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...projects to pique your interest and your pocketbook. That's why Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen gathered a bunch of the country's top neuroscientists back in 2002 and asked how he could help to improve our understanding of how the brain works. "If you come from a background in computer science, it's always fascinating to think about the human brain, and to try to figure out and understand how the brain works," Allen told TIME recently. "It turns out we know so little about...
...later? The "me to you" model of news gathering--a professional reporter, attuned to the fine distinctions between "off the record" and "deep background," prizing factual accuracy in the narrowest sense--may well give way to some kind of "us to us" communitarian arrangement of the sort that thrives on the Internet. But there is room between the New York Times and myleftarmpit.com for new forms that liberate journalism from its encrusted conceits while preserving its standards, like accuracy...
...estimates there are 1,000 full-time house-call practices in the U.S. The doctors typically have a background in internal or family medicine, but other specialties, like geriatrics and emergency-room care, are also represented. Many of the physicians are in small practices. But a few are part of large practices, like New York City's Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors Program, with 11 doctors and a support staff of nurse-practitioners, nurses, social workers and administrative assistants...
...John Kerry's privileged background a problem...
...other course requirements include a weekly posting on the course website and compiling background materials to support the commission report...