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...York Times best seller Your Money or Your Life, which preaches a more fulfilling life through simplicity and frugality, had Penguin accelerate the publishing date for an updated version of the book from one year to three months. It will come out in December. "As the due date got closer, it became clearer to the publisher they wanted to get it out faster," says Robin, who was working on the rewrite when the Fannie Mae bailout hit. As for Robins' muse: "I'm slightly mystical and believe the universe asked me to do this to be ready," she says...
...hugely change the way we use energy and travel. We'll also need to change the way we vote, rewarding politicians willing to make the tough choices on climate. Instead of a new Manhattan Project - the metaphor often used for global warming - Sterman believes that what is needed is closer to a new civil rights movement, a large-scale campaign that dramatically changes the public's beliefs and behaviors. New groups like Al Gore's We Campaign are aiming for just such a social transformation, but "the reality is that this is even more difficult than civil rights," says Sterman...
...Jennifer W. Howk, conversations about Alaska’s governor hit a little closer to home. Howk, who is a teaching fellow for the College’s introductory comparative politics course, is a native of Wasilla, Alaska, the town Palin presided over for six years as mayor...
...momentum carried over to the second round Sunday against Fordham’s Dominique Ligouri. Peterzan emerged victorious 6-0, 6-0, a tally made even more impressive by Ligouri’s singles draw seeding of 17. “I thought it would be a little closer, but [Peterzan] was just on a mission,” Green said. “When [she] gets going, she’s very hard to stop.” Taking on another seeded player in the third round, Peterzan was unable to continue her run through the draw...
...today Ma and his program are coming under increasing fire. On Oct. 25, hundreds of thousands protested against closer China ties at a Taipei rally organized by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Last week, a Chinese official, Zhang Mingqing, fell to the ground as another mob of angry protesters pushed and shoved around him during his visit to a temple in the city of Tainan. The protesters specifically targeted Zhang, who, as vice-chairman of the Chinese organization responsible for cross-strait relations, was seen as a symbol of China's sway over Taiwan. Meanwhile, Ma has watched...