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Here are a few statistics from Suketu Mehta's stunning new book, Maximum City. In some parts of Bombay, you can find 1 million people in a single square mile. Two million of the city's residents lack access to latrines, and the air has 10 times the maximum permissible levels of lead (to breathe it in, as 5 million or more living on the streets do every second, is equivalent to smoking 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes a day). An unusually large number of criminals are either shot in "encounters" or tortured to death in detention in Bombay; four...
...erosion of the island, now only a quarter-mile wide, is not the only ominous sign that large changes are afoot. The ice-fishing season that used to start in October has moved to December because the ocean freezes later each year. Berry picking begins in July instead of August. Most distressing for the Inupiaq is that thin ice makes it harder to hunt oogruk--the bearded seal that is a staple of their diet and culture. At the Nayokpuk Trading Co., where infant formula sells for $21 a package and the only eggs for sale, sent by bush plane...
...down Alaska's coast, alarm is spreading that the natural bounty on which the culture is built is at risk. At Point Hope, a bowhead-whaling village that dates from 600 B.C., flooding seawater threatens the airport runway and a seven-mile evacuation road. "During storms, people begin to panic," says town official Rex Rock. In the Pribilof Islands, villagers blame global warming along with industrial contaminants for the decline of 20 species, ranging from kelp to sea lion. In Barrow, capital of the oil-rich North Slope Borough, sandbags and dredging haven't protected $500 million in infrastructure...
...gossip columns that detailed his romance (now ended) with Star Wars' Natalie Portman, you probably haven't noticed García Bernal. But if you saw him on screen or in person, you'd pay attention. He has the face of a streetwise seraph--luscious lips that break into a mile-wide, million-dollar smile; green eyes sending out searchlights to communicate with the stranger across from him; a gentle intensity that turns a conversation into a blend of confession and first date. All this has caught the eye of some of the world's sharpest directors. "I think that Gael...
...Warped Tour lot has to offer. Fronted by Dublin native Dave King, this sextet sports a fiddle, accordion and mandolin. These guys know how to rumble with the best of them, but some of their finest moments come during their sweeping, heartfelt ballads. Their third album, Within a Mile of Home, was released just last month and continues the magnetic style they first displayed on their debut, Swagger. 18+. Tickets $17.75. 7 p.m. Avalon Night Club, 15 Lansdowne Street, Boston...