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...great Indian forest. Said to be the place that inspired Rudyard Kipling to write The Jungle Book, Kanha's bamboo and sal groves are home to tigers, deer, bison, snakes, herons, jackal foxes and many other species of animal and bird. Located away from airports and major train stations, Kanha isn't easy to get to, but few visitors regret making the journey. www.kanhanationalpark.com
Last month a group of major institutional investors and green groups took steps to start fixing the problem, petitioning the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require public companies to fully disclose their financial risks from climate change. That was followed on Oct. 9 by the launch of the Supply Chain Leadership Coalition, a new grouping of large multinationals, including Nestlé and Unilever, formed to encourage suppliers to detail their greenhouse-gas emissions. Both groups argue that climate risk should become an essential part of financial reporting, no different from a price-to-earnings ratio. "This is about being able...
...fell apart quickly. Inside the organization, arrogance, then chaos, was the rule, while a roster of castoffs, clodhoppers and kids tried to imitate major leaguers. Season-ticket holders dropped from a high of 34,000 to less than 14,000. The NFL's Broncos, who had won two Super Bowls under quarterback Elway--a former New York Yankees farmhand--would take center stage in Denver. Scalpers hawked $5 tickets for seats behind the dugouts at Coors Field...
Strikingly, if this season is an indication, the Beef Brothers may prove right in the long run. The farm system, which produced Tulowitzki and Holliday, is paying dividends, considering the Rockies' annual payroll is $54 million, among Major League Baseball's lowest. The Yankees paid out $190 million; they're now spectators...
Desperation in politics can sometimes cause a major party to look outside its ranks for a standard bearer. In the presidential election of 1812, the Federalists, the strong-government party of the founding era, backed an earlier New York City mayor, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton was born to run: his uncle and mentor George Clinton had been Governor of New York State for 21 years and Vice President for eight; young DeWitt was George's right hand. Both Clintons had spent their careers opposing Federalism, attacking the Constitution when it was up for ratification and joining Thomas Jefferson's small-government...