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...Back in 2000, Los Angeles' Distinctive Assets (DA), the largest awards-show gifting firm, had trouble persuading companies not only to donate free stuff to celebrities but also to pay DA for the privilege. For this year's MTV Video Music Awards show bag, MTV set the minimum at $250 a gift. Distinctive Assets' 2005 Grammy bag was worth $30,000 and included free LASIK surgery, a membership at Sports Club/LA and a weekend at the Valhalla Shooting Club. The company even custom-builds some bags: an extra gift for a huge star, no alcohol for a musician...
...Springs chairman of the N.T. Cattlemen's Association argues for a change to current baiting methods, saying that the requirement to call in departmental staff to lay baits sometimes means too many are used. One pack of dogs might require only 50 baits to be laid, but the department minimum might be several hundred. "If I have only one area that's a problem, it's overkill," he says. Given the indiscriminate impact of baiting, and the difficulty in visually telling dingoes and many hybrids apart, Steve Eldridge says the highly potent 1080 poison is used cautiously. He's released...
...easy to blame China's rapid economic growth for this devastating situation. Scant attention has been paid to the costs of pollution or resource degradation engendered by this dramatic economic development. Central government investment in environmental protection remains well below the 2.2% of GDP Chinese scientists claim is the minimum necessary to prevent further deterioration. Pollution fines are so low that factories often elect to pay them rather than take corrective measures. Water is typically priced far below replacement cost, discouraging recycling or conservation...
...failure to take responsibility for those in need. But there are thousands of unknown health workers around the world who are fighting the most dangerous diseases and even giving their lives. No journalists, no photographers, no recognition of any kind awaits them at the end of the day, just minimum wages, mediocre jobs and unhealthy working environments. These unknown heroes also deserve our attention and gratitude. Jos?-Luis Portero Navio Tuberculosis Research and Training Center Manila...
...failure to take responsibility for those in need. But there are thousands of unknown health workers around the world who are fighting the most dangerous diseases and even giving their lives. No journalists, no photographers, no recognition of any kind awaits them at the end of the day, just minimum wages, mediocre jobs and unhealthy working environments. These unknown heroes also deserve our attention and gratitude. José-Luis Portero Navio Tuberculosis Research and Training Center Manila Second-Term Blues "A Time To Regroup" might be interpreted as implying that George W. Bush's problems are just the usual stuff...