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...California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's global warming conference were about to convene for panels on the green economy and clean-tech innovation, when the lights suddenly went dark at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. There was a bit of confusion (given California's state budget woes, one had to wonder whether the power bill was past due), but soon enough the attendees shrugged and continued on with the conference. Having fought to put climate change on the global agenda for years - and now representing perhaps the world's best hope for confronting climate change - a brief...
Yale is now scouring for an additional 5 percent in budget cuts from departments, since administrators had planned for an economic rebound that never came, and humanities and foreign language departments are suffering. “The only area where we can reduce costs is the one area where undergrads need us the most, language instruction,” Benjamin Foster, acting chair of Yale's Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department, told the Yale Daily News. “But it’s chickenfeed compared to the rest of Yale’s budget...
Former interim SEAS Dean Frans A. Spaepen, who also serves on the C-9, said that budget-cut discussions “have not been part of the C-9 business so far.” But Howe said it is “conceivable” that the C-9’s intermittent budget discussions at meetings could be part of the working group’s agenda...
Pity today's business travelers. They operate in an environment of painful budget constraints and calamitous conditions for air travel. But midlevel hotels like Hyatt Place and Hilton Garden Inn have responded by offering comfort, consumables and great value: complimentary cocktails, free wi-fi, better beds, 24-hour sundry shops and, of course, improved loyalty programs...
...Obama Administration seems to recognize the problem. "Let's face it, we have devoted a smaller percentage of our government budget to development than almost any other advanced country, and too little of what we have spent has contributed to genuine and lasting progress," said Secretary of State Hilary Clinton in a July 15 speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. "Too much of the money has never reached its intended target but stayed here in America to pay salaries or fund overhead in contracts." Ironically perhaps, one of the best things Clinton can do is to rebuild and finally...