Moose detection distances on highways at night.
ABSTRACT: Moose-vehicle collisions are a serious concern in many areas of North America and Fennoscandia. in northwestern Ontario, more than 400 moose-vehicle collisions occur annually, and 26 fatal collisions have occurred over the last 10 years. To avoid colliding with a moose, a motorist must: (1) successfully see or...

Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments sponsored by Spencer Stuart.
THE DIRECTORS & BOARDS Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by the editorial staff of DIRECTORS & BOARDS, and is sponsored by Spencer Stuart. Please forward your directors appointments to kmccarthy@directorsandboards.com. Submissions of new directors and appointments are welcome...

The politics of preemption: an application of preemption jurisprudence and policy to California Assembly Bill 1493.
I. INTRODUCTION A. Could the Events of 2005 Modify the Application of Preemption? II. AB 1493 AND POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT PREEMPTION PROVISIONS A. Assembly Bill 1493: The California Climate Change Law B. The Preemption Provision of the Clean...

Mayors respond to Washington leadership vacuum on climate change.
Recognizing that global warming may fast be approaching the point of no return and that the world cannot wait for the U.S. government to act, hundreds of U.S. city mayors have pledged to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. By signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, these mayors-representing some...

Greenhouse: a scientific, political and moral issue.
The atmospheric science community has long been convinced that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the global climate and demand attention. Under the Kyoto Protocol, negotiated under the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change, the developed world as a whole is obliged to reduce emissions to 95 per cent...

Four stellar acts to follow.
Four noteworthy workers' compensation programs, two each in the private and public sectors, are singled out from the entries received this year for the annual Theodore Roosevelt Workers' Compensation Awards. Exceptional programs like the ones profiled here made this year's judging process more difficult than it's ever been. ...

A new model for developing technology and manufacturing initiatives for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Introduction Before colonial incursion and the partitioning of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) into miniaturized states, the kings who served as African rulers were pre-occupied with a commitment to unlock the latent talents and skills of African intellectuals so as to evolve better farming practices, best management practices for...

Public Entity Cover.
Target Capital and Wausau Insurance Cos. have created a new insurance and loss program, Municipolicy, designed for schools, public entities, and municipalities. The program offers an array of loss control programs and services that can be customized to include coverages such as: workers' compensation, general liability, property, automobile, umbrella,...

Europe's airlines: brave new world, or what? As if war and SARS were not enough, Europe's full-service operators are struggling to fend off the challenge of the low-cost carriers.
They just closed the small newsstand in our building. Sales were declining because of redundancies in the area, and the two employees no longer were able to meet Group profitability targets. So. what has this to do with aerospace, you might ask? Well, at a stroke, the Group transferred...

North American urban history: the everyday politics and spatial logics of metropolitan life.
Abstract At the start of the twenty-first century, North American urban history is flourishing. Compared to twenty-five years ago, the field has become more interdisciplinary and intellectually invigorating. Scholars are publishing increasingly sophisticated efforts to understand how the city as space intersects the urbanization process, as well...