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...those mostly minor snafus will quickly be forgotten. As transitions go, Obama has set a new standard for smooth. And apart from the tricky business of replacing one Administration with another, this transition succeeded at something equally as meaningful. It transformed the nation's mood from grim to just a little optimistic...
...aircraft's aluminum skin can bend and dent on impact, providing less protection for passengers. Crashing on a runway often crushes a plane's belly and undercarriage, which absorbs some of the blow. On the other hand, some emergency water landings (both uncontrolled and controlled) have had relatively minor fatalities. This TIME story from 1956 recounts the emergency landing of a Pan American non-jet plane in the Pacific Ocean, when all passengers and crew members made it out alive. In general, airplanes are designed to "float long enough" to get people off the plane, says Brown; in practice...
...inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama approaches, every single detail of the ceremony has come under intense scrutiny from supporters and critics alike. Of all the minor controversies that have broken out thus far, the selection of Rick Warren, who has been described as “the most prominent evangelical preacher of the post-Billy Graham generation,” to deliver the invocation at this historic event has been by far the most publicized. While some have charged that Obama is merely pandering to the Religious Right, the truth is that Warren’s selection symbolizes Obama?...
...under-researched areas of study: "In addition to the topics discussed here, some areas of youth online safety are critically under-researched, particularly (1) minor-minor solicitation; (2) the creation of problematic (sexual, violent, self-harm) content by minors; (3) less visible groups, such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender youth and youth with disabilities who may be particularly vulnerable; (4) the interplay between socioeconomic class and risk factors; (5) the role that pervasive digital image and video capture devices play in minor-to-minor harassment and youth production of problematic content; (6) the intersection of different mobile and Internet...
...arrival of Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, at the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday caused a minor sensation among the members of the foreign press who were camped out there. Wurzelbacher, who got his first 15 minutes of fame as a prop for John McCain during last year's U.S. election campaign, has swapped his plunger for a reporter's notebook on a mission to cover the Gaza war for the conservative website Pajamas TV. Unable to see much of the fighting himself, Wurzelbacher - who during the election campaign warned that a vote for Barack Obama...