| Children's nursing facility to open
An Ewa Beach nursing facility designed to provide skilled care to medically fragile children will have its grand opening March 15. The 30-bed facility, called Kulana Malama, reportedly is the first residential care home in the state exclusively for children with chronic or complex medical conditions. .
Great deals from Philadelphia to select European cities
Looking for an alternative East Coast European launchpad? Like a good deal to go along with it? Consider US Airways' Philadelphia (PHL) hub, and discount airfares as low as $298. Once a sore point in its route system, US Airways has made marked improvements in its Philadelphia operation since the merger with America West. To underscore the fact, it is launching flights to a trio of new European cities from PHL: Brussels (BRU) on June 1, Zurich (ZRH) on June 8, and Athens (ATH) on May 25. The Athens run is seasonal. The one-way discount airfare to Brussels is $366, to Zurich, the price is $399, and to Athens the rate is $298. Again, all these discount airfares are one-way, and they entail a round-trip purchase. .
Risky travel
With the University's recent emphasis on internationalization - which has yet to touch undergraduates in a meaningful way - and the increased popularity of concentrations like international relations and development studies, we're glad undergraduates are taking advantage of newly permitted study in Israel and other countries on the U.S. Department of State Travel Warning list.
Before last March, University policy prohibited students from studying in countries on the State Department's travel blacklist. But many students studied in Israel anyway, fending for themselves by withdrawing temporarily from Brown, enrolling as a visiting student at a local university and hoping to get retroactive credit at Brown after they returned. University officials finally buckled to swelling student pressure - marked by over 2,000 signatures collected by Brown Students for Israel - to allow study abroad in Israel.
Thomas Cook inducts four senior execs
MUMBAI: After two high-profile acquisitions last year, travel and forex major Thomas Cook (TCIL) is now consolidating its business by bringing four senior-level executives into its fold. At least two of the positions are believed to have been newly-formed. The top-level appointments include Vinayak Purohit, who will take over as executive director, finance. Coming from a prominent media house, Mr Vinayak will take over from Robin Banerjee who had quit the company late last year. The company is also set to consolidate its travel business, which includes outbound, inbound and corporate segments, under new head Nalini Udai Gupta. She will head the travel business and will be a director at Travel Corporation of India, which was acquired by TCIL in an all-cash deal worth Rs 180 crore earlier this year.
Bus service has line on cheap, easy travel
PITTSBURGH For Internet-savvy travelers on a budget, Megabus.com claims to offer a service that makes mainstream bus travel seem pricey: rides from Pittsburgh to Chicago for as little as $1.
The New Jersey-based company, which began operating in a number of midwestern cities last year, is hoping the promise of such bargains will entice ever more drivers to leave their cars behind in favor of its colorful coaches. The bus line announced Thursday it will expand its service to Pittsburgh; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Mo., and Louisville, Ky. It already offers service between Chicago and Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Toledo. To keep fares low, Megabus uses online ticketing and sidewalk stops instead of ticket counters and bus terminals.
Nurse nearing lifelong goal of college degree
The Linganore High School graduate is already is a registered nurse through a program at Frederick Community College, where she was an honors student. She earned a 3.98 grade point average last semester at Catholic University and expects to graduate in December. Smith is the daughter of Susan and Darby Smith of New Market. New Market residentearns academic honors Congratulations to New Market resident Kaitlin Sullivan, a Northeastern University student and journalism major, who was named to the Boston school’s dean’s list for the fall semester. To earn a spot on the dean’s list, students must maintain a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Sullivan is an honors student and is part of a new program at Northeastern in which students live in special interest on-campus housing and participate in one or two honors classes each semester.
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