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...assigned to each suite, helps you choose activities, from falconry to horseback riding to nature walks. The four-wheel desert drive is a must for all but the most queasy - the dunes are high and the incline steep - and the late afternoon camel trek, perfectly timed to watch the sun sink into the sand, shouldn't be missed. Even after a few days in the desert, you won't be ready to move on with the herd like the bedouins of yore. www.al-maha.com
...after his 11-hour days in Florida’s summer sun, Stoeckel willed himself through daily two-hour workouts at his home in Vero Beach. For the “pissed-off” defensive talent who had idolized Omar Vizquel, it was all a matter of choice...
...things they wanted to conserve: forests, species, oceans. But now we know that environmentalism is also about things we produce: houses, offices, factories. The Innovators we bring you here are all involved with what has come to be known as "green building." They include a Massachusetts "solar zealot" making sun power more affordable for homeowners, a couple in India developing eco-friendly communities, an Italian promoting concrete that "eats" air pollution and a Texas crusader for greener hospitals. They all want a world where concern for the earth is "built in" from the start...
...famous lines are here: "Go tell the Spartans"; "Come and get us"; and the Spartan soldier's deflection of the Persian threat, "Our arrows will blot out the sun" - he says, "Then we will fight in the shade." Herodotus: damned fine screenwriter...
...movie is handsomely dark, like that spate of '80s dystopian fantasy epics (Blade Runner, The Keep, Labyrinth). The sun really is blotted out; all the fights seem to take place at dusk. In fact, the whole movie looks awfully sooty. Maybe it's really a commentary on the Industrial Revolution...