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Roosevelt signing the SS billWhere Are the Women? The Old Boys Club Meeting and Deficit Talks

The Older Women?s Economic Security Task Force in a letter to President Obama called for the concerns of women to be considered in budget talks to reduce the deficit. "It is simply not enough to send a few privileged men to the table to ?solve? the nation?s budget problem"

Global Entry kioskExpedited Entry and Screening While Traveling

We used our Global Entry RFID-enabled card for expedited entry for the first time: "Enrolled users must present their machine-readable Passport or permanent residency card and submit their fingerprints to establish identity. Users then complete a computerized Customs Declaration, and are issued a receipt ...

MammographiesExamining Proportion of Women Who Survive Following Detection of Breast Cancer Through Screening

A new report's conclusion: Most women with screen-detected breast cancer have not had their life saved by screening. They are instead either diagnosed early (with no effect on their mortality) or overdiagnosed.

Christ and St. JohnMysticism: Yearning for the Absolute

Zuirch's Museum Rietberg presents a culturally comparative exhibition on mysticism, illustrated by the example of forty male and female mystics: their lives and writings demonstrate how richly varied spiritual experience can be

DOJ insigniaGovernment Could Hide Existence of Records under FOIA Rule Proposal

A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don?t exist ? even when they do, writes ProPublica

Mitt RomneyLas Vegas: Taxes, Lawn Mowing and Job Creation Myths and Realities at the Republican Debate

Romney went too far in claiming that government insurance didn?t play a role in the health care overhaul he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts; the plan expanded Medicaid. Perry was wrong that his state created more jobs in the last two months than Massachusetts did in four years under Romney.

Rose of SharonRose of Sharon

There are so many reasons in our world to focus on the negative, to allow joy to withdraw or wither. These bushes thrive no matter what and express themselves in beauty and persistence. They are a vibrant life-force, as enticing as I remember.

Jane Fonda Image from AmazonCultureWatch: Jane Fonda and Red Grooms

In Jane Fonda; The Private Life of a Public Woman, Bosworth explores the ambivalences of Jane Fonda as artist, romantic, businesswoman, femme fatale, and partly finished intellectual. Red Grooms' Marlborough Gallery show, New York: 1976-2011, is a madcap collection of paintings, sculptures and walk-through "sculpto-pictoramas" depicting the high-life, low-life and in-between-life of the metropolis

Five Bear Fountain by Arthur PutnamGreat Neighborhoods, Streets and Public Spaces

"From Providence, Rhode Island's historic College Hill neighborhood and St. Louis's revitalized Washington Avenue to Tacoma, Washington's Point Defiance old-growth forest and park and Colorado Springs, Colorado's Garden of the Gods Park, Great Places reflect a tremendous amount of history, diversity and economic vitality."

Peace Corps LogoSexual Assault, Next Steps for Peace Corps, Subjects of Senate Hearing

?In response to a 20/20 broadcast earlier this year and a previous congressional hearing, OIG [Office of the Inspector General] has initiated a review of the agency?s guidelines for responding to rape and major sexual assault, which is ongoing."

Take Back the American Dream LogoProgressives Talk Politics, and Protest Politicians

The heros of the TBAD conference were the public employees of Wisconsin and Ohio. The Freedom Plaza protest had been months in the planning by anti-war activists and they began calling themselves Stop the Machine; Occupy DC set up shop in an effort to show solidarity with Occupy Wall Street

As States Cut Aid, Localities Learn to Do Less With Less

Plenty of other states [aside from Ohio] this year, including Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, cut direct state aid, revenue sharing, or funds for specific local services

Dickens DreamThe Dickens 200th Birthday Celebration in 2012

In the US, there is UC Santa Cruz and the Dickens Universe and Project. In London, an exhibit that display examines the central relationship between Dickens and the city that he described as his ?magic lantern?

Dickens cariacatureCelebrating Dickens' Bicentennial at the Morgan Library

In collaboration with British heiress Angela Boudrett-Coudetts, Dickens founded Urania Cottage, a shelter for "fallen women" ? that is, prostitutes and low-level criminals. Letters to Boudrett-Coudetts reveal a compassionate, hands-on manager intent on offering a safe haven to, and rehabilitating, the residents of the "Asylum," beginning with the clothes on their backs 

relationshipsWhy Worry? Relationships and GAD

A new research study shows that worrying can be so intrusive and obsessive that it interferes in the person?s life and endangers the health of social relationships; the negative methods they use to cope ? from over nurturing to extreme detachment ? may be destructive

MacintoshMaking the Macintosh, Stanford Library's Electronic Archive

This project seeks to tell the stories of people who have not been included in earlier accounts: technical writers who created the documentation for the Mac; marketing people; enthusiasts who organized user groups; industry analysts and journalists who wrote about it

Lady Windemere's Fan Illustration at NYPLGotham Radio Theater's Broadcast of Lady Windemere's Fan and Sorry, Wrong Number

Inspired by the Lux Radio Theatre of the 1930?s and 40?s, Gotham Radio Theatre brings the experience of actors performing in vintage radio style. Masterpiece plays and screenplays are performed live, by an ensemble of actors and sound performers as if you were in a radio sound stage

Mortar and PessleGAO Investigates Instances of Questionable Access to Prescription Drugs

CMS has systems to identify individuals with doctor shopping behavior; however, federal law may not authorize them to restrict these individuals? access to drugs, including highly abused drugs, such as hydrocodone and oxycodone.

Voting Machine LeverBrennan Center Study: New Voting Restrictions May Affect More than Five Million

New voting laws could make it significantly harder for more than five million eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012, according to the first comprehensive study of the laws? impact. "In 2012 we should make it easier for every eligible citizen to vote. Instead, we have made it far harder for too many"

Harlan, Iowa's downtownMy Mother?s Cookbook; Recipes from Younger Friends: Cindy?s Cookies, Gaby?s Butter Cookies with Jam, California Cheesecake, and Cynthia?s Lemon Bars

My mother valued the companionship of friends her own age, but she also liked learning about the tastes, interests, and ideas of younger women. As she grew older and faced the reality that friends of her generation were leaving this earth in far too rapid succession, the friendships she cultivated with younger women helped to soften those repeated losses.

Music Stand and ChairThe House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945?1985

"The Maloof residence and workshop were filled with the finest examples of Sam?s own furniture and offered a warm and welcoming environment where creative colleagues met to share a meal, exchange ideas, and provide mutual support and encouragement."

Henry HydeA Tale of Two Countries: The Hyde Amendment Turns 35

A poor woman is five times as likely as her higher-income counterpart to have an unintended pregnancy (132 versus 24 per 1,000 women of reproductive age), six times as likely to have a birth resulting from an unintended pregnancy, and five times as likely to have an abortion

Banned Books guideMost Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century

The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country. Where can you find more information on why a particular book was banned?

Pre-retirees may underestimate health, financial challenges of retirement

Many retirees say their stress is less, their relationships with loved ones are better, their diet is improved, and the amount of time they spend doing favorite activities is increased ? yet 25 percent of retirees say life is worse

ReminderNever Too Old to Talk Tech: Ah Yes, I Remember It Well

In my previous life my office desk, computer, bathroom mirror, and other surfaces were covered with Post-It Notes. Then ancient tree products and writing instruments were old hat, and programs or applications replaced all of those Pitman-penmanship stickies



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