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...central government put on a brave face and hinted that GDP in China's first quarter might be a bottom, but a look at the role that exports played in the number suggests otherwise...
...Based on the number of type 2 diabetes patients who typically go on to develop heart problems, DIAD researchers began with the assumption that as many as 60% of the study's 1,123 volunteers with diabetes, who showed no outward signs of heart disease, might be harboring silent heart problems. Researchers expected that screening these patients - using the common treadmill stress test and then imaging their hearts - would help root out any heart abnormalities, such as early blockages or irregular heart rhythms, quickly enough to be treated before leading to a potentially deadly cardiac event. (Read "The Year...
Eliot House’s Assassins took place during Reading Period in January, the chilly landscape mirroring the icy, murderous hearts of its players. Assassins from Eliot certainly had the most number of choices for their method of elimination: weapons included water guns, water balloons, sharpies, and cardboard swords. Killings could also be accomplished via poisoning the target with Tabasco sauce or taping a note marked “pwnd” to the target’s body...
...early 1960s were marked by a number of subversive, top-secret U.S. attempts to topple the Cuban government. The Bay of Pigs - the CIA's botched attempt to overthrow Castro by training Cuban exiles for a ground attack - was followed by Operation Mongoose: a years-long series of increasingly far-fetched attempts on Castro's life. Between 1961 and 1963 there were at least five plots to kill, maim or humiliate the Cuban leader using everything from exploding seashells to shoes dusted with chemicals to make his beard fall out. The Get Smart-like plans never worked, and Castro...
...remittance and travel restrictions for those with family still in Cuba marked a small but significant change in the U.S.'s position toward the island. Obama also agreed to let telecommunications companies - long barred under the embargo - to pursue business in the country, which still has roughly the same number of phone lines as it did in the 1950s. But the fate of the embargo rests in the sensitive hands of politicians, and no one is sure what Cuba's reaction will be. President Raúl Castro (who took over for his brother after Fidel underwent surgery...