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...over, tugging them as we inch backward along narrow ledges above frothing water. We push and pull them over boulders midstream, dropping them in the water on the other side and jumping into them one by one. Adrenaline flows as fast as the current, and we eat lunch ravenously atop a huge boulder onto which we've dragged the rafts, its surface so uneven we edge warily around them. At the rock's upstream end, where the water races furiously under the boulder, a river guide was once sucked under and drowned. That night the river booms through my dreams...
...atop lava rocks and enclosed by brick or stone, these glowing hearths add dramatic flair. Fireplaces are also trendy poolside, either built in with a mantel or small and portable...
Computers have come a long way from the dull beige box. The new Disney Dream Desk PC for kids is bright blue with yellow accents; the speakers are Mickey Mouse ears perched atop a flat-screen monitor. The coolest application is a game called Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding, in which Goofy skateboards underwater and performs all sorts of spins and slides. There are also Disney-themed programs for mixing your own music, creating digital videos and drawing pictures. Kids can use Microsoft Works for homework and can safely surf the Net, thanks to the ContentProtect Internet filtering program. Built...
...HAVEN, Conn.—An undefeated 2003 campaign may have bought Penn a spot atop the Ivy League pre-season media poll, but labeling the Quakers—or any of the other Ancient Eight squads, for that matter—“odds-on favorites” won’t be happening any time soon...
...bike's crank arm. Invented by a German company, the device measures the power and rhythm of each pedal push, as well as the cyclist's heart rate. He's even got gizmos working for him as he sleeps. Blake has pitched a plastic "high-altitude tent" atop his queen-size bed at his home in Victoria. A compressor pumps in air containing 15% oxygen, equal to the rarefied air 3,000 meters above sea level, compared with 21% oxygen at sea level. As Blake snoozes, his body compensates for the lower level of oxygen it is getting by producing...