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...Saturday, was loud, sweet and a great relief to everyone. At Whidbey Island in Washington State, home base for the squadron, thousands gathered on a crisp spring afternoon to welcome the crew. It was one of those unblemished moments of American patriotism. Navy bands let loose. Under a budding tree, three little girls bedded down for a nap beneath an unfurled American flag. Lieut. Shane Osborn, the pilot who brought the crippled plane safely down, touched a tear from his eye as he walked off the plane and into a heroic cacophony of cheers and music...
...free). The last three hours to the border are by outboard-powered dug-out. The going is slow but the pace affords fine views of the delta at its most pristine. The thick jungle harbors flocks of parrots, egrets and electric-blue kingfishers, while the banks are lined with tree roots twisted by monsoon floods into banyan shapes...
...medical director of the Treehouse Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and the moment you get there, you know you're not in an ordinary clinic. It's partly the eponymous tree that grows through the center of the building, partly the soft cotton gown you wear during an exam instead of a crinkly paper disposable one. Mostly, however, it's the treatment you receive - a lyrical balance of Western pharmaceuticals, traditional botanicals and sensible advice on lifestyle changes...
What that something might be is, at this point, anybody's guess. "Shake a tree full of theorists," says Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., leader of the collaboration, "and 20 ideas will fall out." For now, the unknown force is simply being called "dark energy," to emphasize its mysterious nature...
...medical director of the Treehouse Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and the moment you get there, you know you're not in an ordinary clinic. It's partly the eponymous tree that grows through the center of the building, partly the soft cotton gown you wear during an exam instead of a crinkly paper disposable one. Mostly, however, it's the treatment you receive--a lyrical balance of Western pharmaceuticals, traditional botanicals and sensible advice on lifestyle changes...