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...this essential American ideal - that our destinies are not written before we are born - has defined my life. And it is the source of my profound love for this country: because with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, I know that stories like mine could only happen in America...
...think the situation is still very fragile," said Talal Ahmed Said, a political writer in Baghdad. "It's possible for any explosion to happen at any time." He thinks the Amara campaign is a sham. "They announced [Amara] a week before [it happened], so all members of the [radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's] Mahdi Army left. After a month they could come back, and likewise in Mosul and Basra...
...Most storm deaths happen the same way: people drown when they try to drive or walk through floodwater. The brain is not very good at assessing the depth and strength of water on a road. Water can hide dips and valleys, making the path look smooth and shallow when it is not. And the brain is even worse at assessing the risk of anything that appears to be familiar or within control - like driving a car in the rain. To add to the general cognitive confusion, flash floods can happen quickly, without any warning...
...Good communication is being proactive about telling neighbors what is being done and why,” said Harvard Allston Task Force member Harry Mattison. “And that did not happen in this case...
...trick is that if you make a mistake, you need to get on it hard enough to confirm that it won’t happen again,” said Harvard Allston Task Force member John Cusack. “To Harvard’s credit, there hasn’t been a repeat of anything we complained about...