answer #190: The Answer to Global Warming By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Full Article
answer Your Top 5 Relationship Questions: Answered! By galadarling.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:48:53 +0000 In this episode, we talked about… How to cope if you’re feeling uncertain and anxious because you are apart from your partner, as well as how to deal with boredom and frustration because of too much togetherness… What to do if you have a mismatched vision of what you both want… How to stay in […] The post Your Top 5 Relationship Questions: Answered! appeared first on Gala Darling. Full Article video
answer Aspergers or ADHD? The answer will surprise you. By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:48:44 +0000 Recently a flurry of articles about academic overachievers appeared in scientific journals. Specifically, the research found that people with a diagnosis of Autism were more frequently high achievers in school. And people diagnosed with ADHD were more frequently low achievers in school. A paper published last week in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders […] The post Aspergers or ADHD? The answer will surprise you. appeared first on Penelope Trunk Careers. Full Article Diversity
answer GAA volunteers answer communities' call By www.rte.ie Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:54:52 +0000 The GAA has estimated that almost 20,000 of its volunteers have been involved in a community response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Full Article GAA
answer What makes a great qubit? Diamonds and ions could hold the answer By www.pbs.org Published On :: At the core of quantum computing is the qubit. The best ones have a few defining traits, and scientists are looking to everything from lasers to Russian diamonds to help refine the best qubits for the next generation of quantum computing. Full Article
answer L.A.'s love coach answers the 7 most common coronavirus dating questions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 13:52:20 -0400 L.A. dating coach Damona Hoffman tackles dating and relationship questions on her weekly podcast, "Dates & Mates." Today she shares answers to the most common questions about love in the time of coronavirus. Full Article
answer What bird is that? 7 apps that will answer your birding questions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 7 May 2020 09:00:41 -0400 Download some of our favorite birding apps, and then start looking up. Full Article
answer Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor has answers for NFL draft questions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:00:38 -0400 NFL draft scouts question the all-around ability of Wisconsin Jonathan Taylor, but the running back has NFL speed and size. Full Article
answer A virologist answers the coronavirus questions you are too embarrassed to ask By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 17:51:46 -0400 Is it safe to have sex with my partner or with a person I met on Tinder? Can I pick my nose at home? Do I need to disinfect my groceries? A virologist answers. Full Article
answer Q&A: What do people ask a librarian in a pandemic? L.A. Library's InfoNow has the answer By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:52:47 -0400 With libraries closed, L.A. librarians now work from home to help people find free ebooks, music and movies during the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
answer Will Atlanta child murders ever be solved? Those close to case fear answer is 'No' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:58:40 -0400 HBO docuseries "Atlanta's Missing and Murdered" joined the "Atlanta Monster" podcast and Netflix's "Mindhunter" in highlighting the case. So what's next? Full Article
answer Premier League players want three major questions answering before season resumes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:06:00 +0100 Premier League players want three major questions answering before they return to action. Full Article
answer Countries and flags quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:17:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN is a difficult time for many with Britons forced to relinquish many freedoms, but those who love a weekly pub quiz have no need to fret. Full Article
answer Literature quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:14:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN has turned many people into quiz fans and for those compiling quizzes here are some book-related questions for your home pub quiz. Full Article
answer Lockdown quiz questions and answers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:09:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN QUIZZES have taken over, with family and friends able to take part in virtual pub quizzes from around the world. Here are some lockdown quiz questions and answers for the next time you host a pub quiz. Full Article
answer Music quiz questions and answers: The best music questions for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:33:00 +0100 MUSIC rounds are some of the funniest and most tricky pub quiz sections to master - here are our favourite quiz questions. Full Article
answer Finish the lyrics quiz questions and answers: Best music lyrics round for home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:38:00 +0100 FINISH THE LYRICS is one of the most fun rounds in a pub quiz - here is our pick of the best pub quiz questions to include. Full Article
answer Pop culture quiz questions and answers: Best pop culture questions for home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:34:00 +0100 POP CULTURE covers a huge range of topics - so here are some of the best pop culture questions for your online pub quiz. Full Article
answer Natural world quiz questions and answers By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:31:00 +0100 QUIZ night can still take place even while the UK is on lockdown. Express.co.uk has compiled some of the best natural world questions for your family quiz night. Full Article
answer Game of Thrones quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:58:00 +0100 GAME OF THRONES may be looking for distraction during lockdown with pubs and clubs across the UK lockdown. Many people are missing their usual pub quiz, so here are 15 questions about the HBO series if for your very own virtual pub quiz. Full Article
answer Premier League players want three major questions answering before season resumes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:06:00 +0100 Premier League players want three major questions answering before they return to action. Full Article
answer Premier League players want three major questions answering before season resumes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:06:00 +0100 Premier League players want three major questions answering before they return to action. Full Article
answer Geography quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your geography home pub quiz By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 08:11:00 +0100 VIRTUAL PUB QUIZZING has become one of the nation's favourite pastimes during the coronavirus lockdown. Here are all the questions you need for your geography quiz round. Full Article
answer World War 2 quiz questions and answers By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:18:00 +0100 VE DAY is being celebrated this weekend, in what is the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. If you are looking to test your friends and family's knowledge of World War 2, Express.co.uk has the perfect quiz questions and answers. Full Article
answer Countries and flags quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your home pub quiz By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 12:17:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN is a difficult time for many with Britons forced to relinquish many freedoms, but those who love a weekly pub quiz have no need to fret. Full Article
answer Literature quiz questions and answers: 15 questions for your home pub quiz By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:14:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN has turned many people into quiz fans and for those compiling quizzes here are some book-related questions for your home pub quiz. Full Article
answer Lockdown quiz questions and answers By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:09:00 +0100 LOCKDOWN QUIZZES have taken over, with family and friends able to take part in virtual pub quizzes from around the world. Here are some lockdown quiz questions and answers for the next time you host a pub quiz. Full Article
answer Sports quiz questions and answers: The best sport quiz for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:17:00 +0100 Express Sport has complied a sports quiz with questions and answers that you can use with your friends and families during the lockdown. Full Article
answer Film quiz questions and answers: The best movie questions for your home pub quiz By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:36:00 +0100 FILM rounds in quizzes can be some of the trickiest - here are our picks of some of the best questions to include in your home quiz. Full Article
answer Mike Tyson vs Danny Williams 2 in the pipeline as Brit's agent 'awaits answer' from legend By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:07:00 +0100 Mike Tyson has talked possibly coming out of retirement to fight in charity exhibition match-ups. Full Article
answer Football quiz questions and answers: 15 questions and answers for your home pub quiz By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:01:00 +0100 Express Sport has compiled a football quiz with questions and answers that you can use with your friends and families during the lockdown. Full Article
answer Premier League quiz questions and answers: Test your knowledge of the top-flight By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:31:00 +0100 Premier League quiz questions are a great way of testing your top-flight knowledge with friends and family. Full Article
answer Premier League players want three major questions answering before season resumes By www.express.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:06:00 +0100 Premier League players want three major questions answering before they return to action. Full Article
answer 'Mind Your Banners' podcast: Time to answer your questions By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:41:16 +0000 IU Insider Zach Osterman sits down with Chronic Hoosier to answer your questions, talking everything from IU sports to Btown eats to memories and more Full Article
answer 'Mind Your Banners' podcast: Time to answer your questions By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:41:16 +0000 IU Insider Zach Osterman sits down with Chronic Hoosier to answer your questions, talking everything from IU sports to Btown eats to memories and more Full Article
answer Indiana unemployment: Your questions answered By rssfeeds.indystar.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:05:37 +0000 A compilation of question and answers about filing for unemployment insurance benefits in Indiana. Full Article
answer Anderson, Dravid, Ponting & Botham - your cricket questions answered By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:26:50 GMT Test Match Special statistician Andrew Samson answers some of your cricketing questions. Full Article
answer Project Restart: Your questions answered on sport's potential return By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 09:27:05 GMT In a BBC Sport special, we answer your questions on the potential return of sport amid the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
answer Coronavirus: Do face masks work? And other questions answered By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 22:30:47 GMT The BBC's Fergus Walsh and expert Sian Griffiths answer your questions about the virus outbreak. Full Article
answer Ever wonder how much tech workers get paid in your town? This map might have the answer. By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:00:09 +0000 Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business.org looked at 100 metro areas across the United States to rank average tech salaries. Full Article
answer 8 Offbeat Questions About Cruise Ships Answered By tips4travellers.libsyn.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 I give the answers to 8 of the more offbeat, unconventional and unusual questions that many passengers, including me at one time, were afraid or embarrassed to ask. I explore everything from what water is in the toilets to how many people die on a cruise and what happens to the body and what waste is (and is not) out into the ocean. Find out the answers to some of the more offbeat questions many cruise passengers have about cruise ships and cruising. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStoreBooking your next cruise with CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 74 cruises at time of making this video. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge Full Article
answer What happens to artists when they have to answer to online polls? By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:48:02 +0000 There might not be room for creativity when everything “new” is crowdsourced. Full Article
answer A Gallimaufry of Literacy Questions and Answers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:57:07 EDT Hello, Reading World! As with most of you, I’m sheltering in place … biding my time until the Great Pandemic Pandemonium subsides. Although despite being at what is currently an awkward (and apparently dangerous) age, I feel pretty safe locked down here in Chicago. Nevertheless, like all of you, I'm worried about family members who are on the front line in this fight, my students and colleagues, and all the people who are taking care of us. Full Article
answer A Gallimaufry of Literacy Questions and Answers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:57:07 EDT Hello, Reading World! As with most of you, I’m sheltering in place … biding my time until the Great Pandemic Pandemonium subsides. Although despite being at what is currently an awkward (and apparently dangerous) age, I feel pretty safe locked down here in Chicago. Nevertheless, like all of you, I'm worried about family members who are on the front line in this fight, my students and colleagues, and all the people who are taking care of us. Full Article
answer News24.com | UPDATED: CORONAVIRUS FAQs | All your questions answered By www.news24.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 06:36:15 +0200 News24 answers some of the most frequently asked questions on coronavirus and level 4 of the lockdown in South Africa. Full Article
answer WHO Can Do Better - But Halting Funding is No Answer By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:11:18 +0000 20 April 2020 Dr Charles Clift Senior Consulting Fellow, Global Health Programme @CliftWorks Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house for the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with. But with Congress and several US agencies heavily involved, whether a halt is even feasible is under question. 2020-04-20-PPE-Ethiopia-WHO Checking boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by SAMUEL HABTAB/AFP via Getty Images. Donald Trump is impulsive. His sudden decision to stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO) just days after calling it 'very China-centric” and 'wrong about a lot of things' is the latest example. And this in the midst of the worst pandemic since Spanish flu in 1918 and a looming economic crisis compared by some to the 1930s. But the decision is not really just about what WHO might or might not have done wrong. It is more about the ongoing geopolitical wrangle between the US and China, and about diverting attention from US failings in its own response to coronavirus in the run-up to the US presidential election.It clearly also derives from Trump’s deep antipathy to almost any multilateral organization. WHO has been chosen as the fall guy in this political maelstrom in a way that might please Trump’s supporters who will have read or heard little about WHO’s role in tackling this crisis. And the decision has been widely condemned in almost all other countries and by many in the US.What is it likely to mean in practice for WHO?Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house. A so-called factsheet put out by the White House talks about the reforms it thinks necessary 'before the organization can be trusted again'. This rather implies that the US wants to remain a member of WHO if it can achieve the changes it wants. Whether those changes are feasible is another question — they include holding member states accountable for accurate data-sharing and countering what is referred to as 'China’s outsize influence on the organization'. Trump said the funding halt would last while WHO’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic was investigated, which would take 60-90 days. The US is the single largest funder of WHO, providing about 16% of its budget. It provides funds to WHO in two ways. The first is the assessed contribution — the subscription each country pays to be a member. In 2018/19 the US contribution should have been $237 million but, as of January this year it was in arrears by about $200 million.Much bigger are US voluntary contributions provided to WHO for specified activities amounting in the same period to another $650 million. These are for a wide variety of projects — more than one-quarter goes to polio eradication, but a significant portion also is for WHO’s emergency work. The US assessed contribution represents only 4% of WHO’s budget. Losing that would certainly be a blow to WHO but a manageable one. Given the arrears situation it is not certain that the US would have paid any of this in the next three months in any case. More serious would be losing the US voluntary contributions which account for about another 12% of WHO’s budget—but whether this could be halted all at once is very unclear. First Congress allocates funds in the US, not the president, raising questions about how a halt could be engineered domestically.Secondly, US contributions to WHO come from about ten different US government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health or USAID, each of whom have separate agreements with WHO. Will they be prepared to cut funding for ongoing projects with WHO? And does the US want to disrupt ongoing programmes such as polio eradication and, indeed, emergency response which contribute to saving lives? Given the president’s ability to do 180 degree U-turns we shall have to wait and see what will actually happen in the medium term. If it presages the US leaving WHO, this would only facilitate growing Chinese influence in the WHO and other UN bodies. Perhaps in the end wiser advice will be heeded and a viable solution found.Most of President Trump’s criticisms of WHO do not bear close scrutiny. WHO may have made mistakes — it may have given too much credence to information coming from the Chinese. China has just announced that the death toll in Wuhan was 50% higher than previously revealed. It may have overpraised China’s performance and system, but this was part of a deliberate strategy to secure China’s active collaboration so that it could help other countries learn from China’s experience. The chief message from this sorry story is that two countries are using WHO as a pawn in pursuing their respective political agendas which encompass issues well beyond the pandemic. China has been very successful in gaining WHO’s seal of approval, in spite of concerns about events prior to it declaring the problem to the WHO and the world. This, in turn, has invited retaliation from the US. When this is over will be the time to learn lessons about what WHO should have done better. But China, the US, and the global community of nations also need to consider their own responsibility in contributing to this terrible unfolding tragedy.This article was originally published in the British Medical Journal Full Article
answer WHO Can Do Better - But Halting Funding is No Answer By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:11:18 +0000 20 April 2020 Dr Charles Clift Senior Consulting Fellow, Global Health Programme @CliftWorks Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house for the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with. But with Congress and several US agencies heavily involved, whether a halt is even feasible is under question. 2020-04-20-PPE-Ethiopia-WHO Checking boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by SAMUEL HABTAB/AFP via Getty Images. Donald Trump is impulsive. His sudden decision to stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO) just days after calling it 'very China-centric” and 'wrong about a lot of things' is the latest example. And this in the midst of the worst pandemic since Spanish flu in 1918 and a looming economic crisis compared by some to the 1930s. But the decision is not really just about what WHO might or might not have done wrong. It is more about the ongoing geopolitical wrangle between the US and China, and about diverting attention from US failings in its own response to coronavirus in the run-up to the US presidential election.It clearly also derives from Trump’s deep antipathy to almost any multilateral organization. WHO has been chosen as the fall guy in this political maelstrom in a way that might please Trump’s supporters who will have read or heard little about WHO’s role in tackling this crisis. And the decision has been widely condemned in almost all other countries and by many in the US.What is it likely to mean in practice for WHO?Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house. A so-called factsheet put out by the White House talks about the reforms it thinks necessary 'before the organization can be trusted again'. This rather implies that the US wants to remain a member of WHO if it can achieve the changes it wants. Whether those changes are feasible is another question — they include holding member states accountable for accurate data-sharing and countering what is referred to as 'China’s outsize influence on the organization'. Trump said the funding halt would last while WHO’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic was investigated, which would take 60-90 days. The US is the single largest funder of WHO, providing about 16% of its budget. It provides funds to WHO in two ways. The first is the assessed contribution — the subscription each country pays to be a member. In 2018/19 the US contribution should have been $237 million but, as of January this year it was in arrears by about $200 million.Much bigger are US voluntary contributions provided to WHO for specified activities amounting in the same period to another $650 million. These are for a wide variety of projects — more than one-quarter goes to polio eradication, but a significant portion also is for WHO’s emergency work. The US assessed contribution represents only 4% of WHO’s budget. Losing that would certainly be a blow to WHO but a manageable one. Given the arrears situation it is not certain that the US would have paid any of this in the next three months in any case. More serious would be losing the US voluntary contributions which account for about another 12% of WHO’s budget—but whether this could be halted all at once is very unclear. First Congress allocates funds in the US, not the president, raising questions about how a halt could be engineered domestically.Secondly, US contributions to WHO come from about ten different US government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health or USAID, each of whom have separate agreements with WHO. Will they be prepared to cut funding for ongoing projects with WHO? And does the US want to disrupt ongoing programmes such as polio eradication and, indeed, emergency response which contribute to saving lives? Given the president’s ability to do 180 degree U-turns we shall have to wait and see what will actually happen in the medium term. If it presages the US leaving WHO, this would only facilitate growing Chinese influence in the WHO and other UN bodies. Perhaps in the end wiser advice will be heeded and a viable solution found.Most of President Trump’s criticisms of WHO do not bear close scrutiny. WHO may have made mistakes — it may have given too much credence to information coming from the Chinese. China has just announced that the death toll in Wuhan was 50% higher than previously revealed. It may have overpraised China’s performance and system, but this was part of a deliberate strategy to secure China’s active collaboration so that it could help other countries learn from China’s experience. The chief message from this sorry story is that two countries are using WHO as a pawn in pursuing their respective political agendas which encompass issues well beyond the pandemic. China has been very successful in gaining WHO’s seal of approval, in spite of concerns about events prior to it declaring the problem to the WHO and the world. This, in turn, has invited retaliation from the US. When this is over will be the time to learn lessons about what WHO should have done better. But China, the US, and the global community of nations also need to consider their own responsibility in contributing to this terrible unfolding tragedy.This article was originally published in the British Medical Journal Full Article
answer WHO Can Do Better - But Halting Funding is No Answer By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:11:18 +0000 20 April 2020 Dr Charles Clift Senior Consulting Fellow, Global Health Programme @CliftWorks Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house for the World Health Organization (WHO) to deal with. But with Congress and several US agencies heavily involved, whether a halt is even feasible is under question. 2020-04-20-PPE-Ethiopia-WHO Checking boxes of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by SAMUEL HABTAB/AFP via Getty Images. Donald Trump is impulsive. His sudden decision to stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO) just days after calling it 'very China-centric” and 'wrong about a lot of things' is the latest example. And this in the midst of the worst pandemic since Spanish flu in 1918 and a looming economic crisis compared by some to the 1930s. But the decision is not really just about what WHO might or might not have done wrong. It is more about the ongoing geopolitical wrangle between the US and China, and about diverting attention from US failings in its own response to coronavirus in the run-up to the US presidential election.It clearly also derives from Trump’s deep antipathy to almost any multilateral organization. WHO has been chosen as the fall guy in this political maelstrom in a way that might please Trump’s supporters who will have read or heard little about WHO’s role in tackling this crisis. And the decision has been widely condemned in almost all other countries and by many in the US.What is it likely to mean in practice for WHO?Calling a halt to funding for an unspecified time is an unsatisfactory halfway house. A so-called factsheet put out by the White House talks about the reforms it thinks necessary 'before the organization can be trusted again'. This rather implies that the US wants to remain a member of WHO if it can achieve the changes it wants. Whether those changes are feasible is another question — they include holding member states accountable for accurate data-sharing and countering what is referred to as 'China’s outsize influence on the organization'. Trump said the funding halt would last while WHO’s mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic was investigated, which would take 60-90 days. The US is the single largest funder of WHO, providing about 16% of its budget. It provides funds to WHO in two ways. The first is the assessed contribution — the subscription each country pays to be a member. In 2018/19 the US contribution should have been $237 million but, as of January this year it was in arrears by about $200 million.Much bigger are US voluntary contributions provided to WHO for specified activities amounting in the same period to another $650 million. These are for a wide variety of projects — more than one-quarter goes to polio eradication, but a significant portion also is for WHO’s emergency work. The US assessed contribution represents only 4% of WHO’s budget. Losing that would certainly be a blow to WHO but a manageable one. Given the arrears situation it is not certain that the US would have paid any of this in the next three months in any case. More serious would be losing the US voluntary contributions which account for about another 12% of WHO’s budget—but whether this could be halted all at once is very unclear. First Congress allocates funds in the US, not the president, raising questions about how a halt could be engineered domestically.Secondly, US contributions to WHO come from about ten different US government agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health or USAID, each of whom have separate agreements with WHO. Will they be prepared to cut funding for ongoing projects with WHO? And does the US want to disrupt ongoing programmes such as polio eradication and, indeed, emergency response which contribute to saving lives? Given the president’s ability to do 180 degree U-turns we shall have to wait and see what will actually happen in the medium term. If it presages the US leaving WHO, this would only facilitate growing Chinese influence in the WHO and other UN bodies. Perhaps in the end wiser advice will be heeded and a viable solution found.Most of President Trump’s criticisms of WHO do not bear close scrutiny. WHO may have made mistakes — it may have given too much credence to information coming from the Chinese. China has just announced that the death toll in Wuhan was 50% higher than previously revealed. It may have overpraised China’s performance and system, but this was part of a deliberate strategy to secure China’s active collaboration so that it could help other countries learn from China’s experience. The chief message from this sorry story is that two countries are using WHO as a pawn in pursuing their respective political agendas which encompass issues well beyond the pandemic. China has been very successful in gaining WHO’s seal of approval, in spite of concerns about events prior to it declaring the problem to the WHO and the world. This, in turn, has invited retaliation from the US. When this is over will be the time to learn lessons about what WHO should have done better. But China, the US, and the global community of nations also need to consider their own responsibility in contributing to this terrible unfolding tragedy.This article was originally published in the British Medical Journal Full Article
answer Answering the Question, and Vice Versa By www.ams.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:25:52 -0400 Experts are adept at answering questions in their fields, but even the most knowledgeable authority can.t be expected to keep up with all the data generated today. Computers can handle data, but until now, they were inept at understanding questions posed in conversational language. Watson, the IBM computer that won the Jeopardy! Challenge, is an example of a computer that can answer questions using informal, nuanced, even pun-filled, phrases. Graph theory, formal logic, and statistics help create the algorithms used for answering questions in a timely manner.not at all elementary. Watson.s creators are working to create technology that can do much more than win a TV game show. Programmers are aiming for systems that will soon respond quickly with expert answers to real-world problems.from the fairly straightforward, such as providing technical support, to the more complex, such as responding to queries from doctors in search of the correct medical diagnosis. Most of the research involves computer science, but mathematics will help to expand applications to other industries and to scale down the size and cost of the hardware that makes up these modern question-answering systems. For More Information: Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything, Stephen Baker, 2011. Full Article
answer CBD News: Blog post prepared by the Executive Secretary for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting: We need to understand the nature and gravity of the collective crisis that now confronts human civilization if we are to answer the questions it poses. By www.weforum.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT Full Article