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Gold mining in Guyana inflicts “severe environmental, health, and social damage on the areas and people near mining operations,” according to a Harvard Law School report released this week. The situation in Guyana reflects a broader global concern, said Bonnie L. Docherty, a clinical instructor at the Law School who helped produce the report. “It’s a classic example of the linkage between environmental damage and human rights abuses,” she said, citing the indigenous Guyanese population’s dependence on local rivers for food, water...
...show with a lot more polish.”Commenting on his criticism of “Love/Hate” and the conflict of the Ivy League double standard, Summers says, “YouTube has made it possible for college TV shows to reach a lot broader of an audience than before. But bad is bad wherever you are, and good is good. I really don’t expect Ivies to be producing good college television”HRTV has already reached an audience far beyond Harvard Yard, now the challenge is to provide steady, quality content...
...figures about the conduct of the war in Iraq, in part because the White House knows that the next step - subpoenas - won't help their dwindling poll ratings. "There has been an ebb and flow," said Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter, "and the President has come to realize that the broader assertions of executive power had to be tempered...
...When your schedule is packed with meetings and tasks, it's easy to lose sight of your broader goals and responsibilities. Break away once a week and take stock of the projects you're working on and your long-term objectives, Allen advises. That will ensure that important items on the distant horizon don't fall by the wayside. In Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology, the "weekly review" is the most important element, according to devotees. It's easy to avoid and hard to commit to, but Allen says building it into your routine helps systemize effective planning...
...both cases, U.S. leaders calculated that the country's national interests trumped its moral responsibilities. But in Iraq, a more magnanimous stance toward refugees would help the U.S.'s broader interests. It would be good propaganda in the Arab world, where the U.S. image needs burnishing. It would be a tool to counter one of the root causes of terrorism: regional instability caused by mass migration. And it would provide Washington with a basis for talks with Iran and Syria, whose help the U.S. needs to stabilize Iraq. Despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, the Bush Administration...