Cameras and Software Track Our Shopping Behavior
"Basically, what VideoMining does is use software along with cameras mounted on the ceiling of stores to track shoppers as they move around the store and create data that helps us understand how shoppers are shopping"
Women and Communities of Color Could Suffer from the Super Committee 12’s Lack of Diversity
Women and communities of color are both populations that rely disproportionately on safety net programs, but women of color constitute the most vulnerable population that relies on these services in this economic climate. This group currently lacks even a single representative member on the committee. Nearly 7 in 10 elderly adults and nearly 8 in 10 nonelderly adults who relied on Medicaid for assistance in 2007 were women.
Two Exhibits: Maya Zack and The Living Room; Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters by The Cone Sisters of Baltimore
Two exhibits at NYC's Jewish Museum: A family’s apartment in 1930s Berlin as inspiration for a room-sized work, using 3D technology and sound to explore the past and how it is remembered; Baltimore's Cone Sisters were among the earliest collectors to bring European modern art to the United States several years before the famed New York Armory Show of 1913.
Are You Considering Retirement? Just What Is The Average Retirement Age?
Will the retirement age continue to increase? The fact that all the incentives associated with the recent reversal will remain in place argues for “yes.” But there are risks – the move away from career employment, the availability of Social Security at 62, and employer resistance to part-time employment.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Aprons have disappeared, along with the once-ubiquitous cotton housedress. Jeans are now the uniform of the day for everyone, regardless of gender, age or girth — or activity, for that matter — from cleaning out the garage to sipping Cosmos at the Ritz, whatevcr a Cosmo is. Mom would have no idea.
Rekindling Their Power: The Comeback Governors of California, Iowa and Oregon
The trio, whose average age is 67, consists of California's Jerry Brown, Iowa's Terry Branstad and Oregon's John Kitzhaber, representing insider experience and familiarity in a year more commonly associated with barn-storming newcomers like Malloy, Haley and the Tea Party.
To Submit, or Not to Submit? That Was the Right Question - But Was It Sexist?
During the Republican debate conservative columnist Byron York asked candidate Michele Bachmann: "As president, would you be submissive to your husband?" Bachmann evaded the question, saying that submissive really meant respect, and that both she and her husband respected each other.
Magical Jewelry on Display: A Nubian conch shell amulet, Egyptian Pectoral and a Hathor-headed crystal pendant
Ornaments made of ivory, shell, and rock crystal were prized in antiquity, while jewelry made of diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, and pearls became fashionable in later years. Amber could cure maladies, coral could safeguard children, an animal’s tooth or claw could invest the wearer with strength and ferocity, and gold and silver invoked the cosmic power of the sun and moon.
John Muir's A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf and the A Walk in the Wild Exhibit
I Had long been looking from the wildwoods and gardens of the Northern States to those of the warm South, and at last, all draw-backs overcome, I set forth [from Indianapolis] on the first day of September, 1867, joyful and free, on a thousand-mile walk to the Gulf of Mexico.
CultureWatch Review — In Defense of Women
Reviewer Jill Norgren writes:In this season of television re-runs, devotees of Law and Order or The Good Wife would do well to turn off the tube, and sit down with Gertner’s book, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate. They might pull an all-nighter
Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation
Women with STEM jobs earned 33 percent more than comparable women in non-STEM jobs — considerably higher than the STEM premium for men. Although women fill close to half of all jobs in the US economy, they hold less than 25 percent of STEM jobs.
Driving Miss Daisy: Providing Alternative Transportation Services for Seniors
Many of the drivers who volunteer to help seniors in the ITN program are themselves elderly. By participating, they earn credits that they can store and use later as they grow older, or donate to family members or the poor. Seniors who use the service pay an annual membership fee of $40 for an individual, or $65 for a family.
I Love Lucy: An American Legend
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the show’s debut, the Library of Congress presents a new exhibition, I Love Lucy: An American Legend. Ball's biographer, Kathleen Brady, relates her training by Buster Keaton who "drilled her in the mantra that was the foundation of her fabled comic timing: Listen, React, then Act."
A Book-length Soapbox for Poets
When poetry press Canarium Books found itself sold out of two of its most recent titles, it was a little surprised. When those books won majorliterary prizes from the Poetry Society of America and the Griffin Trust, Canarium's founders were ecstatic. (Photo: Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service) This morning the police came for me.They brought…
Nature or Nurture: What More Likely Determines Your Longevity?
People with exceptional longevity did not have healthier habits than the comparison group in terms of body mass index, smoking, physical activity, or diet. However, for women, 9.6 percent of centenarians were obese versus 16.2 percent of the 'control' group.
Outsourcing the Local Library Can Lead to a Loud Backlash
LSSI has received consistently icy receptions in most of the places where it has come in and taken over. Every community has its share of library users who believe that a library system is a core function of local government, regardless of what the budget situation is.
Daphne Guinness at FIT's Museum
While there have been many exhibitions devoted to great fashion designers, only a few have focused on individual women of style. They inspire designers and create a look that affects the way other people dress.
Can You Rely on Restaurant Calorie Counts?; The What I Eat Book
“Foods purchased in restaurants provide approximately 35 percent of the daily energy intake in US individuals but the accuracy of the energy contents listed for these foods is unknown.”
Patients at Small, Isolated, Rural Hospitals More Likely to Receive Lower Quality of Care
In the first national study to examine care at critical access hospitals (CAHs) in rural areas of the US, Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that CAHs have fewer clinical capabilities, lower quality of care, and worse patient outcomes compared with other hospitals.
Helen Mirren and Other Women of Note
Helen Mirren has now been chosen as having the best female body by a poll of 2,000 people. Nancy Pelosi manages to remain extremely attractive, well-dressed and poised — as well as politically powerful. Perhaps the oldest working model is Carmel Dell-Orefice, at age 80.
Ovarian Cancer Genome Mapped, Opens Door to Personalized Medicine
“We are the first to systematically catalog the genetic mutations associated with ovarian cancer... “This represents an opportunity to improve cancer care by approaching the treatment of each subtype differently”
Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations
It is often the casual record that reveals the rhythms of an age. Lists, whether dashed off as a quick reminder or carefully constructed as a comprehensive inventory, give insight into the list maker’s personal habits and enrich the understanding of individual biographies.
I Kissed the Hibiscus
It’s hibiscus season again. The plants in my yard are in full, incredible bloom! I have seen various flowering plants – I understand there are over 200 varieties – but when I bought these several years ago I didn’t know that. I bought them because they were so vibrant and exciting. I knew I had to add them to my garden.
CBO's Director On the Debt Ceiling: Defaulting "a dangerous gamble"
Public statements by many financial-market participants and experts have made clear that default by the federal government on obligations to debt holders would be a significant shock to the global financial system and economy.
FactChecking Dueling Debt Speeches
The president and House speaker restated familiar positions in their dueling debt ceiling speeches, but they took their points too far at times or made them without enough context.
