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...Barack Obama apparently is not dissuaded. At an international conference on climate change convened on Nov. 18 by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Obama told the audience in taped remarks that he intended to stick to the aggressive carbon-reduction targets he promised before the election, beginning with a federal cap-and-trade system that would put the U.S. on course to reduce emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020, then cut them by another 80% by 2050. He also reiterated a campaign promise to invest $15 billion a year in low-carbon energy, including solar, wind, nuclear and next-generation...
Exactly what kind of learning goes on at the Blue School? This is a show, after all, whose appeal rests on an exuberant celebration of paint volcanoes, Twinkie force-feeding, amplified Cap'N Crunch--chomping and Jell-O-encased heads. It's so universally silly that Blue Man Groups currently thrive in eight cities, from Las Vegas to Tokyo to Basel, Switzerland. But like many other enterprises that sound funny and turn out to be incredibly earnest (recent Jim Carrey movies spring to mind), the Blue School is a very serious business...
...answers, I decided to check in with the Center for American Progress (CAP) - the think tank run by Obama's transition chief, John Podesta - which has drafted a green-energy stimulus plan of its own. "We identified $50 billion in programs that are ready to go immediately," says Bracken Hendricks of CAP. "The package would create 2 million jobs across the skill spectrum, from blue collar to high tech, and in almost every area of the country. There was huge congressional appetite for this even before the economic crisis...
...bounced in a shot from about 15 meters out with his strong arm that Crimson fans have come to recognize over the past four years.“That goal was a lot of fun,” Connolly remarked. “It was a great way to cap off my career here at Harvard.”Junior Nikhil Balaraman made 10 saves in goal.MIT 9, HARVARD 7The Crimson battled back from a halftime deficit Saturday morning against MIT and was able to force overtime in its first game of the tournament. But the Engineers pulled ahead...
...player,” Clark said of Stamatis. “As far as seeing the game and making decisions, he’s brilliant. He can play a lot of roles. We moved him up front and he made an immediate impact for us.”To cap off the afternoon, senior Marcel Perl scored his first goal of the season from an incredible long-range effort. The goal was indicative of the performances of the available seniors.The final stop on the road to the tournament for Harvard is a trip to Penn next weekend. For the Crimson...