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...also creates a less stressful environment and protects against child abuse and neglect, and those reductions can in turn cut children's risks of later engaging in crime and suffering from addiction, mental illness, obesity and cardiovascular disease. The key, according to Olds' research, begins with properly trained nurses; home visits by paraprofessionals aren't as effective. Despite the current shortage of nurses in the U.S., Olds says his program is ready to grow. "The NFP is shovelready for substantial expansion, as long as we recognize that serving 500,000 new families per year will take time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nurse Home Visits: A Boost for Low-Income Parents | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

Last spring, I found myself in this very dilemma. Fortunately, Harvard’s add/drop system allows students to make additional changes after shopping week. And so, just before 5 p.m. on the third Monday of the term, I stopped by the registrar’s office to turn in an add/drop form. The woman who took it smiled and said, “Great! You just missed the fee!” This struck me as odd. Why would I be charged money to change my schedule...

Author: By Matthew H. Ghazarian | Title: Ten Dollars, No Sense | 3/1/2009 | See Source »

Start of Second Period - I'm sure Harvard coach Katey Stone had some stern words for her team during intermission. Let's see if the Crimson can turn around its sluggish play in the second frame...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LIVE BLOG: Women's Hockey vs. Cornell ECAC Playoffs Game 2 | 2/28/2009 | See Source »

...Man” begins with a heavy reliance on a dreary guitar and keyboard dirge. The first half presents an anthemic quality that would have been fitting in such rock-parodies as Spinal Tap; yet halfway through the song, the chorus takes a cheery psychedelic turn. The album’s most unexpected success, “The Drop I Hold,” features Alexander sing-speaking over a lazy quasi-hip-hop guitar riff. The mix of the eerie synthesizer and subtle piano licks gives rise to a sense of pensiveness not heard on other tracks. Though...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Black Lips | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...more negative convinced that the better data coming out of China are as meaningful as they appear. Take, for example, the record level of loans, which some argue won't stimulate growth as much as expected. There are signs that some borrowers, for example, are trying to turn a quick profit by capitalizing on differentials in interest rates. The loan growth may also not be sustainable, as government concerns about rising nonperforming loans could lead to reduced lending in coming months. "Given the sharpness and severity of the recent slowdown, the recovery path is likely to be volatile as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Economy: Rare Signs of Optimism | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

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