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...public than it once was, particularly when the problem seems so diffuse, the threat so distant. The result? Vast quantities of carbon dioxide from the burning of oil, coal, wood and natural gas have entered the atmosphere, where they will remain for well over 100 years. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol calls for developed nations to roll back emissions below 1990 levels. But even if that goal were achieved today, it's already too late to stop some degree of warming from occurring. That means we may soon start seeing unpredictable and potentially destabilizing changes in weather patterns and ocean currents...
...eight-year, $9 million study reported in last week's New England Journal of Medicine. The study, financed by the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS), in Bethesda, Md., involved 1,377 patients at 71 leading medical centers in such cities as Budapest, Kyoto and Cleveland. Each of the subjects had experienced either a minor stroke or warning signals known as transient ischemic attacks. Such attacks, which may result in dizzy spells, temporary loss of vision or speech, or numbness in a hand or limb, signal that arteries supplying various parts of the brain have become...
...imaginary Asian muse, was launched last summer. At the moment, Mrs Woo is only in available in Australia, but the buzz is mounting: expect the label's Eastern-style skirts, elongated sleeves and cheeky details to find an international audience before long. AKIRA (www.akira.com.au): The rousing reception accorded to Kyoto-born designer Akira Isogawa at his first show during Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in 1996 was among the initial indications that the market was ready for designs with an Asian flavor. Since then, exhibitions at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and commissions to design costumes for the Australian Chamber...
...AKIRA (www.akira.com.au): The rousing reception accorded to Kyoto-born designer Akira Isogawa at his first show during Mercedes Australian Fashion Week in 1996 was among the initial indications that the market was ready for designs with an Asian flavor. Since then, exhibitions at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and commissions to design costumes for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Dance Company, have shown that Isogawa's elaborately-constructed, kimono-like ensembles are as much high art as they are high style. His clothes now retail in 14 countries, including his native Japan...
...year, there were noisy protests. Once the old station at Marsden Point is modernized, it will be the cleanest coal-fired plant in Australasia, says its owner, Mighty River Power. But that doesn't impress critics, who say getting electricity from coal is a betrayal of New Zealand's Kyoto Protocol obligations. "It's a backward step for us to start using coal," says Fitzsimons...