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Even the most uninformed student of climate change could tell you that the solution to global warming is to mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions, and fast. But the political difficulties of mitigation aside (the first major federal cap-and-trade legislation will be up soon in the Senate, and isn't expected to pass), the problem is that the sheer amount of greenhouse gases we've already pumped into the atmosphere has irreversibly bound us to a certain amount of warming over the next several decades - no matter what we do, we'll have to adapt...
...American troops have plans to leave anytime soon in significant numbers, however. And many are beginning to suspect that the U.S. pledge not to establish permanent bases simply means it will push for decades-long military leases on the many sprawling U.S. facilities already sitting on the edge of major cities...
...While the move is a risk for CBS, it's major milestone for MMA, whose growth has been one of the decade's most stunning sports business success stories. For the first time a live MMA fight will be broadcast on one of the big four networks, an extraordinary feat for a sport that, just 10 or so years ago, was roundly derided as "human cockfighting." At first, the caged bouts were fought in the shadows, since the sport was banned in almost every state (it is now sanctioned in 33). But MMA now draws strong ratings on the cable...
...Last week, Families and Work Institute released a major study showing what seems like an improvement: 79% of employers now allow workers some flexibility in when they arrive at and leave from work, up from 68% in 1998. But you say in your book, and I quote: "Flextime is nonsense...
About 70 women are now in the group. They go to class twice a week at the community center, where they are trained in searching procedures and weapons detection. Since beginning work a month ago, they have been working at meetings or major events once or twice a week. "The security situation is better than it was," says Kadija Abadi, a Daughters of Iraq member on duty today, "but it is not good yet. If I can help make it better, then of course, I will try to do that...