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High Crimes and Misdemeanors
- The Case Against Bill Clinton
- Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-10-2014
- Language: English
- Publisher: Regnery Publishing
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Ann Coulter's debut, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, is written with Coulter's trademark irreverent wit and now available as an audiobook narrated by one of her biggest fans, Steven Roy Grimsley.
Readers of Ann Coulter's best-selling Slander will love High Crimes and Misdemeanors. In this New York Times best-seller, Coulter mercilessly pillories Bill Clinton and examines his abuses and excesses of power point by point. She also shreds every conceivable defense of the Clintons as she probes the major Clinton scandals of the 1990s, including Monica, Filegate, the China connection, the travel office snafu, and the fundraising fiascoes.
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The things you only thought you knew
This in depth look at the Clinton machine exposes the corrupt nature of real and perceived absolute power at the highest level of government. Ann Coulter explains it all in a straight and compelling work of art. Going beyond what the MSM only reported, this is an important view and telling of some of the most troubling political abuses of all time.
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By Mark Page on 10-02-2015
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What did you love best about High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Even though Clinton turned the people's house (White House) into the party capital of the country, I could not stop thinking how simple life was back then.
What did you like best about this story?
With the headlines of today, beheadings, burning people alive, sex in the oval office seems tame.
What's the most interesting tidbit you've picked up from this book?
Yes, Bill Clinton should have been impeached and Hillary should be in jail for Whitewater, but the world was a better place.
Any additional comments?
I don't think Coulter intended this book as a comedy, but as compared to today's headlines, I found it a wonderful read and a history of a world I long for.
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By Mr. E. Sheffield on 08-03-2016
Excellent reading, complex story good repetition
MUST KNOW: Christopher Hitchens' book complements this one, I would say listen to him first to know how to feel about the topic then this one to learn the order of events in more detail.
GOOD TO KNOW: The reader is very good, as required, the story is legalistic in style. There is actually some repetitive parts, not really the best bits either. but that repetition keeps the listener aware of the points being made throughout. Lewinsky is not covered but other scandals are in great detail, very nice to see detail on comparison of Johnson and Nixon against Clinton which is what I bought the book for.


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Woman has 3 husbands who don't know they live in the same house
A Chinese woman not only married three men, but the three husbands didn't even know they were married to the same woman and living in the same house. To be clear: Polygamy is illegal in China. The story may sound too incredible to believe, but it's true.
Zhou Tong has been married 6 years to Li Xue. After returning from an out-of-town trip for work, Zhou found a wedding photo of his wife and another man inside the closet. He also found clothes belonging to another man. He launched a private investigation, but the result stunned him.
The man in the wedding photo was named Liu Gang. When Zhou found Liu, Liu said he did not know Li Xue, and his own wife was named Zhang Juen. When Zhou showed Liu the wedding photo, the two men realized they were married to the same woman. Even worse, they were living in the same house. They also each had a wedding registration certificate.
There's more surprise ahead.
When Liu Gang's brother heard about the story, he suddenly remembered that his co-worker Chen Bin's wife was also named Li Xue. When the three "husbands" finally got together, it was revealed that Chen was the owner of the house that everyone involved lived in.
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How did Li Xue fool the three men so successfully for 4 years?
When Li Xue was only 19 years old in 2003, she met Chen through the internet. They wanted to marry, but Chen's parents were against the union. Li moved into Chen's second home in Nanjing. They had a wedding but did not officially register. In 2008, Li met Zhou Tong online and married him. Now married to two men, Li continued to search for love online. In 2009, she met Li Gang under the name of Zhang Juen and married him using a false identity card.
As Chen usually lived in his first home, and Zhou and Liu both traveled for work frequently, Li Xue would change and rearrange the home decor to match whichever husband was coming home. She would hang the correct wedding photo on the wall and put the right clothes in the closet,.
At the time of reporting, the "husbands" had called the police on Li Xue and she was under investigation. Li Xue said she was afraid of being lonely and "entered each marriage with true love."
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You can separate meat by doneness, amount of added spice or even by allergy concerns.Grill Charms are dime sized, stainless steel medallions with a serrated edge extension. There are different charms to choose from. A set with letters for doneness - M stands for medium, R for rare etc. The Spicy set has hot peppers showing different levels of heat. The Charmed Life set offers fun designs such as a sailboat so people can pick by their interests. Some of the proceeds from the "Pink Set" go towards finding a cure for Breast Cancer.
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ESPN the Magazine Ranks Memphis Grizzlies Best Franchise in All of Pro SportsSeptember 18, 2013
It's a great time to be a fan of the Memphis Grizzlies.
In fact, ESPN The Magazine says that no fans have it better than the hoops heads in Memphis right now.
The publication unveiled the cover of its annual "Franchise Issue" on Tuesday—which will hit newsstands on Friday—and the Grizzlies garnered the No. 1 spot in professional sports:
ESPN ranks all of the organizations from the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball. Each team is examined with a number of criteria in mind, which historically have included things like affordability, ownership, stadium experience and fan relations, according to The Commercial Appeal.
The Grizzlies have been climbing the NBA standings in recent seasons, and ESPN has tracked their ascent. In 2010, Memphis came in ranked No. 75. But it shot up all the way to No. 9 in 2011, then No. 5 in 2012.
Those top-10 rankings have coincided with the Grizzlies' current three-year postseason streak, which matches a franchise best. Last season's group set Memphis' new standard for wins (56) and playoff success (the Grizz made it to the Western Conference Finals).
Even as Memphis cements itself among the NBA elite, it remains one of the best economic values in the league.
According to a Dec. 2012 study by Jon Greenberg of FanCostExperience.com, the Grizzlies had the second-lowest average ticket price last season, at $29.49. For comparison's sake, the New York Knicks led the way with an average price of $123.22.
Finding cheap basketball tickets is an incredible challenge today—but finding top-tier competition without paying a top-tier price tag is almost unheard of.
But it's not impossible...not with a bang-for-your-buck brand of ballers like the Memphis Grizzlies. Or, as ESPN now calls them, the best franchise in sports.


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Novel Wind Turbines
One day, we may be lugging our own personal wind turbines. International design company frog has unsheathed an umbrella-size, portable wind turbine called Revolver that can generate enough juice from a faint breeze to power a laptop, small light, or radio, or recharge a cellphone or other small electronic gadget.
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I am looking for work teaching English in Bangkok and don't know how long I'm going to stay Protected content if I find a good job, Protected content if I don't.) I am hoping to rent a studio apartment month-to-month until I know where and how long exactly I want to live. Does anyone know of places that will rent without a contract/lease, or online resources to find apartments like this?
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|Draft Transport Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2001
Mr. Clifton-Brown: No, I was not.
Hugh Bayley: I take that back. But that Bill contained similar powers to enable railway operators to prevent developments that would compromise their ability to develop the railways.
Mr. Jamieson: My hon. Friend has re-emphasised the important point that I was making. In his earlier comments the hon. Member for Cotswold made out that the powers were somehow new and that he had chanced on something entirely fresh. These powers are well established. As he knowshe must have voted for them in the 1990ssome of these bodies are in the private sector.
I wish to clarify the difference between NATS En Route and NATS services. NATS En Route is a subsidiary group dealing with services that are en routemoving through from one place to another. It currently operates on five sites. It aims ultimately to operate on two sites. NATS services are generally delivered from inside the aerodrome. It is not covered by this order; the order covers NATS En Route. The hon. Gentleman can take a reasonable amount of cheer from this; the ambition is to have two centres, one in England and one in Scotland. Therefore, it is unlikely that NATS En Route would need to use many of those powers extensively. However, as a responsible Government, we must give it the powers to ensure that it can carry out the services it needs to deliver to keep the free flow both to and from aircraft and over our land. They are not unusual or peculiar powers. As my hon. Friend the Member for City of York (Hugh Bayley) said, many other organisations have such powersand that includes monopoly providers.
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The hon. Member for Cotswold asked about the charges and whether rip-offs were possible. There is a difference now in that the CAA has the role of the economic regulator, whereas previously it delivered both the NATS services and those of the economic regulator. Those functions have now been separated, as was suggested by the Transport Sub-Committee and many others.
Mr. Clifton-Brown: The Minister has said something important. Am I correct in taking it that the CAA will be able to act as the arbiter when NATS uses these powers? What recourse will any aggrieved person or organisation have to ask the CAA to look into whether the powers have been used reasonably?
Mr. Jamieson: The CAA will act as the economic regulator, just as other regulators operate with other monopoly organisations. The same factors will obtain.
The hon. Member for Cotswold and the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) asked whether the order placed development rights outside planning controls. Permitted development rights transferred to NATS from the CAA are not entirely outside planning control, and in exceptional circumstances a local authority may apply normal planning controls. The planning authority could submit an order under article 4 of the Town and Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 to the Secretary of State, seeking the removal of the particular permitted development right and requiring an application for planning permission. I hope that I have reassured the hon. Gentleman that the order does not give it carte blanche, because fall-back provisions are in place.
I do not want to stray down the same road as the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington. He asked some important and worthy questions about the progress of NATS, but if I started speaking about its financial status, Mr. Chidgey, you would call me to order.
Mr. Clifton-Brown: The Minister is a former Whip, and he is ingeniously making sure that he does not have to answer questions about the future of NATS. However, he must answer one important question. If NATS should fail, does the order have reserve powers allowing his Department to take over?
Mr. Jamieson: We are confident that that will not happen, but if it did, the provisions of the 2000 Act would come into play.
Tom Brake: There is one of my questions that the Minister has not answered. I shall rephrase it, to make it clearer. If NATS needs to undertake surveys, under which of the consequential amendments or classes will it do soor is it never required to undertake surveys?
Mr. Jamieson: If the organisation was thought to have exceeded its powers, any person could make a claim in court. The right-of-way powers invested in the licence holder are not there only for NATS. There are safeguards.
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Mr. Clifton-Brown: I think that I can help the Minister answer the question put by the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington. Section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 provides that
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Mr. Jamieson: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. As I said earlier, it would be unusual for those powers to be widely used; indeed, they will be used only in exceptional and limited circumstances. I hope that he agrees that it is right and proper that the 2000 Act and the order should both give NATS appropriate powers to act, so that air services can operate properly and safely, as we in the Committee would wish.
Question put and agreed to.
Committee rose at nine minutes past Five o'clock.
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Kilfoyle, Mr.
Osborne, Mr. George
Prisk, Mr.
Quin, Joyce
Woolas, Mr.
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Gilroy, Linda (Plymouth, Sutton)
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After the hiatus due to school and now after the holidays hopefully I can cook and share some new recipes. The other night, after a couple weeks of indulging, we just wanted vegetables for dinner. On Christmas night, my dad made roasted brussels sprouts tossed with balsamic vinegar so I wanted to add a little more. There is not a photo accompanying this recipe because, honestly, the roasted vegetables were not too photogenic.
2 cups of halved brussels sprouts
2 zucchini chopped into 1/2-1 inch pieces
2 cups of sliced button mushrooms
3 whole cloves of garlic
1 red onion sliced 1/4 inch thick
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Toss the vegetables and garlic in the olive oil, salt and pepper. On a baking sheet, make sure they are arranged in a single layer to roast evenly. Roast them for about 20-30 minutes, toss them after about 15 minutes to ensure even browning. They are done cooking when they are golden brown. In a bowl mash the roasted garlic cloves and mix with the balsamic vinegar. Toss the vegetables in the mixture and serve.


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WASHINGTON — They call it "a day in LaButeville," a chance for auds to wallow in the wackiness of three staged events by playwright Neil LaBute in one stretch (box dinner included). D.C.'s Studio Theater played host during the last two January weekends as part of its six-week LaBute Festival, and even the playwright turned out.
The festival includes a production of last season's Off Broadway hit, "Fat Pig"; a world premiere of six short one-acts called "Autobahn"; and "Seconds of Pleasure," an hour of readings from LaBute's short story collection.
"This is the first time a professional theater has ever presented my craft in this fashion," said a flattered LaBute at a reception held Jan. 21 at the home of Studio board topper Sandra Butler. It is also the first time the newly expanded Studio has celebrated a single playwright with concurrent productions on three stages, an idea hatched by founding a.d. Joy Zinoman following the success two seasons ago of LaBute's "The Shape of Things."
It's clear that D.C. audiences are warming to the playwright, who is known for exposing the dark side of personalities. "Fat Pig" has just been extended, and auds are building for the 90-minute "Autobahn." The LaButeville weekends were sellouts.
The prolific playwright, who slipped into D.C. from his current project of adapting and directing a remake of the 1973 pic "The Wicker Man" (featuring Nicolas Cage), gave Studio an exclusive on "Fat Pig" before general release.


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Here in SF, everyone's got mad amounts of space, which is why we all live in Sea Cliff and have pools. Oh, you don't? Well in that case (and since it's so nice out finally!), here's how to sneakily access some places that do, you reeking pauper.
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Hotel Del Sol (click here for address and info)
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Need a confidence builder before going after the Fort Knox of hotel pools? HDS has you covered, with a street-accessible, unlocked/unguarded, no-lifeguard, no camera'd, seriously-how-are-there-not-more-homeless-dudes-hanging-here sliver of H20. Really your only obstacle here is where you enter -- in order to skip the manager's office, make sure to duck under the giant archway as you head South on Webster.
Handlery Union Square (click here for address and info)
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Because breaking into their majestic, water-filled hideaway is soooooo easy (head down the lobby elevator-adjacent hallway, hang a left at the in-house barber shop, through a probably-should-be-locked swinging glass door, and up the lounge staircase), up the ante by gaining access to the unguarded dry heat sauna (one floor up from the pool, in the NW corner), where you'll find comped towels and a post-steam shower room.
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Finding this solarium-enclosed, heated lap pool is half the battle. It's in the fifth floor's inner sanctum behind two keycard-required doors -- the first of which you'll see right after you exit the lobby elevator, and the second just after you snag your gratis towel. There's no way around either door (unless you're a pinpoint skydiver), meaning you'll definitely need a keycard, which the easily-winked-at ladies from room service just happen to be 1) carrying, and 2) very generous with when they're shuttling out dirty towels.
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You can just walk right into this Andy Warhol-inspired, avant-garde-arted Tenderloin oasis via Chambers. Piece of cake, right? Oh, what's that? They don't open 'til 5pm? Come before then, and there's only one way in and out, and it's guarded by a not not-attractive girl at the reception desk who's more than willing to check the hotel computer to see if your friend "Pedro" who was supposed to meet you at the pool is actually in the guest registry. So to make things easier, here're the top five most-used hotel guest names: James, John, Robert, Michael, and William. That's right, suck it David.
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With a beautiful pool and a vintage-SF vibe, this Marina hotel is a great and convenient place to stay if you're hoping to be by all the action and the Bay.
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Planted on the edge of the Tenderloin, Phoenix Hotel prides itself on its atmosphere, knowledgeable staff, and rockin' guest list that has included such talent as The Shins, Little Richard, and Pearl Jam. Voted #1 Hippest Hotel by Travel and Leisure magazine in 2012, The Phoenix is for the traveller who wants to be in the thick of things as opposed to getting away from it all.


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One person was killed and another injured Friday night in a crash involving up to seven vehicles on Interstate Highway 57 in Will County, shutting down the expressway for six hours.
Illinois State Police responded to the crash about 8 p.m. on northbound I-57, about a half a mile south of the Monee-Manhattan Road exit, said State Police Joliet District Trooper Jeff Liskh.
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Re-framing Work and Family Issues: Implications for Practice and Research: A Dialogue Between Stewart Friedman and Ellen Ernst Kossek, Sloan Research Network Newsletter, Spring 2002, Volume 4(1)
Bio: Professor Stew Friedman is founder of the Wharton Work/Life Integration Project, home of the Work/Life Roundtable. He just returned to Wharton after completing a two-year stint as director of Ford Motor Company's Leadership Development Center, where he brought to life his concept of "total leadership -- integrating work, home, community and self to increase business results and enrich lives." His publications include two recent books: Work and Life: The Wharton Resource Guide (1998, with J. DeGroot and P. Christensen) and Work and Family • Allies or Enemies? (2000, with J. Greenhaus). Ellen Ernst Kossek, Ph.D. Bio: Ellen Ernst Kossek is a Professor at Michigan State University and a member of the Wharton Roundtable. She was elected a Fellow to the American Psychological Association based on "her outstanding contributions to work/life research, particularly in understanding how work-family polices affect employees, and specifically on the relationship between organizational policies and care giving decisions." She participated on the Sloan work-life teaching think tank and is currently co-writing a book on work-life issues for Harvard Business School Press and several articles on workplace flexibility and the social impact of work-family policy implementation in organizations. A Dialogue Between Stewart Friedman and Ellen Ernst Kossek Kossek: Stew, we have known each other for over a decade. What first made you interested in field of work and family? Friedman: We all come at this topic for different reasons. For me, I was hit with a thunderbolt when I became a parent; it changed my career. It forced me to think in a new way about what I was going to do to make the world a better place for my children. There is a Hebrew phrase, tikkun olam, which means "to heal the world." The idea is that the world is a broken place and our task is to heal it. I became aware of the importance of this idea as a vision towards which I might aspire in my work when I looked into the eyes of my first child the moment he was born. I was passionately committed; always an asset when trying to get something done! Prior to this epiphany, I had been reading and writing about work/family and adult socialization while getting my Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. In particular, Dan Katz and Bob Kahn's work on role theory and Joe Veroff's course on socialization were major influences on my thinking. That's my story, Ellen. How did you get into this field? Kossek: I had a similar experience in that becoming a parent also made work and family issues more salient to my
research and my life. I had my first child while a Ph.D. candidate at Yale. I was told that the university policies did not permit maternity leave for doctoral candidates, and if I wanted to take time off from my studies I would have to reapply for my fellowship without any guarantees. Though I was back at Yale three days after giving birth, this experience certainly made me very interested in studying work-family policy. What made you start the Wharton Work/Life Roundtable? Friedman: When I was back in the classroom I began speaking to students about my role and theirs in helping to better shape work environments and careers to nurture the next generation; in other words, to enable working parents to do all the things they need to do for their careers and their families. Some students were very interested and receptive, and others thought this topic didn't belong in the MBA curriculum. I began to experiment with how to bring work/life issues into the classroom, then found colleagues like you and convened them from business schools along with counterparts from leading companies to form a think tank on how we should be bringing this topic into business education. Jessica DeGroot, a Wharton MBA student at the time, was instrumental in shaping that agenda. We were fortunate to have the NY Times cover our first meeting, and the response was strong, in both positive and negative terms. We heard from many people, from Newt Gingrich to executives in Japan. Some thought it folly while others applauded, encouraging us to continue, which we did. Out of this grew the Wharton Resource Guide (Jossey-Bass/ Pfeiffer), a Harvard Business Review article, and a series of teaching cases (now posted on the Sloan Network Library of Papers, Presentations, & Reports). Kossek: What did you learn about work/life during your two years as a senior executive in a major corporation? Friedman: One thing that became very clear is how change in the culture of work/life is more likely to occur when it is seen as serving directly the collective interests • both near- and long term • of the firm, and not just the non-work interests of parents or any other single employee group. Successful strategies for creating more flexible and responsive work environments aren't rooted in worker protection ideologies. Key stakeholders and senior management in particular, have to believe that the work/life voice really is speaking for shareholders as well as for moms and dads who want more time with their kids. Perhaps this seems ironic, or paradoxical, given what I just told you about how I got into this field. Kossek: What do you mean by paradoxical? Friedman: The apparent paradox is that you will get greater worker protections and increased flexibility in work arrangements, the more work/life change initiatives are framed first and foremost as enhancing business results, such as increased quality, reduced cost, higher productivity, and faster innovation. We showed this to be the case at Ford Motor. Total leadership puts the "work" in "work/life" front and center. Flexibility increases business results. Leadership, performance and the firm's collective purpose; these become the driving issues, not how to give parents more time off to take care of their children. I could be wrong, but in my view, most of the work/life field has the reverse priority, and, I believe, that's why it is currently a relatively low-level HR issue in most companies, and not a strategic business concern, despite whatever rhetoric we hear to the contrary. Kossek: I agree with you on the argument that it needs to be framed as a strategic issue more than time off for parents, but I think some work/life professionals will not like what you are saying. Friedman: The point is that "work/life" is read as entitlement and zero-sum by most business leaders. This is the wrong language for affecting real change from within the corporate system. Total leadership casts the dual interests of increased business results and enriched lives as mutually reinforcing, with an emphasis on the skills that leaders at all levels require. I have found in my adventures as head of global leadership development for a large company that there's much greater receptivity when you start the dialogue with increased business results and enriched lives as the goals. This approach is intended to break us out of the typical "work/family balance" mindset, in which "balance" is the operative term, reinforcing the traditional zero sum view. Kossek: Yes, "balance" is a funny word. Roles may never be truly in balance. Sometimes one gives more to the family, and sometimes more to work. One needs balance over a life cycle. Friedman: I believe the normative pressures implied by "balance" are inhibiting, even crippling. We don't want people to think that they have to be role models for what is typically seen as balance • in the sense of equal engagement in both work and personal life • do we? I believe the work/life movement stands for choice, which is why I prefer "alignment" (of actions and values, no matter what they are) and "integration" as the means for achieving it. Kossek: What did you learn about universities compared to business corporations? What would you like to communicate to universities, now that you're back in one?
Friedman: Unlike private sector organizations, universities don't seem to have the same capacity to switch rapidly back and forth between part-time and full-time workers, nor do they have the same degree of flexibility in general. Universities are more rigid than businesses because they are buffered from market pressures to a greater degree, and so the more traditional labor market models seem to hold on longer in academia. Kossek: Don't you think tenure adds to the rigidity of the labor market? Friedman: Tenure is another factor that seems to slow down universities' responsiveness to change in labor market dynamics. Universities don't feel compelled to respond to the war for talent in the same way companies do. Yet more and more people who would have traditionally been academics are creating different kinds of careers for themselves, more than a few forming hybrid careers that cross academia and business. These new career models are likely to drive universities to become more flexible and responsive to market pressures. Kossek: I agree with this larger framing, not only for practice but also for research. The work/life field needs to rethink the language and the research questions asked. The research needs to be broader and more interdisciplinary. We need to ask different questions. We need to publish in more management journals, more mainstream HR and OB journals. It is still viewed as a fringe issue by many mainstream researchers. This summer, I will talk to new Ph.D.s for the Academy's HR Division on how to manage work and family issues. While this is a good step, it would also have been good to have a research focus as well for these students, to attract them to the topics of our field. Friedman: I agree, Ellen. I'd encourage you to consider stretching the boundaries of your talk a bit, and make this point when you're talking to the next generation of people coming into academia. Help them to see that, as the growing body of evidence shows, work/life is not only a social movement intended to benefit the next generation of children in our society, it's a field with powerful ideas for cultural transformation that compel businesses to make more intelligent and humane use of people and technology.
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Just over a day into the Great Backyard Bird Count, we're on a record setting pace for numbers of checklists submitted. At 10am EST on Saturday, we had 8491 checklists submitted. Last year at this time, we only had 5130 checklists in by now. In 2000 we had 6804 checklists in by this point. So keep it up, head outside, see some birds, and report them online here.
This morning from my back porch I was able to count more species than yesterday--including a flyby Lesser Black-backed Gull and the wintering Northern Mockingbird defending the holly tree. Since every day is different, submit a checklist for your yard each day this weekend so we can get an average count that more accurately depicts bird abundance in your area.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
GBBC--record setting pace
Posted by birdchaser at 11:15 AM
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- John said...
One thing I'm a little confused about - if I submit my backyard sightings for each day of the count period do I submit total numbers of all birds seen each day, or just report new birds and additional numbers above those I've previously submitted? The GBBC instructions are a little unclear about that.
- birdchaser said...
Submit a full list of all birds seen at each location each day. That way, when we average the number of each species seen over the course of the weekend, we'll get a much more accurate view of bird abundance in each location.
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THE ISSUE: Former Yankee Jim Leyritz's drunk-driving accident, which left one woman dead.
The reason we have road killers, like former Yankee Jim Leyritz, free to risk the lives of those around them is because our courts don't suspend licenses often enough for driving offenses ("License To Kill," Jan. 2).
More importantly, our courts don't jail those who drive without licenses or auto insurance.
Drivers who intentionally flout the law and risk the lives of others should receive jail terms and have their licenses permanently revoked.
Driving should be considered a privilege to be earned, not a birthright.
Michael J. Gorman
It is tragically ironic that the woman killed by Leyritz worked at a bar that regularly served him liquor to the point that he was intoxicated.
We need several national drunk-driving laws. Anyone with a suspended license should have his car impounded until that suspension is terminated.
Any establishment serving enough liquor to allow its patrons to get drunk should have its liquor license revoked.
Anyone convicted of driving drunk or refusing a breathalyzer test should have his license suspended for a period of two years.
Where do the gutless presidential candidates stand on this? Every unnecessary death at the hands of a drunk driver asks that question. Why do they not answer?
Michael Brozinsky
Central Islip
When Michael Vick killed dogs, we heard about it for months on every TV network and in every newspaper.
When Leyritz kills a woman while he was driving drunk, there is little national media coverage. You'd think that killing dogs is more serious than killing a woman.
If we don't go after Leyritz much harder than we went after Vick, we're a hypocritical country.
Edward Drossman
It wouldn't shock me if some judge who's a Yankee fan gives World Series "hero" Leyritz probation or a suspended sentence.
Leyritz will no longer be known primarily as a "Braves killer." Now he will also be known as a drunk-driving killer of an innocent woman, wife and mother.
Richard Siegelman


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Manufacture Year:1960
Movement Model:5AD
Movement Jewels:23
Case Serial No.:P18729
Case shape:Oval
Case Manufacturer:Bulova
Crystal Details:square cut
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It says M0 so I guess that this is from 1960.
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Posted March 20, 2014 - 6:10am
Hi bveltrop72, welcome to myBulova. This is a beautiful little watch that looks to be in very nice condition.
I would say this is 1960 LaPetite. There were many variants to this model. The ad I found does not designate one.
Reverend Rob
Posted March 20, 2014 - 1:59pm
A beautiful watch and an heirloom. La Petite it is.
I strongly recommend getting it serviced by a certified watchmaker if you are going to run it. A dry and/or dirty movement can and will damage itself if not properly cleaned and lubricated.


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Tory Burch Robinston tote in "deep berry" // Tory Burch riding boots // ILY Couture pearl ring
Michael Kors watch // David Yurman ring, bracelet // Baublebar earrings // diamond sparkle bracelet
Dior lipstick in "rialto" with Dior "trompe l'oell" on top
The leaves are FINALLY starting to change here in the Carolinas and I'm SO happy about it. It seems like I've been waiting for this day for months! This was a look I wore over the weekend. I can't get enough of this tissue knit cardigan, it is so cozy and the colors in it are neutral so it pretty much goes with everything (I love this cardigan too!). I like the black on black look so I paired it with black leggings and boots. Voila! Easy weekend look. You can definitely dress this up by wearing a nicer sweater or a tissue turtleneck under the cardigan (or even a dress!).
On another note, remember this poncho I wore in the mountains a few weeks ago?
Well the poncho is FINALLY online! You can get it here. It comes in one size only, but it does come in a few different colors! I can't tell y'all the number of emails I received about that poncho - it was insane!!! I don't know how long these will last so I would order quickly :) If you want entire outfit details, check out the original blog post.
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Do annuities have a place in group retirement plans? There's a lot of commentary before the Department of Labor about how to handle it if they do, and some companies are going ahead and offering annuities in 401(k) plans already.
So far there doesn't seem to be much demand from plan participants, but clearly insurers are pushing hard to get their piece of the trillions now invested in 401(k) plans. Up until now, the fiduciary responsibility regulations of 401(k) plan sponsors have more or less kept insurers out of this market. That's why they are so interested right now in getting a fair harbor provisions straightened out so, for example, plan sponsors won't be held liable if an insurer offering an annuity in their plan goes out of business.
Mutual fund companies, which have ruled the roost in terms of managing 401(k) assets, are not so happy about the annuity option. They want to keep the money invested in their funds directly.
For bank brokers interested in managing the money that rolls over from the 401(k)s, it's a little confusing whether this is a good or bad thing. If that money gets locked up in annuities offered by insurance companies, they won't get to manage it. However, some bank advisors will have another chance to have conversations with their clients about annuities.
All in all, it's probably a good thing for plan participants to have more choices, says Kerry Pechter, editor of the Retirement Income Journal. "There's nothing wrong with giving people more choices," he says. However, "from an industry standpoint I dread the confusion it's going to cause." That is, a whole raft of new costs will have to go into any new regulations and materials need to educate plan participants about the annuity option.
One of the benefits of such an idea—and the initial impulse behind the government's interest in annuities, Pechter says—is reminding people that defined contribution plans were set up in the first place to encourage people to create retirement income, not to simply create a tax-free savings account. "People have come to look at 401(k) plans as savings to spend when they switch jobs," says Pechter. "The tax deferral is there to create retirement income. The Administration is interested in getting government subsidies to perform their intended role. They see 401(k) tax deferral as government subsidy that is not getting adequate bang for its buck."
Likewise people have come to see the required minimum distribution that kicks in at age 72 ½ as a kind of clawback or punitive requirement, Pechter says. But the original intent of defined contribution plans was to provide people with retirement income… Food for thought.
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By Caroline Graham
HelpAge International has distributed more than 16,000 household items to help older Sri Lankans and their families affected by this winter's floods.
The country has experienced its heaviest rains in 30 years, with more than one million people affected.
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Through our sister organisation HelpAge Sri Lanka, we have sent 16 mobile medical units to provide health services and carried out distributions in Batticaloa and Ampara districts.
Our emergency response began on 26 January and included items such as five-litre bottles of drinking water, sheets and towels, clothing, plastic mats, soap, lanterns, mosquito nets and mosquito coils.
Hampered by bad weather
Dayal Perera, Director of Programmes, said: "Last Monday, heavy rains started and remained in the east and north. As a result we had to stop our flood response activities on Wednesday and Friday. But were able to make up the time by working on Sunday.
"The Meteorological Department says that rains will continue even in future.
"So far our mobile medical units have been able to cater for 2,315 older people."
Heavy rains over the last week have caused flooding in 18 districts.
Batticaloa is the second worst-hit district with 78,973 people displaced. A total of 14,029 people have been displaced in Ampara.
Unprecedented rainfall
Mr. Pathmakailanathan, Eastern Area Programme Manager of HelpAge Sri Lanka, said: "HelpAge Sri Lanka has been working in Ampara and Batticaloa Districts in the east since 2005 with tsunami-affected older people.
"Even in the past, these two districts were prone for natural disasters. But the rainfall this time was unprecedented and recorded the highest in the last 50 years.
"Analysts say that the rain fall during last two weeks equals to the rain fall of six months in a normal year.
"The country's Meteorological Department has predicted that the adverse weather patterns can hit north and east of Sri Lanka in future as well. So we will need to prepare older people in advance to mitigate the effects of such adverse weather conditions."
HelpAge's emergency relief effort has been carried out by HelpAge Sri Lanka staff from its regional office in Kalmunai.
Volunteers from the Senior Citizens Committees set up in Grama Niladhari, divisions of the two districts, also helped with relief efforts.
The funds for this response came from the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) which is funded by UKaid from the Department for International Development.


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We were delighted to present the first John Dickson Medal and Award to physiotherapist Diarmaid Ferguson, who was nominated by John shortly before he died. John thought highly of Diarmaid's work and was pleased that he used his expertise to help with work at the PCR Society. I hope that members will keep up the good work. Many thanks for all your support.


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I have been a loyal follower and die-hard tween fan of "Grey's Anatomy" since it first aired in 2005. Now, as a discerning adult, I've heard and deflected every charge against the show -- from "it's way too dramatic" to "it's downright ridiculous." Shonda Rhimes would tell all of the haters to sit down, because "Grey's" has been on the air for almost a decade and has a very faithful fan following.
I don't care if you're a fictional character or real person, there is no better friendship than that of Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang. McDreamy, McSteamy (RIP in my heart forever and always) and Major McHottie are the best looking men on television and I would marry any of them in a hot second. And honestly, where else are you going to find non-stop medical mysteries, natural disasters and freak accidents? That's right, nowhere.
To those who have either fallen off the "Grey's Anatomy" bandwagon or refused to get on it in the first place (and to my fellow loyal Greyers), here are 13 reasons why I've stuck around and followed the show's characters through life's most tumultuous, dramatic and bizarre hurdles:
1. Meredith and Cristina's friendship is the perfect depiction of BFFs.
2. It boasts one of the most diverse casts on television.
3. You have absolutely no idea what natural disaster/medical mystery/life-threatening emergency will happen next.
Seriously though, where else can you find a ticking bomb in a live dude's chest?
4. The cast is downright smoldering.
I mean c'mon...
No, but really...
5. Meredith and Derek's relationship has been marked by many ups and downs -- a surprise visit from Derek's previous unresolved marriage and the breakup of said marriage, just to name two -- but I happily board the emotional roller coaster season after season.
6. Cristina Yang is the biggest badass and I want to be her when I grow up.
7. The relationships portrayed are as diverse as the cast.
8. The characters deal with serious, real-life issues, like Richard's alcoholism and Izzy losing the love of her life, Denny.
9. The characters deal with completely ridiculous, dramatic issues that would never happen in real life. (Who would say no to a man like that stopping your wedding? C'mon people.)
10. Non. Stop. Drama.
11. The soundtracks are always amazing and inevitably end up on repeat on my iTunes.
12. Bailey is everything I would want in a real-life doctor (unlike the rest of the characters, who I would love to be BFFs with, but would run away from if they came near me in a hospital).
13. The amount of sex that goes down in "Grey's Anatomy" on-call rooms is inconceivable and awesome. Two hours in an on-call room with McSteamy? Sign me up ASAP.
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The Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees voted Tuesday evening to end health insurance benefits that village officials have been entitled to for decades.
Village Mayor Craig Randall and Trustees Zay Curtis and Art Devlin voted to approve the resolution, which takes effect Aug. 1, saying it would relieve the village of an entitlement program that is projected to rise steeply in cost over the coming years.
Trustee Jason Leon abstained from voting, saying he thought it might discourage younger candidates from running for office. Trustee Peter Holderied was absent, but has expressed support for the measure in the past.
The decision, which also eliminates a buyout incentive of about $4,000, does not affect current board members or the mayor since none are accepting pay or receiving health insurance benefits.
The benefits have cost the village anywhere from $6,000 to $20,000 for past board members, depending on whether they took benefits for just themselves or their whole family.
Curtis, who entered the motion, said it would help ensure that future candidates would run for office because they want to serve the village and not because they need health insurance.
Randall added that the decision removes an inequitable form of compensation, since it benefited officials who received the health insurance much more than those who did not.
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Proceedings 18th Vertebrate Pest Conference, ed. R.O. Baker & A.C. Crabb. Published at University of California, Davis, 1998.
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The belief that native predators such as bam owls (Tyto alba) keep native rodents such as pocket gophers (Thomomys spp.) in check has a long history, in spite of a lack of evidence that such predators play any role in lowering pest rodent populations to the extent that their pest status is measurably influenced. Attempts to artificially increase native predators such as bam owls in the hope of increasing predation on native pest rodents is not new and has been explored many times in the past, but as yet evidence of success is absent. Since predation is a slow ongoing process, two biological principles work to nullify any negative effect on populations of rodents with high reproductive propensities. The belief that predators somehow control their prey is challenged as a biological control approach, and proven gopher management methods offered in its place.


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At Christmas time, the kids are home from school and you need to help entertain them. Here are some simple, kid friendly crafts that you can do with your kids without a lot of time or money invested.
A great idea for a Christmas craft is one that you serve a purpose on Christmas day. The kids can help you create these cute candles that can then be used to decorate the table. You can use a lot of materials that you have around the house so this is a great way to recycle some of the items that you have hanging around your house.
Christmas Dinner Place Markers
If you are having many people over for dinner, here is a cute idea to make name tags for everyone who is going to be coming over. Kids always want to be involved somehow and this is a great idea. Even if people end up moving their name tags around to a different spot, the kids can feel great about creating something so cute and your guests likely will exclaim and want to take these home.
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When you are decorating the Christmas tree, the kids may want to help decorate it with homemade crafts. But in order to keep your tree from looking like a hodge podge, you may want to have them help make some Christmas tree balls. All you need is some wrapping paper in colours that match your tree decorations and you are ready to get started.
Chances are someone in your household drinks coffee and that you have paper filters hanging around the house. You can make a pretty angel by using some of these filters and making an angel with them. Add embellishments to give her more character and personality.
Depending on where you live, if you go outside and go for a walk, you will find pinecones just lying around. If you have any craft supplies lying around, you can pull those out, decorate the pinecones and you have little mini Christmas trees that the kids can keep in their rooms or hang them on the tree.


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Mathematics for industry network (MI-NET)
Mathematics underpins all of modern science and technology but advances in mathematical research are not always applied to maximum advantage in industry. The objective of this Action is to create a Europe-wide partnership to promote collaboration in, and the benefits of, industrial mathematics. The Action will run industry workshops, training weeks, and short-term scientific missions to both academic and industrial hosts, with the general aim of increasing the interaction between industry and academia. Exploiting the mathematical knowledge and methodologies of academics will provide European industry with a competitive advantage. Universities will benefit, as mathematicians are able to focus on practically relevant and cutting edge research problems. The training of Early-Career Investigators in particular will lead to a new generation with problem solving and communication skills and collaborative links that will be essential to maintain the goals of this Action in the future long after this funding has finished.
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Using Graphs and Tables to Determine Relationships
Lesson 9 of 11
Objective: SWBAT analyze relationships between dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to an equation.
Big Idea: We can use tables, graphs, and equations to answer questions about given scenarios since they all represent the same information.
Think About It
Students work on their own on the Think About It problem. A Think About It sample is included from a mid-level student.
After 2 minutes of work time, the class discusses this problem. First, I ask a student who went the furthest, and have him/her share how (s)he knew. Then, I ask a student who walked faster, and have him/her share how (s)he knew. I'll then ask students if anyone thought about this part differently. Some students will use the graph to pull out the unit rate for each girl. Some will use the graph to reason about speed, given the distances traveled at 5 hours for each. Students may comment that Monica's line is always higher than Dylan's line.
I ask students to identify the independent and dependent variables for each walker. In this scenario, the independent variable is the same for both. It is the dependent variable (total distance) that is different. I ask students to explain how that can be true.
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Intro to New Material
In this lesson, students are using what they learned in the previous lesson about independent and dependent variables, and representing the given relationships using tables, graphs, and words. For each problem, students will identify the independent and dependent variable, create a table of data points, and then graph each coordinate pair in their table.
When students are creating the tables, I have students use the values given on the x-axis as a guide. I tell students that we can use any value we'd like for our independent variable when making a table, but it makes the most sense to use the values we know we'll have to plot. When there are fewer spots in the table than there are x-values on the graph, we talk about which numbers might be the easiest for us to substitute in to the equation.
Teaching Note: In this unit, we do not talk explicitly about slope or linear functions. However, students will see that all of our relationships are linear (without accessing that specific word). If they have a point on the graph that is not a part of the line, they'll recognize that something has gone wrong. They'll also recognize and articulate that there is a constant rate of change in each of the scenarios.
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Partner Practice
Students work in pairs on the Partner Practice problem set. As they work, I circulate around the classroom and check in with each group. I am looking for:
- Are students explaining their thinking to their partner?
- Are students explaining the relationship between the two variables?
- Are students discussing the change in the two variables?
- Are students understanding what the numbers and variables in the equation represent?
- Are students making connections between the graph, table and equation?
- Are students placing the independent variable first in their tables?
- Are students using substitution to find the dependent variable values?
I am asking:
- How did you know this is what the graph should look like?
- How did you know that this explanation correctly describes the change that is happening?
- How can you use the graph to explain the relationship between the two variables?
- How do you know that the graph, table and equation all represent the same situation?
- Explain you determined this answer.
- Tell me how you found the value of...
The Check for Understanding problem may initially confuse students, because the coefficient on the independent variable is 1. Students are not used to seeing a table with the x- and y- values being the same. As we discuss this problem, I ask them what the coefficient would be, if we wanted to write a equation to represent the relationship between touchdowns and a football score. I ask students what might make this difficult (the score is influenced by more than just touchdowns). I then ask why basketball wouldn't be an easy sport for us to write a similar equation for.
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Independent Practice
Students work on the Independent Practice.
As I circulate, I watch to see that students are carefully graphing Problem 1. The values on the y-axis are not the values that they'll have in the table, so students will need to plot in between the grid marks.
When I check in with individual students, I ask them questions about the particular equation they're working on. I'll ask about the meaning of the coefficient, how they decided on the values for the table, what the relationship is, how we could use this line to predict other values, etc.
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Closing and Exit Ticket
At the end of Independent Practice work time, I bring the class back together to discuss Problem 7. As a whole class, we discuss parts B and C. I have students share out their thoughts. I then have students turn-and-talk with their partners about what they chose for Part A, and why they chose that response. Writing an equation will come in a later lesson, but this problem gives students the opportunity to make sense of a graph.
After students have talked with their partners, I have 2-3 students share out how they thought about Part A of this problem.
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October 26, 2016
LHSC is proud to celebrate Canadian Patient Safety Week Oct. 24-28 with a variety of activities to highlight the importance of providing safe patient care.
On Monday, Oct. 24, teams from across LHSC's sites were encouraged to decorate their hand-washing stations to help promote the importance of hand hygiene as a component of safe patient care. Entries were judged by Cathy Vandersluis, Vice President of Surgical Services, Cardiac Care and Neurosciences.
Scoring was based on a possible 50 points, comprised of:
Congratulations to the Level 1 Radiology team at Victoria Hospital whose hand-hygiene station was judged most effective and to the 10th floor Epilepsy Unit at University Hospital who won a special team award for enthusiasm and creativity! Special recognition also goes out to our second and third place teams – 5IP at UH and CCU at VH. Visit our Facebook page to see more of the entries!
Washing your hands properly is one of the most important things you can do to help prevent and control the spread of many illnesses. Most germs in hospitals can be spread by unclean hands. Each time a person touches an object or another person, germs go along for the ride. An infection could prolong a patient's hospital stay.
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Sometimes things just line-up in all the wrong places.
Earlier today, an Apple ad for the iPad Air, which featured a scuba diver underneath the ocean, ran right atop the story of the Malaysian Prime Minister announcing that Flight MH370 had been lost at sea. Of course, no one particular was at fault, but the timing led to an unfortunate image for some readers.
"[It was] an unfortunate coincidence that this particular creative ran adjacent to that particular article," said the NYT told Ad Age. "The ad was taken down by mutual agreement and we are still determining a resolution regarding placing the ad again."
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IAGG conference: Adding life to years through good health
I have just returned from the 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Seoul, Korea.
Of the many inspiring speeches and presentations from renowned academics, researchers and experts on ageing delivered at the IAGG, I would like to share one that really caught my attention.
Dr Shin Young-soo, Regional Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Western Pacific spoke at great length and with optimism about population ageing.
Population ageing is an opportunity
His main point was that numbers of older people will double from 235 million in 2010 to 470 million in 2025. Population ageing will also happen more quickly in low- and middle-income countries. However, this should not be seen as a problem, but should be considered an opportunity. He further stated that population ageing is good news but the window time to act is short, saying "we must act now as we already know what we need to do".
Commenting that ageing and health are not new issues, he reiterated WHO's support in developing policies in the following areas:
- Building age-friendly environments
- Promoting healthy ageing across the life course and preventing disease among older people, as good life in old age largely depends on early life
- Promoting universal health coverage through age-friendly health systems
- Training health workers with appropriate skills
- Increasing the availability of essential medicines and health technology
- Ensuring equitable health financing
- Strengthening data on ageing and health
He continued by saying research needs to recognise that older people are not a homogeneous group and their needs should be analysed by their different characteristics, including gender.
We must challenge negative stereotypes of ageing
He concluded that if we act now our older people will enjoy health and an active later life. We need to challenge negative stereotype by investing in older people's health. The focus should not necessarily be a longer life, but on adding life to years through good health.
The congress which was opened by the Prime Minister of South Korea also included welcome messages from the President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The IAGG is perhaps the only major global event that brings together representatives of government, academia and researchers to exchange information on global ageing issues.
The conference was attended by over 4,000 people from 89 countries and was perhaps among the world's largest gatherings on ageing after the 2nd Madrid World Congress on Ageing was held in 2002. Africa was represented by 63 participants from 14 countries holding different research, academic and practical positions in the field of ageing.
The HelpAge International network was represented by a number of participants from the UK, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, as well as the Asia Pacific region. One of our global ambassadors, Dr Alex Kalache and two board members, Laura Mello Machado and Dr Isabella Aboderin were among the various discussants and presenters.
Dr Aboderin and Ms Machado were also among ten distinguished people who received the Presidential Award for their contribution to the IAGG in promoting geriatrics and gerontology around the world. Congratulations to both of them!
Ageing not included in post-2015 process
Age UK, Age International and HelpAge sponsored two sessions on the post-2015 process. They highlighted the lack of appropriate commitment to recognise population ageing as key determinants of the future MDGs and a new UN convention on the rights of older people.
I was able to draw quite a lot from the various sessions, as the key messages resonate with the programmes we are involved with in Tanzania. As a result, I can draw strength and enthusiasm from them to carry on with the positive initiatives we have started.
The conference also offered a great opportunity to meet a wide range of participants who specialise in various issues; from rights to literacy, health to livelihoods and capacity building. These meetings can hopefully lead to some fruitful collaborations as past events of this nature have.
Find out more about population ageing on our Global AgeWatch portal and by downloading our Ageing in the 21st Century report.
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On December 12, 1890, the California State Floral Society chose the golden poppy to be California's state flower. California's legislature officially designated the golden poppy as the state flower on March 2, 1903.Continue Reading
Other names for the golden poppy are the California poppy, Flame Flower, la amapola and Copa de Oro. This wildflower, found throughout the state of California, is in-season from February to September. The blossoms measure 2 to 3 inches long and 1 to 2 inches in diameter, and they come in gold, bronze, scarlet, rose, terra cotta and white. The stalks grow to be about a foot tall.Learn more about Symbolism


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Snowden's Global Revolution: 1 Year of Revelations
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Thursday marks a year since NSA employee Edward Snowden leaked classified documents on America's world-spanning espionage programme, engulfing everyone from a US citizen to a foreign president. RT's Marina Portnaya looks back at the revelations.
"The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America, of these disclosures, is that nothing will change" – Edward Snowden


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On 13th July 2006 select mining landscapes across Cornwall and west Devon were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, placing Cornish mining heritage on a par with international treasures like Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China.
Come and see how Cornish Mining shaped your world…
What is a World Heritage Site?
Why is Cornish Mining a World Heritage Site?
What Metallic Minerals Were Mined Here?
What Happened to Cornish mining?
What is There to See Within the Site?
World Heritage Site Management Plan and other documentation
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A World Changing Story...
This is the story of Cornwall and west Devon's mining. It's a story of everyday people – hundreds of thousands of them – who had a profound effect on the landscape they lived in and the world we live in today.
It's a story of danger; of men, women and children working in hazardous conditions to make a living. It's a story of incredible ingenuity; of discoveries and inventions that would change the world and influence the lives of future generations. It's a story of tremendous community; of people sharing hardship and a sense of pride in their demanding work.
It's a story of great wealth; of huge fortunes earned by a few, invested into magnificent houses with sumptuous gardens filled with exotic plants collected from all over the world. It's a story of change; of new towns and villages springing up and long lines of chimneys and engine houses punctuating the skyline.
It's a story set against one of the most spectacular backdrops you could imagine; the strikingly beautiful coastline, rugged moors, idyllic countryside, lush river valleys, bustling towns and harbours of Cornwall and west Devon.
This is the story of the 'Cornish Mining' World Heritage Site; a tale that is as much about the people as the industry they worked in. The largest World Heritage Site in the UK, it's a landscape of 20,000 hectares spread across Cornwall and west Devon, offering myriad experiences and opportunities to explore our world-changing mining culture.
Recognised by UNESCO, World Heritage Sites are places of significance and value to the whole of humanity. This puts Cornish Mining on a par with international treasures such as the Pyramids, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China.
There are at least 175 places, across six continents, where Cornish mine workers took their skills, technology and traditions; a truly global heritage.
Cornwalland west Devon's mining landscape, shaped during a period of intense industrial activity, is testimony to one of the greatest periods of economic, technological and social development Britain has ever known.
From 1700 to 1914, the metal mining industry played a vital role in transforming our way of life. It provided essential raw materials to feed the Industrial Revolution in Britain, and pioneered technological developments that helped shape the society we live in today. For example, Richard Trevithick's advances in steam engine technology – originally motivated by the need to pump water out of mines – ultimately enabled the development of steam trains, changing the world forever through the mass movement of people and goods.
This and other new engineering solutions and inventions developed here were exported to mining regions across the world – including Australia, the Americas andSouth Africa – playing a key role in the growth of an international capitalist economy. There are at least 175 places, across six continents, where Cornish mine workers took their skills, technology and traditions; a truly global heritage.
A number of metallic minerals were mined in the region, but the 'big three' were copper, tin and arsenic. Find out more on the Earth Treasures page in our Delving Deeper section.
Increasing competition through the expanding global mining industry reduced metal prices significantly during the latter half of the 19th century, forcing many local producers to close. Consequently, huge numbers of mine workers migrated to mines elsewhere in Britain and overseas; Cornwall alone is thought to have lost between 250,000 to 500,000 people from around 1815 to 1915, the period defined as 'the Great Migration'. Today, there are an estimated six million people worldwide descended from migrant Cornish mine workers.
Ten separate Areas make up the World Heritage Site. Each has its own character, opportunities for adventure, and a different combination of the features that make up the Cornish Mining landscape.
The Site contains over 200 iconic Cornish engine houses (the largest concentration of such monuments anywhere in the world). But Cornish Mining is about far more than mine sites – the mining industry impacted on all aspects of life. Many of our towns and villages were either transformed by a growing industrial population or newly built to house them. They reveal their history in the rows of distinctive terraced cottages, shops, chapels and substantial public buildings. Today you'll find plenty of great cafés, pubs, restaurants, art galleries and museums.
The remains of the transport networks that were developed to serve the mines during the early 19th century – the railways, mineral tramways, canals, ports and quays – can now be explored by foot, bicycle or boat, making for invigorating and fascinating days out. And within the Site several of Cornwall's great houses and gardens – paid for with the profits of the mining industry – now open their doors to visitors.
To find out more about the history of Cornish mining, please visit Delving Deeper


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If you work in a HIVE, welfare office, school, pre-school, HMS Heroes group, community group, local library, or charity and work with Service children and their families, you can encourage them to take part in Reading Force. Although the actual activity is for Service children and their families, the information and encouragement provided by supporting organisations is vital.
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