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...known for glacial temperatures, is cashing in on China's ski boom. The city is home to Asia's largest indoor ski dome, Yinqixing (Seven Silver Stars). With a slope that's just 380 m long, the $36 million facility isn't designed for serious ski bums. The steepest section of the hill is only 17 degrees, the snow feels more like Sno-Cone crystals than real powder and there are no lifts?just an escalator that takes skiers partway up the slope. Still, a Yinqixing spokesman says the facility has recorded 500,000 visits since opening...
...known for glacial temperatures, is cashing in on China's ski boom. The city is home to Asia's largest indoor ski dome, Yinqixing (Seven Silver Stars). With a slope that's just 380 m long, the $36 million facility isn't designed for serious ski bums. The steepest section of the hill is only 17 degrees, the snow feels more like Sno-Cone crystals than real powder and there are no lifts-just an escalator that takes skiers partway up the slope. Still, a Yinqixing spokesman says the facility has recorded 500,000 visits since opening...
Dear Molly, How old is too young to get engaged? What do you think of the new engagement/marriage craze that is taking over our school? Are you engaged? Do you want to be? —Musing on Marriage Dear Musing on Marriage, I can picture you sitting in section, drumming your fingers on the table, absent-mindedly staring out the window, thinking about how all you really want to do right now is have a re-match against your roommate in Mario Kart when the unexpected sparkle of an engagement ring jolts you out of your typical section space...
...attorneys to the FBI. Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey said that the changes to the act were significant, considering that President Bush had opposed making any adjustments to the Patriot Act renewal legislation. That members of Congress included an expiration of the library patron record section of the Patriot Act—while permanently renewing 14 of the act’s other 16 provisions under consideration—demonstrates that the debate over this provision is not over, Casey said. “It signifies residual concerns harbored by a significant number of members regarding...
Bogart even includes self-assessment questions at the end of every section, with blank lines for readers to write in their own responses...