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...Outside the holiday season, Agnes Water is still a sleepy hollow by the Coral Sea, surrounded by the subtropical wonders of the Eurimbula and Deepwater national parks. From the headland, the deserted coast sweeps north in a series of yellow boomerangs of sand. To the south, little horseshoe bays offer privacy and uncrowded waves...
From the Maison's convenient position on a quiet residential street three blocks from Jumeira Beach, you can stroll down to the sand at sunset and dive into the cool Gulf waters, evoking the Dubai of a generation ago when it was a fishing backwater, not the rich beneficiary of our oil addiction. In a conscious snub to Dubai's megahotels, the Maison has only a tiny signpost outside. The 22 rooms don't even have numbers; each is named for a city in South Asia or the Middle East and decorated with furniture collected on the managers' travels around...
...They are reassuringly banal. There are paintings of sand-dunes, palm-dotted horizons, tranquil seas; 'Detainee Z,' an Algerian engineering student detained without charges, then released on bail under supervision, after London's July 7 bombings, built a cherry-red wooden toy train for his son. A boat called the Allahu Akbar, its sail adorned with cut-out photos of Mecca and Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, is made out of matchsticks. So too is a model of an Andalusian Mosque, complete with arches and pillars, and a jewelry box embossed with 'Najat,' the name of some prisoner's beloved...
...estimated 5,772 in 1990 to 13,411 in 2006, a 132% increase. The highest injury rates were among males ages 10 to 19 and those over 70, according to a study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham. And these aren't scratches from falling into a sand trap. The wounds include concussions, fractures, even hemorrhages...
...Brown, not Eight Belles, but I was still taken slightly aback when I read "after Eight Belles ... racing needs a feel-good equine story in the worst way" [June 9]. What racing needs is for the "kings" of this "sport of kings" to pull their heads out of the sand and take stock of what's going on. This isn't a game. There are animals' lives on the line. And the way the language of profits and percent shares has infiltrated how we articulate these lives is appalling. Let us all take note, too, that Eight Belles was among...