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...Health and Human Services (HHS) says the nation would need more than 30 billion masks - 27 billion of the simple surgical kind, which can be worn safely for only about two hours before needing replacement, and 5 billion of the sturdier respirator variety, which also requires regular replacement - to protect all Americans adequately in the event of a serious epidemic. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile currently contains only 119 million masks - 39 million surgical and 80 million respirator. That's less than 1% of the goal health officials set in 2007 following...
...Piano's buildings are filled with light - a delicate issue for museums, which have to protect paintings from direct sun but crave the atmosphere that only natural daylight can provide. In the mid-1980s he developed an ingenious louvered roof to filter powdery sunlight into the Menil Collection in Houston. Ever since, every museum that's hired him has been looking for its own version of the Piano roof...
...statement announcing his reversal, President Obama stressed the reconfigured commissions will increase legal protections for defendants, such as barring information obtained through brutal interrogations and limiting the use of hearsay evidence. "This is the best way to protect our country, while upholding our deeply held values," Obama said on May 15. Many Republicans and some Democrats applauded the move, insisting that some terror suspects are simply too dangerous to be tried in open court with the full protections afforded American citizens. "I give them great credit for coming to their senses," said David Rivkin, a former Reagan administration lawyer...
...disgusting, arrogant and intellectually immature attack on a human being who died in service to his country.” Without a trace of irony, Wilson added, “We are fortunate that so many people like Pat Tillman have made the sacrifices necessary to protect the free speech rights of Mr. Gonzalez...
...while the new paper maintains the belligerent stance displayed last summer and admits that Russia, one of the world's largest exporters of oil and gas, is willing to use military force to protect and even expand its reserve of resources, the tone has been softened. "If you look at what was formulated concerning Arctic strategy last year and you look at this paper, it looks as if the government position has changed and become more moderate," says Petrov. "Another explanation is that the foreign ministry is trying to present strategy in a less aggressive...