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...hour route between London and Paris - already controls 70% of the travel market between the two capitals. Opened in 2007, a high-speed rail link between Madrid and Barcelona that cut intercity travel time to 21⁄2 hours has grabbed 50% of that market. Similar effects have been seen in Paris-Lyon, Paris-Brussels and Hamburg-Berlin transport links, where domination by fast trains has led airlines to reduce or drop services altogether. "When travel time is two hours or less, high-speed rail wins 90% market share [against] airplanes," says SNCF's Faugère. "It's little...
That's right - $100 for a stinkin' mat. A company called Manduka, which makes these luxury yoga props, has seen its sales rise 55% in the first four months of 2009. Sales at Amazon.com during this period are up a stunning 87%, and the company just signed a deal with Dick's Sporting Goods, a major retailer with 389 stores across the country. Manduka offers the Black Mat PRO, a thick, cushiony black mat, for between $74 and $130, depending on its length, and the biodegradable eKO for between $42 and $70. "Manduka is the Porsche, the Ferrari of yoga...
...last time around and picked two white males," said John Ullyot, a GOP consultant who has advised on judicial confirmations. "Do they really want to be put in a position of either voting against or questioning in a hostile way somebody who has a good record and will be seen by Latinos as a very important and symbolic pick? There's a disconnect between groups that expect really giving a zinger to a nominee like this and where Republicans want to be politically...
...even here, refugees are facing difficulties seen elsewhere in the northwest. Though the camp tents are well protected against heat and even have fans inside, daytime temperatures nudge past the 100? mark. The people of Buner and Swat - who are more accustomed to cool mountain air - are suffering from dehydration, skin rashes, diarrhea and the mounting threat of disease. Dust has caused respiratory infections, and there are widespread psychiatric problems, doctors visiting the camps report. Aman's mother was one of 66,000 pregnant woman estimated by the U.N. to be among the displaced. A few tragically lost their babies...
...year ago, Pelosi was labeled a "disgusting figure" in a commentary by the state-run Xinhua news service. Her longtime support of human rights - as a U.S. Representative in 1991, she helped unveil a banner in Tiananmen Square honoring "those who died for democracy in China" - is seen by some mainland observers as a means to intimidate the country. When riots erupted across Tibet in March 2008, Pelosi met with the Dalai Lama in India and denounced China, calling on the world to pressure the Chinese leadership. Xinhua responded by saying that "she confused right with wrong on ... Tibet, held...