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...former church and prefers to hide from the mechanical beasts. Given that the dolls are about eight inches tall and the mechanical beasts appear to be the size of dinosaurs or giant arachnids, this seems rational enough. The dolls have no needs (not for air, food or fuel, although they find an occasional lightbulb useful) and neither do the machines, so you'd think everyone could go to their respective corners and mind their own business while enjoying the stinking remains of human society. Instead, the dolls, led by Number 9, get roped into fighting mankind's last battle...
...more, some cardiologists believe that physical examinations can be equally effective in uncovering heart defects in athletes. A non-ECG screening of high school and college athletes in the U.S. from 1983 to 1993 resulted in an annual death rate as low as in the Italian ECG screening program - although some cardiologists have disputed the methodology of the study that examined the U.S. screening program. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...always been very attached to the animals I work with, and although a scientist is supposed to be subjective and lack empathy, I've always thought this is wrong. It's the empathy you feel with a living, individual being that really helps you understand. Then you can use your scientific training to find out if your intuition is correct...
...food provide evidence of social tensions. Shards of dishes and tableware point to officially mandated classism; wealthy students paid double the normal tuition, and in return ate delicacies such as fruit on tables set with dishes, tablecloths, silver, and pewter, while the other students ate off of wooden trenchers. Although Harvard abided by a number of Puritan-inspired rules, students found pieces of pipes, mugs, and wine bottles that denoted a tradition of openly flouting the rules. “It’s pretty much all we find,” says head teaching fellow Michele Koons...
...result of this year’s broad underperformance, “a substantial number” of portfolio managers have had portions of their bonuses earned in past years “clawed back” by HMC, the report said, although it did not provide more specific figures. HMC, which has been criticized for its multi-million dollar compensation packages in the past, typically rewards managers for adding value and outperforming benchmarks. But it also withholds large portions of the bonuses over subsequent years in order to emphasize long-term growth and protect against excessive risk-taking...