Word: localize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Project HEALTH was founded only three years ago, but its programs currently involve over 150 Harvard students who directly serve BMC pediatric patients. All of the programs uniquely combine direct health care service and local public policy advocacy and activism...
...HASCS help desk located in the Science Center basement. A folding table adjacent to the pediatric waiting room, the help desk is decorated with brightly colored, child-friendly posters and offers a variety of services. Volunteers, who attend the desk for two-hour weekly shifts, could be asked about local vocational training programs. "How do I become a nurse's assistant or a data entry specialist?" for example. Parents--many of whom are our age--might saunter over to the help desk to inquire about public camps and programs such as Head Start, the Department of Transitional Assistance and Child...
There has also been an influx of local characters, oddballs from all around Cambridge who are attracted to the Kong's low-key atmosphere. Paul describes one of his favorites: "Well, there's Marc, the real little guy who always hangs out behind the Lethal Enforcer machine. I think he did too much acid back in the '60s. Supposedly he was really smart, but I guess he fried his brain." As far as Paul is concerned, freaks of nature will always be welcome at the Kong. He lays out his philosophy: "As far as I'm concerned...
...beer aficionados out there, when the local bar doesn't cut it, head to the Boston Beer Museum and Visitors Center. Over two hundred years of beer history is packed into this building, and they may even be generous with samples. 30 Germania St. 522-9080. 2 p.m. $1 admission...
Information is power. Which is why every group, from the local PTA to the national political parties, has rushed to gets its message publicized on the Internet. The dash to the Web has been joined by hate groups, and a report released by the Southern Poverty Law Center this week charges that hate organizations have been anything but lax in their efforts. Last year alone, the report says, the number of Internet hate sites increased by 56 percent, from...