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...cats, a chocolate Lab named Charma and a spectacular view of Pikes Peak. Visitors can see the plumes of the Hayman fire from the house, but the property is a model of caution. The firewood and the wood splitter are placed well away from the house, in accordance with Forest Service fireproofing guidelines. There's a golden eagle in the area; a black-bear sow comes and goes so freely it is practically a neighbor. Five times a week, to keep in shape for her job, Barton jogged down the 3.3 miles from the house to County Road...
...loved the outdoors, but working for the Forest Service was no picnic. Hernandez says Terry would mark timber for loggers, using spray paint that the wind blew into her face even as trees came crashing down around them. She went on ground patrol, sometimes stumbling over a corpse or a marijuana crop. Hernandez says she and her friend were victims of a sexual-harassment case, which was not settled to their satisfaction. That may have been one reason Barton decided to leave California in 1994. Another reason: to try to save her marriage...
...word spread in the medical community, more doctors began offering botox to their migraine patients. Finally, two years ago, a team of scientists at Wake Forest University decided to put the treatment to a scientific test. They administered botox shots to 134 patients who had not responded to standard migraine treatments. Eighty-four percent reported some improvement; among patients who got the full four-session treatment, the success rate...
...Todd Troost, chairman of neurology at Wake Forest and lead researcher on the botox study, says he is not entirely sure why botox works. "It appears to relax muscles in the head, neck and jaw that when inflamed may trigger migraines," he says. But Troost adds that it also seems to interfere directly with the brain's pain-signaling mechanism...
...Southern Alps and offer excellent heli-skiing in the winter (which corresponds to the U.S. summer). My wife and I took a helicopter tour of the mountains, jet-boated up the Dart River, ascended 6,000 ft. in a hot-air balloon and trekked undisturbed in a vast beech forest. We also toured one of New Zealand's most impressive wine regions, Central Otago...