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...during the massacre, ran to Acteal and found pools of blood everywhere--and his niece and her three children among the dead. He thanked Global Exchange for its contributions to the village--800 pesos ($90) on this visit--and described the need for drinkable water, a road, electricity and wood to build homes. "We don't feel alone," he said. "Because you are with us." His message resonated with many in the group. "I will go back to my hometown and tell people about your bravery and your warm hearts," said Sarah Scharbach, 47, a professor at Massachusetts' Worcester State...
Today Jacobs' brainchild, FLW Tour (named after bass-boat pioneer Forrest L. Wood), has moved tournament bass fishing from the swampy border of sports to deep in the mainstream. Each week pro fishermen aboard boats that resemble floating billboards--welcome to BASSCAR--seek out big fish and big bucks. There are now four separate bass tours and a fifth for walleye that began this year. At this year's championship, to be held on Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh, N.Y., the winner will net $250,000. Says Irwin: "I'm sitting here feeling pretty good...
...labyrinths in the U.S., but seekers can now walk more than 1,500-- including about 400 built in the past year. Unlike mazes, which are designed to confuse, labyrinths have only one continuous path to the center. They can be carved out of cornfields or gardens, or made of wood, stone, painted brick or canvas. They are showing up in hospitals, parks, prisons and schools. Some couples are getting married within ceremonial labyrinths. A new outdoor labyrinth at New York City's Trinity Church, at the frenetic intersection of Wall Street and Broadway, is popular with traders from the nearby...
...during the massacre, ran to Acteal and found pools of blood everywhere--and his niece and her three children among the dead. He thanked Global Exchange for its contributions to the village--800 pesos ($90) on this visit--and described the need for drinkable water, a road, electricity and wood to build homes. "We don't feel alone," he said. "Because you are with us." His message resonated with many in the group. "I will go back to my hometown and tell people about your bravery and your warm hearts," said Sarah Scharbach, 47, a professor at Massachusetts' Worcester State...
...retirement, didn't mind taking the time to help an apprentice. "He liked the idea of teaching someone what he knows," says Price. Though Bonaldo doesn't speak English, the language barrier was not a major obstacle. "It was pretty obvious," Price recalls. "Bonaldo would take a piece of wood and draw a line on it, and I knew I had to cut it there." Price also knew his stuff; he had taken four years off from Berea College in Kentucky to build wooden boats in Maine. "I didn't have to learn...