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Get autumn off to an awesome start with a last minute trip

MAJORCA: From Belfast, September 19, Globales Mimosa, Palma Nova, 3 Star, AI, 11 nights from £529pp. To book visit www .firstchoice.co.uk or visit your nearest Thomson Shop . LANZAROTE: From Belfast, September 21, Lanzasur Splash Resort , Playa Blanca, 3 Star, AI, 7 nights from £549pp.To book visit www .firstchoice.co.uk or visit your nearest Thomson Shop . COSTA BLANCA: From Belfast, September 23, Hotel Rio Park , Benidorm, 3 Star, HB, 4 nights from £709pp. To book visit www .firstchoice.co.uk or visit your nearest Thomson Shop . COSTA DEL SOL: September 24, from Belfast, Globales Cortijo Blanco , San Pedro De Alcantara , 3 Star,AI,7nights from £539pp. GRAN CANARIA: From Belfast, September 30, Hotel IFA Catarina , Playa Del Ingles , 4 Star, AI, 7 nights from £659pp. To book visit www .firstchoice.co.uk or visit your nearest Thomson Shop . MENORCA: From Belfast, September 14, Son Bou Gardens , Son Bou, 3 Star, SC, 7 nights from £399pp. To book visit www .thomson.co.uk or visit your nea...

Strike London Hotel Gold at Charming, Posh (and Shockingly Affordable) Flemings Mayfair

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Strike London Hotel Gold at Charming, Posh (and Shockingly Affordable ) Flemings Mayfair" />Let's talk about the drawing room. All photos courtesy of Flemings Mayfair. Can it be? A gorgeous, centrally located, family-owned hotel in Central London that's actually affordable? Contributing editor and London regular Christina Ohly strikes hotel gold at Flemings Mayfair. LONDON – Visitors to London are spoiled for choice when it comes to fantastic hotels, so I am always on the lookout for the latest, greatest, newest offering when I return to this city that I consider my second home. I tend to stay in more residential areas — Chelsea, Kensington, Notting Hill — but my latest favorite find is in the heart of Mayfair, tucked away on sweet Half Moon Street . I literally can't stop raving about this hidden gem. Originally opened in 1851, Flemings Mayfair was converted from thirteen adjoining Georgian townhouses , which gives it an intimate, smaller feel than the oth...

The Army Captain Trying to Prove the U.S. Has Lost the War in Afghanistan

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Aug 16, 2017 The first time Captain Noorullah Aminyar traveled to the United States, in 2012, he felt calm and peaceful in a way he never had before. Back home in Afghanistan, he had slept fully clothed , boots on, hand on his rifle. The Taliban attacked every night, and he had to be ready. "But when I come to America," he told me, "I have no stress in America. I sleep good. I tell you, I have no stress. It was really easy. It was a good thing. You feel safe. I was born in the war. I grew up in the war. Always, your life is in danger. You find a little safe time, for sure you'll be happy." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below For Aminyar, then twenty-eight, coming to America was an honor and an achievement. He attended the prestigious Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, the culmination of more than a decade of studying English, followed by a basic infantry officer 's course at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Ame...