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Wildfires, notes Duke University fire ecologist Norm Christensen, have been erupting in the canyons and foothills of the coastal mountains for thousands of years. The recipe to produce them is as simple as it is effective. Take a tract of pine and fir trees or shrubby chaparral. Let it stand for several decades. Then wait for the winter rains to stop so the tinder can dry. At that point, a spark is all it takes to start a conflagration...
...amid wide lawns and behind a screen of casuarina trees that block out the sprawling modern resorts lining much of the rest of the beach. The staff treat guests with a slightly absent-minded graciousness that's distinct from the sometimes forced politeness that seems to be the norm elsewhere. Rooms range from $100 for a standard to about $420 for a suite. (tel: 60-4-881-1511/1512; www.lone pinehotel.com...
...presidential proclamation, President Bush has declared this week to be the first-ever official Marriage Protection Week, an entire week dedicated to upholding the social norm that marriage is a union solely between a man and a woman. An alliance between the White House and the religious right-wing is charged with executing this new national celebration in a display that seems to result in a demonization of the bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender (BGLT) community and our struggle for equality...
...have always tried to be an athlete first and a kicker second,” Kingston said. “I guess it attests to my diverging from the norm of kickers...
...response to the article ‘Social Norms Programs Fail,” in which Henry Wechsler again attacks social norms interventions based on the findings of his recently published study, I would like to echo the concerns of many other researchers and cast doubt on the study’s accuracy (Op-ed, Sept. 12). The study’s methods used to identify participating social norms colleges are flawed, therefore rendering all the data in the study suspect. Many of the participating schools reported incorporating positive norm messages into student programs but this is qualitatively different than...