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...Once a storm with swells that size was predicted, Clark alerted the 24 best big-wave riders from around the world, and they scrambled to reach Half Moon Bay, better known for its fog and eerie fields of pumpkins. Advertisers figured out swiftly that nothing sells better to the youth market than the heroic (and rebellious) image of a lone surfer eluding an awful pounding by nature at her nastiest. This year's contest is sponsored by, among others, a whiskey distiller, a telecommunications giant and a private-equity fund - enterprises that, on the surface, have little to do with...
...there, like in the town I spent my youth, that people have, out of necessity and out of tradition, practiced a type of self-reliance that makes them bristle at the notion that they need politicians to do something “for them.” There, the rates of uninsured are among the highest in the nation, but opposition to nationalized healthcare (or anything that resembles it) is equally high, even among those who would be eligible for government assistance...
...Melville suffered, a largely unpublicized audit claims that her death was only part of a much greater problem. According to a 2007 report leaked to the Australian on Feb. 6 and written by psychologist Howard Bath, then the director of a nonprofit organization that specializes in support for child, youth and family services, the Northern Territory child-protection system is near collapse. Today, just over two years after Australia apologized for six decades of a policy that forcibly removed Aboriginal children from their homes, a new inquiry into that system is being launched...
...elderly and small children. Some had taken free buses, but many took the Tehran metro, which was also free to use. On main streets entering the large public space, kiosks stretched for kilometers showcasing the carnival-like atmosphere, which usually accompanies the Iranian holiday. One booth displayed a youth karate club sparring on gym mats, while another featured a live broadcast from Iran's state radio. Every block housed a truck or tent with people handing out free juice or snacks, which many marchers hustled to get. Free signs were available, with slogans supporting the position of the Supreme Leader...
...this research often diffuses into the professors’ teaching. Wagers taught SCRB 190: “Understanding Aging: Degeneration, Regeneration, and the Scientific Search for the Fountain of Youth” in the fall semester while also doing groundbreaking work on an actual “fountain of youth...