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...This is organic gardening, not rocket science.' RUSS GEORGE, chief executive of Planktos, a California "ecorestoration" company that plans to plant large fields of carbon dioxide-eating plankton at sea-the first this month near the Galápagos Islands and in the South Pacific-to mitigate global warming. Some scientists question the scheme's efficacy, and believe it may even increase greenhouse gases through the organisms' potential release of methane and nitrous oxide...
Siemens One notwithstanding, managing the growing multicultural community is sometimes a diplomatic challenge. Last year, for example, a row broke out between American and Iranian engineers during a training seminar at a Berlin turbine plant. The Americans, a plant official explains, refused to work with the Iranians. To resolve the issue, the seminar leader removed the name Iran from a map of Siemens locations, replacing it with "Sandy County." "The Americans were adamant," says the official. "Even though we're all in one company, we can't escape global politics...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has a garish knack for making the world think he's the most radical of radicals. So when the left-wing, anti-U.S. leader ascended a raucous stage in front of a petrochemical plant in eastern Venezuela today - May Day, the leftiest day of the year - and announced his government's takeover of the nation's lucrative heavy oil industry, it sent the usual panic through Washington and the international media. "It's national power!" shouted Chavez, who controls the hemisphere's largest crude reserves. "We can't have socialism if the state doesn...
...energy-consuming air conditioning. Vittori's vision of hospital design also extends to the mental well-being of the patients and staff. The Dell Center's low-rise buildings, linked by courtyards and quiet spaces, are designed to be child-friendly and unintimidating. The gardens will reflect the plant life of the surrounding area, giving the children the comfort of familiar sights. And as everybody knows, there's no color more comforting than green...
...realized,” says Rudder, recalling the work involved in such a mammoth task.Rice agrees: “The hardest thing was definitely making the songs. But there were other things. We always had to come up with [album] artwork. We always had to deal with the pressing plant and constantly fulfilling orders. Every month I’d spend about 20 hours hand-addressing the envelopes and getting them to post office. But it was exciting, and the exciting aspects overwhelmed the annoying and the dull aspects.”Rudder, too, admits that the EP project wasn?...