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...Xinjiang region, where my father, Ai Qing, had been exiled. He was a poet, not a revolutionary, but the Communist Party had no tolerance for free thinkers. So he spent years cleaning toilets, enduring beatings and public humiliation. To me, it was a lesson in how horribly humans can treat one another...
...PIH’s partner organization in Haiti, whose murder on August 31st, 2009 remains unsolved.Mourning the loss of Augustin, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer for PIH described him as “a gifted surgeon and an exceptional human being...the only surgeon in Haiti who would treat anyone, from anywhere, at anytime, regardless of their ability to pay.” Mukherjee said PIH hopes to continue his dream of making surgery accessible to all Haitians.The afternoon’s featured speaker was Nicholas D. Kristof ’82, a two-time Pulitzer Price winner columnist...
What parent hasn't used candy to pacify a cranky child or head off a brewing tantrum? When reasoning, threats and time-outs fail, a sugary treat often does the trick. But while that chocolate-covered balm may be highly effective in the short term, say British scientists, it may be setting youngsters up for problem behavior later. According to a new study, kids who eat too many treats at a young age risk becoming violent in adulthood...
...there is currently not enough H1N1 vaccine to inoculate all Americans, officials are worried that frontline health workers, who should be among the first in line for the injections, might refuse over safety concerns. That could compromise health workers' ability to treat patients who are hospitalized with the disease. A study of 11 focus groups conducted in Canada prior to the H1N1 outbreak found that health-care workers might refuse to immunize their children and themselves if they believed the risks of a new vaccine outweighed the benefits, according to a report in the Emergency Health Threats Journal in August...
...about 10 Western countries who allow women into direct combat. "I don't see why it's an impediment, beyond the short term," says Michael McKinley a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Strategy at the Australian National University. "You would have to basically train the male soldier to treat women the same way they would treat a male if they were wounded or in particular danger. It wouldn't take long...