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...each house - helping to insulate the buildings - as pastel-colored cowls swivel in the breeze, gently ushering fresh air into homes and offices while funneling stale air out. Solar photovoltaic panels soak up the sun - even on cloudy days - contributing to the development's overall power mix. Most of the community's heat and electricity come from a 130-kW generator fueled by timber clippings and similar waste from landscaping work...
...spectacle of armies massing, horses rearing, swords clashing, body parts severedis at the heart of action cinema. Lives and ideals are put to their greatest risk. And Scott is a magnificent strategist of organized carnage, as he proved in Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. The battle skirmishes here mix sudden violence with slow-motion artistry. The attractive cast can sell an obsession or articulate a conundrum with equal fervor. Eva Green, in the token-girl role every action epic needs, has a classic movie star's beauty and allure, and Bloom has matured splendidly (the beard helps). He gives Balian...
...This morning before dawn no stars I try again." In Overlord--the title comes from the Allied code name for D-day--we find Graham deep in prayer, to whom and for what she isn't sure. But her poems, which mix autobiography and World War II documentary, struggle to come to terms with the raw human realities of war: "The experience of killing and getting killed." --By Lev Grossman
Cottle's essay was absolutely delightful. While I am neither a strong environmentalist nor pregnant, I was genuinely impressed by her gracious mix of humor and wit as she addressed a subject that has proved to be a true political lightning rod in our country...
...other words, oil can insulate governments that would otherwise have bleak long term prospects. The result is that oil-rich states develop a powerful, well-armed elite that can do whatever they please—which in the case of Burma, Sudan, and other states is generally an unpleasant mix of oppression, genocide, or warfare. Other states, like Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, have successfully diverted the frustration of the populace into anti-western terrorism...