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...Cool on Climate Change The article "Eco-Rebels" confirmed that global warming will require a mix of solutions that we are not prepared to put in place [Oct. 22]. It will require the determined involvement of governments to invest in research and development, create incentives for production of alternative energy and curb our addiction to oil. We need to reduce consumption, recycle and demand that our politicians take action. I am convinced that we will see more debate than substantial change in the near future, but I hope we will not debate the subject to death. Lorenzo Rodriguez, El Paso...
...Pender, whose Mahout agency promotes small Indian hotels in the U.K. In the '80s, in a bid to finance maintenance on their private properties, some families tried their hand at the hotel business. "Every person with a fort thought they had a hotel, but many of them didn't invest enough, and they got backpackers and low-budget tourists," she says...
...Harvard’s most famous dropouts—one conceived more than three decades ago, the other three years ago—united yesterday in a deal that places a $15 billion value on an online experiment launched from a Kirkland dorm room. Microsoft announced yesterday it would invest $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, putting an end to a bidding war over a share in the popular social networking site. Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, founded Facebook in 2004 with $1,000 in start-up money and dropped out of Harvard...
...Harvard’s most famous dropouts—one conceived more than three decades ago, the other three years ago—united yesterday in a deal that places a $15 billion value on an online experiment launched from a Kirkland dorm room. Microsoft announced yesterday it would invest $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, putting an end to a bidding war over a share in the popular social networking site. Mark E. Zuckerberg, formerly of the Class of 2006, founded Facebook in 2004 with $1,000 in start-up money and dropped out of Harvard...
...tubes of ointment. Anonymous brown paper bag head-coverlet optional. Orange (High): A big party weekend means high risk for burrowing mites. Hire a bouncer for your party to screen all freshmen from Pennypacker from possibly infiltrating your scabies-free environment. Now might be a good time to invest in a biohazard suit. Yellow (Elevated): Moderate chance. Stay in your room and try a week of monkhood—abstinence is key. Blue (Guarded): General risk of infection—put that itch cream back in the medicine cabinet where it belongs. If you’re feeling adventurous, crash...