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...what of Mohamed, the first detainee released under the Obama Administration? He's expected to apply to remain in the U.K., but there's some confusion about whether or not British authorities will monitor his movements. Matt Miller, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, told TIME in an e-mail, "We worked with the British government to address both countries' concern about the threat he posed, and while we won't comment on the security measures the British government will take, we wouldn't have been in a position to transfer him unless both countries' security concerns were adequately...
Making the product cheaply available isn't the whole answer. Distribution - which is largely the job of health officials and NGOs - has proved particularly difficult. The problem lies in how to successfully monitor the supply chain while still minimizing costs, and so far, no good solution has been found. Vasella recalls visiting a Catholic mission in a Tanzanian village recently and finding that the nuns there were still paying $1 per dose. "We have all the intermediaries marking up the price dramatically," he says. "We've heard reports of some charging as high as $8 a dose to get Coartem...
...sensors to help me get a handle on my love handles. During the past month, I've focused on two gizmos that promise to pound the Quittner bod back into its more kittenish shape. One, the cigarette-lighter-size (and awkwardly named) Smheart Link, works with an iPhone to monitor my heartbeat during customized daily workouts. The other, the Bodybugg, measures my caloric expenditure. I recommend each. (Watch Josh Quittner get fit with his web and tech gadgets...
...Smheart Link ($155 at Amazon.com wirelessly tethers an iPhone to a heart-rate-monitor belt. (I got a $42 garden-variety Garmin belt.) Smheart Link uses several free apps to manage fitness routines pegged to your heart rate. I, of course, chose the crème de la crème app: iNew Leaf...
...Obama announced his selection of Devaney, currently inspector general at the Department of the Interior, as chairman of the new Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. Devaney will work with Vice President Joe Biden to monitor for wasteful spending and issue periodic reports to the public. It's a familiar watchdog role for the long-time government servant. During his tenure at Interior, Devaney uncovered the shady dealings of disgraced ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, an investigation that eventually led to Abramoff's imprisonment and the resignation of Interior's no. 2, J. Steven Griles, for lying under oath about...