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...first estimate of the person-to-person transmissibility of H1N1. The researchers calculate that every person infected by the virus will go on to infect 1.3 to 1.7 other people on average. (That number will probably be higher for schoolchildren - in one outbreak at a private school in New York City in the spring, each sick student infected 2.4 classmates.) As flus go, that makes H1N1 more transmissible than most - on par with the moderate 1957 Asian flu pandemic - which makes it particularly important to get a large chunk of the population vaccinated early...
...millions of pre-admits, pre-admit families, and kindergarten hopefuls, Dean of Admissions William R Fitzsimmons’ word is gold—gold that will be gracing the pages of The New York Times college admissions blog, The Choice, from September 10-15. Readers are invited to post questions for Fitzsimmons of which (and mind you the posts will likely hit 1,000 before Flyby finishes writing this post) he will answer...
...early 90s internet network that he predicted would take down CBS and NBC. While others were mastering the basics of HTML, Harris was instituting the first online chat rooms and becoming a multi-millionaire. Called the “Warhol” of the internet world by New York Magazine, Harris commissioned his artist friends to do as they pleased in the Factory-esque office space of Pseudo. His unorthodox management style (which included dressing up as a clown when investors toured the office) eventually led to the company’s bankruptcy in 2000; Harris even fled to Africa...
...worked with CBS, CNN, and CNBC; Bill Mitchell, a faculty member at the Poynter Institute who studies the evolving economics of news; and Steve Williams, executive editor for the BBC’s Asia Pacific channels. In addition, Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of the New York Times, will be serving as the visiting Edward R. Murrow lecturer. Okrent, previously a Shorenstein fellow and an associate with the center, will teach a class on writing and reporting politics. Alex S. Jones, director of the center, said he thought this year’s class of fellows was particularly well...
...question is, How much of all this is just shrewd marketing to give companies a halo effect? Participants in high-profile efforts like the (RED) campaign - which has raised $135 million in three years - have been criticized for spending a bundle on marketing. Meanwhile, a New York environmentalist named Jay Westerveld coined the term greenwashing for companies that spin their products as being more environmentally friendly than they really are. Chevron is among the firms that have been sued for greenwashing, accused of undermining a biodiesel project while attempting to enhance its green cred. (Chevron denied any wrongdoing...