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...Nagin, who gave the speech at Friday’s dinner, delivered the message that challenges are everywhere and that odds can be defeated. “You can overcome even when you think you can’t...[but] it’s also about being willing to accept [your] Katrina,” he said. He spoke about what he had done for the city, the changes he had made to procedures in dealing with hurricanes, the new charter schools, and the new playgrounds. New Orleans faced a dip since Katrina, according to Nagin...
...slicing operation costs by cutting one-on-one advising for the month of July, according to Interim Director Robin E. Mount. In early April, the University will assess the expected figures for next year’s budget based on the number of eligible staffers that have accepted the retirement incentive package. Eligible employees are those over 55 years of age who will have worked at the University for at least a decade by June 30. According to Mount, if a substantial number of employees accept the package, then the University-mandated budget cuts will be less drastic...
...Obama’s memo will encourage the spirit of free debate and may help lead to the greater dissemination of apolitical findings. But, more importantly, it promises that policymakers will accept and grapple with scientific evidence, not ignore or censor it when it clashes with the president’s policies. Obama has already made good on this promise by issuing a memorandum that will restore a provision of the Endangered Species Act that requires federal agencies to consult the Fish and Wildlife Service before taking action on endangered species. Hopefully, the stem cell decision will be seen...
...despite all the high-level enthusiasm for medical record-keeping, it is the doctors themselves who have been slow to espouse the system. Major pharmacy chains now accept electronic prescriptions and use software to detect drug-drug interactions, but only about 10% to 15% of physicians nationwide have swapped their prescription pads for computers. "How can you make the nation's health system electronic when you haven't even had an area or a city to show that they can do it?" says Stephen Klasko, dean of the college of medicine at the University of South Florida and an architect...
...versions must be reconciled. "The House bill will be the high-water mark of what we'd like to do with the system," says a Democratic Senate staffer involved in the talks. "Still, we don't have 60 votes yet. So the House is going to have to accept, to a certain degree, what we work out here...