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...reclines along the water like Cleopatra on her barge. The Disney Hall, which opens this week in a glittery blast of galas and concerts, deserves nothing less. Its silvery cascades are one of the most beautiful sights anywhere in the U.S. If you have seen the Grand Canyon, another sun-drenched, curvy thing of hypnotic power, you have some idea of what the Disney Hall is like...
...MILLION Pounds of peanut butter consumed by Americans each year. That is enough spread to cover the floor of the Grand Canyon...
...Julian Krinsky Canyon Ranch Young Adult Summer Program takes its educational mission seriously. A joint venture between the ultra-deluxe Canyon Ranch spas in Arizona and Massachusetts and the Krinsky chain of summer camps, the program is in its second summer of operation. Staff members say the camp, located at Bryn Mawr College, outside Philadelphia, is intended to help teenagers learn how to live healthy lifestyles, and so stress-busting classes like Cardio Kickboxing and Pilates are offered, along with nutritional advice that's dispensed in a Hands-On Cooking course. "This camp changes the way you think," says Genna...
...Dalmations. "It's like children's day care. They get time outs and treats," says owner Lisa Schettino, adding, "Some of the dogs are cliquey." And for those who are forced to leave their dogs overnight at places that used to be called kennels, there are now Canyon Ranch--style options. At Tappen Hill, in the wine country north of San Francisco, $36 a night will get a pup access to heated floors, two swimming pools and lots of scheduled activities...
...some point, the 6-ft. 2-in. climber fashioned a tourniquet to stanch the blood. After the amputation, he told rescuers, he used his remaining arm to rappel 50 to 75 ft. to the canyon floor. He had to hike another seven miles to find help. Bandaged and bleeding profusely, Ralston was walking with two other hikers who had encountered him when Sergeant Mitch Vetere of the Emery County Sheriff's Department spotted the group from a helicopter. Once aboard, Ralston asked for water but was remarkably stoic. "He was drained but coherent," says Vetere. "He seemed pretty calm...