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...reason and faith. As the castaways find what's inside a bunker (a psych experiment, a doomsday computer and a lot of 1980s furniture), their world expands. Joining them are a priest (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), an ex-cop (Michelle Rodriguez) and scary "Others" who don't like sharing their island. This detail-packed drama is worth watching for the first time, or for the second, with a finger on the PAUSE and REWIND buttons...
...coastline. Early this year, floods inundated 6,000 sq. km of Burke Shire, turning Highway 1 into a chain of atolls; supplies had to be dropped to some settlements by helicopter. At Floraville station, 73 km south of the town-and 80 km inland-the homestead was an island for two weeks, and sharks were seen circling the henhouse. Owner Kylie Camp says her husband Ernie was about to rescue some floating oil drums when "he saw the fins and decided...
...election in 1990, the race is starting to look far closer than just about anyone would have expected a few months ago. And with Democrats leading in the five other states that are considered their best opportunities to pick up Senate seats this fall--Pennsylvania, Montana, Rhode Island, Ohio and Missouri--it is conceivable that a victory by Ford could give them the sixth one that they need to take back control of the chamber...
Snyder and many other gay executives and leaders (all the people quoted in this article are openly gay) believe those superior skills are born of the challenges that gays must overcome. Says Snyder: "It wasn't as though gay executives all said, 'Oh, let's go to Fire Island [a beach resort in New York with a substantial gay enclave] this weekend and decide what kind of managers we should be.' This emerged independently of any kind of organized effort. It's the experience of being gay in a straight world that has manifested itself in these characteristics when...
Talk about extracurricular activity. As part of their after-school program, 24 students at New York City's South Shore High came up with-and designed-this game, which is named after the way Haiti is pronounced in Creole. The free game, which looks at poverty in the island nation, and will be available for download at thecostoflife.org in September, almost makes going back to school seem...