Coming Full Circle http://www.jackpo.org "I dream of things that never were, and ask why not." - RFK Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:18:52 +0000 en hourly 1 Colleges and Elitism http://www.jackpo.org/2012/03/10/colleges-and-elitism/ http://www.jackpo.org/2012/03/10/colleges-and-elitism/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:18:52 +0000 JackPo http://www.jackpo.org/2012/03/10/colleges-and-elitism/

Colleges and Elitism
Our colleges — especially the most selective and prestigious — bear some responsibility for the perception of elitism that Rick Santorum and others have expressed.
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Medical Society of the state of NY is up in arm about this article: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120307/HEALTH_CARE/120309911

but frankly MSSNY is WRONG and this practice is INDEED egregious…

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120307/HEALTH_CARE/120309911
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Apple Could Overtake Next-Gen Consoles
wireless.ign.com – Epic boss believes that Apple could pose a real threat to next-gen consoles if they aren't "bleeding edge" in their capabilities.
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Sex Education Delays Teen Sex, Study Finds
Talking to teens about sex can delay their sexual activity.
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Important for asians who love the soup!

Shark Fins Are Loaded With a Neurotoxin, Study Finds
A growing body of research suggests there may be a connection between exposure to the toxin and the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Teacher Morale Sinks, Survey Results Show
The results exposed some of the insecurities fostered by the pressure to evaluate teachers at a time of shrinking resources.
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We Can Do Better – RWJF
The United States spends more on health care than any other nation in the world, yet it ranks poorly on every measure of health status. In this paper, Steven Schroeder summarizes where the United Stat…
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Ranking 37th–measuring the performance of the … [N Engl J Med. 2010] – PubMed – NCBI
PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central an…
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Policy-level interventions have proved effective in bringing about population-wide behavioral change and risk reduction even in the short term. In Mauritius, governmental action to substitute soybean oil for palm oil as the subsidized, rationed oil resulted in a remarkable reduction in cholesterol levels. Changes in economic policy that increased the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and helped to substitute vegetable fats for animal fats led to a sharp decline in mortality from cardiovascular causes in Poland.

Cardiovascular disease in non-Western countries. [N Engl J Med. 2004] – PubMed – NCBI
PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central an…
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Gamasutra – News – GDC 2012: How Valve made Team Fortress 2 free-to-play
Valve's Joe Ludwig explained how Valve gradually turned Team Fortress 2 into a free-to-play game that made them twelve times as much money.
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