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...cringed the first time I stepped on the scale and endured the indignity of learning that my "Wii Fit Age" - a figure that takes into account your weight, body mass index, and sense of balance - was nine years older than I actually am. Puh-leeze. The insolence. I was miffed alright. Even more horrifying was the colorful chart Wii Fit generated each day to detail my progress (and setbacks). I felt like a contestant on the Biggest Loser. I started thinking about those late-night cookies and other treats that no one knew about - for the first time...
...poignant essay by Gibbs is an insightful account of a good death. Making it comfortable for the dying person and getting the family, including children, to understand death are experiences which doctors can learn from in caring for their dying patients. Dr. Ee Heok, SINGAPORE...
...example, a higher percentage of births to non-Hispanic black and American Indian mothers occurred to mothers who did not receive adequate prenatal care, were unmarried or were teenagers, were having a fourth or higher order birth, or had not completed high school. Certainly, if you take into account these kind of factors, the racial disparity lessens, but it doesn't completely go away. Part of this racial disparity remains really unexplained. I think that's something that researchers have really been struggling with for decades, and there are no simple answers...
...will have to sign in if they want to use all those cool new apps. How? Google's using a standard known as OpenID, which many of the world's biggest sites - from Google (of course) to AOL - utilize. So, for instance, sign into AOL, or your g-mail account, and you're logged into Friend Connect. One of the advantages of this system is it makes it easier for users to take their friend lists with them. Having signed in, users can follow the activities of their friends on Friend Connect sites. So, in my real estate blog example...
...improvements have supposedly been considered, concrete plans for reform are yet to emerge. Meanwhile, the Graduate School of Design (GSD) has embraced a proactive solution, outsourcing their e-mail needs to Google. Since last fall, the GSD has assigned all students a “gsd.harvard.edu” account that operates using a Gmail interface. Harvard College should consider a similar solution. The main changes that need to be made to Webmail’s antiquated system could easily be accomplished by outsourcing to a provider, like Gmail, who already provides the majority of Harvard students with...