Articles by Katharine Wroth
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From Scoring to Score
What can beige do for you? This poor albino penguin has no luck with the birds; but he’s got brothas in the Beige Brigade, a Kiwi cricket club whose tastes lie beyond the pale. Aw, the li’l fluffball finally found some mates. Photo: The Beige Brigade The kids on the bus go melt, melt, melt […]
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New certification in the works for green hotels
Saw a passing reference in a piece on travel trends about a new certification scheme for green hotels. Supposed to be developed in the next 90 days, says Joe McInerney, president of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. AHLA’s site, meanwhile, has a list of hot green hotel progress, ranging from Motel 6 using sensors […]
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Everest climber dead at 88
Things I did not know about Sir Edmund Hillary: He was still alive. He was only 88 when he died. Which means when he became the first person to reach the top of Everest, he was just a year older than I am now. Better get cracking. He once won an honor from Queen Elizabeth […]
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Brit blames bulb for TV-remote glitch
First CFLs cause migraines. Then they worsen skin conditions. Now they frig with the frequency of TV remotes. O brave new world …
