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...agents came calling to collect nearly $2,000 in back taxes, MacDonald began to ponder questions like, "In basic animal terms, what does it take for a human being to survive? Maybe I didn't need to swallow up half of the Rolling Rock and Ecstasy for sale in central Maryland. Maybe I didn't need alot of the things I consumed ... What if I found a way to turn the terrible, seductive beast of indulgence against itself?" He settled upon the arbitrary numbers of 800 calories a day and $8 a week: "It was a strange calculation...
There's a strong dose of social realism in the novels, in keeping with Scandinavian tradition. Domestic violence is a central theme in Silence of the Grave, which won a British Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award in 2005. Arctic Chill explores the tensions caused by a recent influx of immigrants to Iceland. But Indridason tempers the sociology with a big dollop of old-fashioned suspense. He's a fan of Alfred Hitchcock, and takes pains to entice his readers with an intriguing first chapter. Hitchcock would probably have relished the first scene of Silence of the Grave: a baby...
...Macy's employees eager to celebrate Christmas ( that's right, it used to be a Christmas parade) and draw attention to their department store. The employees marched six miles, from Harlem to Herald's Square, dressed as clowns, knights and cowboys. Marching bands and animals from the Central Park Zoo accompanied the parade's first floats: The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe, Miss Muffet and Red Riding Hood. The event attracted a quarter of a million people and was deemed a roaring success. Macy's decided to make it an annual event...
...city's landmark properties - the Oberoi and the Taj Hotel - were under siege. The grand dome of the Taj caught fire, masked in a purple haze, after terrorists set off an explosion on the roof as police closed in on them. About 300 troops, sent in by the central government, have also surrounded the Oberoi...
...future growth, the 30 percent target means that the FAS will have to mitigate 47,000 tons of carbon by 2016, nearly 6,000 tons per year. Half of the 8,300 tons that have been cut in the past two years come from upgrading the efficiency of central plant equipment through measures such as switching from oil to natural gas, which contains less carbon. The other half was achieved through conservation efforts and behavioral-change programs, such as retrofitting buildings with more efficient lighting and encouraging sustainable lab practices, Phillips said. In the coming years, conservation and behavioral-change...