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Rachel White, a 20-year-old from Kaysville, performs as an ice skater as a cast member aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas and Allure of the Seas cruise ships. (Photo courtesy of Rachel White)

Kaysville ice skater takes her show on the sea

KAYSVILLE — Life changed for a 20-year-old Kaysville woman the moment she stepped aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas cruise ship.

In this July 16, 2009 photo, the schooner Liana's Ransom sails past the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in Halifax. Carnival Cruise Line won't say exactly what percent drop it has seen in bookings but disclosed Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, that in the 12 days following the Concordia grounding there was a decline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan)

Cruise bookings fall after Concordia shipwreck

NEW YORK -- The frightful images of a sinking Italian cruise ship have scared off some cruise passengers, at least temporarily, during the industry's peak booking season.

Travel agents -- who book more than two-thirds of cruise passengers worldwide -- have been nervously watching bookings ever since the Costa Concordia, which is owned by Carnival Corp, ran aground on Jan. 13.

'Cat's Table' a metaphor for childhood itself

"THE CAT'S TABLE." By Michael Ondaatje. Alfred A. Knopf. $26.

Eleven-year-old Michael has no expectations for his three-week journey from Ceylon to England, where he will attend a new school. His uncle and aunt, whom he lives with, do not make a big deal about it. He's not given any advance details about the ship he'll be on, doesn't know how big it is or how many passengers it will hold. He doesn't even know that his distant cousin Emily will be aboard. All he knows, really, is that he is supposed to meet his mother when the ship finally docks, and he wonders if she will be there.

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