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...innovative spirit. That idea is the subject of The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, a new book by Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He argues that the rise of gated, closed communities like Facebook, the advent of the iPhone and even the seemingly innocuous standards-setting of Google could draw nerd talent away from the disruptive kind of innovation that occurred on the wild and woolly Net. Zuckerberg pauses for a minute to think, then says, "I generally agree with those principles and think that type...
...advent of Spring again reminds us of the unfortunate scheduling of weekday parietal hours. While our natural inclinations would send us down to the playing fields to help the House athletic teams or out into the sun for various Mithraic rites, we are forced to entertain lady guests in our rooms during daylight hours...
...popularity of reality TV shows like American Idol and Dancing With the Stars, as well as to Broadway's new wave of family shows, from The Lion King to Wicked -which have turned on a new generation to the possibilities of theater. Also helping broaden the repertoire is the advent of specially adapted school versions of recent Broadway shows that are either too unwieldy - like Les Miz - or too racy - like Rent - for most schools. (Some shows even have elementary- or middle-school versions.) Some teachers contend, moreover, that youngsters in the new millennial generation are especially drawn to theater...
...industry in transition. Of course, traditional media must struggle to adapt in face of new competition from other sources. Indeed, reporting in radio has survived; the painful period of transition simply made the size of journalistic radio proportional to the percentage of people who utilized the medium after the advent of television...
...increase in doctor visits in Massachusetts since the advent of the universal mandate reveals the fact that too many people have long neglected their need for primary care. But, if the universal mandate is to achieve its goal of actual universal care, we must alleviate the difficulty in finding an appointment with a renewed commitment to attracting talented young doctors to the essential and too-often disrespected field of primary care...