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...crisis has been a "wakeup call" for Vietnam, says Ian Wilderspin, senior technical adviser for disaster risk management at the U.N. Development Program in Hanoi. The drought was predicted, he says, referring to last year's projections that El Niño would bring an unusually warm and dry winter. Yet Vietnam traditionally prepares for floods and typhoons, which are more dramatic and devastating when they hit. "Drought is a slow, silent disaster, which in the long run will have a more profound impact on peoples' livelihoods," he says...
...President Barack Obama called for new food-safety regulations a year ago, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul the system last July. The onus now is on the Senate, which is still waiting to act. "This study underlines how important this battle is," says Jim O'Hara, director of the Produce Safety Project. "We live in a world of limited resources, and we need to know where the risks are and what interventions we need to put in place...
...burger to be classier. I want it to be Rat Packy and elegant. I want to make the slider sexy - because anything, once you shrink down the size, becomes adorable. I want a classy burger joint. I'll have a slider for you. We'll call it the O burger. You can fill in what you want the O burger to stand for! [Laughs.] (See pictures of Rachael Ray's career...
...Columnist Molly O. Fitzpatrick can be reached at fitzpat@fas.harvard.edu...
Curry added that he plays assistant coach Kenny Blakeney in H-O-R-S-E almost every day, and that he works with assistant coach Brian DeStefano on his shot for a while after practice as well...