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...water used on the property comes from the waterfall, which snakes over shining rocks like a silver ribbon. Before a flood of gold miners, loggers and sugarcane farmers pushed them from their traditional lands, women from the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal tribe visited the large pool at the base of the fall to make quartz knives and pounding stones. These days Keely Naden visits the same spot her ancestors knew so well, but now she takes lodge guests with her, and her daily walk is a highlight of a stay here. The bush amble includes spotting Boyd's forest dragon lizards...
...Over the past decade, Whole Foods has defined and reshaped the industry," says Edward Aaron, analyst at RBC Capital Markets. "They have pronounced the traditional health-food-store format dead and put together a higher-end specialty experience while attracting a much broader customer base...
...year-old store at Whole Foods' home base in Austin?an 80,000-sq.-ft. flagship and the chief laboratory for new ideas?is designated a "happy" store. All 600 employees attend monthly meetings, and everyone has a say. "We talk a lot about choosing our attitudes and what we're going to bring to the table that day," says store team leader Seth Stutzman...
...that may not be enough for Tisha Tallmann, Southeast regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She says her organization is still considering a legal challenge to the Act, in part because immigrants, she says, contribute some $200 million to the annual tax base, and should not be denied public services that they help fund. "Instead of waiting for Congress," says Tallmann, "Georgia has decided to take matters into its own hands, signing into law a punitive bill that does nothing to solve this complex issue." Unless Washington can finally tackle that issue, more states will...
...With no announcement, McClellan appeared in the driveway of the South Lawn at 9:39 a.m. with the President as he prepared to board his Marine One chopper for Andrews Air Force Base and thence to a day trip in Tuskegee, Ala. McClellan smiled, but quickly got a catch in his voice. "Good morning, everybody. I am here to announce that I will be resigning as White House Press Secretary," he said. "The White House is going through a period of transition; change can be helpful, and this is a good time and good position to help bring about change...