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...generating capacity from renewable energy sources such as the sun and wind. Its neighbor, Southern California Edison, joined forces this month with Texas Instruments in a six-year, $10 million project that will use low-grade silicon instead of more expensive higher grades to make photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Says Robert Dietch, a Southern Cal Edison vice president: "This has the potential to be the type of breakthrough technology we've all been looking for in the solar industry...
Nothing unusual about taking a building condo to help pay the mortgage. But Donald Trump raised eyebrows last week when he announced plans to convert most of New York City's 84-year-old Plaza Hotel into condominiums to pay off his $300 million loan on the place. He plans to charge an average of $1,600 per sq. ft. for the luxury apartments, or about three times the price of other prime residential buildings in Manhattan -- and most of the apartments won't have kitchens...
...Rourke, an acerbic master of gonzo journalism and one of America's most hilarious and provocative writers. A conservative with libertarian leanings, O'Rourke mixes a volatile brew of one-liners and vitriol, whether writing about the greenhouse effect or Saddam Hussein. And while his writings may not convert you -- after all, this is a guy who grins when boasting about cutting down 3,400 trees on Earth Day -- they may well make you an O'Rourke-ophile...
Hence I have a modest proposal to end--at least for the time being--the space shortage: convert the studies into shelf space. When the University finds a more long-term solution--such as an expansion of Pusey or the construction of a new library, it can build a lot of nice new faculty offices as part of the plan. In the meantime, no one will have to be turned out in the street. It's a crazy idea, but it just might work...
...current construction plans, which would be part of Massachusetts' multi-billion dollar Central Artery project, would convert the area into a permanent industrial eyesore the size of the Boston Common, virtually finish off the already-polluted Millers River that runs through the site and silence forever many Cambridge residents' dreams of transforming the area into a lush green park...