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...mesop - Ethiopian tables woven from colored straw - are outside under the palm trees. Soft light is diffused through red and orange velvet umbrellas, and the air is filled with an exotic mix of frankincense, mosquito coils, popcorn and coffee. The dark brew is part of the spiritual and social life in Ethiopia, and patrons can order the coffee ceremony, a half-hour ritual where the beans are ground and roasted in front of you. "We make coffee to satisfy all the senses," says manager Foster Sanga. "You can see, smell, hear, touch and taste it." But it's the food...
...compared to around 540?C in an older plant. Supercritical plants make more efficient use of the energy created by coal's combustion, so less carbon is emitted - around 25% less than the average coal plant. If biomass - an amalgamation of wood, crops, grasses, even household wastes - is mixed with the coal, carbon emissions can be cut by a further 20%. And the resulting electricity is still cheaper than gas-produced power. Supercritical - and now ultra-supercritical - boilers have an additional advantage: they can be retrofitted into older, dirtier plants. Another, slightly less efficient, way to use coal is through...
...YOUR STOCKS Oil, war and stocks don't mix. When consumers get pinched by higher prices and pay more to borrow, investors are worried that they'll have less to spend, thus lowering overall demand for goods and services. That's already begun to happen. After growing 5.6% in the first three months of the year, the economy is expected to expand only 3% the rest of the year. Thatand the uncertainty created by the Middle East fightinghas helped batter the stock market; the S&P 500 is down 5% since early May. And rates are rising overseas as well...
...LISTEN IN The Lonely Planet has started offering free, informative Travelcasts, or travel-related podcasts, at lonelyplanet.com/podcasts ?SPORTS TO GO For those who mix business with pleasure, ESPN recently launched a sports travel site: sports.espn.go.com/travel/
...welcome bag with a little rubber duck inside. If you can pull yourself away from the Bang & Olufsen entertainment center, the hotel's swanky Cerise restaurant serves a modern European menu using local ingredients, and the bartender makes a mean mojito. It's been said one should never mix business with pleasure. Whoever said that was wrong. tel: (44-118) 958 1234; theforburyhotel.co.uk