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...trickle down" theory. But this is, at best, an imprecise analogy, because money isn't flowing from poor people's pockets straight to the rich: the pie is getting bigger for everyone. From 2000 to 2005, pretax income for the bottom half grew 15.5%. The rich just got a larger cut of overall growth (a 19% gain for the richest 1%). Perhaps better, then, to call it the big-slice theory...
Several waves of development followed, typically punctuated by plagues, strikes, terrorist attacks and floods, sending all but the most determined tourists scrambling to alternative destinations. Some of the independent owners upgraded their properties, taking cues from the larger chains or from their own travels abroad. "The best ones reinvested, and now they've grown up," says Denison-Pender, who set up her agency in 2002 after 17 years as a travel planner. She likens the boom to the riyadh craze in Marrakesh. The small hotels she represents range in price from $50 to $700 per night, compared with the average...
...hotel. You have to be able to be a little more accepting" to have a good time at the smaller places, says Denison-Pender. But parents traveling with children, those looking for inside addresses from locals and those who are exhausted by the many tips expected at larger hotels (most of the guesthouses opt for a collective tip box) will soon be hooked...
...Frankel recently received the Lennart Nilsson award—and the $15,000 that comes with it—for her compelling scientific photography. The Crimson caught up with Frankel to hear about her experience as a cutting-edge photographer walking a thin line between science and art. The larger issue dealt with here is trying to get researchers and students to understand the importance of visually experiencing science and engineering. This might seem obvious, but for some reason there is not enough of it on campus. I feel deeply that the world has to start engaging the public...
...blaze may raise the risk for the occasional megafire since the forests are not permitted to do their important work of occasionally clearing out accumulated vegetation. This is a little like letting newspapers pile up in your kitchen: If a fire occurs, the place is primed to blow. "These larger and more severe wildfires are an unintended consequence of a suppression policy that doesn't work," says Richard Minnich, a wildfire ecologist at the University of California at Riverside. "If anything, suppression actually endangers society...