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Earlier this month, actor Levar Burton sent a message to his 146,000 Twitter followers inviting them to a "Tweetup" at a Toronto bar. About 40 people showed up, some because they were die-hard Star Trek fans, others because they had nothing better to do. Burton says he felt safe because of the type of fans he attracts. "Star Trek, Roots and Reading Rainbow had great cultural impact and inspire great fondness in people," he explains. "I don't have the type of fans who come up to me and want to put a cigarette...
...nearby bank may not like his unconventional hiking attire, consisting of shoes, socks, a backpack - and nothing else. Thomas isn't just some nature nut in a birthday suit - he's one of a growing number of hikers who make the pilgrimage to Appenzell specifically so they can trek in the nude. (See pictures of skiing...
...Mary’s City over the weekend and opted to instead engage in some practice team racing with some Crimson alumni and other talented sailors.“With everyone having midterms and papers right now, we decided to stay home and not make the long trek two weekends in a row,” junior Drew Robb said.The Harvard co-ed team is scheduled to compete in Maryland next weekend at the Truxton Umsted Regatta and to spend its Spring Break in the region as well.However, even without being able to compete against its collegiate counterparts this weekend...
Xstrata is not just writing a check. Freyberg says the company will play a hands-on role in the relocation project. "The wombat is massively endangered," he says. "Without our intervention, this animal would be at serious risk." In November, Freyberg made the trek to Epping, where he had his own close encounter with a northern hairy-nose late one night...
Three years ago, on a desperately cold day in the Himalayan winter of 2006, Tashi and his two friends reached Lhasa after a long trek from their nomadic settlement in Tibet's Ambdo province. From there, they telephoned their families to tell them they were going across the border, to Dharamsala in India, to see the Dalai Lama and get an education. The families were worried - in addition to the risk of being caught fleeing Tibet, the boys faced an even more arduous, monthlong trek through innumerable snow-covered passes. Each was barely out of his teens and had paid...