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...where it starts getting good. Instead of sending me back to the ticket counter where I would have inevitably been told that every other flight was overbooked, and that maybe they could get me home by Labor Day, the agent said gruffly, "There's another flight leaving from A1, also going to Dallas. But you have...
...that their child may be obese. The negative connotations of our terminology for overweight and obesity undermine efforts to help parents grapple with the implications of obesity for their children. My steadygrow program (www.steadygrow.com) offers an alternative, inclusive terminology based on weight zones A0 to A3+, the goal being A1. Wider use of this terminology will revolutionize our ability to communicate healthy weight messages to parents and children. Dr. Felicity Breen, Havelock, New Zealand...
...from 2008-12 to 108% of 1990 levels). But the challenge beyond then could be formidable, and few people have contemplated its impact on the way they work, live and play. Already, through various government schemes to limit greenhouse gases and promote renewable energy, the annual cost is approaching $A1 billion, according to the Institute of Public Affairs. Now a "climate change realist," Prime Minister John Howard is nudging Australia into the world of carbon trading. If polluters are required to hold tradable permits (allowing them to emit defined amounts of greenhouse gases), the market will, in theory...
...ways most people can’t do,” said Haddock, referring to yesterday’s announcement by Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 that student groups will be reimbursed for taxes on their gift funds. [See story, page A1.]The timing of Gross’ announcement, which reverses last week’s decision not to consider reimbursement to student groups, is a political windfall to Petersen, who has led the effort to repeal the tax as chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee. Timing has worked...
...technologies will soon make it possible to burn coal-of which Australia has a 300-year supply-with a minimal release of carbon dioxide. Victoria, Queensland and the federal government have pledged almost $A1 billion to develop these technologies, which could make coal-fired plants as greenhouse-friendly as nuclear ones...