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...historical emissions for which the West is largely responsible must be dealt with by assigning responsibility, but the flow - the continuing emissions that developing countries are increasingly adding to - must be resolved by incentivizing cuts on future emissions. They demand more flexibility from India; the U.S. did not sign the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 because it would not accept any binding cuts unless developing countries accepted cuts too. (Watch an interview with Energy Secretary Steven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind India's Intransigence on Climate-Change Talks | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...even as Obama expressed his support for the public option, he downplayed its significance, calling it "only a means to [the] end'' and noting that just 5% of Americans were likely to sign up. (Indeed, one factor often overlooked in all the shouting is that under most of the versions of the bill that have been proposed, as well as Obama's own, the majority of Americans who get health coverage through their employer would not be eligible to buy into a public option, or any of the private ones that would be offered under the newly established state marketplaces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Health-Care Challenge: Keeping the Focus on the Larger Goals | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

...power of attorney has teeth," says Ronald Fatoullah, an elder-law and estate-planning attorney in New York. One safeguard is a multiplicity of signatures. Now both the principal and the agent must sign the POA, and each signature must be notarized. "This is a big change," he says. "The document specifically states that when you accept the authority to act as agent, you create a special fiduciary relationship with the principal that imposes legal responsibilities until you resign or the power of attorney is terminated." (Read "The Real Issues of End-of-Life Care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Legal Protections for the Elderly | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...Falafel or head back to your House for free HUDS? To make the decision easier, we've got a handy map that shows what food you can find where, and how much you'll have to shell out to get it. Just click on the cart or sign to see the menu. They're serving lunch every weekday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through the end of October...

Author: By Alee Lockman | Title: Guide to Food Carts | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...fear that I will always be a lonely number like root 3," he recites from memory. "The three is all that is good and right. Why must my 3 keep out of sight, beneath a vicious square root sign...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: True Love in an Integer | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

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