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This is one abiding irony of progress. The most wondrous technology exists that can pinpoint the exact location of a tumor, thread a tiny catheter up into the brain to open a clogged artery, pulverize a kidney stone without breaking the skin. But the simple stuff--like getting an MRI on time, being given the right drugs at the right time, making sure everyone knows which side of your brain to operate on--can cause the biggest problems. "A patient with anything but the simplest needs is traversing a very complicated system across many handoffs and locations and players," says...
This is Mario Batali's moment. Often it's difficult to pinpoint the instant a man becomes a brand. Typically you can identify that moment in retrospect--for instance, if you look at the other stars in the food universe, you could argue that Lagasse became something larger, an uberversion of himself, nearly a decade ago, when his management team literally trademarked his expressions "BAM!" and "Kick it up a notch." You can also predict a branding; with her new magazine Every Day with Rachael Ray, the unnaturally perky Ray--who plays a flibbertigibbet on her show 30 Minute Meals...
...Nagoya has developed RI-MAN (for Robot Interacting with Human) to look after the elderly. Standing 5-ft. 2-in. tall, the robot can hoist 77 lbs; its 320 pressure sensors and soft silicone skin allow the robot to safely carry a human body. RI-MAN can also pinpoint where sound is coming from and "smell" eight scents--including urine, which signals "diaper change." But RI-MAN needs a brainpower boost before it's ready for consumers. It can't distinguish faces yet, for example. Scientists say they'll smarten it up soon, but will they give this...
...what to make of them. They hung together surprisingly well, partially because they all dealt with themes of loss, isolation, decay, and circularity, and partially because the transitions between plays were seamless, to the extent that nobody clapped after the first or third plays because it was difficult to pinpoint the moment that the first play became the second and the third the fourth. While the performances were universally strong, some effects of the plays were inevitably dulled by the staging. Many, if not most, of the characters are people decaying physically and mentally at the end of their lives...
...hotel. A passerby alerted the police, who promptly swooped in. EXPLORE STORAGE OPTIONS: It took police less than a week to round up the gang's main vehicles, including two recovered in local pub parking lots and one car found still burning. Neither did it take long to pinpoint other items they used: 14 large steel crates dumped in a nearby field. CHOOSE PARTNERS WISELY: Police swiftly put up a $3.5 million reward to encourage loose lips. Some 400 people came forward. By Saturday police had charged five suspects, including 57-year-old millionaire John Fowler...