em>. But before the line’s newest ship carried any paying passengers it was called to carry out a mission like no other.]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia &#8220;Welcomes America.&#8221; Join the nation&#8217;s birthday party!</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/philadelphia-welcomes-america-join-the-nations-birthday-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/philadelphia-welcomes-america-join-the-nations-birthday-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cleopatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fireworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franklin Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Hall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ned Levi invites us to his hometown, Philadelphia, for its Independence week, Welcome America celebration this week. He discusses the array of things to do and places to see in 21st century Philadelphia.]]></description>
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		<title>Airlines must “promptly” notify passengers of flight delays under proposed rule</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/airlines-must-%e2%80%9cpromptly%e2%80%9d-notify-passengers-of-flight-delays-under-proposed-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/airlines-must-%e2%80%9cpromptly%e2%80%9d-notify-passengers-of-flight-delays-under-proposed-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delay notifications]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=29644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Department wants to require airlines to give their passengers information on flight status changes through whatever means they use — including electronic messaging services, flight status tools, departure and arrival boards at airports, and gate attendant announcements — within 30 minutes of when that information either becomes available to the carrier or should have become available to the carrier.]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s still time to fix the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/theres-still-time-to-fix-the-cruise-vessel-security-and-safety-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/theres-still-time-to-fix-the-cruise-vessel-security-and-safety-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned Levi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruise ship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[house of representatives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009 is nearly law. Ned Levi has reviewed its provisions, and suggests 2 critical changes to fix the legislation, to make if a far better comprehensive law, to better ensure cruise ship passenger security and safety.]]></description>
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		<title>Handling air travel weather delays</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/handling-weather-delays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/handling-weather-delays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flightcaster.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flightstats.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather delays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife makes fun of me because the morning of any flight I’m going to take I check at least three forecasts. First, know what your weather forecast about the time you are scheduled to take off. Second, check your arrival city about the time you are scheduled to land. Finally, check the weather at any connecting airports.]]></description>
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		<title>Everything you need to know about the new denied boarding compensation rules</title>
		<link>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-denied-boarding-compensation-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-denied-boarding-compensation-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Elliott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Columns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denied boarding compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notice of proposed rulemaking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You get the headline: “Government to raise denied boarding compensation.” And that’s it. But there’s more — so much more — when it comes to the proposed overbooking rules.]]></description>
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