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They may not realize it, but the good folks of Fond du Lac, Wis., are participating in a high-stakes shopping experiment courtesy of Toys "R" Us. The $11 billion toy chain selected this lakeside resort town surrounded by dairy farms to test a radical departure from its traditional Toys "R" Us stores, which typically feature row upon row of shelves crammed with toys and little else. The new shop, Geoffrey, named for the company's mascot giraffe, is a multihued, airy warehouse that's part playpen, part kids' mall and part toy store. Accompanied by the sound of peppy...
...most Type 2 diabetics don't have to resort to insulin shots to manage their condition. Because the fundamental problem in Type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance--not the inability to produce insulin as in Type 1--other options are available. Your physician may first give you pills that can either sensitize your body to insulin's effects or help your body produce more of the hormone. But some of your best allies in this struggle are your muscles. Building them up and using them regularly in such pursuits as walking or dancing draw more glucose out of the bloodstream...
...words on the snowman in the eastern Tyrol skiing resort of Steinplatte read "Snow guaranteed from end of November to end of Easter". Fears that global warming is melting away Alpine ski slopes are adding to an unusually Grinchy state of mind in Austria...
...Size, Service and Snow” is the Attitash-Bear Creek Resort’s slogan. With 70 trails, 14 chairlifts, gladed terrain and its own snowboard park, “Katchina,” Attitash is the largest resort in New Hampshire. It is open all four seasons and is well worth the drive from Cambridge...
Known as the “ski capital of the East,” Stowe rivals the ski meccas of the Colorado Rockies. With eight chairlifts and a gondola, getting to Stowe’s 60 trails is easy, as is access to the mountain, named for the resort town in which it is located. Stowe is equally as hospitable to snowboarders with its new program “Ridestowe...