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SYDNEY In Australia, where an active lifestyle is the norm, Omega's durable Seamaster Planet Ocean ($4,800) has earned fans like Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe
Bill Gates because of the tremendous impact his foundation is making on global health. He has led the world to focus more on major health problems, such as malaria, that have long plagued the poor on our planet. His philanthropy is quietly improving the lives of millions in developing countries...
...environment that dominates the third part of the book. Chouinard clearly worries about human-induced damage to nature, and he points to an array of examples ranging from deforestation to overpopulation to toxins in the water. “Most of the damage we cause to the planet is a result of our own ignorance,” he laments, and the only solution is to seek out ways to be cleaner and more earth-friendly. Patagonia has had an impressive history of environmental activism, and Chouinard founded an alliance of businesses that donate at least one percent of their...
...lineup for last Monday’s concert at the Roxy was more Animal Planet than MTV, as pastoral electronicists Caribou and Welsh psychedelic goof-rockers Super Furry Animals stampeded the stage. The bill was remarkable for its balance; Caribou has ridden a series of melodic electro-acoustic albums to critical darlingdom, while SFA have enjoyed considerable success in the U.K. over the past decade. To veteran concertgoers, the chance to hear two world-class performances in one night might have seemed too good to be true. Unfortunately, it was: while Caribou’s star is still rising...
Madonna detractors will point out that most of this wizardry is the work of other people, notably Stuart Price, the British producer who has accumulated a dozen or so musical aliases (Les Rhythms Digitales, Paper Faces) in his 28 years on the planet. She didn't break too many pencils working on the lyrics either, but as Mrs. Ritchie might say on the manor, horses for courses. In dance music, words exist to be repeated, twisted, obscured and resurrected. How they sound in the moment is far more important than what they mean, and Madonna knows that better than anyone...