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The one that is the most problematic is (John) Edwards, who voted for the Patriot Act, campaigns against it. Voted for No Child Left Behind, campaigns against it. Voted for the China trade deal, campaigns against it. Voted for the Iraq war ... MyDD is temporarily stunned! ... 2:33 P.M. ______________________________ Thursday, January 17, 2008 'Bradley Effect' Update: Obama is ahead by 9 points over Hillary in the most recent Mason-Dixon poll of South Carolina voters. But can we trust voters to have told pollsters the truth--or are racial concerns (including the desire not to offend) leading them to give inaccurate answers? a) Black 'Bradley' Voters? Noam Scheiber weighs in again on the possiblity of such a "Bradley Effect" for black voters.
Bloggers' Soapbox: The high price of globalization
Trade. That's going to be a campaign issue. I think we need another Ross Perot who will split the Republican vote again. Yeah. That's the ticket.But Ralph Nader, Palease Palease Palease, Ralph, don't run again. By the way, what is that tick in one eye about? It's as if Nader has a split personality. One side is saying "This car is unsafe at any speed" and another side is saying "Hey, let's go for a spin." .
Australia Day dazzles a nation
The four colourfully adorned commuter carriers finished almost in a line under the Harbour Bridge, with the corporate sponsors charitably letting Variety, the charity ferry, win. As the fleet whooshed past the crowded foreshore, the harbour suddenly sounded like a New York street, with hundreds of horns honking. Giving new meaning to the term "pleasure" craft was the Great Aussie Barbie Boat, with snag-scented smoke rising from the top deck, Angels on the stereo and the bow - bedecked in Australian-flag bikinis - and a bunch of blokes up the back, dressed as fried eggs, tomatoes and barbecue-sauce bottles. The skies were busy with a fly-past by RAAF F/A-18 jets and Seahawk helicopters, but they also bore a reminder of the original Australians who greeted the First Fleet.
Spinal Cord Is Not Hard Wired and Reorganizes After Injury
A new US study using laboratory mice found the spinal cord is not hard wired and when injured it reorganizes the way messages are routed, using alternate pathways that circumvent the damaged ones.
The study is published in the advanced online issue of Nature Medicine and is the work of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The study was led by Dr Michael V Sofroniew, professor of neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Spinal cord injuries often result in disruption or loss of ability to walk because the long axons or nerve fibres that reach from the brain down into all regions of the spinal cord are severed.
Yet humans and laboratory animals with spinal cord injuries often make varying degrees of spontaneous recovery within a few months of injury.
After the Deluge
Capital Management in New York, Oscar has much to say about markets, too, even though he owes his abundant investment success to an exquisite grasp of company fundamentals. Bill Gross, founder and bond boss of Pimco, the Newport Beach, Calif., fixed-income specialist, likewise gets his close-up in this issue. He uses it to maximum advantage, to highlight a trio of closed-end bond funds with snappy yields, and a pair ofFord Motor and General Motors issues that should reward investors as -- better brace yourself -- the outlook for the U.S. auto sector improves. If the Roundtable members' big-picture views are correct, the total returns Bill expects from these securities might make investors think the bull market is still alive, and even well. For smart talk and good ideas, it is.
Prep Profile: Danielle Ellingson, Madison Memorial
Year: Senior. Sports: Swimming, track and field. Fast facts: Ellingson is a three-time letterwinner and a two-time state qualifier in swimming for Memorial, which won the Big Eight Conference dual-meet title and will compete at the conference meet on Saturday. A co-captain as a senior, she is competing in the 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. As a junior, she was ninth in the 100 freestyle and 11th in the 50 freestyle at state for the Spartans, who finished third in the team competition. She also swam on the winning 200 freestyle relay and runner-up 400 freestyle relay that both earned All-America honors. Ellingson is a three-time letterwinner in track and field and competed at state in the 3,200 relay as a freshman.
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Nearly a fourth of the nuclear reactors in the U.S., 24 out of 104, are in drought afflicted regions. Nearly all, 22 of these 24, rely on lakes and rivers for their water needs. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. government body which regulates the nuclear power industry, has set minimum allowable water levels for these water sources. Most of the water sources are approaching these minimum levels. Falling below means a government mandated plant closure. Even if the government relaxes its restrictions, the water levels are forecasted to drop below the level of the intake pipes for many of these plants. At other plants, the water is becoming too hot under the sun and from stored up heat to be used for cooling purposes. Robert Yanity, a spokesman for South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Simpler better for Eli
ESPN "Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski said one big reason for Giants quarterback Eli Manning's turnaround has been a back-to-basics approach to the offense by Coach Tom Coughlin and coordinator Kevin Gilbride. "They've really toned down the volume of this offense," said Jaworski, a former Eagles quarterback. "As the season has progressed, they've become more of a power-running team. The offensive line coming off the football. Less formation variation. Less motion. "I believe they are simplifying the reads for Eli. And clearly, he's doing a better job of handling those reads." Jaworski said the Packers played bump-and-run coverage, and "he knew immediately where to go with the football." Before the playoffs, Manning had just 16 interceptionless games in 57 starts.
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