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Racism's Hidden Toll
Miller-McCune - by Ryan Blitstein - Jun. 15, 2009 (Special Report)
Does the stress of living in a white-dominated society make African Americans get sick and die younger than their white counterparts? Apparently, yes.
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Why Boomers Can't Quit
Time - by Stephen Gandel - May. 20, 2009 (Special Report)
Even before the financial crisis, many baby boomers hadn't saved enough for retirement. Then stocks plummeted. In 1998, the average 50-year-old who had been working for at ...
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Plastic. Fantastic?
Mother Jones - by Jennifer Kahn - Apr. 26, 2009 (Special Report)
As the most visible evidence of a disposable, trash-addled society, plastic has become the emblem of a world swimming in waste. Reportedly, plastic shopping bags are used an ...
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Rosen's Flying Seminar In The Future of News
Press Think - by Jay Rosen - Mar. 26, 2009 (Opinion)
The pace quickened after Clay Shirky's Thinking the Unthinkable. Here's my best-of from a month of deep think as people came to terms with the collapse of the newspaper model, ...
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The Mindset of an AIG executive
Business Week - by Diane Brady - Mar. 25, 2009 (News Analysis)
(Blog Post) A few things struck me in the “resignation letter” of Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit. (People ...
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A Web Site’s For-Profit Approach to World News
New York Times - by Elizabeth Jensen - Mar. 23, 2009 (Special Report)
Overseas reporters have been a casualty of budget-chopping news organizations, leaving an opening for the online start-up GlobalPost. But at a time when many news executives ...
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Journalism Education's Broader, Deeper Mission
PBS - by Dan Gillmor - Feb. 7, 2009 (Opinion)
Accepting an award from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School for Journalism & Mass Communication several months ago, former PBS NewsHour host Robert McNeil called ...
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Down and out in Osaka
Aljazeera - by Lisa Cazzato - Dec. 4, 2008 (Special Report)
Japanese "Blues Karaoke", hip hop, improvised shelter villages in city parks, black market goods, cheap labour, begging and protest are all part of the homeless life in Osaka, ...
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Global Bankers Anxiously Watch U.S.
Washington Post - by Craig Whitlock, Mary Jordan - Oct. 1, 2008 (News Report)
Central bankers and elected leaders around the world acknowledged Tuesday that they lacked a comprehensive strategy to protect their countries from the global financial crisis ...
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Residents, officials discuss proposed health care plan - News
Journal.com - Jun. 27, 2009 (Pending)
Residents, officials discuss proposed health care planNews-Journal.comBy Jamaal E. O'Neal Good Shepherd Medical Center CEO Ed Banos told a packed room of Gregg County ...
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Obama Praises Climate Bill's Progress but Opposes Its Tariffs
Washington Post - by Steven Mufson President Obama yesterday said that the House took an "extraordinary first step" by passing a climate bill on Friday - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
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Minnesota gov. says he would certify Al Franken as senator
seattlepi.com - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
If Minnesota's Supreme Court rules in favor of Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's disputed US Senate election Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Sunday he would certify the election.
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Reform Needs Healthy Life Incentives
Wall Street Journal - by Scott E. Harrington - Jun. 29, 2009 (Opinion)
Much of the debate over health-care reform has focused on whether there should be a government insurance plan to compete with private plans. This focus is understandable given ...
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Perform a bypass, Mr. President
Columbia Daily Tribune - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
You have discussed the concept of
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Universal health care
bakersfield.com - Jun. 27, 2009 (Pending)
Universal health careBakersfield CalifornianMy dream is that our government can make universal health care a reality. It is the government's job -- not mine -- to design a ...
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Selling universal healthcare
Enter Stage Right - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Selling universal healthcareEnter Stage RightBut it is evident that the fiscal problems and lack of confidence in our politicians has made selling the universal health care ...
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Unionists demand universal health care at DC rally
People's Weekly World - Jun. 26, 2009 (Pending)
Some of the crowd campaigned for HR 676, government-run
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Subsidy can help maintain health insurance after job loss
Chicago Tribune - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Subsidy can help maintain health insurance after job lossChicago TribuneBy Janet Kidd Stewart The federal economic recovery plan includes a subsidy for workers who continue ...
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Health insurance story resonates
Los Angeles Times - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Health insurance story resonatesLos Angeles TimesI had undergone an unsuccessful fertility treatment, and it appears that insurance companies won't give a woman insurance ...
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Have you considered taking out private health insurance?
FinancialAdvice.co.uk - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
As the UK NHS continues to become more and more overstretched there are serious concerns about the medium to long term future of this well respected institution.
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Even those with health insurance are going broke
Longview Daily News - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Even those with health insurance are going brokeLongview Daily NewsBy Kyung M. Song When Mark Moody and Glenda Krull could no longer afford both health insurance and mortgage ...
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Final health plan reaches settlement over Ingenix database
American Medical News - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Final health plan reaches settlement over Ingenix databaseAmerican Medical NewsA new regulation requires health insurers to use an independent source, rather than a health ...
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Minn. health plan consortium develops online claims portal
American Medical News - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Minn. health plan consortium develops online claims portalAmerican Medical NewsA Web-based service will help physicians comply with a July 15 deadline to submit claims ...
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Want a tax break? Why not offer health insurance?
MLive.com - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
But I also wondered about
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Baucus: Health-Care Bill Cost May Fall Below $1Tln
Wall Street Journal - by Patrick Yoest, Martin Vaughan Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) - Jun. 25, 2009 (Pending)
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus told reporters Thursday that the committee is within reach of its goal of keeping the cost of
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KC's low health care rate
Kansas City Star - Jun. 27, 2009 (Pending)
According to a recent report, Kansas City has one of the lower
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Health Care Profits Of Doom
Swans - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Health Care Profits Of DoomSwansby Jan Baughman (Swans - June 29, 2009) While the debate over the details of health care reform continues and the negotiations between the two ...
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Health care: public option to bring competition or monopoly?
Seattle Times - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Congressmen would still undoubtedly enjoy the widest selection of health plans available to anyone in our nation while millions would be forced to participate in whatever ...
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Obama adviser: Public option likely part of health plan
seattlepi.com - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Obama adviser: Public option likely part of health planSeattle Post IntelligencerDavid Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama, made the rounds of the Sunday ...
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Health plan could run up $18 billion debt - Beckley Register
Herald - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Health plan could run up $18 billion debtBeckley Register-HeraldCovering the health plan for PEIA is tantamount to a $4300 burden on the average West Virginia taxpayer, ...
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We are sick for a public health plan
Metro.us - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
We are sick for a public health planMetro.usWhen my friend was laid off recently, she was happy to learn that, thanks to Obama's stimulus package, she'd get to keep her family ...
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Officials won't rule out benefit tax in health-care plan
BusinessDay.com.au - Jun. 28, 2009 (Pending)
Officials won't rule out benefit tax in health-care planBusinessDay.com.auWhite House senior adviser David Axelrod, making the rounds of the Sunday talk shows, said President ...
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Making money off the sick
San Mateo County Times - by Joan Aragone - Jun. 28, 2009 (Opinion)
As lobbyists, members of Congress get ready to exchange blows with the Obama administration over who will make, who will lose the most money on health care reform, I will be ...
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Obama and the stone tablets
Washington Post - by E.J. Dionne Jr. - Jun. 28, 2009 (Opinion)
Every general studies the mistakes of the last war, and President Obama's style has been much influenced by the difficulties of Bill Clinton's presidency. In particular, ...
About Fabrice
| Location | Mill Valley, California, United States |
| Occupation | Executive Director, NewsTrust |
| Publications | PBS, Other |
| Interests | Global Politics, Media Literacy, Social Networks, Online Democracy |
| Expertise | Creative Development, Digital Media, Product Management |
Background
| Journalism | 5-9 years |
| Education | Some college |
| News | 90 minutes a day or more |
| Internet | 90 minutes a day or more |
| Languages | French |
| Politics | Left |
| Age | 50-64 |
| Gender | Male |
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| Topics | World, Politics |
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| Web Page | www.newstrust.net/about/bio_florin.htm |
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| Address | Mill Valley, CA, 94941, US |
| Last Visit | Jul 2, 2009 - 8:07 AM PDT |
| Last Edit | May 25, 2009 - 6:07 PM PDT |
Ratings Given to Members
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To Norman Rogers | for The Real Cost of Our 'Disease Care' System | 06/30/2009 |
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To James Canning | for View from Europe: Obama tough enough on Iran | 06/24/2009 |
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To William Hughes-Games | for Streets of Tehran left empty as protesters wait in vain for sign | 06/22/2009 |
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To Shawn Powers | for David Rohde, Times Reporter, Escapes Taliban After 7 Months | 06/22/2009 |
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To Naomi Isler | for The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online | 06/19/2009 |
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To Derek Hawkins | for The New Socialism: Global Collectivist Society Is Coming Online | 06/19/2009 |
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To Kaizar Campwala | for Wrong Way on Health ’Reform’ | 06/17/2009 |
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To Dan Kennedy | for The Iranian People Speak | 06/15/2009 |
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To Fred Gatlin | for Stealing the Iranian Election | 06/15/2009 |
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To James Canning | for Stealing the Iranian Election | 06/15/2009 |
Ratings Received from Members
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From Joey Baker | for Can Obama Sell Health Care Reform Without Getting Too Specific? | 07/02/2009 |
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From Dwight Rousu | for Co-Op Option Offers Compromise In Health Debate | 07/01/2009 |
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From Joey Baker | for Rising Costs | 07/01/2009 |
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From Kristin Gorski | for Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform | 07/01/2009 |
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From Patricia Blochowiak | for Forging a new path to real health care reform | 06/30/2009 |
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From Patricia Blochowiak | for Rising Costs | 06/30/2009 |
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From Patricia Blochowiak | for Obama Steers Health Debate Out of Capital | 06/30/2009 |
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From Walter Cox | for Court Rules for White Firefighters, Reversing Sotomayor Decision | 06/29/2009 |
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From Patricia Blochowiak | for Doctors deeply divided over national health care reform | 06/29/2009 |
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From Dwight Rousu | for Iran: Crackdown on Protesters Over Weekend. What Should Obama Do? | 06/23/2009 |
