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...they seek to answer, but by the methods they use.” HSPH’s researchers will be focusing on the use of mathematical models to analyze the spread of infectious diseases. In contrast, MIDAS’ other centers have primarily relied on “individual-base models,” which involve finding patterns in tracking an enormous number of individuals. “With a mathematical model, you give up a little realism, but you gain understanding of what’s happening,” Lipsitch said...
...that the country now has a $260 billion surplus. (Irmao, can you spare us a dime?) Morales, the first indigenous President of Bolivia, says he considers himself "less a President than a union leader." The Illinois-educated Correa says smilingly that the U.S. can again have a military base in Ecuador "if Ecuador can have a military base in Miami." Raúl Castro, survivor of a half-century of American disapproval, toasts his younger compadres: "Now we're ready for another 50 years...
...candidates is to actually back the interests of bankers interested in making a quick return on their investment. For banks to buy out policies from candidates near death is a sure payout. Just as loans were once urged on subprime candidates in the drive to expand the base of mortgages for securitization, nothing now stops Wall Street from engineering a way to encourage the sick and elderly to take out life insurance plans—before buying out these plans for repackaging and investment...
Free to members of the military and their relatives, Warrior Mind Training classes are offered at 11 U.S. military installations and veterans centers across the country; an online option opened up this spring. At Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in California, for example, Warrior Mind instructors prep elite Navy SEALS candidates for Hell Week, when potential newbies are vetted in a 5 -day sleepless trial of physical and mental endurance. (See pictures of the U.S. troops in Iraq...
...Army's new mental-toughness initiative, set to kick off in October, is to be successful, it needs buy-in from the people it plans to train. It can be a tough sell. At Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in N.C., Adam Credle, who teaches military, law enforcement and Coast Guard personnel how to drive boats equipped with machine guns really fast, has encouraged his students to try out the meditative techniques. So far, he's been rebuffed, though he continues to try to persuade them to give the discipline's central exercise a chance. The mental focusing technique...