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...devilish problem, of course, is defining "smart enough." Enough to accomplish what, precisely? To make a living or to make a killing? And smart enough to satisfy whom? An employer who wants you to do your work by quitting time or one who wishes you had finished it yesterday? Being able to do what must be done is liberating, but being able to do whatever might be done (or whatever your driven ego or pushy boss might conceivably demand) can be enslaving...
...Securities. "But it's far from certain." He estimates that growth in GDP will slow this summer to about 2.5% from an estimated 3.5% to 4% in the first quarter. That's hardly a disaster. In fact, it's pretty much what the Federal Reserve hopes to accomplish with its long campaign of short-term rate hikes geared at keeping inflation under control and stretching out the recovery...
...acts inevitably involve the infliction of collateral damage, not to mention the equally inevitable loss of one's own colleagues. The director has called his film "a prayer for peace," an implicit plea for a negotiated settlement to the Israel-Palestine war. He doesn't think any movie can accomplish that, but Munich is a thoughtful, intricate, handsomely made, potentially popular step in the right-the only possible-direction. (Click for TIME's Cover...
Improv comic, tour guide, former UC Rep, and snake tamer, Sam has little left to accomplish in his life except to be an associate for FM. He already runs a small country, and we hear he invented Facebook/Dormaid. We welcome the young man aboard, and don’t forget, for when you’re old—Teller is Steller...
...Karlsson, researchers must examine at least 300,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in thousands of patients to find the genes that cause disease in humans. “Because of their unique genomic organization, we need about 30 times fewer SNPs and only a few hundred volunteers to accomplish this task in dogs,” Karlsson said in a statement from the institute. According to the new research, dogs have about 19,300 genes. Human beings have about 22,000 genes. Broad Institute researchers are currently working to map an increasing number of mammal genomes, according to Lindblad...