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...epidemiologists had been able to pick up those early media reports about SARS, the disease might not have gone on to kill nearly 800 people. That's one of the reasons researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, together with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, developed HealthMap, a website that mines more than 30,000 data sources - including news media and government alerts - and puts them on a Google Map to show where outbreaks are occurring, in real time. Whether it's measles in Sussex, foot-and-mouth disease in Taiwan or avian flu in Indonesia, as reports...
...Husky lull and provided a crucial block for the Crimson, prompting the announcer to shout, “AC Ingersoll says no!” Objecting in its own way, UConn initiated a 4-0 run to bring the win within reach. Ingersoll responded with two straight kills before two errors created a match point for the Huskies—a situation from which UConn emerged victorious, 15-13.“We’ve never played [UConn] that close before,” Harvard coach Jennifer Weiss said.The contest featured a constant jostle for the lead that began...
...After winning the first set, Harvard dropped three straight for its only defeat of the tournament. After the Crimson opened a 23-13 lead in the first frame, Toledo responded by winning 10 of the next 11 points. Sophomore Anne Carroll Ingersoll closed out the set with a kill to give Harvard a 1-0 lead, but the Crimson had lost its momentum. The Rockets then cruised in the second set, 25-11. “If you watch [Toldeo], when they get in system, they play every point all the way through,” Weiss said...
...France, the setting for his latest film, brings with it inherent controversy. This is only strengthened by a cast of characters that includes a Nazi Jew-Hunter, a Jewish fugitive intent on exacting revenge on her German oppressors, and a battalion of Jewish soldiers whose sole purpose is to kill (and scalp) as many Nazi soldiers as possible. Its morals are indeed at times debatable, but its numerous merits are not. The eponymous Nazi hunters (led by Lt. Aldo Raine, played by the excellent Brad Pitt) provide much of the film’s entertainment value...
...sleuthing that ran down links between the Pakistani intelligence services and the bombers of the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008. This success made Laghmani powerful enemies in Pakistan, especially those in the intelligence apparatus who still secretly back the Taliban. The Taliban, too, celebrated the kill. "We were looking for him for a long, long time, but today we succeeded," exulted Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid...