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...that will mean spending hundreds of billions of dollars more on public health, perhaps even creating a basic national insurance scheme. "Unfortunately there may not be any low-cost solutions," says public-health expert Kumar, who believes current government promises do not go far enough. "India needs to be prepared to spend on health but whenever it's mentioned there's always this debate about cost. Why don't we have the same debate when we spend tens of billions on new arms? It's totally unacceptable to shortchange a system that will save lives." And it's hard...
...about Asia because that’s what I study and think about.”Hays chooses not to comment on the body of her recent project, and says simply that the idea sparked in March 2006. Since then she has worked on her pieces in the grander scheme of pursuing one extraordinary concept. Hays focuses primarily on installation and video art, with materials that range from expansive embroidery to large Plexiglass boxes.Installation, Hays says, emphasizes the relationship of objects to one another rather than a single object itself. This kind of art takes into consideration the space...
...Finding Nemo” and “A Bug’s Life” were conceived.Drawing Wall•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) was a challenge, Stanton notes, because inanimate objects, especially robots, are not easy to conceptualize in an animation scheme. “It’s not obvious how they might move or think or act…but the biggest thing is how they’re designed. We looked for things that made you already want to see a character in the machine.”This machine...
...Livingstone loses, it won't simply be due to his association with an unpopular national government. Some of Livingstone's own antics in office have also provoked mirth - and anger. He won international praise for his pioneering congestion charging scheme that levies a toll on motorists entering central London. His calm response to the July 2005 terror attacks on the capital and his leadership in securing the 2012 Olympic Games for the city have also enhanced his reputation. But he's been damaged by the departure of two aides amid allegations of cronyism at City Hall, and he has been...
...particularly egregious element of the standard pricing scheme is the charge for receiving messages. All messages are charged twice, typically at a rate of 10 cents for the sender and five for the receiver, though receivers can pay as high as 25 cents. Worse, since the recipient has no choice to accept or reject an incoming message, cell phone users can be billed for receiving spam...