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...www.palazzosasso.com). The famously opulent Grand Wailea in Hawaii features pools and waterslides for swimmers of all ages and the world's only water elevator. But the Wailea's crown jewel is the 450-sq-m Hibiscus Pool with a flower mosaic of 630,000 Mexican glass tiles (tel: [1-800] 888-6100; www.grandwailea.com). Exotic pools are not just the domain of warmer climes: 40 minutes outside of Reykjavik, Iceland, is the year-round, 39°C heat at the Blue Lagoon. Pumped from a geothermal source, it comes complete with silica mud for a do-it-yourself facial...
...first you have to learn how. A display explains the proper procedure for tasting beer: look, swirl, sniff and sip. Then there are vital facts to master: "The nutritional value of beer is outstanding," says the guide. "One glass is equal to four eggs." Exhibits are labeled in English and Chinese, and a self-guided tour map means visitors can go it alone should following the group become tiresome. Just be sure to reconvene for drinks when you're done. In the tasting room, three generations of Chinese families sit at tables, passing Tsingtao blond, dark and even green...
...loner really become more gregarious through acts-of-kindness exercises? Can a dyed-in-the-wool pessimist learn to see the glass as half full? Can gratitude journals work their magic over the long haul? And how many of us could keep filling them with fresh thankful thoughts year after year? Sonja Lyubomirsky believes it's all possible: "I'll quote Oprah here, which I don't normally do. She was asked how she runs five miles a day, and she said, 'I recommit to it every day of my life.' I think happiness is like that. Every...
...worst-hit areas, the most immediate enemy is infection. Thousands of people were essentially attacked by their own flimsy homes, sliced up and gashed by falling planks of wood, shards of glass and jagged pieces of corrugated tin. So many wounds went untreated or were badly treated in local clinics that gangrene and tetanus have set in; amputation is the most common operation in field hospitals...
...Crimson to be successful against the Big Green tomorrow, Stehle and Cusworth will once again need to shoulder the scoring burden, while the entire team will need to do a much better job on the glass. After outrebounding eight of its first nine opponents this season, Harvard has lost the battle on the boards in each of its last four contests...