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...rapid decompressions, in general, are not unheard of - and, as the passengers from the Qantas plane now know, not necessarily as apocalyptic as they seem at the time...
...altitude quite dramatically. But this sensation is actually good news, says Todd Curtis, an engineer and former airline safety analyst at Boeing. It usually means that the pilots are trying to get the plane low enough so that the outside air is breathable for humans. Says Curtis: "It may seem like the aircraft is going through a radical maneuver, and it is radical compared to normal flying, but this is standard protocol...
Farm aid, the annual concert dedicated to raising funds for the American family farmer, has been held in such agricultural strongholds as Manor, Texas, and Ames, Iowa. But the most recent venue, the distinctly nonrural borough of Manhattan, is not as incongruous as it seems. With its estimated 600 small-scale farms (which are often large-scale vegetable gardens), New York City is part of an urban agricultural boom in the U.S., where rising food and fuel prices are making city farming seem less and less outlandish. In July volunteers began transforming the front lawns of San Francisco's city...
...Obama, giving him several ways to hit 270 electoral votes. If the numbers hold, McCain may need to draw an inside straight to take the presidency. Another week of mostly bad news and palpable economic anxiety. The Bush Administration's continued insistence that the economy is fundamentally sound might seem like necessary cheerleading to the White House, but it leaves the Republican Party looking somewhat out of touch...
That spirituality can coexist with the darkest of impulses is a sad but simple fact of humanity. The best defense, Lifton wrote, is "equally pervasive empathy, fellow feeling, toward all other human beings." To the victims of Karadzic's cruelty, though, that may seem like more than such a man deserves...