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...Outlook Is Always Bright Here!" I was already feeling grumpy about all this when I watched a lecture by the University of Miami's renowned coastal geologist Harold Wanless. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had predicted a sea-level rise of up to 2 ft. by 2100, but Wanless meticulously explained why 3 ft. to 4 ft. is much more likely - assuming the world can slash carbon emissions enough to slow global warming. I live in Miami Beach, so I didn't care for his PowerPoint slide showing much of Miami Beach under water. "That...
Scientists, however, are skeptical of Charalambous' claims that the dance floor may be able to generate up to 60% of the club's electricity. "That level of power surprises me," says Eric Cross, an expert on piezoelectric materials at Penn State University. According to Cross, the required materials are stiff, but if enough people are moving at the same time, he surmises, it's possible that that much energy could be produced. The rest of the electricity at Surya--Sanskrit for "sun god"--will come from solar panels and wind turbines...
...economists have been waiting for a decade for a consumer-led rebound - and they're still waiting, even though the economy had fared well until recently. Crucially, employment remains buoyant in most countries other than Spain, and so far, despite some job cuts - especially at banks - the overall jobless level remains stable. For example, a regular survey of job opportunities posted online throughout Europe showed no change overall in June; indeed, there was a sharp increase of postings for jobs in tourism, hospitality and health care, according to the online recruiter Monster, which compiles the survey. Still, fueled by negative...
...performance and mutter darkly that their Russian partners are maneuvering to take control of the venture. This dispute isn't TNK-BP's only headache, either. In recent months, Russian security services have raided the firm's premises as part of an industrial espionage probe, detaining a low-level employee (though TNK-BP itself was not involved in the investigation); officers at Russia's Interior Ministry have questioned Dudley as a witness in connection with another probe into tax evasion at a firm later absorbed into TNK-BP; and dozens of the company's foreign staff may have to leave...
...challenge ahead is to engage every single level of this community in coming up with suggestions and out of the box thinking and behavioral change," Clark said. "This can't be run out of a committee or a committee's office—it has got to be something that engages everything from Mass. Hall through the people who run and clean the buildings, faculty, and, in my view, onto the alumni...