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...does Naing, an engineer by day, care so much? "Data is crucial to decision-making," he says. "This is our chance for exposure." He tells stories about city agencies and companies - like the senior-citizen apartment complex down the road - that reach out to other ethnic communities but not to the Burmese, simply because they don't know they're there in any number. When the 2000 Census showed that Indians were the fastest-growing Asian group in the U.S., marketers went berserk. Wells Fargo started sponsoring Bollywood concerts. MTV launched a channel just for South Asians. That...
...naturalistic" studies monitoring truck drivers by video camera as they covered more than 6 million miles. (The authors have said they believe the results are applicable to all drivers). While the report has not formally been released, its initial findings showed that drivers who took their eyes off the road for any of a variety of activities, such as answering a phone call, were more likely to get into a crash or near crash. But by far, the most dangerous-and potentially lethal-activity was text-messaging. (Read "Text-Messaging Behind the Wheel...
...Road to Insolvency...
Defiantly and accurately proclaiming, “I'm still standing," John strutted around the stage like a fabulous hobbit, decked out in a black coat emblazoned with the sparkling image of a yellow brick road on the back. Through a thrilling display of rock and roll at its finest, climaxing with a thunderous rendition of "Rocket Man," Sir Elton showed why he is music royalty...
...plan that would compete with existing private plans - a highly controversial idea that Republicans say is tantamount to the socialization of health care, but which many Democrats (including Obama) say is essential for any overhaul of the system. The Senate Finance Committee's bill takes a middle-of-the-road approach, including a co-op plan, essentially a nonprofit version of a government plan that some critics say couldn't possibly compete effectively the way a public option could. The legislation includes provisions for a public plan, but such an approach would be triggered only if the co-op plan...