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...1960s and then only as part of NASA spacecraft. Today this technology is coming down to Earth in places like Tokyo, where Japan's first hydrogen-fuel filling station opened in June; in nine European cities, from Stockholm to Porto, each operating three hydrogen-fuel-cell buses; and in Iceland, which is trying to create the first fossil-fuel-free hydrogen economy...
...Faroe Islands, home country of Hans Mikkelson ’06, are located between Scotland and Iceland. (“All Hans on Deck,” October...
...became a massive hit when it first aired in the States on cable station Bravo in July; it was soon picked up by the NBC network (which owns Bravo) and it now attracts some 7 million viewers every week. The show has been sold into syndication from Australia to Iceland. Advertisers love it, too, with the Fab 5 constantly name-dropping everything from furniture stores (like Pottery Barn and Domain) to shaving products (Neutrogena, Zirh) that the new-and-improved straight guy simply must spend his money on. "We've said this from the beginning...
...should know that laws against corporal punishment may take that decision out of their hands. Much of the world - including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand - leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations - Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden - already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this...
...Much of the world?including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand?leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations?Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden?already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this year, care workers in the U.K. are no longer permitted to strike children in their...