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...Despite his limited output over the past decade, Jackson was a prolific studio presence. Producer Rodney Jerkins - whom Jackson put on retainer to prevent him from working with other singers - has already indicated that he'd like to put out an album featuring his Jackson collaborations, and it's impossible to put a number on the other Jackson recordings that may be out there. Impossible for now, at least...
...their mind. Some speculated that the girl's doctor must have made a mistake and that's why she died. Another woman wondered if perhaps the girl had been doing whippits - inhaling nitrous oxide - and that had contributed to her death. If we tell ourselves that we can prevent catastrophe by avoiding whippits, then we have reduced the uncertainty. But we haven't reduced the risk...
...addition, the most important measures to avoid a massive disease outbreak this fall arguably won’t be janitorial measures, but rather decisions on personal hygiene and behavior. Washing hands before and after meals, keeping rooms clean, and doing laundry frequently will all help prevent a flu outbreak, as will healthful meals and proper amounts of sleep. The cleanliness of buildings is certainly important, but if students absolutely don’t want their peers to get sick this fall, they should encourage them to lead healthful and clean lifestyles. Harvard’s janitors are a valuable part...
While President Obama fights for the survival of his biggest campaign promise—health-care reform—he’s found it easier to make good on another: net neutrality. On Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new regulations that would prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against web traffic based on its content. We welcome this effort to preserve the open nature of the Internet, which has made the web such a boon to entrepreneurship and free speech...
...member states a veto. And one senior European diplomat points out that some E.U. member states are domestically constrained from imposing sanctions except those that have been authorized by U.N. resolutions. That means that a Russian or Chinese veto of new sanctions measures at the Security Council could actually prevent Germany from signing on. And Russia is hardly looking flexible. Foreign Minister Lavrov reiterated Russia's opposition to new sanctions Sept. 17, even after the U.S. announced the scrapping of a plan to deploy a missile-interceptor system in Poland and the Czech Republic - a move Moscow had long sought...