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...World Climate Conference in Geneva, where delegates from more than 150 nations are meeting to craft a better global alert system for climate change. That means disseminating information down to the local level - how global warming could impact fisheries, farming, human health, even tourism. "What we need is a formal system that all people can trust to access vital information that can save their lives and protect property and economies," said Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization. "It's not only governments, it's the private sector, it's individuals, it's farmers - everyone...
...member of the Institute’s board of advisers, said he hopes the funding will help “kickstart the institutionalization of the Leadership Institute at the College.” The Institute was originally formed to address what its founders perceived as a void in formal leadership training at the College. “There was no real dedicated office to leadership,” said Ben L. Brinkopf ’11, president of the Institute. “There was no leadership institute at the undergrad level.” Now, Coleman said, the grant...
...simply labeling such crimes as "gang-related" does not explain what is happening on the streets. Criminal-justice experts are beginning to believe that a majority of the violence does not result from directives from any formal gang hierarchy, but rather that it is the result of beefs between smaller neighborhood groups that can be started by anything from a kidnapping, as in the Baltimore case, to a simple look of disrespect on a rival's face. A fistfight among young men can escalate into drive-by shootings that elicit identical retribution, finally leading to the slaying of people...
...groups, which are composed of faculty, staff and students, have no formal power over FAS’ budget and discussions are confidential...
...official at the Vatican, of U.S. nationality, expressed the view of many conservatives about the Kennedy clan's rapport with the Catholic Church: "Why would he even write a letter to the Pope? The Kennedys have always been defiantly in opposition to the Roman Catholic magisterium." (Magisterium is the formal term for the authority of Church teaching.) (See a Kennedy family photo album...