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Joan L. Cannon, A Curmudgeon's Complaint: If only we had Mark Twain or Voltaire to make the campaign speeches, Aristotle or Kant to force us to entertain enough thought to allow some expansion of minds. Farewell Harold Ross. You're missed Nobel Games: Find the Author & The Lord of the Flies Game : Among hundreds of letters, the names of Literature Laureates are hidden. Pick a period and search for the authors mentioned on the list beside the puzzle. if you haven't read Lord of the Flies, read it first and return Julia Sneden, Fa La La La Frantic: Oh dear. I have once again blown last year’s resolve to approach the holidays in a calm, well-organized fashion. At my age, it should be getting easier to figure out how to navigate the season with equanimity, but somehow things always spiral out of control Rose Mula Reprised, Don't Mess With Mother Nature: She can morph into a sneaky, evil, conniving witch in an instant. Get sucked into the goody-goody myth perpetuated by her public relations staff and let your guard down for just a moment, and she’ll turn on you mercilessly CultureWatch: 100 Essential Modern Poems by Women reveals a number of poets had bitter conflicts with their parents. Chinese Lessons is written in an artful and entertaining style; China's Government policies are not soft-pedaled. Heartbeat for Horses will speak to anybody who has loved horses, either in reality or in literature |
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Woman of note, the late Helen Suzman: "I get dozens of pathetic letters that are smuggled out of gaol, and many appeals for help from banned people. Sometimes I manage to get conditions alleviated — often not. But my desk here in Cape Town is a sad harvest of the seeds of apartheid" American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide: Downloadable in entirety or individual chapters, i.e., service-connected compensatio and advice for families and caregivers of wounded servicemembers. "The guide deals with problems of sexual discrimination, harassment and assault Political Cartoonist Ann Telnaes: A LOC exhibit, a book about Dick Cheney and a Newseum gallery display Media: Life Magazine and Google have joined to present millions of photographs from the Life photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available; a treat to search through |
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A Senior's Driving Self-Assessment: Have you come to dread the idea of driving during bad weather, or at night? Do you find left-hand turns and busy intersections more difficult to navigate? Do other cars sometimes seem to appear from nowhere? Ferida Wolff, A Christmas Blessing: The musicians begin playing and a sweet, haunting sound suddenly comes from the band. The song is suspended in the air, shining like the crystal ornaments on the Christmas tree. A hush settles on the residents Parenting and Grandparenting: How Stuff Works can engage a restless child with, for instance, a space shuttle and 'muscle car' histories Parenting and Grandparenting: How kids use digital media in their everyday lives; Digital Learning's report shows time spent online is important for a teen's development |
 Gabriella True's Christmas Tour of Europe, Scandinavia and Russia Seniorwomen's House Blog
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Roberta McReynolds takes us on another of her adventures, Just Icing on the Cake, Part One: I allowed the cake to cool and readied myself for the process of turning my cake into two even layers. It seemed that the cake didn’t understand its role. The pieces falling off the sides of the cake as I attempted to side the wire through reminded me of icebergs calving off glaciers Shopping for the Home (and your feet): A Pyrénées throw, Razzeteurs, smooth chansons from the 40's, striped deck chairs and beach bags (good for knitting bags, too); cocoa with orange essence Margaret Cullison, Frosted Cakes: Seven-Minute Frosting, 1234 Cake, Pound Cake Torte and Carrot Cake: I suffered from cake envy after attending a friend’s birthday party. Her cake that year looked like a lamb with white frosting and coconut curled fur. The cake completely enchanted me Shopping at the Museum for the inexpensive and unusual: Dowsing rods, a bulletproof rose broach, Softscan lens/bookmark for the senior eye, and for the voluble partner, Stop Talking Cards Shop for Home and Yourself, Elizabeth's Embellishments, both romantic and sentimental: Loungewear, baby blankets, bookmarks and bookplates to patchwork pillows and smocked curtain panels, kitchen islands and armoires |
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Cosmetic Database for Hazardous Ingredients: We were appalled at the well-known products that were given high hazard ratings for such products as soaps, lotions, shampoos, hair dyes and sunscreens A new site, the Global Library of Women's Medicine: Most of the information will be accessible by anyone who wants to understand more about therapeutic options available to women Women in Cardiology: A survey reveals that "women in cardiology continue to experience discrimination, largely because of gender in general, and particularly because of parenting responsibilities" |
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Career Wage Loss & Gender: Women may lose $434,000 in income, on average, due to the career wage gap. Women with a college degree or higher lose $713,000 over a 40-year period versus a $270,000 loss for women who did not finish high school NBER Working Paper : Social Security rule changes increased full-time work by married men aged 65 to 67 by about 9 percent between 1992 and 2004, encouraged later retirement, promoted the return to full-time work after retiring, and facilitated working part-time after retirement A 1919 Play, The Voysey Inheritance: 'My practice is to reinvest my clients' money when it is entirely under my control. The difference between the income this money has to bring to them and the income it is actually bringing to me I ... fill up the deficit in the firm's accounts" An Addictive New Site, VideoSurf: I found myself looking at PGA videos of 'moments' including golfers dealing with an alligator and a bee swarm. A new way to search for video material that's hard to leave Adding to Financial Terms, Pushing on a String: It can be laid at the door of that famed economic theorist, John Maynard Keynes |
