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...older drivers are licensed is changing too. Iowa has introduced a requirement that drivers age 70 and older renew their licenses in person. If a DMV official suspects a problem, drivers may be asked to take a road test. They may then choose between taking the standard test or a newly devised "local" test. If they opt for the latter, an examiner will evaluate them on their usual route--to the store, to church, to the doctor and so on. Those who pass the local test are licensed only on that route and may also be restricted to lower speeds...
...rise since the tsunami of 2004. Tourists looking to help the often disadvantaged countries they visit can invest time, energy or money. Below, some of the best ways to get away while giving something back Turtle Island In Fiji This luxury resort, pictured, is committed to improving the standard of living for residents of the Yasawa Islands by providing medical clinics, building secondary schools and helping create budget resorts and businesses owned and operated by villagers Habitat For Humanity Participants in Habitat's Global Village programs spend one to three weeks helping build houses for needy families...
...gym’s seven American-sized squash courts are being converted to three International courts, the new standard for the game. The renovation will more than double fitness space...
...garde Tokyo design studio SuperPotato. Fashioned from stone, oak and maple?and featuring lots of natural light?its public spaces are minimalist without being austere. A similar approach is used in guest rooms?but the highlight here is undoubtedly the lavish bathroom in each. Occupying one-third of a standard room, each bathroom features walls of floor-to-ceiling glass, looking over the city skyline as well as into the bedroom. As for amenities, there's a rooftop pool and spa (the views are stunning) and a glitzy restaurant, Cornerstone, which serves modern Italian cuisine. Looks like Seoul-bound fashionistas...
Though politics had been the family business, Al Gore's friends have always traced the awakening of his own interest in it to his senior thesis at Harvard: "The Impact of Television on the Presidency, 1947-1969." The small screen had created a new, unforgiving standard in politics, the young Gore wrote, one that rewards the smooth performer and dooms the stilted one. His 99-page paper turned out to be a prescient analysis of some of the forces that would conspire to deny him the White House three decades later. But while Gore's political career may be over...