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...That survival instinct remains. Luo and her family put aside nearly every cent they earn. Her fiancé, Yang Yong, leaves early each morning to find work on reconstruction projects. "Even when he's sick he works," she says. "It will be even harder in the winter, but we have to live, so he goes." Although unemployment is as high as 80% in some areas of the Sichuan disaster zone, Yang says he doesn't have much difficultly finding work. Indeed, the extent of rebuilding still required means he can expect construction jobs for years to come. His 50-year...
...After Obama won, there was talk of a "Huxtable effect"--the idea that pop-cultural portrayals of African Americans from The Cosby Show to 24's David Palmer readied white America for a black President. But maybe there's an opposite factor at work here too--the 50 Cent effect. The impact of the Obamas comes partly from the unspoken contrast to a decades-old media archive of images of black people as problems or threats, from news to cop shows to hip-hop. Broken families, perp walks, AKs and Cristal...
...Dragging in all the friends he could find, Baron managed just in time to fill the order by hand. He lost money, but market research showed that the straws boosted Denny's milk sales by more than 50 per cent. "It meant the product had a good chance internationally," Baron says...
...Conway says that boosting the levels of these bacteria has a variety of benefits: "Seventy per cent of your immune system is localized in your intestine, and intestinal bacteria trigger the immune system." The wrong balance among species can cause or aggravate flatulence, diarrhea, constipation, infections, cancers, and conditions like irritable bowel syndrome...
...Spare Change News guy. Wave around FM and tell everyone how beautiful they look. Don’t expect a single cent or instance of eye contact...