Word: alongism
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...road to a meaningful life: "Deciding what to pay attention to for this hour, day, week, or year, much less a lifetime, is a peculiarly human predicament, and your quality of life largely depends on how you handle it ... We must resist the temptation to drift along, reacting to whatever happens to us next, and deliberately select targets, from activities to relationships, that are worthy of our finite supplies of time and attention...
...part of a new program sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee that aims to raise awareness for alternative modes of transportation. Known as VeriFast Bicycles, the new program will station four bicycles each at Mather and Cabot Houses, and will allow students to check the bikes out—along with helmets, locks, and lights—from the superintendent’s office in each house, said Karen McKinnon ‘10, the chair of the Environmental Action Committee. The new program will launch April 25 at the Environmental Action Committee’s Earth Day festivities, where...
...called “Meditation and Psychotherapy—Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom,” at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, organized by the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and the Cambridge Health Alliance. There, the Dalai Lama will speak on compassion and wisdom along with several Harvard professors, including psychology professor Steven Pinker. On May 2, the Tibetan Organization of Boston is sponsoring a morning sermon, on the Four Noble Truths, and a public talk on the path to happiness at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough according to Harvard Buddhist chaplain Lama Migmar Tseten. Tickets...
...Strike Early: Traditionally, the Pentagon budget is revealed by the White House along with spending plans for the rest of the government. Gates got permission from Obama to divulge his key decisions early, before sending them across the Potomac River. That means he hasn't had to play defense against the leaks that inevitably occur when the Pentagon sends its budget to the White House's Office of Management and Budget. As soon as that happens, jilted contractors run to their favorite lawmakers, seeking to save their tentatively-axed program before the budget is officially released...
...leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy who sustained a bullet wound to his head, according to Dr. Chaiwan Charoenchoketawee, spokesman for Vajira Medical College in Bangkok. "His condition is serious. He has a brain hemorrhage, but he is expected to survive," Chaiwan said. Sondhi was wounded, along with his driver and bodyguard, when his car stopped at a gas station about 5AM, according to a PAD member. News reports quoted police as saying Sondhi's car was sprayed with bullets from gunmen in another vehicle. (See pictures of the Bangkok protests...