Rethinking the automible.
"There's something odd about cities; we park on our driveways and drive on our parkways." --Anon. The Kyoto Accord focused only on car emissions. The issues, however, are much broader. Since society provides shared rights-of-way but leaves car ownership to the individual, cars are too numerous, poorly...

Sweating the hothouse.
RECOGNIZING THAT GLOBAL WARMING fast may be approaching the point of no return and that the world cannot wait for our Federal government to act, hundreds of American city mayors have pledged to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. By signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, these elected officials--representing...

V. Benefiting from foreign direct investment and IPR protection.
A. BRAZIL'S INCREASING TRADE SURPLUS MAY NOT COMPENSATE FOR ITS DECLINING FDI The Ebb and Flow of FDI to Brazil It is well recognized how Brazil benefited from FDI flows during the early 1990's, and how such flows precipitously declined from 2001-2003. "FDI...

Impact of service orientation at the business level.
INTRODUCTION The business environment is undergoing a dramatic change. Competition from traditional and nontraditional players, emergence of a multitude of delivery channels, a plethora of regulatory and governmental compliance requirements, and demands for more flexibility and agility, to name a few, influence business design and execution. Growth...

Toward a basal Tenth Amendment: a riposte to national bank preemption of state consumer protection laws.
Recent regulations promulgated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency assert a sweeping authority to preempt a broad array of state laws, including consumer protection laws, applicable not only to national banks but also to their state-chartered operating subsidiaries. The regulations threaten both to disrupt state efforts...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard Don't give in to America-haters Oh, how evil America is! The liberal dribble (including this paper) is rolling out the red carpet for all the hand-wringers who accuse America of misdeeds on the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan. ...

Auto-dependent induced shopping: exploring the relationship between power centre morphology and consumer spatial behaviour.
Abstract A "power centre" is an agglomeration of big box retail outlets. In Canada, this form of retail development has virtually replaced the traditional enclosed shopping centre as the preferred form of retail investment. Geographical context, scale and configuration of the typical power centre act in ways...

Implementing safe cell policies: in the eyes of the law, cell phones and driving don't mix. Still, the number of cell users behind the wheel continues to grow.
Summary * Cell phone users are 500 times more likely to get into an accident that nonusers. * Some courts have held employers liable for an employee involved in an accident because of a work-related call. * Employers will cut their exposure by...

California's AB 1493: trendsetting or setting ourselves up to fail?
On July 22, 2002, California's state legislature courageously stepped deeper into the national economic and political minefield of automobile emissions regulation. California once again thrust itself into the forefront of environmental legislation by enacting Assembly Bill 1493 (AB 1493), a law directly aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from...

Misadventure of a student pilot.
Many years ago when I was a young man--barely twenty-four years old--in flight training with the United States Navy, I had a close encounter with death while flying a jet trainer. Anyone familiar with naval aviation knows such an experience is far from unique. Nevertheless, for reasons I cannot...