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...through one's senses but through the media. His theories drew a cultlike fan base, which included the creators of The Matrix films, but he was best known for sparking furors with his provocative, if not entirely serious, commentary--most famously his 1991 remark that the much covered first Gulf War "did not take place...
...While the Gulf of Mexico remains a vital area for exploration, the shift eastward means the old Energy Capital must diversify. "A lot of us in Houston have been saying that the energy industry in Houston needs to be a lot more innovative," Jaffe said. Energy industry and political leaders are beginning to develop wind energy offshore in the Gulf, and look to other alternatives. From now on, the "bidness" discussions at the Petroleum Club are more likely to focus on new energy technologies like carbon sequestration than wildcatting...
...make sense to have the discrepancies between houses,” says McEachern, who undertook many campaigns with his own money. Further, while the flexibility of allowing students to undertake their own projects often leads to innovative, more creative ways of conserving energy, this also places a large gulf between paid environmentalists and their audiences...
...Despite persistent rumors that Dubai's bubble is about to burst, the tiny Arab sheikhdom keeps on growing, and real estate prices continue rising. Whatever controversy the announcement that oil-services giant is re-locating its headquarters to Dubai may be generating on Capitol Hill, in the Gulf region it is being seen as validating Dubai's ambitions to become the new frontier of globalization. At High Society Real Estate, Lesar would learn that a one-bedroom apartment in his new hometown will cost anything from $200,000 to $2.9 million. A relatively commonplace property offered by High Society...
...Dubai is the Middle East's capital of quirkiness, with its man-made islands constructed as luxury housing estates visible from space in the form of palm trees and a map of the globe. Local recreation includes camel trekking in the desert, snorkeling in the Gulf or skiing down indoor slopes. Becoming an international metropolis also has its down side: Besides the soaring real estate prices and inflation estimated at 20%, other undesirable features of life in the new Dubai include massive daily traffic jams, a rise in prostitution, and growing discontent among the legions of mostly Asian laborers imported...