In this issue: The economic cost of global warming, saving
money while getting green, and al-Jazeera in English.
---Computers---
Blake Ross helped make Firefox one of the biggest
open-source success stories ever. IEEE Spectrum tells you
what he's up to now.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=271036
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---Environment---
Chemistry World says scientists have welcomed an economist's
review into the costs of climate change, which warns of
global recession if greenhouse gas emissions are not
stabilized.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270637
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=270637
Inc. introduces the Green 50, a collection of
entrepreneurial companies that are showing what it means to
run good businesses, attack the most pressing problems of
our time - and make serious cash along the way.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270546
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---Home---
Tax breaks and rebates described in This Old House make
energy saving products for your home a little cheaper.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270517
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This Old House tells you how to responsibly rid your house
of three major health and environmental hazards -- asbestos,
lead, and mold.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270971
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---Media---
InternetNews says a new fair use recording battle is
simmering as a coalition launches an educational campaign.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270403
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Ten years after it began to change TV journalism in the Arab
world, al-Jazeera, always controversial, is embarking on its
most ambitious venture to date. A long-anticipated channel
in English, al-Jazeera International, will finally start
broadcasting, according to Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270631
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=270631
---Movies---
Popular Mechanics explains how George Lucas' special effects
house and new digital projection technology are manipulating
images so fast your brain can't tell the difference.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270940
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=270940
Using the genre of fictional documentary permits British
director Gabriel Range to get to the heart of what's gone
terribly wrong in the US since 9/11. Culture Vulture says
Death of a President is above all, a thoughtful and
compassionate, if deeply distressing exploration of the
ongoing erosion of independent thinking.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270615
---Misc---
How did Comair 5191 wind up taking off from the wrong
runway? Popular Mechanics says the country's antiquated
system for airport navigation doesn't utilize available
safety equipment.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=270031
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=270031
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