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...thinking about this is that there’s this train, and if they’re not on the train, it’s not going to leave the station,” he said. “We’re just going to spin our wheels—we cut emissions in one part of the world, but they increase in another part of the world. What we need to do in our thinking is to separate getting on the train with paying a fare...

Author: By Mac Mcanulty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Climate Reports Propose New Climate Architecture | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...Working with Harvard’s Office of Technology Development, Ramanathan created SiEnergy, a spin-off that received $500,000 last year from Allied Minds, a venture capital investment firm that focuses on innovative early-stage technologies, to develop their low-temperature fuel cell technology...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama and Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Green Movement Gains Campus Energy | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

Mood, Music. Book the W Hotel's "Feel the Wuv" package and take a romantic time out with your significant other. O.K., the name is a bit cringe-worthy, but you get free bubbly and chocolates, a Jimmyjane Spin Me game (a dirty version of spin the bottle), feather tickler, "seduction sash" and a thoughtful 2 p.m. check-out. Rates vary depending on location...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel News: A Green Hotel Made Just for Do-Gooders | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

...backward with a loud, large splash into the Madeira River.” But, “Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes” provides more than just a glimpse of what Everett’s life with the Pirahã was like. Though he does spin a number of colorful but disparate narrative threads, the cross-stitch that binds them all together is his research. In fact, the whole second part of the book is geared toward explaining many of the findings that have helped Everett make a name for himself in the academic world (though...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Don't Sleep,' There is Much (Linguistic) Debate | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...local nightclub. These competing rhythms form the pulse of the film, presenting Denis’ complex aesthetic.After “Beau Travail,” Denis went on to make “Trouble Every Day,” perhaps her most provocative and controversial film. A spin-off of the vampire genre—where the cliché of sucking blood translates into extreme sexual situations and desire leads to destruction—the film boasts ten times more blood (and sex) than “Carrie.” Denis’s next film...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: French Filmmaker Denis Gets Frank | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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