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...reptilian dinner. There was nothing fake about that moment, and for some reason, I feel much more comfortable in Shanghai having seen it. Chinese beer tastes better to me now, I can hold my chopsticks with more confidence, and when a patch of sweat appears under my arm in the crippling Shanghai heat, I feel more like a real person.The Olympics have brought about an increase of inauthenticity instead of a respite, as performers lip-sync through the opening ceremony, athletes compete with performance-enhancing drugs and equipment, and the Beijing police fake smiles for the tourists. Luckily, after...
...started bleeding from a tear in her cervix, the blood forming a pool on the floor below. Two doctors ran in and stitched her up, relatives found blood supplies, and nurses struggled to connect a generator to the oxygen tank. One nurse jammed an intravenous needle into Conteh's arm, while another hooked a bag of blood to a rusted stand, and a third slapped an oxygen mask over her face. In the corner of the room, a tiny baby--3 hours old--lay on a bed, wailing, swaddled in bright-colored African fabric. "Listen! You must feel happy...
...talking at once.") He laughs frequently, dives into anecdotes with an actor's relish and a repertoire of spot-on accents, reminisces good-naturedly about the "worst night of my life," when he was rushed to the hospital. "I lost the use of the leg very quickly, and the arm followed overnight," he says. "I was getting really scared. I thought, my God, what else is going...
...initiative has increased development in flood-prone areas, therein exacerbating the damage reeked by seasonal hurricanes. Getting FEMA back on track necessitates the political will to make disaster relief a priority and the funds to deliver on government promises. Fiscal backing will be needed to revitalize the preparedness arm of the organization, to strengthen national response teams, and to entice qualified employees. In addition, leadership will have to create a comprehensive response strategy, which includes viable emergency housing provisions and mandates market-priced national flood insurance in vulnerable regions.Although media coverage of the recent hurricanes has focused on FEMA?...
...studied nuclear effects engineering - and the Naval War College - where he studied national security and strategy. He was in Iraq during served in Desert Storm and is a former assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His son, Tony, also served in Iraq and lost an arm when he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. (See Iraq Photos Here.) (View a brief history of the Iraq War here...