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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $76.8 billion in discretionary spending, plus $630 billion (over 10 years) in a new reserve fund for health-care reform and expanded health-insurance coverage...
...powers of concentration, never formidable, are deteriorating. I've always got one eye on Famous Writer's Twitter feed, waiting for the interruption that will distract me from my own, nonfamous existence. I think I'm in danger of mistaking my connection to Famous Writer for an actual human relationship instead of what it is--a slow drip of basically trivial data that I've been using as an excuse to get out of the hard work of being alone with myself. (Read "Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies...
Considering the human suffering around her, Orman's demeanor remains perky and optimistic. She believes that people can sense that she wants what's in their best interests. As she waited to be called to the CNBC set, a woman in a uniform rolled a cart of food into the green room. "Hi, Suze," the woman said, bursting into a huge smile. She carefully laid out bowls of yogurt and muesli, and vegetables with dip. When the woman started arranging cans of soda on the table, Orman shooed her back. "Take that away," Orman said. "People don't need that...
...access has become more than just a technical issue in recent years, as the Web has become a portal for political dissent and information dissemination that many governments fear might foment unrest. Authoritarian governments frequently censor Internet access, restricting access to pro-democracy sites and sites for organizations documenting human rights violations. China, for instance, denies access to web pages describing the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 and Falun Gong, an outlawed religious group. According to Law School Professor Jonathan L. Zittrain, who conceived of the site, past efforts to monitor web restrictions have been centralized, making it difficult...
...England Conservatory’s poet-in-residence, has the liberating aura of a contemporary poet whose work remains relatively unknown. In light of this fact, her new collection of poems, “I Went Looking for You,” enriches a sense of the human experience that is at turns both emotionally resonant and aesthetically restrained.Lepson’s poetry is filled with tender descriptions of places that clearly hold significance to her as a Massachusetts local. These locations are, more often than not, oriented around the ocean—especially the seaside town of Swampscott...