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...normal times, a French President's call for an overhaul of the world's financial system would cause eye-rolling and dyspepsia among the world's free market purists. But these are not normal times: on the weekend, U.S. President George W. Bush echoed Nicolas Sarkozy's push for an international summit to that end, and on Monday world markets seemed to endorse the initiative with a positive fillip. Though the specific goals, attendees, and even exact date and venue of such a meeting have yet to be determined, the mere agreement by U.S. and European leaders to update...
...worried Mr. Sixpack, but I’m here to clear up all these misconceptions about Obama. Does he kill babies? No Joe, he hunts them, and dang it Joe if you say you’re against hunting I don’t think I can call you an American. Is he going to raise your taxes? No, but he might raise Sarah Palin’s! Did Obama pal around with domestic terrorists? Maybe when he was young, but that just shows what a tough kid he was. Is he black? Can you even see in color after...
...readme” by its developers, arose from a previous project that the team had worked on for the World Health Organization that analyzed causes of death around the world in order to better allocate health resources. In the process, they developed what they call a “fully automated procedure” that required no personal judgment from physicians and factored in statistical uncertainties. This objective technique, King said, proved useful for another project—interpreting opinions expressed about U.S. presidential candidates in political blogs. For this project, the team needed a technique that could analyze...
...Indeed, it was in this spirit that the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), a national network of local health volunteers, was born in 2002. Coordinated nationally by the Office of the Surgeon General, MRC units represent vital community-based volunteers who heed the call to service and are identified, screened, trained and prepared in advance. Their sponsoring organizations, which can include local health departments, emergency management agencies, and other organizations, champion recruitment in local communities...
...knack for doing that,” Murphy added. “Some guys would say, ‘Boy, we got lucky,’ but when it’s Andrew, we see it week after week, year after year.”Yansane, who Murphy called “the best receiver we’ve played against,” made his presence felt from start to finish, and one of his 11 catches (132 yards) pulled the Mountain Hawks within seven when he shook Crimson junior corner Derrick Barker for a wide-open touchdown with...