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...equipped with GPS, weather-tracking and collision-avoidance systems. Airliners fly predetermined routes, usually on autopilot, and always land at airports. When the weather turns cloudy or the night turns dark, airline pilots have the training and equipment to fly using just their instruments. "You wouldn't get onto an airliner that can't fly through clouds," says Drew Ferguson, lead pilot for Metro Life Flight, which operates EMS helicopters for MetroHealth, the public hospital in Cleveland. "What we do is more dangerous than flying a commercial airliner, no question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMS Helicopter Safety: Can New Rules Save Lives? | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...January, navy troops and fishermen in India and Indonesia discovered dozens of Rohingya boat people drifting in their countries' territorial waters. Some survivors alleged that their efforts to seek sanctuary in Thailand were thwarted by the Thai Navy, which forcibly herded them onto leaking boats without enough food or water and set them to sea. The survivors also claimed they were beaten by Thai forces - and that several of their fellow passengers were shot to death by the Thais. Although plenty of Rohingya have found illegal and low-paid work on Thai fishing fleets, the Thai government outwardly maintains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Closer Look at Burma's Ethnic Minorities | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...coolest thing in Taken lasts about three seconds. We see a guy elude his pursuer by jumping from a highway onto the street below and, as he stands up unhurt, get whacked by a truck that neither he nor the audience saw coming. Kudos to the stunt team for what could be the finest-ever twist on a standard action-movie bit of business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taken: The French Disconnection | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

...inducing horn blasts and renditions of La Marseillaise. The small British delegation hung T shirts over the rail printed with the encouragement ALLEZ LES ROSBIFS. With nearly 50 people, the U.S. fielded its largest delegation ever. "Last time, our uniform was a sweatshirt that my wife ironed U.S.A. decals onto," says Gavin Kaysen, who competed in the 2007 Bocuse. Now dressed in one of the sleek, matching jackets printed with the words JE T'AIME U.S.A. sported by team members and their supporters, he marveled at how much more support the U.S. had this time around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Fight at the Bocuse d'Or | 1/29/2009 | See Source »

With nearly 50 people, the U.S. fielded its largest delegation ever. "Last time, our uniform was a sweatshirt that my wife ironed U.S.A. decals onto," says Gavin Kaysen, who competed for the U.S. in the 2007 Bocuse. Now dressed in one of the sleek, matching jackets and T shirts printed with the words "Je t'aime USA" worn by team members and their supporters, Kaysen, who is advising Hollingsworth and Guest, added, "It's totally different this time. We have so much more support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Medal for U.S. at Cooking Olympics | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

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