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...survivors for a separate study. He wrote in an e-mail that it is important to hear directly from those who have been affected by a disaster. “Fifty years of robust disaster research has clearly demonstrated that the most rapid and sustainable recovery from a disaster occurs when the disaster victims themselves are directly involved in determining the recovery process,” he wrote.Kessler and his colleagues are using several tactics in their efforts to compile a representative sample of the two million families he said were affected by Hurricane Katrina. The resources they are using...
...What happens is that you end up with interactions you really don’t want to have. It is really hard to write down theories where those interactions don’t occur,” Randall says...
...theory currently predicts particle interactions that don’t actually occur...
...initial communications breakdown appeared to occur when a rescue team found the trapped miners at around 11:45 p.m., Tuesday, and informed workers at a clean-air station of their discovery. What they said remains unknown but they were using a scratchy radio connection and speaking through bulky oxygen masks, which may have resulted in a misunderstanding. The message from the clean-air station to a command center on the surface was loud and clear, however: "12 are alive." The announcement sparked a celebration, and Ben Hatfield, CEO of ICG, gave a bear hug to West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin...
...cool. They had guns bigger than me. They have lots of them," he says. The ring has hundreds of collaborators, including teenagers, and they get what they want. Charles shelled out several thousand dollars for freedom, but his was one of many payoffs. On the average day, 10 kidnappings occur; 20 on Christmas weekend alone. Security experts estimate that the criminals net $100,000 a day. One of the country's most charismatic radio DJs was kidnapped last week. The ransom demand: $2 million...