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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
Ah, Well, Another Good Health Dream Shattered: Daily Low-dose Aspirin in Healthy Older Adults Didn’t Prolong Life or Help Prevent Heart Disease, Physical Disability, Dementia, or Stroke
Most participants were aged 70 and older (65 and older for African-American and Hispanic individuals). None had dementia, a physical disability, or a previous heart attack or stroke at the start of the study. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either 100mg of aspirin per day or an inactive placebo pill that looked similar. Health outcomes were followed for an average of about 4.7 years. Initial findings were published online on September 16, 2018 in three papers in the New England Journal of Medicine. more »
FactCheck.org Highlights Trump’s Fuzzy Medicare Math, "Medicare will be $700 billion stronger over the next decade thanks to our growth." South Dakota, September 7, 2018
President Donald Trump on several occasions has taken credit for making Medicare “stronger.” “Medicare will be $700 billion stronger over the next decade thanks to our growth.” Medicare’s finances have worsened since he took office, and economic growth is not expected to help the program as much as he claims: The latest Medicare trustees report says the Medicare Part A trust fund, which covers payments to hospitals, will run out of money by 2026, three years earlier than projected just last year. That’s partly because the tax cut law that Trump signed last year will reduce Medicare revenues and increase expenses. more »
Still Learning: Lessons From a Lifetime in the Classroom — September Song
Julia Sneden wrote: I discovered the rewards of watching my own offspring learn. I was not, I hasten to add, home schooling them. I was just being their mother. But parents are a child's first teachers, and they're probably the most important ones. By the time my youngest son was ready for school, I decided to be paid for what I'd learned to love: the process of teaching and watching little children learn. I never looked back, and taught for 25 years, and loved it. more »
Don't Overlook Pharmacy, Software Developing, Civil Engineering; Jobs With the Largest Gender Pay Gaps are in Finance, Sales
Several health professions, such as physicians and surgeons, nurse anesthetists, and dentists, are among the highest-paying occupations for women. Pharmacists boast one of the lowest pay gaps between men and women. Full-time, year-round female pharmacists earned 97 cents for every dollar male pharmacists earned. Other professions, including finance and sales, show the largest wage gap between men and women. more »