China’s phone companies will merge into three large groups in a long awaited government restructuring of its giant telecoms market that could lead to billions of dollars in new orders for foreign equipment suppliers. A plan announced over the week end calls for energizing competition by bringing together mobile and fixed line operators. Once mergers […]
Melanoma: A Survivor’s Story
Melanoma is a very serious form of skin cancer. It is more prevalent in older adults, but people of any age are susceptible. It is very important to check your skin, and consult a dermatologist at the first sign of any change in a mole or freckle, or if you develop a new skin lesion. […]
Amputee Kaitlyn Lassiter Fights for Ride Regulation in DC
Amost a year ago, Kaitlyn Lassiter’s feet were severed off in an ride accident at a Six Flags Park in her native Kentucky. At the time, she thought she "was going to die," as the severing cable initially wrapped around her neck. Instead, it broke off both her feet, though one was later reattached. Later […]
Myanmar: Slow Relief Work
by Mong Palatino First, an update on the situation in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis hit the country a few days ago. The death toll continues to rise. The official report on the number of casualties is way below international estimates. The government is still placing the number of dead people around 23,000 while international aid groups […]
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: What’s the Difference?
Before the advent of psychotherapeutic drugs in the late 1950s and early 1960s, people with serious mental illnesses – in particular schizophrenia and severe depression – spent much of their adult lives in large state hospitals. While doctors and researchers still do not have true cures for such disorders, advances in treatment and deinstitutionalization have […]
Impotence of the Democrats
What follows is an unflattering critique of America’s Democratic Party from one of its own. The party’s primary problems (no pun intended) sabotage its wannabe image as the Party of Change. What change? It appears to be run by well meaning if impotent, insulated and financially settled yuppies who freeze up in the […]
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