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...inevitable, substantial fees should be imposed on corporations and nations that profit from what ought to be considered world heritage. Monies collected could aid biodiversity conservation and ameliorate poverty. But it's more likely that we will see the traditional unholy alliance of nationalism, greed and business as usual. Fred Drumlevitch Tucson, Arizona...
...visitor's business is with the private sector, then, it is almost business as usual. That is, apart from the observance of different meal times and the longer evening prayer, which starts at 7:30 p.m. and lasts anywhere from one to two hours depending on which country you are in. Still, the overall pace is still slow. The bottom line: unless it is urgent business, schedule your trip before or after Ramadan...
Saturday’s match-up, a solid team effort involving not only the usual starters but also the Crimson’s bench, saw five different players involved in scoring goals...
...saying what is the most likely - the median - temperature increase: 2.6 degrees C or 4.7 degrees F. Now it might get warmer than that. But it also might be cooler than that. This is the most likely outcome, what most people call the business-as-usual scenario. Likewise when I say "a one-foot rise in sea level," the U.N. says it's somewhere between half and 2 feet. It seems to me that saying 20, as Al Gore famously said, is cherry-picking...
...like remastered rarities from mid-period Phish records. Much of the rest of the album just feels busy, like a first-time user tinkering with Garage Band, layering effects until the subtlety of the song’s skeleton is lost. What work best on the album are, as usual, the moments that capture bare-bones Beam. “Lovesong of the Buzzard” wisps along on an upbeat percussion line, with effects reminiscent of “Highway 61 Revisited” rising in and out of its shadows. “Resurrection Fern?...