It seems to ask, with equal measures of wonder and anxiety (and, thank heaven, a sense of humor) that favorite collegiate question "What if the reality we're living in has been created by somebody else?" Mr. Scheib was his own cameraman for this production, trailing his actors and turning them into on-screen simulacra before our eyes.
Plans for this trail were born 16 years ago, when the National Park Service (which operates the Lake Mead recreation area), the local utility company Southwest Gas and a variety of nonprofit entities teamed up to develop a recreational trail that would link local communities to the area's most prized natural treasures.
The patient flowchart and the protocol for this trail is available as supporting information; see Flowchart S1 and Protocol S1.
Between 01.03.2004 and 30.11.2006, 62 patients were screened for this trail, of which 52 fulfilled all eligibility criteria and were enrolled.
First for the bleeding edge, then for the trailing edge.
Named after Anne Underwood White – an environmentalist, scientist and open-space advocate, who donated 20 acres for the creation of this trail – this is a three-mile trek where you do need to be careful about real Boulder mountain lions as you follow the bed of a creek through a verdant valley.
For women this means trailing shirt tails, voluminous trousers and outsized coats or jackets, but nipped and cropped in the right places so the clothes don't drown you.
On the train home, reading The Body-Snatcher, I start to see what it stands for, this collection of trailing threads slung in an abandoned place.
They are striving for the playoffs this season, trailing in two races.
Particularly for candidates trailing in the polls, this is important.
