Weekly Roundup: When You Were A Kid Edition - Short on time again this week as my company goes through its fiscal year end. It?s a busy time, which makes the days go by fast, but I?m finding out I don?t do 12-hour days as well as I used to! When not working I did manage to find a few great articles around the web, including an intriguing video. I occasionally share small business (or side hustle, as I like to call them) ideas here with you, and found the following video inspiring. Remember when you were a kid? What did you want to be whe [
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Obama's town hall: If you're into healthcare, this transcript's for you - President Obama continued a high-pressure, high-stakes sales drive for his healthcare reform program today with a combination live-online town hall in Virginia. The massive and expensive program is a key showcase element of his first year's policy agenda. And it's one that polls show Americans becoming increasingly hesitant about. Some 70% like the healthcare program they currently have, and while they may feel sorry for the millions who don't have any, the idea of changing what they have seem [
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Now 1,000 LLDers Strong: Loose Lips Daily - As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com . And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT?? Lawyers Use Web Site, Google Ads to Find Metro Crash Victims ; ? New D.C. Lottery Bids: Woodson, Wiggins, Green Emerge as Local Partners Morning all. LL Daily reached a milestone over the weekend, when the 1,000th person confirmed a subscription to the District?s most comprehensiv [
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Easy Budgeting for Non-Budgeters - Budgeting isn?t fun. Very few people look forward to tracking all of their purchases, cutting back when they?ve overspent, and adjusting their budget from month to month to meet changing conditions. However, it?s a necessary chore, like cleaning your house or apartment, that you should do because it?s good for your financial health. But so is exercising and according to the Department of Health & Human Services, we as a nation aren?t doing such a great job at that. When I first started wo [
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Cancer research: Going for the bunt versus swinging for the fences - A couple of weeks ago, our resident skeptical medical student Tim Kreider wrote an excellent article about an op-ed in NEWSWEEK by science correspondent Sharon Begley, in which he pointed out many misconceptions she had regarding basic science versus translational research, journal impact factors, and how journals actually determine what they will publish. Basically, her thesis rested on little more than a few anecdotes by scientists who didn?t get funded or published in journals with as hig [
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Selling abortion - A revised broadcast advertising code will force anti-abortionists to make their dangerous bias clear: We pro-choicers were happy to note that the BCAP?s just-closed consultation on a revised advertising code included a proposal to allow abortion providers to advertise abortion services on radio and TV. Equally cheering was the news that the code would include this new rule (11.11 in the code): ?Advertisements for post-conception pregnancy advice services must make clear in the advertis [
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