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...things done on Capitol Hill, one must work in a bipartisan manner." - Associated Press...
...much can be done without building anew, and although support at the executive level is crucial, the impetus for change can come from any member of the staff. At the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula in Calif., for instance, Joy Colangelo, an occupational therapist, helped launch the "Green Team" about six months ago. The team's first task was to do a "waste audit" in order to tally unnecessary expenditures, says Colangelo. She found that the hospital's heart department was churning out 20 pages of patient-identification labels per patient, but using only...
...healing garden" and a nursing floor that wraps around a waterfall and patio. All patient rooms also have large windows that provide views of nature and lots of natural light - which cuts electricity costs and is associated with high staff morale and better patient outcomes. "Our green efforts are done under the premise that we have two patients, the environment and the ill patient," says Colangelo, "and the ill patient can't get well without improving our environment...
...there is much work left to be done, and the ICTR is not being given a great deal of time to do it. The court is now under pressure from the U.N. General Assembly and the Security Council to wrap up its work on the Rwanda genocide soon, by reducing its staff numbers and finishing cases quickly. The court now believes it can have all its trial work finished in 2009, a year later than planned, and has recently asked the General Assembly for more money to push it through to the end of 2009, apart from...
...more famous Taj Mahal hotel in that city) have led to heightened security measures, which are proving to be an enormous inconvenience for high society. Cars carrying designer-clad, bejeweled guests have to stop to let security guards peek under the hood and into the back compartment. That done, all baggage must be passed through X-Ray scanners - suitcases containing wedding outfits and jewelry, wedding gifts wrapped in glittering paper, even personal handbags. It feels more like an airport than a hotel famed for hospitality. "I'm not coming back here in a hurry," declares Diya Singh, a fashion designer...