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...hotel is the crown jewel of the Palm Jumeirah, a monumental feat of land reclamation. In the shape of an Arabian date palm, it is the first in a network of man-made islands that is altering Dubai's landscape, adding 1,200 miles (2,000 km) of additional beachfront property to a desert city-state whose natural coastline is a mere 37 miles (60 km). The $20 million extravaganza aims to nail down Dubai's reputation for luxurious excess - an ambition that seems almost anachronistic now that ill winds from Wall Street and the collapse in oil prices...
...them - the practical world leader of sanitation advocacy - is Jack Sim, the irrepressible founder of the World Toilet Organization, otherwise known as the other WTO. Sim, a retired Singaporean entrepreneur, built the WTO from a group of one - himself - to a sprawling network of 151 organizations in 53 countries. Among his innovations is World Toilet Day, this Nov. 19, which is meant to publicize the plight of billions of people who go without toilets and fight the taboo that nearly all cultures have about business in the bathroom. That quiet embarrassment - similar to the hush around sexual practices that once...
...welfare, and the valuable voter support that comes with it, in favor of an infrastructure overhaul that most constituents don’t even understand the necessity of? The answer is that he or she would not and do not, leading to a precarious rotting of the infrastructure network that forms the arteries and veins connecting our nation’s vital organs...
...Cuban co-founded HDNet, a high-definition television network. The current programming line-up includes Dan Rather Reports. Cuban also owns or co-owns a film production company, chain of movie theaters and the web site sharesleuth.com, which is devoted, in part, to investigating securities fraud. His film production company, HDNet Movies, came under heavy fire in 2007 for financing the movie Redacted about an incident in which U.S. soldiers raped and killed a 14-year-old Iraqi girl...
Barnes' role in securing Harvard’s victory has awarded him the titles of national Defensive Player of the Week by The Sports Network and the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week...