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...Asia is for an unchecked outbreak. Most nations in the region have minimal stocks of antiviral drugs and no pandemic action plan. H5N1 vaccine, still in development, would not arrive in time to make a difference. If a pandemic occurred tomorrow, says Stohr, Asia would be "playing it by ear," politically improvising even as the death toll rose. "One of the most difficult things to explain to the public after a pandemic would be why we weren't prepared, because there have been enough warnings," he adds...
...people she came with, naming her several girl friends… “And that’s my boyfriend there,” she said. Oh. The six-foot-tall boyfriend and I waved awkwardly at each other as Malin was almost screaming in my ear to be heard above the noise...
...captors, he says, beat his feet and legs with a pipe until he could no longer feel them, thrashed his back and tied his genitals before forcing him to drink three bottles of water. At one point, Hadi says, he heard a knife being sharpened next to his ear. His interrogator threatened to chop off his head unless he confessed to collecting information for the U.S. forces. Hadi refused...
Between meetings at local A.A. chapters or the campus support group, resident coordinator Joe Veliz, a social-work grad student, provides an empathic ear and makes sure that students stick to their plans. The only non-negotiable house rules: no drugs or alcohol, of course, and the observance of quiet hours between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. "I am not their parent," Veliz says. "But we know that people in recovery stay sober longer when they build connections." Given the fragile nature of recovery, Veliz is prepared for the possibility of a relapse but says residents won't automatically...
...outsider. He used to be a catalyst by directly physically interacting with us in the studio while we were recording. What do you mean by "directly physically interacting"? He'd get quite close indeed, especially if you were on the piano where he got right in your ear. He chucked a bit of stuff around - he had some issues with some of the orchestra chairs. We'd still be trying to do the track at the same time; mostly we just played through. Maybe he thought that if he acted in that way, then the group could get on with...