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...fewer rules a coach has, the fewer there are for players to break. -on his approach to coaching, in The Book of Football Wisdom...
...proved our expectations three times wrong," says Dr. Frans Wackers, professor of diagnostic radiology and medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and an author of the DIAD study. "We found to our surprise that there was not an increase in heart abnormalities among diabetic patients, but actually fewer abnormalities. And the next surprising thing was that this was true in both the group that received screening and the group that received no screening...
...national power grid anywhere in the world has been brought down by a cyberattack. And it's worth keeping in mind that most countries have much fewer defenses from cyberattacks than the U.S. "It's virtually impossible to bring down the entire North American grid," says Major General (Rtd) Dale Meyerrose, a cybersecurity expert who recently retired as chief information officer for the Director of National Intelligence. The electricity-distribution system is highly decentralized, and there's no central control system; at worst, cyberattackers may be able to damage sections of the grid...
...year. Staffers who accepted the package during the 45-day election period had until yesterday to revoke their decisions. In an interview February, Smith said the administration would use the results of the early retirement program to reevaluate the budget and determine whether staff layoffs will be necessary. The fewer staffers decide to take the package, the higher the possibility of layoffs will be, Smith said. According to a guidebook for FAS departments that details planning procedures for next year’s budget, the administration will know the number of retirees in each department by mid-April. Departments that...
...journalist who downloaded the de-baptism certificate in March, believes the Church of England claims more members than it actually has in order to shore up its influence in the secular world. "It claims to speak for the majority of people in Britain," he says. Official estimates are that fewer than one million Britons regularly attend Sunday services, but there are currently 26 Church of England bishops sitting in the House of Lords. "With churches, everybody checks in, but nobody checks out," says Evans, who was baptized as an infant. "There's no exit strategy except the funeral...