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...Hyatt is among those who have taken a hit in 2009. In the first six months, the hotel powerhouse posted a 19% revenue decrease, a loss of $36 million and a revpar decline...
...changed power-of-attorney (POA) document - couldn't have come at a better time. "Financial abuse is one of the fastest growing areas of elder abuse," says Andrea Lowenthal, an elder-law and estate-planning attorney in New York. "Older people are a growing segment of society and are among the most vulnerable, often because of their misplaced trust." But if seniors are the prey, then they often choose their predators - people they've empowered to act on their behalf, as agents, in financial matters, though a POA. (Watch TIME's video "Seniors Say End-of-Life Care Matters...
...Natural History Unit, however, came home with something better. A crew of scientists, academics and filmmakers from the British broadcaster visited the South Pacific island of Papua New Guinea this past spring to film a nature documentary and in the process discovered more than 30 new species of animals. Among the unknown creatures - all living inside the crater of the extinct volcano Mount Bosavi - was a giant rat that measured 32.2 in. and weighed more than 3.3 lb., making it one of the largest rodents on Earth (scientists provisionally named the housecat-size animal the Bosavi woolly rat). The historic...
Thankfully, there is still a thirst among students for active discussion on these important issues. When the Harvard College Vegetarian Society reached out to the campus Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society about organizing a debate between the society and me on the ethical issues surrounding meat consumption, to their credit, the students jumped at the opportunity. They recognize that there is no harm in allowing students and faculty to see both sides of the issue so that they can develop a more informed stance...
...Beijing. Coincidentally - or not - the Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea has just returned from his own meetings in Beijing. A leading North Korea watcher in Seoul, Cheong Seong Chang, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, believes the groundwork is being set for Beijing-hosted three-way talks among the U.S., North Korea and China, at which the Chinese will "sneak out of the room, leaving the two sworn enemies" to talk. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...