On August 21, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released proposed regulations that could seriously undermine access to basic reproductive health services, including birth control and abortion.

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Subject: Check-in: Your bags and your rights ( Read more... )

Hey y'all- If you're not familiar with Travelzoo, they're a discount travel search engine. I've found some incredible deals through their weekly Top 20 emails. They recently started a sweepstakes, wherein you can win the entire Top 20 deals. If you sign up for the email using my link, I get additional chances to win (and I may take you with me!). ( Read more... )

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Time is now running short for Congress to take final action on mental illness insurance parity legislation before the end of the year. Only a few legislative days remain before the end of the year and lawmakers need to hear about the critical need to pass parity legislation before adjournment ( Read more... )

Just before beginning the month-long summer recess, the sponsors of the Senate mental illness insurance parity bill (S 558) made an attempt to push for immediate passage, only to have the move blocked late on August 3. Despite this temporary setback, the sponsors of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 - Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM), Edward M. ( Read more... )

White House Is Accused of Putting Politics Over Science

By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: July 10, 2007

WASHINGTON, July 10 - Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional committee today that top officials in the Bush administration repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political ( Read more... )

I'm cleaning out some of my stuff at my parents' house and have a bike that I no longer use. It's a red Schwinn Crosscut 21 speed hybrid bike, and I'd prefer to sell it to someone I know. Let me know if you're interested, and I can measure it, show it to you, etc.

On June 13th, the US House passed a bill to provide more funding and incentives to states to report people to the National Instant Background Check System. NAMI supports the goal of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals;however, the bill does nothing to correct the vague and stigmatizing language around mental illness that makes it unclear who ( Read more... )

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Rum Punched at Joe Squared
Richard Gorelick

Joe Squared shed its slacker pool-hall drag last fall in favor of more reputable threads, including a full roster of frolicsome risotto dishes on its pizza-and- ( Read more... )