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...access to certain websites as well as the publication of sensitive political and social information. Websites such as YouTube and Wikipedia are routinely blocked so that Chinese users can't access them. In contrast, Chinese Internet companies commonly practice self-censorship to prevent publication of content that authorities may deem off-limits...
...other schools such as the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, traditional J-school programs are incorporating a dose of tech-thumping. Spurred by the success of content-driven websites such as Digg, which creates a front page of news stories based on what readers deem most popular each day, the brains behind these new programs are trying to capitalize on ways in which sophisticated programming can make the delivery of news more accessible...
Even medical residents are wary of the proposed changes, and some are reluctant to give up their exhausting schedules, which many deem necessary for learning. Dr. Erika Roshanravan, a first-year resident in the family-medicine program at the University of Washington in Seattle, agrees that getting more sleep is crucial but thinks it makes little sense to mandate a five-hour nap in the middle of a shift. With patients' cases still fresh in the mind, and with the awareness of having get back to work soon, Roshanravan thinks few residents would actually get any rest. A better solution...
...sterilization credit, like a carbon credit, to encourage people not to reproduce? We need to export and help finance information about all forms of birth control in all parts of the world, including the U.S. We have no trouble making decisions to limit the numbers of other species we deem overabundant, so why not our own? Ann B. Anderson, Atlanta...
...report’s findings, which deem the Charles safe for swimming and boating, is a direct result of the Clean Charles Initiative, a program enacted in 1995 after the EPA gave the Charles a “D” rating...