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...remains a student of Islam--his daily routine includes reading the Koran and improving his Arabic via a correspondence course--he has little to do with other Muslim inmates. "He thinks that most Muslims are not good Muslims," says an official. "I can see him looking down his nose at them." Lindh also spends his days poring over his fan mail, which so far has included at least one marriage proposal. "When people talk to him about his CNN interview, he gets a glint in his eye and a little smile," says the official. "He's definitely into the fact...
...board, and apart from a good pair of sunglasses, nothing is required except strong nerves: you can get up to 60 km/h over the fine, undisturbed sand. The sport itself is easy to master, although you'll be finding grains of sand in your pockets (and even up your nose) for days afterward. And you can leave your parka and long johns at home...
...around sun-struck clouds that resemble turreted castles. "This isn't so bad," I say to my seatmate, Miami-based meteorologist Joe Cione, who looks at me and laughs. It's about then that I realize the pilot has executed a sweeping U-turn and pointed the plane's nose in Hurricane Ivan's direction...
...plane I'm riding in is itself a flying data-collecting instrument, with an air- sampling rod protruding from its nose and three radar units fastened to its nose, belly and tail. In addition, it has a pipe in the fuselage for launching sensor-loaded canisters known as dropwindsondes, sleek probes that take continuous readings of wind speeds, temperature, pressure and humidity as they parachute down. By combining the data obtained by multiple dropwindsondes, computer models can recon- struct the environment both inside and outside a hurricane, identifying conditions that feed or sap its strength or steer...
...Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort, tel: (61-7) 3268 6333, on Moreton Island, off the coast of Brisbane, Australia, is the setting for one of the most exhilarating thrill rides this side of the Matterhorn - and there's not a snowflake in sight. Tangalooma is mostly known for the bottle-nosed dolphins that can be hand-fed along the resort's shoreline each evening. But for a real encounter with the wild, guests climb onto boards made of waxed Masonite or wood fiber and throw themselves off the summit of one of the nearby 90-m sand dunes. They call...