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...world ever manages to win the race against climate change, we may remember December 2007 as the month when we finally got out of the blocks. Right now ministers and environmentalists from 190 countries are meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali, to begin the laborious process of establishing a global climate plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Big business is on board - on Nov. 30 the leaders of 150 top firms released a petition calling on governments to establish mandatory caps on carbon emissions. Washington is finally awakening from its slumber, with Congress hammering out the first increase...
Better yet, experts say, prevent that risk from ever climbing: keep children fit from the beginning. "If you're trying to prevent this problem, then you want to establish good food habits early. You want to keep children away from the food industry messages to eat unhealthy food. It could be that earlier years will be the best time to begin that education," says Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale...
...scale and sophistication of the activities apparently conducted by Tan and his group--and their alleged ties to the People's Liberation Army (PLA)--are an insight into China's effort to establish a corps of civilian cyberwarriors. A recent series of intrusions into the systems of Western governments and major corporations was blamed on China (though none of the intrusions have been specifically tied to Tan and his group). This month British media reported that the country's top antiespionage official had sent a letter to 300 major corporations warning that they faced attacks from "Chinese state organizations...
...Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School of Government will establish a new program in social justice leadership using a $20 million gift from the estate of television mogul and philanthropist Alan L. Gleitsman, the school plans to announce today. The gift is the largest single gift in the history of the Center and establishes an endowment for the seven-year-old institution. The program, to be named the “Gleitsman Program in Leadership for Social Change,” will finance student fellowships, visiting scholars, and curriculum development in social activism. Gleitsman, who made his fortune...
...sommelier for Back Bay restaurant L’Espalier, did his best to ensure that no student left the tasting on a stretcher. “If you swallow all 21 wines, it could be a very short evening,” he said. To establish the differences between regions, attendees first explored the Old World wines of France and other parts of Europe before soaking up knowledge of New World wines from South Africa, South America, Oceania, and the United States. “We talk about weather, soil, and the philosophy of the regions,” Meagher...