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...here I was, all by myself on a deserted West Coast highway, driving further into the darkness. The road turned right, and all of a sudden, it assumed a steep ascent. Climbing deeper into the mountains would definitely not help my reception. I pulled aside and decided to go back...
...bead entrepreneurs wrinkled their noses. Brianna wants to be a lawyer and Jianna, a marine biologist. But their ambitions have not deterred them from becoming active in the group founded 59 years ago as Future Homemakers of America (FHA). In 1999 in a quest to stay relevant amid steep membership declines, the group decided to rename itself the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). The FCCLA'S adult advisers say the new name better reflects the broader purpose of the group, which provides kids with opportunities to learn how to become leaders outside the classroom. According...
...listen to the scrub." Wind roars in the canopy above and the sullen Tasmanian winter sky threatens rain or worse. In layers of thermals, waterproof trousers and parkas, gloves sodden from slippery branches, Shaw and other members of the local Aboriginal community have scrambled for an hour through steep rainforest to reach this spot in the island's wild southwest. Here at the base of a rough limestone bluff, half-hidden by the immense arching fronds of tree ferns, a dark cave mouth gapes crookedly, big enough to admit a man almost upright. But Shaw, the head of the Tasmanian...
...preserving its secret, the Aboriginal community's best ally is the landscape itself, a maze of outcrops, winding valleys and steep-sided natural depressions so baffling that one of Shaw's staff recently spent a night lost in it. And for what's under the ground here, in this part of what cave biologist Arthur Clarke calls "the underworld," there are no maps at all. Cavers tend to "look at their feet and not at the walls, so there could be other art work down there," Clarke says as he adjusts his hard hat before going inside. Years of studying...
...continental U.S., and it is shipped to the California-based AuctionDrop. As long as the product weighs less than 25 lbs. and has an eBay value of at least $75, the middleman will handle everything from pricing to shipping. AuctionDrop's commission is up to 38%, which may sound steep, but the deal's still more profitable than collecting dust...