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...such project is in the Niger delta, where the firm is funding a project by a Brazilian-French nongovernmental organization called Pro-Natura that's trying to help local communities set up democratic decision-making bodies and develop the economy. "They are not doing this to save the planet," says Guy F. Reinaud, Pro-Natura International's president, of Total's motives. "But they've understood that it's in their own interest." Not everyone is won over. At London-based Henderson Global Investors, which manages about $160 billion in assets, fund managers think Total needs to do more...
...breakneck speed, but what the town has lost in backwater charm it has gained in comfort and convenience. There's something for everyone: scenic hikes, colorful local dances and music by the town's minority Naxi people, bird watching, botanical excursions (Lijiang is on the southern tip of the planet's most biologically diverse temperate zone), and even white-water rafting on a nearby stretch of the Yangtze River...
...left me to wonder exactly why creators like Art Spiegelman and critics like yourself are so very desperate to disassociate themselves from the superhero genre of graphic novels. It is a medium where you can mine the everyday life struggles of both people born in Peoria or on the planet Krypton. Where you can use repetition of images to convey the ennui of a life most ordinary or break the inked panels to express the heroism that we all have in our souls under the most trying circumstances. Mr. Spiegelman's "Maus" certainly accomplish that, and so has the most...
...with her collapse. "It was the flu," she states, flatly. "My assistant was sick before me, so there was something going around. And I really didn't do a lot of partying. I went out one night with the dancers and there was this nice get-together for Planet Hollywood. But what do you do when you party? You sit there having hors d'oeuvres for an hour and then leave. It wasn't wild or anything." Maybe she's right. Perhaps it was merely a bug. But it's not hard to imagine a relapse - if not another...
...France: Chalet M?l?ze Courchevel 1850 is in the Trois Vall?es, the largest ski complex on the planet (over 600 km of trails). This is the resort that perfected luxury chalet vacations, and M?l?ze is among the best of the breed: a catered private four-bedroom trailside chalet with such ski necessities as Turkish baths and massage rooms. But book soon?at just $30,000 a week in high season, it's going fast. The price is all inclusive for eight people, except transportation and lift tickets ($250 per person...