Once inside a cell, the ebola virus replicates rapidly until the cell bursts, flooding the bloodstream with new viruses that seek out yet more cells. (It prefers cells that line the blood vessels, which accounts for the grotesque bleeding from nose, eyes and gums.) A normal healthy immune system could marshal resistance in perhaps three weeks, but most ebola victims don’t have that kind of time. There may be a way of buying that time....
IT’S THE ONE ISSUE that just won’t go away. During the campaign, everyone from Bill Clinton to Newt Gingrich took credit for passing a major welfare-reform bill. Now, with the election behind them, that much touted piece of legislation turns out to be just another round in the never-ending political and ideological battle over how to help the poorest of the poor, the 12.8 million Americans who–until recently–could count on a federal guarantee of financial assistance....
Preseason games mean something to the guys who are playing in them, and the people who work at the arena, and the media that covers day-to-day events of the teams that are involved, and some of the people in the stands. For me — whose job consists in no small part of stuff like this — they mean nothing. I must create my own meaning. Life is what you make of it!...
Meet Gary Bowser, a 51-year-old hacker from Canada. For the sake of clarity, this Bowser shares no connection with either Doug Bowser, the President of Nintendo of America, or video game Bowser, the chief villain of the Super Mario series. Unlike those Bowsers, Gary Bowser was part of a hacking group known as Team-Xecutor that produced and sold modchips. These chips gave people the opportunity to play pirated games, also known as “ROMs....
With the Bush administration committed to reviving the nation’s nuclear industry, people in Moberly and all across the country will be getting a crash course in nuclear safety–a hot-button issue from the ’70s whose time is coming again. There’s plenty to be said in favor of nuclear energy: it’s often cheaper than oil, cleaner than coal and it’s arguably safer than it used to be. “If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions,” Vice President Dick Cheney said in March, “then you ought to build nuclear power plants....
This book won’t tell you how to make origami dinner napkins, or how to be like Martha. “There’re a lot of guides to tell you how to do things perfectly,” says Rowley. “We think perfection is overrated. The key is to be creative and be yourself.” Mixing practical advice (e.g., always send thank-you notes) with sassy suggestions (actually, send a thank-you balloon with what a blowout! scrawled across it in Magic Marker), “Swell” taps straight into the Zeitgeist that put “Sex and the City” at the top of the ratings and turned last year’s best-seller list into a female-bonding session for Bridget Jones and her pals....
The key here lies in putting forward ideas that McConnell can embrace as being in his own interest. During the next four years, the Senate will look to hold the Biden administration accountable, and many Republican Senate committee chairs will be looking to score points off the Biden administration. Thus, come January 20th, when Joe Biden is inaugurated, Senate Republicans will not have much incentive to plug the holes that the Trump administration drove through, but they have plenty of incentive to put in place ways to make the executive branch more responsive to the will of Congress, and to make Senate oversight in particular more penetrating....
The 1992 novel by Robert James Waller had already turned the loamy farm town into an international lovers’ lane. Now with the 10-hanky movie starring Streep and Eastwood (who also directed) that opened around the country, the pilgrimages may reach orgiastic proportions. Winterset (population: 4,500) is doing its best to cope. The no-nonsense folk of Madison County have bunkered down for another onslaught of hopeless romantics in spite of themselves....
Shapiro, who draws under the name of Zapiro, doesn’t only direct his barbs at his home country. No fan of George W. Bush, he has drawn some bitter cartoons ridiculing the U.S. president. One of his drawings shows U.N. weapons inspectors carrying Bush out of the White House. The caption: “Tell Mr. Annan we found another empty warhead.” Others have been even harsher, with scatological depictions of surgeons searching for the presidential brain....
Feminist leaders are standing by their man, just as the Kennedy women have always done. They separate private and public morality, and cite Kennedy’s record on everything from civil rights to child care. “The behavior that really counts is on the floor of the Senate,” says Gabrielle Lange, acting press secretary for the National Organization for Women. Kennedy has never strayed from the feminist agenda. Yet to call his private life a separate matter is to hide behind an outdated gentlemen’s code....
Not that either side needs a reminder of who’s who. The Chunxiao gas fields in the center of the East China Sea–where Beijing is hunting for energy in waters hard against the boundary line of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claimed by Japan–are a long way from the back rooms of Tokyo. But there’s no question that events in this lonely corner of the ocean will be much on the mind of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prospective prime minister, as he settles into his new job over the next few weeks....
Brandon Moss, Josh Reddick and Seth Smith homered for the Athletics, who chased Anibal Sanchez in the fifth inning Monday and defeated the Tigers 6-3 for a 2-1 AL division series lead. Moss broke a 3-all tie in the fifth with a solo shot, and Smith's two-run drive later in the inning ended Sanchez's day. It was an impressive offensive show after the teams split two taut, low-scoring games in Oakland....
The first bomb exploded Tuesday in Tiburon, Calif., when it was opened by Charles Epstein, a geneticist at the University of California, San Francisco. The blast tore off several of Epstein’s fingers from his right hand and broke his arm. In New Haven, Conn., two days later, another package blew up in the face of Yale computer scientist David Gelernter. With blood gushing from severe wounds to his right hand and chest, Gelernter staggered to the university clinic a block away....
What we know from the psychology research on posttraumatic growth is that anyone can become a better version of themselves and have a more fulfilling and rewarding life out of dealing with a hardship or trauma, which is amazing and great news. As an expert in happiness, I recommend a technique that I call “flipping the switch on your emotions.” I define this method as taking an intentional action designed to help you feel better and improve your mood....
During a crime summit on Monday at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Lightfoot said she was disappointed with stores on Michigan Avenue, a popular shopping and tourist destination. She said they were not making security a priority and taking adequate measures to prevent theft. Lightfoot said: “Some of the retailers downtown in Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I’m disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority....
The visiting Angels will have Shohei Ohtani on the mound, sporting a 4-4 record, 3.65 ERA, and 1.12 WHIP through 54 1/3 innings of work. The reigning American League MVP has been shaky recently as a pitcher, allowing 10 earned runs in his last 16 frames. He’ll look to have a stronger outing Thursday facing a Mariners team that he’s been successful against in his career. He has a 2....
According to the Los Angeles Times , the ordinance banning the use of smokeless tobacco products at all baseball fields and other sports venues in the city will take effect before the 2016 baseball season. “It is our great hope that this leads to other cities, Major League Baseball and the great players we all admire to follow suit and do what is right for the health of the players, fans and the good of the game,” Councilman Jose Huizar said after Tuesday’s vote....
According to The Athletic and ESPN, selected executives among the franchise senior-level personnel will be asked to voluntarily defer 20 percent of their paycheques. Valued at approximately $4.4 billion by Forbes’ latest estimate, the Lakers are the second-most valuable franchise of the 30 NBA teams and the decision to ask executives to make a financial sacrifice came after the team’s ownership consulted financial analysts. Team president Jeanie Buss and her family are the Lakers’ majority owner controlling 66 percent of the franchise, while the AEG consortium holds approximately 27 percent of the team and Dr....
En la práctica, verás cómo se trata de un dispositivo de limpieza adicional, pero nunca un sustituto. Eso sí, te liberará de la tediosa tarea de limpiar y fregar los suelos constantemente para hacerlo puntualmente, solo cuando tú estimes que es necesario. Es evidente que en el día a día, los robots aspiradores consiguen tener la casa más limpia, pero siempre será necesario recurrir al día de la limpieza a fondo....
Existe una tercera modalidad de router, que son los que ofrecen sistemas de redes wifi en forma de malla. Para entender su funcionamiento, cabe destacar que cuentan en su interior con dos o más bandas de frecuencia (2,4 GHz y 5 GHz) para desplegar distintas redes con las que abarcar espacios más grandes. El tipo de router que necesites dependerá de la modalidad de conectividad de banda ancha, dado que, a través de la línea telefónica, es posible que necesites un router con un módem de tipo ADSL o bien, de tipo VSDL....
