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...computerized poker and slot machines were introduced to New Zealand in 1988, gaming operators provided funding for a national gambling hotline, counseling centers, public-awareness campaigns and research. As a result, gambling addiction rates fell from 7% in 1991 to 3% in 1999. Gambling "is a lot like a ski slope," says Bo Bernhard, director of gambling research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "A bunch of people race down and have a wonderful time, but inevitably, you'll have a proportion that falls. You have to have a hospital at the bottom of the hill...
...Health. The study's principal investigator, Richard Greenwald, co-invented the monitoring technology, and his company, Simbex, is already making inroads into other markets. It just completed an Army order for 20 combat helmets equipped with sensors to monitor bomb blasts and is working on a deal to sell ski helmets that can track the head banging that snowboarders often endure on half-pipes and terrain fields. Greenwald's two young sons have been wearing prototypes on the slopes as well as data-streaming wrist guards Simbex is developing. Let the impact monitoring, er, games, begin...
...This place is no longer just a bunch of hippies," says Bryan Jennings, a station manager at KLNX, Minturn's year-old radio station. "There are ski bums and artists and out-of-towners, and between here and Vail, a heck of a lot of culture and things to do for such a small area. The entire scene is changing fast...
Indeed, the Ginn Co., a Florida-based developer, wants to build a 5,300-acre resort with a ski hill, golf course and 1,700 units of housing on nearby Battle Mountain. Of course, local opinion is split. Some say such a big-box project will generate jobs and tax revenue. Opponents argue that it will ruin the town's Grateful Dead--meets--Hooterville character, turning it into something more like Sun Valley or Aspen...
...nation's highest foreclosure rates, according to property tracker RealtyTrac, many parts are doing just fine. Prices in Denver's newly hip Highlands neighborhood, a community full of bungalow homes and yuppies, were up 13% last year, according to listings data crunched by real estate agent Ed Tomlinson. And ski resorts like Copper Mountain can't build enough pricey condos...