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...either, without talking about people dying of dehydration, house fires and that kind of thing. So with the beauty that cold brings, and the landscape, or with just feeling alive when you walk out on a cold morning, comes this risk, this edge that you can't get too close to without risking real trouble. And to me, that's part of the beauty...
...doesn't mutate into something more deadly, health officials in the northern hemisphere face another decision: whether to keep schools open. Young students are known by influenza epidemiologists as "super spreaders" because they shed more flu virus when ill, are unlikely to practice good hand hygiene, and are in close contact with parents and peers. Writing in the August edition of British medical journal the Lancet Infectious Diseases, researchers from Imperial College in London predicted that early and prolonged school closures could ease the burden on hospitals by reducing the number of cases at the peak of the pandemic. They...
...researchers also conceded that closing schools could have unintended consequences. Up to one-third of healthcare workers in developed economies are the main carers for dependent children. Close schools and many of those people would have to take time off, compromising the effectiveness of health services. Mass absenteeism could also damage already fragile economies. The U.S. government has said that the decision on whether to close schools will rest with local officials. In China, no plans to close schools have been announced, but the authorities have urged educators to limit all unnecessary travel and gatherings. But plans may change suddenly...
...such a relatively little-known candidate, Sestak is surprisingly close to Specter in fundraising. As of the end of June, he had about $4.5 million in the bank - much of it left over from his nearly uncontested 2008 re-election bid - and Specter had about $7.5 million. While the state party establishment is likely to try to keep large donors away from Sestak, he can probably count on younger and more liberal democratic donors, including some nationally in what's known as the Netroots movement of progressive bloggers and Internet users - the same people that helped Democrat Ned Lamont upset...
...cancer doctors had detected in July 2008 had become incurable, and knowing that her husband, from whom she was divorced, was unable to care for their children, Picat immediately began the search for a foster family. At first, her quest was seemingly impossible: finding a family with a home close to hers, in her Loiret village of Puiseaux, that would welcome all four kids...