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...Needs Snow... Colorado's Vail Resorts isn't just a skiing destination. To convince you, the resort has devised all-inclusive family friendly three- and six-night vacations jam-packed with Western activities. The Epic Summer package takes you panning for gold, whitewater rafting, horseback riding on Beaver Creek Mountain, and on gondolas rides to summits and historical walking tours through the old Victorian mining town of Breckenridge. There's even a Wild West cowboy campfire dinner, complete with wagon rides and storytelling. The six-night package costs $1,195 for adults, or $895 for children ages 12 and under...
...killing more than 1,300 Taliban fighters, a decisive victory is yet to be achieved. The army says that it is still facing "pockets of resistance," and the senior leadership remains elusive. Many of the militants have fled the area, believed to have melted away into the valley's snow-capped mountains, the tribal areas or escaped with the estimated three million refugees...
...sadness, Clarel Antoine II ’07-’09 knew how to lift his spirits. Though it was almost midnight and the temperature was sub-zero, Antoine hastily made his friend put on a jacket and run outside to the frozen Charles River. Amid the snow and ice, the two friends stepped cautiously onto the frozen river and back to its bank. Antoine died suddenly in late December of last year. Those who knew Antoine said they remembered his vivacity, charisma, and empathy. “If anything really characterizes Clarel, it was how intensely he loved...
...read Stephenie Meyer's books; the last encounter I had with the romantic vampire was with Anne Rice, and it was essentially "beautiful people of the night." But the line between attraction and horror is very, very thin. When you see footage of a polar bear walking in the snow, your heart melts. And then seconds later when you see the same polar bear mauling a baby seal, you can be horrified. And I don't see why these aspects of life cannot be reconciled...
...minus 24-hours sense of panic: partaking in a dining hall arms race (“Only two papers? Try three.”) and snapping at strangers, or slowing down, taking my computer to Café Algiers, and appreciating January’s new fallen snow...