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...Vuuren himself, this mixed representation is absolutely crucial. “The Senate can’t run with only representatives from northern states,” Van Vuuren says. “I feel that the international society has to have representation from more than one or two continents...
America’s favorite northern neighbor may be about to change. Ever-so-liberal Canada—loved my many, and teased by a few—is facing serious threats from internal Conservative opposition. President Bush may be about to find his new best friend...
More important, as Flegal readily admits, her paper does not attempt to account for the burden of living with the diseases associated with carrying around some extra pounds. To take just one example, a study published last week followed 10,000 patients in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Medical Group for more than 25 years and found that those who were either overweight or obese in midlife were significantly more likely to develop dementia later on. Other studies have established that the risks of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes all rise with increasing weight. "There's nothing about...
...West Bank” is so ridiculous that it is funny, as it makes use of a glaring Washington Post typo for malicious means. As part of Israel’s disengagement plan to withdraw Israeli troops and civilians from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank, 9,000 Israeli settlers are slated to be moved back inside Israel-proper this summer. This plan furthers the national goals of the Palestinian people by giving Gaza’s one million Palestinians—approximately one third of the total population—the opportunity for self-government...
...Just last month, another Equator Principles member, Credit Suisse First Boston, found itself the target of new global protests for its decision to underwrite Shell's controversial Sakhalin II pipeline in the northern Pacific, a project environmentalists say threatens the endangered Western gray whale. Without adequate transparency and monitoring of sensitive projects, ngos fear the Equator Principles will become meaningless. "What good is a series of principles like this is if you can't verify that they are being applied on a project-by-project basis?" asks Oil Change's Kretzmann. "Equator banks are saying to people 'Trust...