Could an elephant-sized dinosaur with a skull so thin that a karate chop would have split it in two, teeth that only lasted a month, and a brain that, yes, was the size of a walnut, ever be considered one of evolution's success stories? ...more

November 16, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Don't worry if at 5 a.m. you notice 30 very active people dressed in camouflage at Scarborough Football Field. Lake Placid isn't being attacked by soldiers. Those are just some serious workout enthusiasts taking part in a fitness "boot camp" organized by Florida Hospital's Shoemaker Fitness Center. As part of the hour-long weekly sessions, Renee Kohl, fitness trainer and instructor, leads the troops during bear crawls, centipedes, alligator crawls, ups/downs, cherry pickers and more conventional exercises like sit-ups and push-ups. Everybody runs, skips and jumps as part of exercises designed to burn calories, tone muscles and sculpt abdominal muscles. "This is real tough; there are no smiles at 5 a.m.," said Boot Camp participant Ron Grimming. ...more

October 29, 2007

The towering construction cranes and the cacophony of churning concrete trucks and rumbling cherry pickers are the sights and sounds of a business boom in South Africa's most famous township. ...more

September 30, 2007