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...cover of the Advocate’s most recent issue. It is a glossy close-up of a few bright orange goldfish hanging in one of several plastic bags. It captures the feel of the tightly cramped street and the cheaply priced pets rather than identifying it as Fish St. in Hong Kong. While in Italy, Agnes chose to photograph what she found visually beautiful instead of snapping the traditional pix of ruins and statues. Not that those things aren’t fun to look at, it’s just that more often than not, Agnes decides...
...step into the same river twice. The philosopher Heraclitus came up with this limpid observation back in 5th century B.C. Greece to show that the world is in a permanent state of flux: the river looks unchanged, but its flow, its fish, the way it reflects light, are no longer as they were when we last visited. Although this awareness of transience has been around so long, we resist change, or at least we want it to be imperceptible, millimetric. This is how we manage to turn a blind eye to life's one immutable: death. We like our flux...
...Fish and Bicycles The possibility that the segway will be viewed as simply a high-end toy, a jet ski on wheels, is one of Kamen's greatest concerns, especially after Sept. 11. He wants his machine taken seriously, as a serious solution to serious problems. That anxiety was one of the reasons he and his team decided to concentrate at first on major corporations, universities and government agencies--large, solid, established institutions--rather than dive straight into the consumer marketplace...
...With the Segway, Kamen plans to change the world by changing how cities are organized. To Kamen's way of thinking, the problem is the automobile. "Cities need cars like fish need bicycles," he says. Segways, he believes, are ideal for downtown transportation. Unlike cars, they are cheap, clean, efficient, maneuverable. Unlike bicycles, they are designed specifically to be pedestrian friendly. "A bike is too slow and light to mix with trucks in the street but too large and fast to mix with pedestrians on the sidewalk," he argues. "Our machine is compatible with the sidewalk. If a Segway hits...
...more middle aged people probably makes socializing more difficult. “Also, they’re in a natural game reserve with worse water and no bathing. That was a big deal for us, and the lack of water there makes everything more difficult. We could also fish to supplement our food. That isn’t an option for them,” Nick says...