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...Emptive Strike Medically speaking, we are far better prepared than we used to be. In 1918, when many of our grandparents were children, another pandemic influenza killed more than 50 million people. Like the current one, the 1918 virus was a type of flu called H1N1. And like this one, it targeted the young: most of those who died were under age 40. Historical accounts suggest that it also began as a milder springtime flu before returning in the fall as a killing machine more efficient than World War I. In six months, that pandemic killed more people than AIDS...
...Better, long-term research is needed - and it can't come from the cell-phone industry. (Some scientists have suggested levying a $1 surtax on phones to fund new studies.) For now, you can use a Bluetooth or wired headset or simply talk on your cell phone less to reduce the amount of radiation that bombards your skull. You can also choose a low-radiation cell phone; the EWG has created a searchable online database that ranks the radiation levels of more than 1,200 models. (Sorry, Apple fans, your iPhone ranks pretty high.) And finally, take a cue from...
...study showing that we send cards mostly to our consequential strangers - the service providers, the plumber, people we know from church or school or other venues, where you don't really know them that well, but you appreciate them. Or people you'd like to get to know better. So in a way, looking at your Christmas-card list, you can see beyond the intimate circle. Who you send Christmas cards to, probably a good two-thirds if not more go to people you don't know that well, but you still want to acknowledge that they're part...
Ayogu and Arbuthnott said that they were thrilled by the group of marshals selected, though both added that they wished the group better reflected the gender makeup of their class...
...hate crimes.” She evaluates the different responses from the Muslim community, whether through increasing religiosity, strengthening of bonds between different Muslim communities or segregating from non-citizens. The growth in “non-quantifiable hate crimes” has, however, affected the environment for the better in that it brought this racial issue to center stage, Cainkar said, adding that this is essential to ease the way of the process of integration. Some attendees were skeptical of Cainkar’s findings. “It was based on self-selecting statistics, exclusive of FBI?...