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...change brought him into contact with a Harvard classmate, W. Nicholas Thorndike ’55, who had founded Wellington. During their summer between junior and senior year, Cabot and Thorndike had worked together in Elma, Wash., where their job was to put out forest fires...
...easy to get lost while running--and singing--through the forest. The eTrex Legend C global-positioning device ($349; garmin.com will help you keep your bearings. The hand-held, color-screen eTrex can carry detailed maps of any area...
...available for hire by the Federal Government to douse flames with water and fire-retardant chemicals. Because of crashes and other malfunctions, just 10 tankers are now active, and only seven are considered safe enough to fly over populated areas, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. A U.S. Forest Service executive says there are alternatives to the tankers, including 88 smaller, single-engine planes and 700 helicopters ready for action, if needed. If not, there are always those rain dances. -By Jeffrey Ressner
...Area of Amazon rain forest destroyed from August 2003 to August 2004?the second largest figure since data was first compiled...
...happy medium, as some camps have discovered, is combining specialty pursuits with old-fashioned recreation, creating a balance between work and play. At Emagination Computer Camps, which has locations in Waltham, Mass., Atlanta, Lake Forest, Ill., and the suburbs of Philadelphia, kids spend the day in three tech workshops, choosing among such options as building PCs, designing computer games and wiring toy robots. But they are also required to participate in one session a day of what the camp calls retro games. Among them: Ultimate Frisbee, kickball and swimming. Ah, wilderness! --With reporting by Leslie Whitaker/Chicago and Rebecca Winters/Los Angeles