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...Everest, Noguchi noticed that the growing ranks of fellow mountaineers left piles of discarded climbing gear and trash?much of the rubbish bearing Chinese, Korean or Japanese labels. When a European climber noted in passing that "Japan is a developed country, but without any manners," Noguchi decided something had to be done. Returning to Everest in 2000, he climbed the mountain four times over the next four years with an international team that cleared nearly eight tons of waste from its slopes, including more than 400 discarded oxygen containers. Local Nepalese villagers didn't see the point of the project...
Officers of the two groups agreed that their fundraising efforts through Amazon.com made a lot of sense—and dollars. With classes in full gear, students are buying books online anyway and should have the opportunity to contribute to their chosen political cause at the same time, the partisan foes both said...
...invisible but palpable. The most common wound for returning soldiers is brain injury. Some of these, as in Jeff Lucey?s case, are undiagnosed. Other soldiers find that the military refuses to diagnose their lingering malaise as post-traumatic stress disorder. As they were not issued proper protective gear for their uniforms and their tanks while in Iraq, they are too often denied treatment for the wounds they suffered there and brought home with them...
...than Paradiso's tiny waterfront restaurant and its menu of locally caught seafood, prepared Italian or Sumatran style. Another highlight of a stay on Cubadak is the cost. Nightly rates start at $80 including full board, airport transfers, trekking tours and use of snorkeling equipment, while rental of diving gear is a mere $45 a day. "If you want complete tranquillity, a home-cooked meal and spectacular diving, you will find it here," says Casalegno. Not to mention an abundance of Italian charm. For more information, visit cubadak-paradisovillage.com...
...least keep your ears up, and Prof. Xioawei Zhuang is one of the perkier members of the department. If, however, you prefer consulting numerical tables to learning a few easy integrals, stick to Chem 60.A warning: one intermediate course is worth approaching only in full chemical safety gear. Chem 154, “Crystal Symmetry, Diffraction, and Structure Analysis” is a how-to course for grad students who wish or have been ordered to become their lab’s resident crystallography guru. Everyone else should stay far, far away (like, humanities-elective far away) from...