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...assessment, says Michael Schlup, director of the Gold Standard Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, an organization dedicated to eradicating just such inconsistencies. His group unveiled what's designed to be a rigorous, industry-wide protocol in May, and says that around 20 projects are currently applying the code. A rival benchmark Voluntary Carbon Standard is expected to be drawn up soon by the International Emissions Trading Association and the U.K.'s Climate Group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in the Forest | 1/9/2007 | See Source »

...hurt, either.The Crimson’s win over BC did not carry the same weight—or, perhaps more importantly, come at the same time—as did the win over Stanford, but Harvard’s toppling of the Eagles will become the benchmark of an as yet lukewarm 2006-2007 season and a tool of great import in the future. The improbable and impossible wins, like those over Stanford and BC, make more probable the same results once big games roll around again. National exposure and impressive performances against top-25 opponents help smaller Division...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOONER OR TAITER: Harvard Proves Mettle With Win Over BC | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

...mother, I shuddered to read Madonna's pathetically low benchmark for motherhood: "Even if I'm the worst mother in the world, I'm better than death!" The comment was insensitive and reeked of arrogance. While Madonna's giving huge sums of money to charity is laudable, one needs an entirely different set of skills to be a good mother to an adopted child. I wonder how much Madonna understands that. Madhuri Pai Singapore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...cautious by nature. And still others are fatalists who may believe that a higher power devises mortality schedules that fix a predetermined time when our number is up. Consequently, any single measurement assigned to the risk of driving a car is bound to be only the roughest sort of benchmark. Adams cites as an example the statistical fact that a young man is 100 times more likely to be involved in a severe crash than is a middle-aged woman. Similarly, someone driving at 3:00 a.m. Sunday is more than 100 times more likely to die than someone driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hidden Danger of Seat Belts | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...something that may be seen as trendy is not always a bad thing. Madonna's action will hopefully encourage others to adopt orphan children who might otherwise have very grim lives. Richard M. Valenci Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. As a mother, I shuddered to read Madonna's pathetically low benchmark for motherhood: "Even if I'm the worst mother in the world, I'm better than death!" The comment was insensitive and reeked of arrogance. While Madonna's giving huge sums of money to charity is laudable, one needs an entirely different set of skills to be a good mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outstanding European Individuals | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

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