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...Engine turn-on," announced the propulsion engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., at 7:36 p.m. (P.T.), when the signal came down that the ship's fire had been lit. For the next hour and a half, the room was largely quiet. It was not until 9:12 that the same engineer spoke the words that meant the engine firing was over and the spacecraft had survived...
...blackouts plaguing China are a rude awakening for those who consider the brightly lit skylines of the country's eastern seaboard a symbol of national progress and prosperity. "China has fallen in love with electricity," says Christopher Choa, an architect who heads the Shanghai branch of American firm HLW. "Blazing lighting and abundantly available power are considered almost sensual experiences, more than just metaphors for modernity." But the affection for dazzling lights has not translated into a commensurate investment in energy infrastructure, notwithstanding China's showpiece $25 billion Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. In 1993, amid...
It’s common travel lit philosophy that one of the joys of journeying is the ability to discover and even reinvent yourself. That may be, but when you’re on holiday, with family or friends, counting the days before you’ll have to return to the airport, the only self-reflection you get is in store windows or in the panes of glass overlooking the runway. It’s hard to feel like a new, adventurous person when you find yourself spending a good deal of time riding airport conveyor belts...
...play is a tasty mix of hand-to-hand fighting and gunplay, relieved by some smartly scripted role playing and problem solving, but the real pleasure is the stunning graphics: everything looks old and rusty and grungy, as if each frame had been individually hand-distressed and then moodily lit by David Fincher. Vin Diesel plays Riddick with such inimitable heavy-lidded sangfroid, he ought to be in movies. Oh, that's right...
...like being the godmother of chick lit...