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...problem is that it's not clear how Oberstar's draft bill, which transit advocates argue still needs to be strengthened, will be fully funded, and the Obama Administration has urged a more modest bill in the short term. It's clear, however, that if the nation has any real interest in reducing driving, unclogging our roads and cutting back on the carbon emissions that come from transportation, we need to get serious about overhauling our antiquated public-transit system - and that will cost billions. "Failing to fix this will be unacceptable," says Goldberg...
BOLD would allow doctors to study patients electing to have surgery from the outset, giving researchers the opportunity to measure and analyze any factors that could affect health at all points before and after bariatric procedures. "The database collection is powered to address both the short- and long-term issues related to bariatric surgery, including things such as weight loss, improvement in health parameters like diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea and cholesterol problems," says DeMaria. With the ranks of overweight and obese people growing each year, that would certainly be welcome information for anyone contemplating surgery as part of a weight...
...seems kind of short-sighted, [with the Bok Center] being one of the few things Harvard does to support educating teachers," said Matthew D. Schwartz, an assistant professor of physics. "This is only going to exemplify the lack of devotion to teaching resources...
...Critics like South Carolina state senator Hugh Leatherman, a Republican, say it's Sanford's professional infidelity that stands to short-circuit his national political ambitions. "People will forgive private sins," says Leatherman, "but not a governor lying to them like this. This is an issue of governance. He can complain all he wants about the political bubble, but a governor is on duty 24/7." Even Lieut. Governor Andre Bauer slammed Sanford for being MIA. Leatherman, like many South Carolina pols, is not yet calling for Sanford's resignation, but he says Sanford "can't be effective as a governor...
...ways of doing it. The lashkar route [local anti-Taliban militias] is one of them, which means supporting a genuine form of rebellion. The other route has been making deals with these unsavory characters like Qari Zainuddin. Unfortunately, in South Waziristan, the state has decided to use the short-cut route of just propping up the latter...