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...years has been consistently dismal, but recent innovations may delay the environmental catastrophe forecast by climate researchers.Though most Americans are too distracted to notice the urgency of global climate change, the few people who have managed to stay focused are coming up with good ideas. From titans of modern business such as Google, to innovative energy producers, to techie projects like MIT’s Vehicle Design Summit, visionaries are beginning to lay the groundwork for huge leaps forward in energy generation and energy efficiency. These technologies have the potential to overcome America’s frustrating inertia on environmental...
Strugnell was born in a suburb of London and had always shown an aptitude for ancient and modern languages. Fresh out of Jesus College at Oxford, Strugnell began working on the Dead Sea Scrolls project...
...said, undergraduate advocates have failed to provide the steady pressure needed for change. “I don’t think that the student push has been that sustained or has offered a clear vision of why this is important,” said Gordon, who specializes in modern Japan. Without an existing program in Asian American studies, student advocates are trapped in a “vicious cycle,” said professor Wilt L. Idema, head tutor of the East Asian languages and literatures department. “If the courses are not there, students cannot take...
...Someone just asked me if this was a movie review, and, if so, when will it begin? Right now. It's a decent, if familiar, fantasy with a glorious visual design: a lovely jumble of Victorian buildings, sleekly modern costumes and Jules Vernean spaceships. The film's climactic battle, between two imposing CGI ice bears, is a literal jaw-dropper. And its two lead performances made me hope there will be sequels - even if Weitz can't infuse this first episode with the animating spark of grand-scale moviemaking...
...Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?” When he died in 1970, his widow Annalee Newman carefully stored the contents of his studio. Last January, the Barnett and Annalee Newman presented the materials to HUAM’s Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (CTSMA) along with his ephemera, a sizable gift of drawings and works on paper accessible through the Agnes Mongan Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs. Daron J. Manoogian, a spokesman for HUAM, emphasizes the importance and scale of the gift. “The Newman studio materials...