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...when she returned from helping to transport donated T-shirts for the Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment summer program, a program she directs, two of the seats—which cost five to six hundred dollars apiece—were gone...
...ABOUTThis website is an excellent guide to Maumere, the gateway to Flores, with detailed directions on how to get around, where to find rarities such as banks with ATMs, Internet cafEs, transport tips and prices for various goods and services...
...another state. Soon this will no longer be true, owing to advances in computer technology, communications and weapons of mass destruction. We are entering a period in which a small number of people, operating without overt state sponsorship but using the enormous power of modern computers, biogenetic pathogens, air transport and even small nuclear weapons, will be able to exploit the tremendous vulnerabilities of contemporary open societies. Because the origin of these attacks can be effectively disguised, fundamental tenets of the nation-state will change...
Then, think again--for one might just as easily conjure a more hopeful picture: of green technologies; livable cities; energy-efficient homes, transport and industry; and rising standards of living for all the world's people, not just a fortunate minority...
Making personal transport less damaging to the planet means looking beyond cars as well. "If you could wave a magic wand and make every car fuel efficient, it wouldn't solve all our problems," says Dean Kamen, founder of DEKA Research in Manchester, N.H. "It is still very energy intensive to move a 2,000- or 3,000-pound machine." His solution: the Segway, the recently unveiled high-end scooter that goes up to 13 m.p.h., is powered by an electric motor and runs on just a nickel's worth of electricity a day. The batteries today are standard nickel...