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...none other than his brother Raúl two years ago. Despite the deleterious effects of the economic blockade on the island in place since John F. Kennedy’s administration, the regime’s economic decisions have not created tangible benefits beyond healthcare and literacy. Poverty remains widespread, education limited, and free speech censored; barges still head from Havana to Miami, not the other way around. After the 1990s reforms, Cuba has a dual economy where those who cannot access currency convertible into U.S. dollars cannot afford basic necessities. As a result, incentives are so perverted that...
...general to investigate how technology can better protect children from online dangers, the Internet Safety Technical Task Force says that a) the Internet may not be as dangerous as we think and b) technology's probably not the way to combat the dangers that do exist. Surprisingly, given the widespread fears of sexual predators on the Web, the task force also concluded that the practice of cyber-bullying may actually be more prevalent in the lives of everyday youths. (See TIME's Top 10 Children's Books...
...time to obtain coupons for converter boxes for their analog TV sets. During the campaign, Genachowski backed Obama’s support for net neutrality, advocating against allowing Web sites to pay a premium for faster delivery of content. The campaign’s technology platform focused on more widespread and affordable Internet access. Genachowski was chief council to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt during the Clinton administration. He has since worked as a senior executive at IAC/Interactive Corporation. Genachowski and Obama were both in University Professor Laurence H. Tribe’s constitutional law section at the Law School...
...division, experts believe the resistant strain is the result of a spontaneous mutation in the influenza virus genome and not the result of overuse of antimicrobial agents like Tamiflu to treat the infection. That's based on the fact that during the last flu season, the resistant strain was widespread in countries with low Tamiflu use like Norway but less common in places like Japan where reliance on Tamiflu is high. (See Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Fit Nation column...
...Sasaki attributes the yen's recent strength to the unwinding of the yen carry trade, referring to the widespread practice by investors over the past several years of borrowing yen at a low interest rate and investing the funds in currencies paying higher interest rates. That was an easy way to make money until central bankers in the U.S. and other countries began slashing borrowing costs as the credit crunch hit and their economies faltered. The carry trade "is a very strong and powerful movement, and it's difficult to stop it," Sasaki says. "I think that Japanese officials understand...