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...events drive this growth: the expectation that the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change will go into effect this year and require many countries to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2008, and the emergence of government-backed emissions-trading schemes in Britain and Denmark. Despite President George W. Bush's assertion two years ago that Kyoto would wither, 2003 looks to be the year the treaty will come to life. Canada ratified it in December, and if Russia joins this year, as its President has promised, the treaty will have enough support to go into effect. It would not bind...
Another brilliant idea of the council is to have a speaker series on dating etiquette. Classes would teach proper dining conduct and other essential dating protocol. “These classes would help make the dating process easier for people,” explained Blickstead. Although it’s always nice to know where the salad fork goes, if students actually find their less-than-savvy table manners to be a hindrance in their love lives, then we are all a lot worse off than I thought...
...hospital, there is a bit of good news for the Duke staff: in the wake of this tragedy, they have received high marks for their conduct since the accident. Duke is doing all the right things - both legally and ethically, says Schochor. "They're analyzing their internal protocol to insure against future errors, and they're accepting responsibility for what happened, which is something we don't often see in cases like this...
...protocol could be applied to other conflicts. Because many reservations include both native and non-native residents, Allred said, “these are very common conflicts, and we think this is a pretty generalizable procedure for resolving them...
...someone told me we’d be using this kind of protocol even three years ago, I’d have said that’s crazy—don’t think about it,” Ruvkun said...