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...Located in East London's gritty Docklands region on the banks of the River Thames, the white, 80,000-square-meter, tent-like structure - designed by famed architect Richard Rogers - is one of the few manmade objects visible from space. Opening to great fanfare on Dec. 31, 1999, on the cusp of the new millennium with Queen Elizabeth II and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in attendance, the Dome was initially considered a failure. Sure, it lured 6.5 million visitors to its themed Millennium Experience attractions during its year-long run - many more than any other U.K. attraction...
While kayaking is a solo sport, it's hardly for hermits. The Washington Kayak Club, based in Seattle, boasts some 700 members and sponsors everything from fall outings on the Cedar River to viewings of the sockeye salmon swimming upstream to clinics at local pools on how to roll your boat over in the water. Year-round festivals include the weeklong Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival, which starts Oct. 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., and features more than 50 group paddles. You'll always be the master of your kayak, but it's more fun when a paddling buddy comes along...
...intended. 2. Petsi Pies: Go past Louie’s Superette and straight on till morning to find this eclectic bakery, tucked away on Putnam Ave., near Mather. Tuck yourself away in one of the mismatched chairs and enjoy a wrinkly but tasty scone. Despite its proximity to several river Houses, few Harvard students seem to be aware of its existence, making this townie gem as unlike Lamont Café as possible. 3. Café Pamplona: Better known to humanities concentrators as the place your TFs are most likely to waylay you as you’re rushing to turn...
...Phillips Brooks House focused on the community benefits that Harvard will provide and the lack of student voice in the planning process. The first phase of Harvard’s half-century-long campus expansion currently includes the relocation of the Quad dorms to the Allston side of the river. For some students in attendance, the lack of student voice in the process was problematic. “The College has yet to start a dialogue,” said Jeffrey Kwong ’09, the Undergraduate Council’s liaison for Cambridge and Allston...
...long-term forecast isn't any better. Few scientists expect dry areas like the Southwest to do anything but grow dryer still. The past several years have been among the dryest on record in the West, leaving the Colorado River - which supplies water to 30 million people - at its lowest level in 85 years of measurements. If the mountain snowpack that stores much of the water used by the West were to melt because of higher temperatures, all the reservoirs in the world might not be enough to keep the region wet. Even if the effects of climate change turn...