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...marvel of energy self-sufficiency. Signs of the town's comprehensive focus on environmental sustainability are visible from its mountaintops to the pens of the dairy cows that once were the bedrock of local commerce. Atop Mt. Kamisodegawa, the 12 wind turbines, each 305 feet (93 m) tall, have the capacity to convert mountain gusts into 21,000 KW of electricity - more than enough to meet the needs of the town's residents. The excess is sold to neighboring communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habit | 12/22/2008 | See Source »

...tall task, and one he must accomplish without being dragged down by a department beset by scandal and dysfunction. "Short of a crime, anything goes at the highest levels of the Department of the Interior," Earl Devaney, the department's inspector general, testified before Congress in September 2006. While Salazar drew praise from representatives of the oil and mining industries as well as some conservationists, his appointment disappointed a cadre of environmental groups and prominent scientists, more than 100 of whom had signed a petition urging President-elect Barack Obama to tap Arizona Representative Raúl Grijalva. Salazar seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interior Secretary: Ken Salazar | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...character, whom you'll pilot around. Using your PlayStation controller, you've got a seemingly infinite array of choices to customize your human. Everything from the height of the cheekbones to skin color and hair (color, texture, length) is customizable - within limits. Want your character to be 8 ft. tall? Forget it. Humans are sized like the real deal. No really enormous noses, either. You want your character to be as obese as a tech-gossip blogger? Sorry, only the slightest of beer guts is permitted in Home. And if you want to create a female avatar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A First Look at PlayStation Home | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

House: Currier Concentration: Hist and Lit/Sexual Gender Studies Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. Ideal Date: 8/17/09 (my 21st birthday), but until then... dinner and a Coca-Cola Classic. What do you look for in a girl/guy: A tall, handsome, 47-year-old Leo with salt-n-pepper hair and an undying love for the Constitution. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Table dancing with my blackberry and bean boots at the Fly Club for ze sexiest gentlemen. Then, snuggling with my Cheetos, Smart Water, Oreos and Felipe’s. Your best pick up line: No strings attached. Best...

Author: By FM Staff | Title: scoped | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...impossible choice. But when it comes to the leaders of modern times whom I never met, but would dearly have loved to, there's no contest. I'd give anything to have sat down with a tiny - barely 5 feet tall - bridge-playing chain smoker who used the spittoon liberally and had a weakness for croissants. And I'd ask him: Did you have any idea what you were doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thirty Years After Deng: The Man Who Changed China | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

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