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...airlines' defense rests on the lack of conclusive evidence linking flying to dying, or even getting sick. "There is no scientifically valid evidence that the cabin environment in commercial aircraft is unhealthy," declares Dr. Russell Rayman, executive director of the Aerospace Medical Association. As for risk, the airlines maintain there is no evidence so far that suggests a busy aircraft cabin might be more dangerous than sitting still anywhere, whether on a crowded train, bus, car or even at home. Many carriers feel they have been unfairly singled out as the scapegoats of a health scare driven by the media...
...many ethical “issues.” (Whether these “issues” can in fact be resolved is not as important as the fact that people are worried by them.) A variety of views parade by, each carefully presented as no more or less valid than the last; one Catholic rejects stem cell research, but another accepts it; the Methodists might want to protect embryos, but traditional Jewish law treats them “as if they were water.” Finally, the Commission tries to split the baby—perhaps literally?...
...computer technology. The government has approved an initial block of 10,000 visas - known as "green cards," after the American program that gives temporary residence to foreigners - and is virtually certain to extend the program to another 10,000 before the end of this year. The visas are valid for two years, renewable for a total of five years' employment. With the industry trade group bitkom estimating that 75,000 technology jobs in the country go unfilled, the green cards are designed to give companies access to pools of labor overseas to make up for the domestic shortfall...
...workers, since some groups can be much more productive than others. Even the bottom dwellers in a strong outfit may contribute more to a company than the top people in a weak one. Moreover, statistical rankings have little meaning within groups that are too small to generate a valid bell curve. If you have a group of five people, Jensen notes, "you have to take those five and put them into a larger pool" and compare all the workers to one another...
...murderer of Vishnu ascends Vishnu's throne. This legally valid though morally repellent succession--along with widespread disbelief of the official version of events that has the Crown Prince acting alone--has precipitated a constitutional and societal crisis in an already fragile democracy. "If the King himself has been deprived of justice," asks rickshaw puller Buta Misir, "then what can we poor people expect?" In Kathmandu over the weekend, agitated crowds gathered around the palace, and there were reports of panic buying of staple foods and gasoline. During the royal funeral procession, grieving citizens stoned the Prime Minister and other...