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...found, is no exception. Known as "breakneck beach" for its 5- to 10-ft. waves that crash into the sand vertically, Sandy's often leaves unwary bodysurfers with painful memories. (Note to first-timers: Hawaiians, like surfers, measure waves from the top of a person's back to the crest, so I don't recommend learning the art at Sandy...
There's only so much one state can take. As the flood waters crest and begin to recede in hard-hit cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowans' initial can-do, stoic response to the slow swamping of our state's homes, businesses and crops - about 36,000 people have been left homeless, according to the governor's estimate - is giving way, understandably, to physical and emotional exhaustion...
...fact unlikely to mentioned by their tour guides: The scarlet ibis can often be found in less majestic circumstances - stewed in a curry and served up on a plate. And thanks to rampant poaching to satisfy the unsavory hunger for the bird that shares the country's national crest with the cocrico, claimed as Tobago's bird, conservationists fear that the ibis will forsake Trinidad. "We'd hunt them in the early morning," says Seth, a 21-year-old swamp tour guide and reformed poacher who asked that his real name not be used for fear of jeopardizing the future...
...leggings. Until then, I’m no better than the rest of you, so instead I offer: THREE TIPS ON THESIS FASHION/SURVIVAL 1) Brush your hair. You don’t want to end up looking like Jodie Foster in “Nell.” 2) Crest White Strips. Coffee stains your teeth and ruins your mind. 3) Stop talking about your thesis with the excited furor of John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind,” because pretty soon you will think that you have met a really fun-loving English...
...watre may be riding the crest of a trendsetting ocean wave. Major skin-care companies are looking at these "enhanced" waters with great interest, says David Fowler, CEO of Wellness Enterprises, which produces water filters and water for skin-care manufacturers. "These waters hydrate better and are biologically stable," he says. "Fungus can't grow in them, so you don't need to add preservatives...