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In 1962, Blumenfeld embarked to the South Pacific with his then-girlfriend Helaine (now his wife of more than 40 years) and a group of friends. Philia, an international community, was born.
In 1627, the great German astronomer Johannes Kepler first predicted a transit of Venus, but he died before he could witness the 1631 event. In 1769, the explorer Captain James Cook-just a lieutenant at the time-made his first voyage to the South Pacific in order to view that...
Adelson and Wynn point out they are adapting their winning formulas to suit Asians. For example, the Sands has gaming tables for fan tan and other games preferred by Chinese. A jackpot combination on specially adapted slot machines is the locally auspicious "888" instead of the traditional triple seven that...
Many hobbies, when considered closely, make no sense (spoon collecting, anyone?). But then there is railfanning, which even its disciples are hard put to explain. There are about 175,000 U.S. railfans, almost all men, estimates Kevin Keefe of Trains magazine. They have clubs, websites and vacation excursions. They are...
Though she was training at the Olympic training center with Rechul, she was recently hired as a coach at Pacific University in Oregon. Hobeika qualified for the US Olympic trials after winning the Western Regional.