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...TIGER SHARK Jesse Spencer, now 18, from the Big Island of Hawaii, was surfing near Kona in October 1999 when a 10-ft. tiger shark came halfway out of the water and pushed him off his board. The shark's nose struck Spencer's head, then its jaws locked onto his arm. "I could almost see the whole shark. My elbow was down his throat." The shark ripped muscles, tendons and blood vessels, then chomped down on the surfboard before finally disappearing. Spencer made it to shore, and today his arm is recovering, although he still cannot grip with...
Maybe not, but Woody was on to something. Long before the universe finally fades out, his nightmare will come true--though not as he imagined. Now about halfway through its estimated 10 billion-year lifetime, our sun is slowly brightening. In about 1 billion years, its energy output will have increased at least 10%, turning Earth into a Venusian hothouse where plants wither, carbon dioxide levels plummet and the oceans boil...
...cell-phone-call" - that blind and manic need to drop everything and answer a call - that sadly afflicts so many humans, including heart surgeons, air-traffic controllers and, apparently, even my wandering friend in North Carolina. Let?s just hope those poor birds aren?t suddenly inspired to migrate halfway around the world, or we could have whole roads full of cars swerving dangerously in hopes of answering that pesky cell phone ringing in the branches of a tree...
...idea of traveling halfway around the world to starve yourself is, however you look at it, a little odd. To make hunger the theme of your vacation and pay good dollars for, well, nothing seems to be bordering on the plain loopy. Yet southern Thailand is becoming a hub for a growing number of professionals whose guilty affluence and/or search for the soulful drive them to seek a week or two of deprivation. On offer is bare-board living: fasting, yoga, meditation and?the ultimate in purification?twice daily cleansing of the colon...
Apparently, I didn't suffer from septic shock and intoxicate the entire boat. On May 7 we won the B-League repechage, opening water on Pforzheimer halfway through the race and holding on to finish half a boat-length ahead of PfoHo. It was a smooth, intense race, and I'm positive my jump into the Charles inspired my teammates...