Word: weatherly
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...Alive and Congo, excels at the problem-solving required by a logistically complex film. "I love math and making things work," he says. Even on the most meticulously planned movie, however, something will go wrong. There are too many people, too much expensive equipment, too many unpredictable factors like weather and local crowds. On those rocky days, "sometimes you walk on a set, and you'd think people are doing brain surgery," says Kennedy. "People take what they're doing so personally. It's a reflection of who you are." It's in these moments that Kennedy and Marshall fall...
...pennies from the sale of every loaf of bread or box of cornflakes. When commodities are cheap, the main beneficiaries are well-heeled grain -and-livestock processors like Cargill, Tyson and Archer Daniels Midland. No, the real goal has always been to protect farmers from the vagaries of the weather and the market. Farming is indeed a risky business--most businesses are risky businesses--and farm policies have tried to reduce that risk by any means available. The result has been an evolving mix of income supports, price supports, disaster relief, government purchases of surplus crops for school lunches...
...recent speech, Arroyo advised Filipinos not to be swayed by "half-truths and partisan intrigues." Her standing, however, has been hurt: according to the independent pollster Social Weather Stations, Arroyo's approval rating has dipped to 34%. Even an apparent industrial accident is redounding unfavorably on her. Although police initially announced that they had found traces of a compound used in military-grade explosives at the mall-blast site, they later attributed the explosion to a gas leak. But as the last bodies were still being pulled from the wreckage, an opposition senator - himself on trial for leading an attempted...
...hedge funds recently floated a code of good governance that promises greater disclosure to investors by offering more information on the risks funds may be exposed to. The code also calls on hedge funds to voluntarily disclose interests in companies held through indirect investments, to bolster strategies to weather big market swings, and to detail procedures followed in putting valuations on illiquid assets such as subprime debt, among other provisions. "We certainly hope that this might reduce somewhat the appetite of governments to regulate," says Large. Meanwhile in the U.S., a government-sponsored industry group, the President's Working Group...
...Observatory on top of the Museum of Science’s garage roof, open for free viewings every Friday night. The perfect date for you and that cutie you’ve been eyeing in your science fiction class. First come, first served. Friday evenings, 8:30-10 p.m., weather permitting...