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Your article highlights the obvious source of all religion: the human imagination. At its best, religion is applied for the greater good, to regulate society and provide simple rules that benefit the majority. At other times, and less happily, it is hijacked to further the greedy, political or capricious aims of the few. Understanding this basic principle - and that we all have a fundamental choice between tolerance and belligerence - would be a much needed step towards eliminating religious conflict, and with it, human suffering. Rik Hofland, MUSCAT...
...Tensions have also been exacerbated by the economy's increasing dependence on Asian markets. The long economic boom came courtesy of Asian - read Chinese - demand for Australian commodities such as iron ore, coal and bauxite. In large measure, Australians understand the benefit of this regional trade. "The Australian people are enormously practical about the reality of China," says Rudd. "That hundreds of thousands of Australian jobs, directly or indirectly, depend on Chinese trade is something Australians...
...Long term, the USOC would benefit much more from a Chicago win than a new network. And if all goes well, it could end up with both. The IOC still has a financial incentive to select Chicago: U.S. media outlets would offer the organization millions of dollars in fees to broadcast a domestic Olympics. But it's still bad politics to risk alienating IOC voters. The USOC has undergone a management shake-up since the Beijing Games: former CEO Jim Scheer was pushed out and replaced by Stephanie Streeter, a four-year board member, on an interim basis. Right...
...When these specialty hospitals come in, they take out the better reimbursed cases, the easier ones with less complications, and they're able to benefit financially by skimming the cream," says Rick Pollack, executive vice president of the American Hospital Association...
...process."The departures of these important staff allowed me to think holistically about how the student activities and residential life units were organized. I came to the conclusion that there was a lot to be gained by merging these two offices," Hammonds wrote. "The merger also has the added benefit of reducing inefficiencies in running two separate offices, and saving some funds—but saving funds was not the driver of the decision." Mitchell declined to say how much money is being saved through the restructuring.Many of the deans and staffers in ORL and OSLA were...