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...untainted by tools. Our temporary wireless troubles reveal how dependence on technology has made us lazy and reluctant to do things the old-fashioned way. I found myself more willing to gripe about the wireless than to walk the five minutes to the Science Center to pick up a hub. I stressed about picking my classes without the aid of my.harvard.edu, until I took my hard copy of the Courses of Instruction and the CUE guide out of the fireplace, where I was using them for kindling. And whining about how hard it would be to get in touch with...
...been ebbing, is expected to rise this year. More rigs are operating in Wyoming today than at any other time in the past 20 years, and revenue from mineral royalties and taxes topped $1.6 billion in 2005, pumping state budgets with cash. In Casper, the state's energy-industry hub, a 36-hole public golf course, a gleaming pool and river walks opened recently to serve its 50,000 residents. A new hospital and courthouse are under consideration...
...surprisingly, environmentalists contend that technologies and strategies already exist to meet a sharp reduction in carbon emissions from power plants, oil refineries and other sources. And better technology, they insist, will be developed as a result of the new law. "California is positioning itself to become the hub of a new clean energy economy based on solar energy, ethanol and other renewable fuels," says Bernadette del Chiaro of Environment California, a Sacramento-based group. "These will be the next Silicon Valley industries for California to export to the rest of the world...
Megabus This U.S. version of a popular British bus line models itself after low-fare airlines, with colorful vehicles and hip styling. Eight Midwestern cities are linked to its Chicago hub with ticket prices as low as $1. More typical fares are $5 to Milwaukee, Wis., and $20 to St. Louis...
...problem has become so acute in Singapore?which aspires to become a regional hub for wealth-management?that the government has helped to create a vocational school to groom aspiring private bankers (see next story...