When Kyle Potvin learned she had breast cancer at the age of 41, she tracked the details of her illness and treatment in a journal. But when it came to grappling with issues of mortality, fear and hope, she found that her best outlet was poetry.How I feared chemo, afraidIt would change me.It did.Something dissolved inside me.Tears began a slow drip;I cried at the news storyOf a lost boy found in the...
Fed Official Sees Tension in Some Credit Markets
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON – Some credit markets are showing signs of overheating as investors take larger risks in response to the persistence of low interest rates, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday. Kevin Lamarque/ReutersJeremy Stein, a Federal Reserve governor, said some credit markets were showing signs of overheating. The official, Fed Governor Jeremy...
<cite>Portal</cite>, the Movie: Valve, J.J. Abrams Team Up for Future Games, Films
Label: Technology LAS VEGAS — Valve, the game developer behind Half-Life and Portal, and J.J. Abrams’ production studio Bad Robot will work together to produce games and movies, the heads of the two studios said at the DICE Summit on Wednesday.“There’s an idea we have for a game that we’d like to work with Valve on,” said Abrams while sharing the stage with Valve head Gabe Newell.“We’re going to figure out...
The New Old Age Blog: For Women, Reduced Access to Long-Term Care Insurance
Label: Health“This was a very, very good business for a short time, with people buying long-term care insurance like it was candy in a candy store,’’ said Michael Perry, a vice president at the Opus Advisory Group, a strategic financial planning firm in Purchase, N.Y.No more. Mr. Perry has sold only one long-term care policy in the last six months and is “backing off from marketing’’ them as he watches this corner...
Tool Kit: Protecting Your Privacy on the New Facebook
Label: BusinessFacebook is a personal vault that can contain photos of your firstborn, plans to bring down your government and, occasionally, a record of your indiscretions. It can be scoured by police officers, partners and would-be employers. It can be mined by marketers to show tailored advertisements. And now, with Facebook’s newfangled search tool, it can allow strangers, along with “friends”...
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Friends, investigators seek answers in killing of O.C. couple
Label: World They met in college, two highly regarded basketball players who seemed to have the same winning touch on the court and off.After...
$99 Ouya Game Console Will Hit Amazon, Target and More in June
Label: Technology Ouya, the $99, Android-powered game console, set Kickstarter records last August when it raised nearly $8.6 million in crowdfunding. It will soon be sold at major retailers including GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon.com and Target, Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman announced to project backers on Tuesday. The tiny game machine, about the size of a Rubik’s Cube, will begin showing up in big-box stores in June....
Personal Health: Effective Addiction Treatment
Label: HealthCountless people addicted to drugs, alcohol or both have managed to get clean and stay clean with the help of organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous or the thousands of residential and outpatient clinics devoted to treating addiction.But if you have failed one or more times to achieve lasting sobriety after rehab, perhaps after spending tens of thousands of dollars, you’re not alone. And chances...
Bits Blog: Most Facebook Users Have Taken a Break From the Site, Study Finds
Label: Business Facebook is the most popular social network in America — roughly two-thirds of adults in the country use it on a regular basis.But that doesn’t mean they don’t get sick of it.A new study released on Tuesday by the Pew Research Center‘s Internet and American Life Project found that 61 percent of current Facebook users admitted that they had voluntarily taken breaks from the site, for as many as several...
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