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...struggled to meet their Kyoto obligations, have discovered. Meaningful reductions will require technological advances on energy that have yet to be developed, and the U.N. can't force that process. But it can work to focus the world's attention on climate change and help map out the policy framework - including on issues like tropical deforestation - that will speed the broader social, economic and technological changes that will eventually make a real difference...
...Chinese people, who have endured human-rights disasters and uncountable struggles across these same years, now include many who see clearly that freedom, equality and human rights are universal values of humankind and that democracy and constitutional government are the fundamental framework for protecting these values," states Charter 08, a 4,000-word document that was posted on a U.S.-based, Chinese-language website on Dec. 9. (See pictures of life on the fringe in China...
...whose description declares that students will ponder, “What does it mean to belong to a where, and what are the signs, and forms, and idioms, of belonging—and unbelonging.” While appropriate for faculty, or even upperclassman concentrators, this sort of esoteric framework needs to be clarified and translated into less intimidating language before it is presented to undergraduates. Otherwise, the English department will scare away the very students it is hoping to attract.Because of the ambiguity of the modules and the greater freedom of choice under the new system, it is good...
...21st century. Given the recent and explosive growth of social-networking websites and the increasingly broad abilities of search and service providers to monitor and interfere with Internet usage, the issue has grown even more pressing. In particular, state and federal legislators must craft a flexible legal framework for dealing with data security, especially as the tools available to insurance companies and other interested observers become increasingly complex and powerful. According to Dr. Alex Pentland, a researcher at the Media Lab, the basics of privacy regulation should be based on the fundamentals of English common law. We agree with...
...turn the planet’s trash surplus into personal profit. You might think that these elements would develop into some sort of political commentary, but you’d be wrong. The acting may be nugatory and the storyline skeletal, but the film does provide a bare framework for car chases and fights. The action sequences are wittily choreographed, if hokey at times. There are quite a few good explosions, which might have been more gripping if we were a little more attached to the characters. While not a good film, “Transporter 3” might...