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...Signing ISPs up to the fight against unlawful downloads marks a healthy break for Britain's record industry; ISPs have long maintained their role is to deliver the Web, not police it. But with some 6.5 million Britons pirating music online last year - a practice expected to cost the industry more than $2 billion over the next five years - the government's stated intention to protect Britain's creative industries left ISPs with little choice but to act or face new regulations...
...time when city dwellers could more or less provide for their own food needs, but since the Industrial Revolution, the distance from field to fork has greatly increased--the average meal now travels 1,500 miles (2,400 km) to reach your plate. And, notes Bela, "the hidden cost of the food chain is the transport." Thus urban agriculture aims to help people save money as well as the environment...
...health professor at Columbia University, is pushing a way to get population centers to produce a lot more of the food they consume. His Vertical Farm Project envisions hydroponic skyscrapers that would be as productive as 588 acres (238 hectares) of land. A 21-story farm is expected to cost about $84 million to build. That's a lot of cabbage to grow some lettuce, which is perhaps why the first tower in the works is in Las Vegas. In a city that already has a giant pyramid and mini Eiffel Tower, why not a modern Hanging Gardens of Babylon...
...Antique Wine Company plans to sell collections from the other seven châteaux - Lafite to Haut-Brion, Latour to Mouton Rothschild - over the next three years. That'll give you time to save up; the Château Margaux collections cost $390,000 each. It may be "God who decides what the vintage will be like," according to Château Margaux owner Corinne Mentzelopoulos. But it's the precision of great winemakers that makes these collections worth every penny. www.antique-wine.com
With a price tag of $1 million, the trip is outlandishly decadent. But it's partly for a good cause: for each trip booked, 10% of the cost is donated to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Around the World in 80 Ways (www.lhw.com) takes in 12 cities over 28 days, cramming dozens of once-in-a-lifetime moments into one extraordinary holiday. As in Fogg's quest, the epic journey starts in London, with a suite at the Ritz and dinner in the hotel's restaurant. Ladies, don't worry if you can't decide what to wear: an original...