Dear Ace: Something seemed a bit off in your recent column about roadkill.—Bambi Goboome Bambi: What’s that smell, you say? Dead varmint on the asphalt? No, it’s the stench of Ace’s not-exactly-clear previous column. Ace had a miscommunication with an official at Animal Control. Nevertheless, Ace is a gentleman and does not like to place […]
Due to a reporting error, in the story "State to pay for six new profs" [UVA News, November 27, 2007], it was stated that the company Rolls-Royce still makes Rolls-Royce cars. In fact, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars was sold in 1998 to Volkswagen, and now the rights to the Rolls-Royce car name belong to BMW.
Due to a reporting error, in the story "Faith group strives for real action" [Government News, November 20, 2007], Father Dennis McAuliffe, co-president and pastor of Holy Comforter Catholic Church, was misidentified as Father Dennis McCullough. We apologize to Father McAuliffe and sincerely regret the mistake.
comics Prior to its publication last month, "The Black Dossier" had become almost as legendary as the mysterious tome in its title. This third volume detailing the adventures of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen—a team made up of Victorian literature’s most colorful heroes and anti-heroes—had been delayed for more than a year, and will not […]
stage Despite signs pointing to the contrary, I have felt like some relentless Shakes-peer is bribing local theater companies to perform Twelfth Night and formed the impression that the show has been up on nearly every local stage in the past year. In actuality, the only other theater to stage the show this year was […]
The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has come up with a cool idea (about global warming, ironically), and C-VILLE, proud member that we are, is more than happy to join in. On the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, AAN has made available to its members a wide array of articles that bring us up to date about what is—and what's not—being done about what Al Gore has dubbed the "climate crisis."
I remember so well the final morning hours of the Kyoto conference. The negotiations had gone on long past their scheduled evening close, and the convention center management was frantic—a trade show for children’s clothing was about to begin, and every corner of the vast hall still was littered with the carcasses of the sleeping […]
Ten years after the Kyoto Protocol first was introduced, the question remains: What can be done about global warming? For the 175 countries that have ratified it so far, the treaty goes into effect next year. While participants from the developing world have agreed to reduce anthropomorphic greenhouse gases by more than half of their […]
Ross Gelbspanauthor, The Heat is On and Boiling Point, www.heatisonline.org Ross Gelbspan More features: You’re getting warmer The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming.On its 10th anniversary, why are we barely past the starting gate? Chill out Skeptical environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg questions the Kyoto Protocol’s effectiveness Kyoto: 10 years warmerThe story in […]
In the middle of a table in Konrad Steffen’s office at the University of Colorado in Boulder sits a strikingly beautiful globe composed of hand-carved gemstones. Steffen, a geography professor, knows very well that sooner or later the globe will have to be revised. The coastline will shift, swallowing the Nile River megadelta, flooding low-lying […]