| The wow factor of health research
This week, as a prelude to Saturday's announcement of The Globe's Nation Builder of 2007, we introduce the four other finalists/runners-up, who have made a major contribution to Canadian society this year. Today, we profile Dr. Alan Bernstein. In his inaugural address as president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in June of 2000, Alan Bernstein made some bold promises. With the launch of CIHR, he said, "we are creating a health research enterprise that is an entirely new way of conducting health research, one that will harness the scientific excellence of Canadians across the full spectrum of health research, to improve the health of Canadians and of people throughout the world. "CIHR will be the underpinnings of the Canadian health care system and the driver that is fuelling the evolution of Canada's knowledge-based economy." .
Good Morning America from Coeur d'Alene
Tragically, the lead bunny lost his life in the ring that day and I was forced to flee Nepal. I now reside in Hayden, where I must admit, life is okay. It is not near as cold as the Himalayas, but there are more lakes. I have a great job working as a personal trainer for the Red Hot Mama's and I have been able to buy a Viking home on the Prarie, (similar to the blow and go cheap builder Mongol Construction in Nepal). Citizens of this town should be proud of where they live, despite the fact that the area faces many of the same challenges Nepal did. Besides, if worse comes to worse, you can do like my fellow Nepalese fighting monks did, and start a revolution. " .
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Lawrence R. Velvel: Halberstam And History
It is often remarked that Korea is a war about which most of us know little or nothing. It is called a black hole by the late David Halberstam in his recent book about it, The Coldest Winter. I personally knew very little about it before reading Halberstam’s book: I was not yet eleven when it started, so, unlike Viet Nam, which was a focus because it took place in my 20s, Korea did not stick in my mind. Halberstam himself knew little about Korea, he says, before he set out to research and write his book about a war which began when he was 16, but which came to interest him because of talks he had about it in Viet Nam in the early 1960s with a colonel who had fought in Korea. .
Governor opts to be stubborn in scandal
But Blunt's dropping chief of staff is the correct move.
Gov. Matt Blunt took a step toward righting the lilting ship of the governor's office Tuesday when he replaced chief of staff Ed Martin with Trish Vincent, who had been the director of the Department of Revenue. Blunt's hasty announcement is the first inkling since the controversy broke over Martin's mishandling of the firing of former staff attorney Scott Eckersley that the governor might be ready to accept responsibility for clear violations of the Sunshine Law and the state's e-mail retention policies. But jettisoning Martin after so many public denials of the former chief of staff's misdeeds will only go so far in regaining any trust in the ability of the governor to be accountable to the taxpayers.
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But not for Carl Miller as he poked his hot dog on metal stick into the living room fireplace. Then came the marshmallows toasted and ready for the taking. Roast a marshmallow for me, I asked the ten-year-old. So he brought me a plateful. Its been some time since I wafted down a plateful of marshmallows fresh from the coals. Jesus told His disciples to separate themselves from the days activity to rest awhile. He knew the value of downtime, just plain doing a huge hunk of nothing, as my Dad used to put it. Then it was that Jesus retreated with His friends to the mountains outside the city. Theyd chat. No doubt there was laughter heard echoing across the Kidron Valley toward Jerusalems gates. Christian sharing is needed in this spiritually fallen world.
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