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...free spirit and quite the pilgrim for most of her life, Shell Biles settled in Gerringong six years ago. She was looking for a place that wasn't as hot as Darwin or as cold as Launceston, and no way could she cope in a metropolis like Sydney. One thing she liked about Gerringong was that, at the time, none of the big fast-food chains had a presence here. Those kinds of outlets . . . well, they're just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Water World Of Her Own | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...that by 2025, nearly half of deaths will end in cremation. While 13% of cremations involve the use of a casket (some families choose, often at their funeral directors' urging, to conduct a traditional viewing of their loved ones before cremating their bodies), families are increasingly less likely to shell out thousands of dollars for a box destined for the incinerator. To make matters worse, that shrinking market is also sought by a growing number of competitors: discounters, Chinese imports and independent craftsmen who ply their wares directly to consumers via storefronts or the Web. Add the rising costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trends: Opening the Box | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...spend on your test," says Ray Rodriguez, director of the Center of Excellence in Nutritional Genomics at the University of California, Davis, "but it won't do you any harm - and you might actually start taking your nutrition more seriously." The only question is whether you really want to shell out $1,000, or even $99, for that sort of advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a DNA Test Tell You How to Live Your Life? | 8/1/2006 | See Source »

...YORK—Not far from the seventy-five sons of Harvard munching on soft-shell crab in the Grill Room, up two flights of crimson-carpeted stairs, past the mounted moose heads, beyond the Library and the conspicuously displayed copies of the Harvard Gazette, lies the Mahogany Room, where daughters and granddaughters of those soft-shell crab-munching sons of Harvard pawed and prodded at frocks hawked by one Lewis Albert...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Goose-Stepping Down a Crimson Catwalk | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

Salomon, a brand famous for its skis and snowboards, is getting wet. Its S-Core design creates a shock-absorber-like effect in the deck using three polypropylene foam stringers in a hollow carbon core enclosed by a foam shell--an airplane wing on the water. The composites in the deck and rigid carbon bottom optimize flex memory, which improves control, says Salomon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surfing's New Wave | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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