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...roughly half a million people are infected with HIV. Nearly one-third of children under five years of age are malnourished; of those who are healthy, some rural youngsters are forced to toil as child labor. The urban middle class doesn't fare too much better. Although Burma's main export is natural gas, most Rangoon residents can only rely on a few hours of electricity...
Given your recent accident, are your motorcycle days over? -Tayla Russell, WashingtonNo, I ride a motorcycle when I'm home in Los Angeles. It's my main mode of transportation. I've been riding for 30 years, and I've had three accidents, which isn't bad odds. I'll keep riding...
...world is getting warmer and that humankind is causing it, Lomborg's not too worried. Endangered polar bears? He insists that they're actually thriving. Rising sea levels swamping coastal cities? Lomborg argues that floods won't be biblical and that man-made defenses will be sufficient. The main effect of global warming, he writes, may be that "we just notice people wearing slightly fewer layers of winter clothes on a winter's evening...
...main charge is to foster faculty development across the University and push for recruitment of women and minorities. The office’s website encourages schools within the University to submit applications for pilot funds that aim to “improve Harvard’s performance in developing scholars at all stages of the academic career ladder.” Jonathan Colburn, communications coordinator for the FD&D, notes that the fund is intended to promote the development of all faculty, regardless of previous representation. “Certainly all manner of faculty have applied for our pilot programs...
...freeze even extends to China's already tightly controlled media, where the pressure for uniformity is so strong that on one memorable day recently the front pages of all five of the country's main dailies were virtually identical, right down to the positioning and choice of photographs and the wording of headlines and stories. On the Internet, meanwhile, where normally much greater latitude is allowed than in "old media," scores of websites have been shut down and policing of the Web tightened to such an extent that some prominent bloggers have closed down until the conference is over...