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...bigger picture things,” she said. Mayer wants to use the forum to share information that is not easily available for students otherwise, Martin said. Student comments on posts range from praise (“Thanks so much for the amazing chicken at the Earth day dinner”) to specific menu requests (“any chance they would make white chunk macadamia cookies?”) to responses to particular post. “I don’t know if it’s a dedicated few, or if there are a lot of people...
...last two months, however, have tested all of Obama's lofty offerings. An economy slipping towards recession and some troubling comments by both himself and his former pastor have combined to force the candidate to come down to earth a bit and emphasize more tangible, immediate responses. With the help of Republican John McCain, Clinton has repeatedly attacked Obama's claimed strengths, attempting to knock him from his transformative pedestal. Some of the attacks have had an impact, especially among the white working class, Hillary Clinton's base, raising questions about Obama's viability in a general election...
...come as a surprise, the choice was an intentional effort by the Harvard University Center of the Environment (HUCE) to address all facets of this challenge.“We’ve heard from a variety of perspectives,” said Daniel P. Schrag, an earth and planetary sciences professor and the director of HUCE, who introduced Cischke. “But nowhere is energy more immediate to our awareness than in the automobiles we drive.”This emphasis on collaboration across all spheres was a theme that resonated in Cischke’s speech...
Gingrich even published a book last year entitled A Contract with the Earth, calling for a conservative path to dealing with climate change. His solutions differ from those favored by many Democrats and environmentalists, who call for a strong carbon-cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over time. Gingrich, true to his GOP roots, advocates private market incentives to encourage the development and dissemination of alternative energy technology, like a $1 billion prize for creating a workable hydrogen-powered car engine. In his view a Kyoto Protocol-style policy will never work, largely because the developing countries...
...near vacant parking lot of Hong Kong Disneyland's multi-billion-dollar theme park. It's 2 p.m. on Sunday, a peak hour for family fun, but Hong Kong's Magical Kingdom is a little short on enchanted subjects. The fifth branch of the Happiest Place on Earth has been criticized for being too small and offering too few rides, but the The Walt Disney Company hopes to inject a little fairy dust into the place by adding a hitherto missing ingredient: the iconic "It's A Small World" ride - a boat tour through an air-conditioned world of singing...