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10 Things Seniors Can Do to Help End Slavery

" Human trafficking may sometimes seem like the issue dejour for students and young people, but retired people and seniors have a tremendous capacity for contributing to the abolitionist cause. Activism can help...

Sen. Chuck Grassley Spreads Lies About Obama Health Plan

In the Obama health plan there is a small section that reimburses patients if they choose to meet with their doctor regarding advance directives, living wills, etc... Now the GOP have claimed these are "death...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Glam-mas -- They're not your 1950s grandmothers!

Grandparenting, particularly grandMOTHERING, is under scrutiny these days with the Obama children having a very traditional, hand-ons nana right in the White House with them. It seems that scenario has raised some...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

Health problems while flying are increasing - Lancet

Because flights are longer and more seniors with medical conditions are flying, inflight health problems are on the rise according to a Lancet review. " Growing numbers of older passengers and ever longer flights...

Tyrannosaurus Republican

Election Postmortems Show "Divide and Conquer" Yielding to "Unite and Collaborate" OhioNewsBureau Op-Editude with John Michael Spinelli Columbus, Ohio: During the Age of Dinosaurs, the most feared of the giant lizards was the Tyrannosaurus Rex, whose vertical...

Social-Networking Sites Scanned in University Admissions

We know employers do it, but now university admissions officers are scanning social networking profiles of potential students.  In the US, it is increasingly difficult for high school grads to get into the...

Golfing Hall of Famer Tommy "Thunder" Bolt, dead at 92

1958 U.S. Open champion Tommy Bolt has died of liver failure at age 92. Known for his quick temper on the green, Bolt was nicknamed "Terrible Tempered Tommy" and was a scandalous player in his day."His wife, Mary Lou Bolt, said he died Saturday after "his liver shut down.""He...

Christian Quota in Faculty Irks Delhi’s St Stephen’s College Seniors Teac...

"Christian Quota in Faculty Irks Delhi’s St Stephen’s College Seniors Teachers"

LGBT Seniors are Forgotten Victims of Affordable Housing Crisis

The explosive growth in our nation's aging population coupled with the recent housing market crash has set the stage for a major crisis. No one has addressed how this issue is impacting gay and lesbian seniors,...

Identical twins earn perfect scores on entrance exam

Doesn't twin telepathy constitute as cheating anymore?"BELLEVUE, Neb. - Here's a perfect match - genetically and academically. Identical twins Brian and Ross DeVol of Bellevue, Nebraska, earned perfect scores on...

Device could send vital signs by cellphone

I can see the iVitals commercial already: hospital patients tossing their IV drips and dancing in front of brightly coloured blue screens to the tune of U2's "It's a Beautiful Day."  "CALGARY — Patients...

Liberal-Lie-a-Day: Dion vows to reduce poverty

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHow refreshing the Federal Liberal Leader Stepane Dion is carrying on the Decades old Pinnochio tradition of rhetoric which Liberal are famous for.  Now Public...

Emanations of the Referent in "RETRATOS: Faces of Los Pioneros"

For the last three years I have been working on a series of documentary images ("RETRATOS: Faces of Los Pioneros").  They memorialize the faces and lives of Latino elders in varying stages...

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