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...This means that a swath of New Mexico is uniquely situated for a spaceport since no planes or satellites can pass through the area reserved for rocket launches and landings. State officials are scheduled to announce a partnership this week with Virgin Group founder Richard Branson to launch a fleet of ships--based on the Ansari X Prize--winning SpaceShipOne design--that will take tourists up to 400,000 ft. on a two-hour journey. Passengers can cover the $200,000 fare, Virgin Atlantic declared last week, by redeeming 2 million frequent-flyer miles. And, says Virgin Galactic president Will...
...real accomplishment, Dickinson will tell you, is what has happened in the 15 developing nations where Equal Exchange buys from indigenous farmer cooperatives. In Oaxaca, Mexico, residents ride a fleet of cooperative-funded buses on routes that take hours to walk. In La Libertad, El Salvador, children who used to walk past an empty school building now study inside with a teacher who is paid by the cooperative. In Chajul, Guatemala, a cooperative-funded health clinic is helping reduce child mortality. And in remote corners of Peru, growing numbers of children of uneducated farmers are leaving to pursue university degrees...
Pollinger began racing as a tot. By the time he was six, he was scooting past nine-year-olds to become the U.S. champ. The fleet-footed freshman has flown as far as Germany to compete and has now won 30 championship titles in national contests. Recently, he won the 2005 Men’s Junior 5,000-Meter Race Walk Championships in under 23 minutes...
...schools for show-and-tell visits. The Victorian-based dingo breeder and international dog judge is waging a publicity battle to convince Australians that the dingo is worth saving - a fight that's been going on, in one way or another, ever since sheep arrived with the First Fleet and the dingo became an outlaw. Since then, the animal that figures in Aboriginal Dreaming stories has been hunted and reviled as a killer of stock and even children. But as baiting programs and hybridization with feral domestic dogs pull down pure dingo numbers, there are growing warnings that the breed...
...rain showers, freestanding baths and hardwood floors. There will be a riverbank restaurant serving Thai, Laotian, Burmese and Western cuisine, while sundowners can be enjoyed at the plantation-style Burma Bar. Gentle diversion will come in the form of a couple of spa salas and a fleet of swanky river boats for Mekong safaris - but the real highlight will be an adjoining elephant reserve. Here, guests will learn to become mahouts and be able to ride their behemoths through the surrounding jungle. As you would expect, the cost of this rainforest fantasy is just as hefty. Rates start from...