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...will see significant cuts to the services they provide for the community, ranging from childcare to adult education, according to DHC officials. The Center for Families, a support program that runs educational activities and provides resources for families with young children, suffered the largest direct cut: the Massachusetts Family Network grant, which makes up most of the agency’s current funding, was cut by 21.7 percent, a reduction of over $30,000. Assistant City Manager for Human Services Ellen M. Semonoff predicted that funding prospects would only worsen after likely additional cuts in January and also...
...preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama begin, the computer-savvy at Harvard are taking notice of the Harvard Law School graduate who supports network neutrality. Officials at the University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and the Harvard Computer Society said that the promise of network neutrality, which could materialize under an Obama administration, would help preserve the Internet’s democratic qualities. “One could imagine if the Internet were much less neutral there would be much less innovation and it would be easier for corporations to stifle free expression...
...instance, rack up massive energy tabs - especially surgeries, emergency services and pathology laboratory tests. "Enormous amounts of energy are required to build and run high-tech systems in common use - MRIs, CT scans, etc. - with many running 24 hours a day," says Pamela Gray, a trustee of the Transition Network, a U.K.-based organization that supports community-level initiatives to improve sustainability and combat climate change. Further, nearly all pharmaceuticals are made from petroleum derivatives, and so are medical materials (think rubber gloves and intravenous tubing). And then there's transportation: transferring equipment, supplies and lab samples, or getting patients...
...Transition Network's Gray suggests more localized health-care efforts, including networks of trained medical workers, educational programs teaching nutrition, first-aid and self-care, and expert-patient teaching opportunities. She proposes that by increasing insurance coverage of so-called alternative medicine - including low-energy practices like acupuncture, homeopathy, nutritionists and herbalists - more patients might seek greener care...
...Waiting for this to happen has been like watching a slow-motion train wreck," says Ken Conboy, author of The Second Front: Inside Asia's Most Dangerous Terrorist Network. "They should have limited their exposure...