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Size Matters - |
by Leo Adam Biga
Has it really been five years since Sideways? Its 2004 success gave director and Oscar-winning co-writer Alexander Payne immense momentum. He squandered that advantage by failing to follow up with a major project.
Well, not exactly. He wrote and directed a short, 14e Arrondissement, for the 2006 omnibus film, Paris, Je T’aime (Paris, I Love You). He and writing partner Jim Taylor took passes at the scripts for I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Baby Mama. In 2007 they worked arduously on a script, Downsizing, which Payne hopes to direct next year.
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As Congress prepares to debate America’s first major climate change bill, Omaha Public Power District officials are warning consumers that efforts to cool the earth’s atmosphere will mean burning holes in their pocketbooks.
Not surprising since the state’s second largest utility district — Nebraska Public Power District covers more geographic territory — just doubled its carbon output, and its two main coal plants rank in the top 15 percent nationally for carbon emissions. OPPD’s two closest neighbors operate plants that rank in the top 5 percent.
The 932-page bill from Sens. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) features a cap and trade program, whereby carbon emissions credits are bought and sold by polluters (such as OPPD) or investors. Credits are gradually taken out of the market, making pollution more expensive while reducing carbon emissions.
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Joslyn’s latest exhibit blings alongside elaborate back-story
by Sarah Baker
Sometimes the story behind art is what makes it remarkable. The “who, what, where, when and why” emerge, enlivening the art itself. That’s the case with River of Gold: Pre-Columbian Treasures from Sitio Conte, the Joslyn Art Museum’s latest big show. |
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Omaha’s Great Eight: The CWS kicks off at Rosenblatt
by Adam Froemming
Like half-blitzed boaters on the Missouri River, the College World Series is a rite of summer in Omaha.
Part tailgate, part spectacle, it’s become our version of Mardi Gras on 13th Street. Has the CWS become more about beer gardens and social events than baseball? Probably. But for one article, let’s forget the parties and back slapping, take a peek at the eight teams headed our way and a gander at who will be left standing in 10 days.
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Summer Preview - |
Summer seems limitless in early June. So many things to see, do and be before the rise of the Harvest Moon come fall. Break out your flip-flops and shades, check out our guide of 99-plus events and activities this summer and prepare to gorge your day-planner on all this hot fun in the summertime.
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