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...clear brush on private land or tracts owned by the U.S. Forest Service. Called pineros because many work in remote pine forests, the workers are recruited by private contractors with promises of high wages. But many pineros arrive in the U.S. as much as $2,000 in debt for travel and visa expenses--costs the courts have ruled must be borne by employers. "Often recruiters make them leave the deed to their home with a company representative as collateral to ensure they stay on the job," Bauer says. They routinely work 60-hr. weeks, are not paid federally mandated overtime...
...most serious risk to air travel is a condition known as DVT, or deep-vein thrombosis. DVT is caused by blood clots that form in the legs, pelvis or arms. The clots usually aren't dangerous, but if they break off and lodge in the tiny vessels that feed the lungs or heart, they can be fatal...
...travel a lot -- more than 20 countries last year alone--and that means a lot of time on airplanes. I always worry, because there's a good chance that when I land I'll have the sniffles or something worse. When I started looking into the health risks of air travel, I discovered that a lot of people--as many as 70% of travelers--are just like me. They disembark complaining of everything from earaches and motion sickness to viral infections and dehydration made more severe by the dry air that circulates in airplane cabins...
Luggage companies such as Tumi and Samsonite are responding to the new demand with flair. They're using innovation and color to turn formerly utilitarian pieces into style statements. Tumi's new Ducati line features eight different travel bags with racy black-and-red styling. Samsonite Black Label hired trendy industrial designer Marc Newson to create a lightweight, colorful line of luggage called Scope. He used EVA foam--once found only in sneakers--to create one of the lightest uprights on the market...
Your Initials, Please The easiest way to identify luggage on the claim carousel is still old-fashioned initials. The idea of customizing travel gear started in France in 1854, when Louis Vuitton, a purveyor of steamer trunks, began hand-painting initials on its goods. Gaston-Louis, a grandson of Vuitton's founder, was obsessed with the trend of customization, particularly the use of stickers as a way of identifying a trunk's journey around the world. Today Louis Vuitton still offers personalization services--including hand-painting initials, stripes and crests in a choice of 15 colors...