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...things quickly turn from Confessions to The City of God as Siddhartha, like Augustine, abandons adolescent excess (and, don't forget, his new wife and son). The fateful decision is made when his curiosity about life outside the palace walls overwhelms him and he decides to take a look for himself - only to witness firsthand the ravages of disease, old age and death. Disillusioned with "the perishable world," he suddenly renounces his princely surroundings for a life of famished mendicancy...
...People from all walks of life compete. Some just want to cross the finish line, others want to win (the time difference between the front runners and the back of the field can be in excess of 50 hours by each race's end). Competitors range between 21 and 67 years of age and come from more than 130 countries. Often, families and groups of friends enter together. Sometimes, companies use the races as team-building exercises or charitable endeavors - Microsoft entered three top executives from their Seattle headquarters in this year's Gobi race, known as the Gobi March...
...sports competition, which runs through Aug. 3 and includes in-line skating and bungee jumping, features new powering stations where attendees ride bikes to charge their mobile phones and other electronics. The organizers are also offering attendees prizes, like rad belt buckles made from old skateboards, if they recycle. Excess construction materials will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. And those tree-eating ramps? Some of them will be recycled for use in communities in need of public recreation outlets...
...pantheon of lost causes, defending the plastic grocery bag would seem to be right up there with supporting smoking on planes or the murder of puppies. The ubiquitous thin white bag has moved squarely beyond eyesore into the realm of public nuisance, a symbol of waste and excess and the incremental destruction of nature. But where there's an industry at risk, there's an attorney, and the plastic bag's advocate in chief is Stephen L. Joseph, head of the quixotically titled Save the Plastic Bag campaign...
...your destination, with rates starting at $52. It can take a day for your bags to catch up with you, but it may be worth the wait to avoid standing in check-in lines or filling out lost-luggage forms. Similar services are available from First Luggage (www.firstluggage.com) and Excess Baggage Company (www.excessbaggage.com...