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...discussions on Breakfast at Tiffany’s (“The movie, not the novella”), guidelines for coming out of the closet as a public figure (“Are you British? Are you knighted?”), and a monologue comparing the transience of Buddhist sand mandalas to Hollywood executives ordering salads and later excreting the contents.Orsini and Serrell oscillate between the tender and the wooden. Moments in which the two examine their hang-ups over their sexual orientation, which extend far beyond simple denial, find the two at their best, filled with passion tempered...
...began on the transformation of Bohmte, a town in northwestern Germany. Although its mayor, Klaus Goedejohann, says he expects "an aesthetic improvement, a higher quality of life and a better traffic situation" when the signs come down, so far all he has to show are some large piles of sand. If it takes this long to implement such a small project - Bohmte's main street handles just 12,600 cars a day - can shared space really offer relief for the world's gridlocked megacities...
...Norman Foster, a veteran in sustainability, Masdar City will eventually house 50,000 residents and more than 1,000 businesses, most of them in alternative power and sustainability. Groundbreaking is set for Feb. 9. Today the space that will be Masdar City, near the international airport, is still empty sand - save for 25 different solar panels being run in an 18-month experiment to see which kind of photovoltaic technology works best in Abu Dhabi's punishing environment. (Extreme heat and dust - common in the desert - can reduce the efficiency of many solar panels.) For Gulf nations like...
...noting that the U.S. has ignored international efforts to cap emissions and is trailing most of the developed world in using renewable fuels for electricity generation. “How do we expect to lead the world if we’re so dedicated to our head-in-the-sand, ostrich policy?” Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and Massachusetts’ junior senator, had harsh words for the Bush administration, accusing it of failing to take meaningful steps to avert climate change. “We don’t have time to screw around with...
...Since morning there's been no business," complains Aden, who is covered in sand as he brushes the tan hairs of his camel. Behind him stretches a nearly empty beach bordered by a sparkling aqua-blue ocean. Aden previously earned around $60 a day; he says that number is now down to nearly zero...