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Thu - December 3, 2009

Living in more than one world

How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life

Synthesizing management legend Peter Drucker's simple yet profound core teachings into a guide to personal and professional transformation, this work shows readers how to apply Drucker's recommendations to lead more fulfilling and meaningful lives.

Finding CONNECTIONS: Intel map part of an exploration blueprint. Other related: Life-TIME investment system introduction

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Sat - March 21, 2009

Exercises to Unlock Your Most Creative Ideas

Edward de Bono's Creativity Workout

See introduction

</iframe</p> <p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Finding CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map</a> part of an <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/life_management_system/exploration_blueprint.html" target="_blank">exploration blueprint</a>. <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/free/index.html" target="_blank">Life-TIME investment system introduction</a> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tag structure</a></b> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a>. <a href="http://twitter.com/bobembry" target="_blank">Twitter | bobembry</a> <a href="http://gallery.mac.com/bobembry#" target="_blank">bobembry web photo gallery</a></font> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 03:25 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Exercises%20to%20Unlock%20Your%20Most%20Creative%20Ideas"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20090321152501"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - July 20, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Fewer in U.S. marry as more live together </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Both the U.S. marriage and divorce rates are dropping while the number of unwed couples living together is rising, according to an annual study of marriage released Monday.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/life_marriage_dc;_ylt=Aon2s9393zG9sLw5yWXNX7wDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 05:23 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Fewer%20in%20U.S.%20marry%20as%20more%20live%20together"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050720172316"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - July 11, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Vandross' Funeral Soulful and Powerful </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The funeral service for eight-time Grammy winner Luther Vandross hit just the right notes Friday: soulful, joyful and powerful, an echo of the late singer's unforgettable voice.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... snip, snip ...</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Vandross' wide appeal was evident in the first few rows of mourners, where current hitmakers Usher and Alicia Keys shared space with music legends Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">"There are no sad faces here today," said longtime friend LaBelle, resplendent in a bright yellow dress with a diamond necklace and earrings. "It's not a mournful service. I'm celebrating because Luther would want us too."</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Mourners lined up for two city blocks in a driving rain before the church opened. Once inside, they were brought to their feet and moved to cheers repeatedly as Vandross favorites Wonder, Franklin and Cissy Houston sang in tribute.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Houston performed the gospel standard "Deep River," while Wonder left the crowd breathless with his version of the gospel song "I Won't Complain."</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">But it was Franklin, brushing aside a slight sore throat, who sent choir and clergy dancing on the altar with her version of "Amazing Grace." Franklin began to ad-lib at song's end, addressing the Vandross family and congregation as the music swelled and the crowd clapped along.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">"We should be happy for Luther," her message said. "He made a difference in this world, and now he has the extraordinary chance to dance with his father again."</font><br /><br /><font face="ArialMT">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/vandross_funeral;_ylt=Ao6z_ZfPXK8fhD3GigTLdRYDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 12:21 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Vandross'%20Funeral%20Soulful%20and%20Powerful"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050711122143"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - July 6, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">TV technology at edge of legal frontier </h3> <br /> <div><br /><font face="Verdana">Days after the Supreme Court weighed in on digital copyright infringement issues in the MGM v. Grokster case, select consumer electronics chains began stocking a product some predict could spark the entertainment industry's next showdown over intellectual property rights.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">New to the shelves of Best Buy and CompUSA this month is Slingbox, a brick-sized device that enables viewers to route the live television signal coming into their homes to a portable device anywhere on the globe via broadband connection.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/slingbox_dc;_ylt=ApUzcS5rtvbgVy3tTvTOpaMDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 02:13 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("TV%20technology%20at%20edge%20of%20legal%20frontier"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050706141334"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - July 1, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Luther Vandross Dies at 54 </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Grammy award winner Luther Vandross, whose deep, lush voice on such hits as "Here and Now" and "Any Love" sold more than 25 million albums while providing the romantic backdrop for millions of couples worldwide, died Friday (July 1, 2005).</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_vandross;_ylt=Al0BOMm51pUSV3aAr0UUMo8DW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">He brought enjoyment to so many!!!!</font></div> <br /> Posted at 06:35 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Luther%20Vandross%20Dies%20at%2054"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050701183508"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - June 29, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Best rates on individual health plans </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Monthly premiums for individual health plans vary widely across the country, but Columbus, Ohio, and many California cities offer some of the lowest rates for young men and women, according to a new study.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=mktw&dist=nwtpf&guid=%7B33758157%2D8A49%2D41AD%2D85EC%2D980742F98316%7D" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/career_mgt/index.html" target="_blank">Career evolution</a> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></p></div> <br /> Posted at 05:51 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Best%20rates%20on%20individual%20health%20plans"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050629175157"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Tue - June 28, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Putting More Now Into The Internet </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The demand for lifetime education stems from profound changes in society</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/conceptual_resources/authors/peter_drucker/continuing_education.html" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a><a href="http://www.forbes.com/global/2000/0515/0310092a.html" target="NewWindow"> </a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana-Bold"><b><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/notebooks/blog_clips.ntweb/?16" target="NewWindow">Article key phrases</a></b></font><font face="Verdana"> </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/life_design/index.html" target="_blank">Life Design</a> and <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/career_mgt/index.html" target="_blank">Career evolution</a> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></p></div> <br /> Posted at 02:02 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Putting%20More%20Now%20Into%20The%20Internet"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050628140250"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Walton Remembered for Education Efforts </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Wal-Mart heir John T. Walton, who died in the crash of his experimental, ultralight aircraft, was remembered as a friendly man who threw his considerable financial support behind efforts to educate low-income children.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_john_walton;_ylt=Aoy9UVecXXRpAGbKOjnJmgsDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22what+do+you+want+to+be+remembered%22" target="NewWindow">What do you want to be remembered</a> for?</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/healthsouth_scrushy;_ylt=ArOeOyXPy1sQ4vdOLFMUfLoDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">Jury Acquits Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy</a> </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/life_design/index.html" target="_blank">Life Design</a> </font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></p></div> <br /> Posted at 01:58 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Walton%20Remembered%20for%20Education%20Efforts"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050628135846"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - June 27, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Uninsured drive premiums up for all </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Workers with employer-sponsored family health insurance will pay an extra $922 in premiums and those with individual coverage will pay an extra $341 this year to offset unpaid costs incurred by the uninsured, according to a study</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... snip, snip ...</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Health care's high costs and cost-shifting are becoming more of a problem for the middle class, he said.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">"We all have some stake in getting this corrected," he said. "In the past, those that wanted to make expanded coverage to the uninsured did so for altruistic reasons reflecting sympathy for the uninsured.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">"At this juncture, many people are likely to consider this also to be in their self-interest, to see this problem get resolved and made a higher priority."</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwtpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7BC89B9E40%2D26EA%2D4656%2DB294%2D5BD40171B666%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/knowledge_sys_vw.html" target="_blank">Knowledge system view</a>, <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/org_ev/definition.html" target="_blank">Organization evolution</a>, <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/career_mgt/index.html" target="_blank">Career evolution</a>, <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/life_design/index.html" target="_blank">Life Design</a> and <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/career_mgt/system_status.html" target="_blank">Current system status</a></font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></p></div> <br /> Posted at 12:59 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Uninsured%20drive%20premiums%20up%20for%20all"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E20050627125908"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - June 22, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Are We a Nation of 'Psuedo-ADD' Sufferers? </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">"We value not spending much time thinking about one thing," Ratey says. "These are hallmark symptoms of people with what we call pseudo-ADD."</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/MedicalMinute/story?id=842263&page=1" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 05:15 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Are%20We%20a%20Nation%20of%20'Psuedo-ADD'%20Sufferers?"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2011197189"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - June 10, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Podcasts growing at frantic pace </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Podcasting, which takes its name from the popular Apple music player, is a method of publishing sound files to the Internet. It has enabled many to produce self-published, syndicated radio shows.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... snip, snip ...</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Since November, when his content distribution company pointed to 505 podcasts, the number has grown to almost 6,000.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BF3601D9E-C900-4E75-9788-E2D73A4744E7%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=nbs" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 05:10 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Podcasts%20growing%20at%20frantic%20pace"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1744800165"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Drought casts suicide shadow over rural Australia </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">"The strain is just so constant and long and it's like someone grabbing at me by the throat and slowly choking you a bit more each day."</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australia_drought_suicide_dc;_ylt=Ajadn_9onBq4L4eM9r35dOgDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 05:08 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Drought%20casts%20suicide%20shadow%20over%20rural%20Australia"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2116870601"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - June 3, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Federal Rules Making the Nation's Private Pension Problem Worse </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The federal rules designed to ensure that millions of people receive their private pension benefits are flawed, making it easier for retirement plans to have risky financial shortfalls</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... snip, snip ...</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., a federal agency that insures the private pensions of millions of workers, saw its deficit more than double to $23.3 billion last year with the collapse of underfunded pension plans at large companies. The underfunding of pension plans grew from $39 billion in 2000 to more than $450 billion by September 2004, the GAO says</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=807795" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 01:23 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Federal%20Rules%20Making%20the%20Nation's%20Private%20Pension%20Problem%20Worse"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1657825455"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Louvre to unveil new website on June 7 </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The Louvre, once the palace of France's kings and today the largest museum in the world, will unveil a revamped, state-of-the-art website next week, the museum announced.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/afpentertainmentfrance;_ylt=Aj9vr56kOl4G0Zf3UPszFcIDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 11:40 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Louvre%20to%20unveil%20new%20website%20on%20June%207"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2054074781"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Thu - May 26, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Bringing Home the Bacon </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">"Bringing Home the Bacon" looks at why some men can deal with taking a back seat to their wives who earn more money, while others simply cannot relinquish the role as the primary breadwinner</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=778371&page=1" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: A <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/wmit/change.html" target="_blank">change</a> in the human condition (<a href="http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/L2L/spring2000/drucker.html" target="_blank">Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself</a>), <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/mental_patterns.html" target="_blank">Mental patterns</a> (the authors' and the matter under consideration), The <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/knowledge_sys_vw.html" target="_blank">knowledge system view</a> (including <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/conceptual_resources/authors/peter_drucker/mgt_revolution.html" target="_blank">The Management Revolution</a>) </font> </p> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; 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But that's OK. Seniors who want to age successfully, as gerontologists are fond saying, don't need Ponce de Leon's mythical fountain. Rather, they just need six things to make their communities more livable and their old age enjoyable, according to a recent AARP study</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B2AC1D030%2D420E%2D4181%2DAFBD%2D46FE379C7116%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 04:27 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Six%20steps%20to%20creating%20towns%20that%20promote%20successful%20aging"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2139958242"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Child Population Dwindles in San Francisco </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Anne Bakstad and Ed Cohen are starting to feel as if their family of four is an endangered species in San Francisco</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... snip, snip ...</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">But most families need two or more incomes to keep their homes, and their children spend most of their days being cared for by others.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/disappearing_kids" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 04:22 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Child%20Population%20Dwindles%20in%20San%20Francisco"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1482432446"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Britain suffers sense of humour failure due to worries of modern life </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Britain is suffering a sense of humour failure, with laughter levels three times lower now than 50 years ago and nearly half of all adults unable to enjoy at least one big guffaw a day, research showed</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Money worries, relationship woes and even political concerns were among the reasons given for the collection of grim faces</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1548&e=2&u=/afp/afplifestylebritain" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; 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But more and more senior citizens across the country are experiencing an increasing financial "slap in the face" from their former employers -- the elimination of retiree health insurance</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B52AD3694%2D1EA5%2D484B%2DAAEA%2DDD99C253CB0F%7D" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:56 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Retiree%20health%20benefits%20disappearing"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1181197263"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - April 27, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Variety of Exercise May Ward Off Dementia </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana"> Older people who stay active in a wide variety of ways seem to have a better chance of warding off dementia, according to research that found it's the diversity, not intensity, of the exercise that counts.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/fit_exercise_dementia" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 05:40 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Variety%20of%20Exercise%20May%20Ward%20Off%20Dementia"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1522843412"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - April 25, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Fairy tales linked to violent relationships </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Young girls who enjoy classic romantic fairy tales like "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast" are at greater risk of becoming victims of violent relationships in later life, a British researcher says</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1548&e=3&u=/afp/sciencebritainwomen" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:49 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Fairy%20tales%20linked%20to%20violent%20relationships"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2073496631"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Long-Married Couple Die on Same Day </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">ST. LOUIS, Mich. - Alexander J. Vance and his wife, Leola, made a life together for nearly 64 years. This week, they died 14 hours apart at Schnepp's Health Care Center.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=5&u=/ap/same_day_deaths" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 10:48 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Long-Married%20Couple%20Die%20on%20Same%20Day"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E245442652"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sun - April 17, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Einstein's Legacy Keeps on Expanding </h3> <br /> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=1&u=/ap/einstein_s_legacy" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 03:35 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Einstein's%20Legacy%20Keeps%20on%20Expanding"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E732472358"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - April 15, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">AARP: Drug prices jump 7.1% in 2004 </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Brand names the culprit as generic prices rose modestly</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... The 7.1% increase far exceeded the 2.7% general inflation rate, was slightly higher than the 7% increase seen in 2003 and represents the highest growth rate in five years, the study said.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">This translated into a $51.56 per-prescription increase in 2004. An older American with a typical regimen of three prescriptions a day was likely to have seen an increase of more than $154 annually for therapy, assuming full price increases were passed on to the consumer, according to the study.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=mktw&dist=nwhpf&guid=%7BA62CB551%2DBA7A%2D4511%2D9293%2D173A2A801833%7D&cbsReferrer=" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ...</font><br /><font face="Verdana"> </font><br /><font face="Verdana">What's the impact on retirees standard of living?</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 09:09 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("AARP:%20Drug%20prices%20jump%207.1%25%20in%202004"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E375301577"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Tue - April 12, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Resolving Conflicts at Home Over Your Career Choices </h3> <br /> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.careerjournal.com/myc/workfamily/20050412-opdyke.html?cjpartner=mktw" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 03:57 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Resolving%20Conflicts%20at%20Home%20Over%20Your%20Career%20Choices"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E200523415"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - April 11, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Midlife Crisis Becomes An Issue for More Women </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The "midlife crisis" has long been thought of as something that afflicts men and often involves expensive toys and second wives. But the Wall Street Journal's Work & Family columnist, Sue Shellenbarger, says that as gender roles change, women are increasingly experiencing their own version of these upheavals. What follows is adapted from her new book, "The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis Is Transforming Today's Women."</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">... Dozens told heartfelt tales of pain, upheaval, rebirth and transformation in middle age, and said they had no idea other women were experiencing the same thing. My comic tale had touched a hidden nerve. Clearly, millions of midlife women had reached a crisis stage -- a time when old values and goals no longer made sense to them.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/workfamily/20050408-workfamily.html?cjpartner=mktw" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 03:20 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Midlife%20Crisis%20Becomes%20An%20Issue%20for%20More%20Women%20"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E290681775"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - April 8, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Study: Mediterranean Diet Linked with Longer Life </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Eating a Mediterranean diet not only helps people stay healthy, it also seems to prolong life, Greek researchers said on Friday</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=10&u=/nm/health_diet_dc" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 02:36 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Study:%20Mediterranean%20Diet%20Linked%20with%20Longer%20Life"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E588214170"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Massacre in Rio Getting Little Attention </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Violence is a part of life in this slum on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Shootings are common and death squads of former and off-duty police officers, funded by local businessmen, are known to knock off undesirables.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">But even by the brutal standards of Nova Iguacu, last week's massacre of 30 people apparently by a band of rogue policemen was shocking, starting with the severed head thrown over the gate of a police station.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=5&u=/ap/brazil_rio_massacre" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 02:35 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Massacre%20in%20Rio%20Getting%20Little%20Attention"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E916597390"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">My Life So Far </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Jane Fonda, actress, activist, feminist, workout guru and role model, has written an extraordinary memoir, "My Life So Far," which hits bookstores today. Fonda divides her life so far into three acts.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"> Act one covers her often painful childhood, her early films and her turbulent marriage to filmmaker Roger Vadim. In act two, she begins to discover her activism and discusses her marriages to Tom Hayden and Ted Turner. And in act three, she begins to confront her demons and tries to live her life in a more conscious way</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">You can read an <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=639982&page=1" target="NewWindow">excerpt</a> </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 02:31 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); 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The dissertation and research expectations are far lower than those required for a Ph.D. in other fields.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Too many weak principals and superintendents emerge from this pipeline. That creates problems in the classrooms. Studies of why some schools are more successful than others have arrived at the same conclusion: Successful schools require strong leaders.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Frustrated with the status quo, some school districts are hiring outsiders, especially former generals, who lack a background in education. The KIPP Academy Charter Schools, which are succeeding with inner-city children, train their own principals.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&e=12&u=/usatoday/principalspassthenfail" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 11:18 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Principals%20pass%20-%20then%20fail"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1814421338"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Experts Say 30 Minutes of Exercise Enough </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Sixty to 90 minutes of exercise? Every day? That's what the government now suggests.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/fit_how_much_exercise" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 11:17 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Experts%20Say%2030%20Minutes%20of%20Exercise%20Enough"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1331240580"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Family Says Atlanta Hostage Changing Life </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Ashley Smith didn't always make the right choices</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">She read to him from "The Purpose-Driven Life," the best-selling religious book by Rick Warren. He stopped her and asked her to repeat the beginning, and the two discussed its themes.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050315/ap_on_re_us/courthouse_shooting_hostage" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 11:11 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Family%20Says%20Atlanta%20Hostage%20Changing%20Life"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E851819949"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - March 7, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">A new kind of retirement for boomers </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Cycling between work and leisure.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Baby boomers are changing the face of retirement.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Unlike previous generations, when retirement was viewed as a time to wind down, baby boomers plan to spend their golden years cycling between work and leisure. So reports "The New Retirement Survey" from Merrill Lynch and Harris Interactive.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">The report concludes that baby boomers are creating a whole new life stage. Here's how:</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Boomers are retiring later. Members of the baby-boom generation (those born between 1946 and 1964) are expected to live an average seven years longer than their parents. As a result, many don't plan to retire by age 65, but instead work longer to further their goals, according to the survey of 4,448 in that age category.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B59665E7C%2D1FDB%2D44F2%2D8F51%2DFDC10D72A57B%7D" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 12:41 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("A%20new%20kind%20of%20retirement%20for%20boomers"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E695955898"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">The emerging fend for yourself society </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">THURSDAY'S PERSONAL FINANCE STORIES</font><br /><font face="Verdana">By MarketWatch</font><br /><font face="Verdana">Last Update: 1:57 PM ET Mar 3, 2005</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Nothing in life is truly guaranteed. Take Social Security. That program was created as an unbreakable promise to the American people that they would be taken care of in old age. We all know where that is headed.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Then there are traditional pension plans, which formed the bedrock of retirement for so many working Americans in days gone by. Most companies have done away with those for younger workers and older workers can be forgiven if they feel their "guarantee" is shaky. And how about the other benefits you are supposed to get in retirement -- health care, life insurance and the like. Think you're going to see those?</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">One of the biggest problems with these promises is they are made by companies which in many instances won't exist in the same form in just a few years, either being merged or acquired or -- in extreme cases -- reorganized. The new bosses often have little incentive for honoring old agreements.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Our <a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B7A689E70%2D80CB%2D49EC%2D8918%2DD3ABB1AED69C%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">lead story</a> looks at just what retirees and those nearing retirement can expect when their company is the subject of M&A activity. Read Robert Powell's column, plus find out why consumer groups are targeting drug-company ads with humorous put-downs and see what investment managers think of India's prospects, on Thursday's Personal Finance pages.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">The emerging fend-for-yourself society may turn out to be a better model than the one crafted out of the Great Depression of the 1930s. But it can be pretty rough on people who for most of their lives were assured they wouldn't, in fact, have to fend for themselves.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 12:37 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("The%20emerging%20fend%20for%20yourself%20society"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1788120710"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - March 2, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Trauma of Iraq war haunting thousands returning home </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Jeremy Harrison sees the warning signs in the Iraq (news - web sites) war veterans who walk through his office door every day - flashbacks, inability to relax or relate, restless nights and more.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">He recognizes them as symptoms of combat stress because he's trained to, as a counselor at the small storefront Vet Center here run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (news - web sites). He recognizes them as well because he, too, has faced readjustment in the year since he returned from Iraq, where he served as a sergeant in an engineering company that helped capture Baghdad in 2003.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=5&u=/usatoday/traumaofiraqwarhauntingthousandsreturninghome" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Political" rel="tag" target="_blank">Political</a></div> <br /> Posted at 04:17 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Trauma%20of%20Iraq%20war%20haunting%20thousands%20returning%20home"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1352481011"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Sad, Lonely? For a Good Time, Call Vivienne </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">HONG KONG, Feb. 18 - Men, are you tired of the time, trouble and expense of having a girlfriend? Irritated by the difficulty of finding a new one?</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Eberhard Schöneburg, the chief executive of the software maker Artificial Life Inc. of Hong Kong, may have found the answer: a virtual girlfriend named Vivienne who goes wherever you go.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/technology/24girlfriend.html?ex=1267419600&en=da787b4f2249875c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#666666" class="sans18"><b>Technorati <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/tag_structure.html" rel="tag" target="_blank">tags</a></b></font> : <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Weblog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Weblog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Blog" rel="tag" target="_blank">Blog</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Life" rel="tag" target="_blank">Life</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/News" rel="tag" target="_blank">News</a>; <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Current Affairs" rel="tag" target="_blank">Current Affairs</a></div> <br /> Posted at 04:16 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Sad,%20Lonely?%20For%20a%20Good%20Time,%20Call%20Vivienne"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1676169672"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sat - February 26, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">State Lawmakers Target Bush's Schools Law </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Feb. 23, 2005 - State lawmakers issued a scathing rebuke of President Bush's education overhaul on Wednesday, calling it a coercive, unconstitutional act that sets an unreachable goal of getting every child up to par in reading and math.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=525767" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/knowledge_sys_vw.html" target="NewWindow">Where's the preparation for life</a> ?</font></div> <br /> Posted at 12:12 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("State%20Lawmakers%20Target%20Bush's%20Schools%20Law"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E669651411"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Mon - February 21, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Colleges close generation gap </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">When Irene Hofstein decided to spend her twilight years here beside the campus of Lasell College, she expected to be a student again, auditing courses and learning at the feet of professional educators.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Over time, however, professors and students have increasingly been learning from her - and from thousands of other retirees who have settled near college campuses in the past 15 years.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=7&u=/usatoday/collegesclosegenerationgap" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 03:32 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Colleges%20close%20generation%20gap"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1246951668"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - February 16, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Using a computer in life to have a life </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">A system overview</font></div> <br /> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana-Bold"><b>First draft</b></font></div> <div><br /><p align="center"> <img src="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/computer_usagefr3.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="178" border="0"> </p><br><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/life_areas/computer_ideas/computer_usage.html" target="_blank">Full size</a> <p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/free/" target="_blank">A work approach</a> </font> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 01:52 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Using%20a%20computer%20in%20life%20to%20have%20a%20life"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E924197925"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Tue - February 15, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">He loves you not: Valentine's hype can force tough decisions </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The holiday creates so much pressure that it's a common time for relationships to end.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2326&e=1&u=/csm/cbye" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 04:09 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("He%20loves%20you%20not:%20Valentine's%20hype%20can%20force%20tough%20decisions"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1908109291"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Retirement preparation--save 10 percent </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Want to retire with a million in cash? Here's the perfect solution, for you in particular and for America's retirement system overall. In fact, if everyone were using this simple strategy today all of America's 294 million citizens could retire in comfort and with dignity. Guaranteed! What's this marvelous secret?</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B2E1AE932%2D952A%2D4A30%2DA8EC%2D680135670FE0%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 04:07 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Retirement%20preparation--save%2010%20percent"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E776760351"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Personality, Not Values, Makes the Marriage </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">By Susan Heavey</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shared moral values are less important than compatible personalities as a recipe for a good marriage, according to a study released on Sunday.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Married couples often share the same attitudes about faith and other values, researchers from the University of Iowa found. But those with personalities similar to their spouses were the happiest.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20050213/hl_nm/health_marriage_dc" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 04:06 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Personality,%20Not%20Values,%20Makes%20the%20Marriage"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E93753517"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sun - February 13, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Under One Roof, Aging Together Yet Alone </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">By JANE GROSS</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">STRATFORD, Conn., Jan. 28 - Everyone complains about the food. Nobody wants to sit with the misfits. There are leaders and followers, social butterflies and loners, goody-goodies and troublemakers. Friendships are intense and so are rivalries. Everybody knows everybody else's business.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Except for the traffic jam of wheelchairs and walkers, the dining room at the Atria assisted living community here might as well be a high school cafeteria.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/national/30assisted.html?ex=1110430800&en=6e5b941e81681644&ei=5087&nl=ep&rd=hcmcp?p=048bTt048bMa3Gkh012000mgXrvgXvo" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 01:38 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Under%20One%20Roof,%20Aging%20Together%20Yet%20Alone"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E712871864"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - February 4, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">How Social Security changes would affect your retirement </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Social Security debate promises to be a long-drawn, knockout affair, but many Americans need just one question answered: What will happen to my benefits?</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B589E9383%2D4B69%2D4C45%2D9B98%2DE6B71677C06E%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 07:15 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("How%20Social%20Security%20changes%20would%20affect%20your%20retirement"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E297455893"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - January 28, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">World Leaders Mark Auschwitz Liberation </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">By VANESSA GERA, Associated Press Writer</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">BRZEZINKA, Poland - As candles flickered in the snowy, winter gloom, world leaders and Auschwitz survivors Thursday remembered victims of the Holocaust on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">The ceremony, which opened with the recorded rumble of an approaching train, was held on the spot where new arrivals were brought in by rail to the vast camp and put through "selection" -- meaning those few who were deemed able to work were separated from the rest who were taken immediately to the gas chambers.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">"It seems if you listen hard enough, you can still hear the outcry of horror of the murdered people," Israeli President Moshe Katsav said. "When I walk the ground of the concentration camps, I fear that I am walking on the ashes of the victims."</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&e=7&u=/ap/auschwitz_anniversary" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.holocaustchronicle.org/" target="NewWindow">The Holocaust Chronicle</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 09:47 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("World%20Leaders%20Mark%20Auschwitz%20Liberation"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E411012402"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Wed - January 26, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Working to Prevent Diabetes in Children </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Obesity in children is putting a new face on Type 2 Diabetes - a young one. Texas is big in size and girth, but two pioneers making strides in children's health, Roel Gonzales, school superintendent of Starr County, Texas, and Susan Combs, the state's Agriculture Commissioner, want to change that. And they have created incredible programs that include passing legislation to rid schools of junk food and soda.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Appeared on <a href="http://thejanepauleyshow.com/" target="NewWindow">The Jane Pauley show</a> Mon, Jan 25, 2005 </font></div> <br /> Posted at 09:48 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Working%20to%20Prevent%20Diabetes%20in%20Children"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E111376986"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Tue - January 25, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Sex Map Shows Chain of Almost 300 High School Lovers </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The first "map" of teen sexual behavior gives new meaning to the old warning that you don't just have sex with a person, but with everyone that person ever had sex with, researchers said on Monday.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">They found a chain of 288 one-to-one sexual relationships at a high school in the U.S. Midwest, meaning the teenager at the end of the chain may have had direct sexual contact with only one person, but indirect contact with 286 others.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=7&u=/nm/health_sex_dc" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:33 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Sex%20Map%20Shows%20Chain%20of%20Almost%20300%20High%20School%20Lovers"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E835165119"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Late-Night TV King Johnny Carson Dies </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">LOS ANGELES - From the White House to Hollywood, the loss of Johnny Carson (news) is hitting home. The 30-year host of the "Tonight Show" died yesterday at 79.</font></div> <br /> <div></div> <br /> Posted at 10:28 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Late-Night%20TV%20King%20Johnny%20Carson%20Dies"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E447565179"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Thu - January 20, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Cancer the Top Killer for Those Under 85 </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">For the first time, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the top killer of Americans under 85, health officials said Wednesday. The good news is that deaths from both are falling, but improvement has been more dramatic for heart disease.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=9&u=/ap/cancer_deaths" target="NewWindow">rest of the story</a> ... </font><br /><br /><p> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>CONNECTIONS</b>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> <b>Other related</b>: Is this really good news? Quality of life--Club Ded? Quantitative balance between producers and consumers? </font> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 09:19 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Cancer%20the%20Top%20Killer%20for%20Those%20Under%2085"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1565063872"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - January 7, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Power Users, Ready for a Refill </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">MIHOKO HAKATA, a freelance illustrator and recent art-school graduate, ducked into a coffee shop in Midtown Manhattan last week, desperate for a jolt of energy.</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">She had work to do. But as she removed her materials from her backpack, it became clear that the energy she was seeking could not be found in a cup. She had a more pressing need: to find a power outlet for her laptop computer, whose battery had died.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/technology/circuits/06powe.html?ex=1262840400&en=5e5e6139cebb51f6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt" target="NewWindow">The rest of the story</a> ... </font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:30 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Power%20Users,%20Ready%20for%20a%20Refill"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1988478497"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sun - January 2, 2005</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Myths vs. realities of trust funds </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Trust funds have become synonymous with wealth in the American mind. The stereotype of a trust-fund beneficiary as a jobless young person awaiting full access to riches has given rise to such terms as "trust baby," "trust bum" and most recently "trustafarian."</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Those stereotypes, based on misconceptions of what trust arrangements are and do, help explain why trusts remain one of the most misunderstood financial-planning tools.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?siteid=mktw&dist=nwhpf&guid=%7B93ECA47C%2D1443%2D48BE%2DADDD%2D671A3FEA93FD%7D" target="NewWindow">story</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 08:54 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Myths%20vs.%20realities%20of%20trust%20funds"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E721489557"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Tue - December 28, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Treating Childhood Anxiety Prevents Adult Disorders </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Panic disorders, phobias and other childhood anxiety conditions should be treated during childhood so that they won't be carried over into adulthood, according to advice in the latest Harvard Mental Health Letter.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=9&u=/nm/childhood_anxiety_dc" target="NewWindow">story</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 06:40 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Treating%20Childhood%20Anxiety%20Prevents%20Adult%20Disorders"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E28070907"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - December 24, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Most Over-40s Engage in Sex, But Problems Common </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">A global survey of sex behavior after age 40 reveals that most people continue to have sex. However, aging romantics tend to encounter problems in their lovemaking.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=5&u=/nm/40s_problems_dc" target="NewWindow">story</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 02:06 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Most%20Over-40s%20Engage%20in%20Sex,%20But%20Problems%20Common"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1753805824"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Money Problems Leading Cause of Holiday Stress </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Money problems are the leading cause of holiday stress for Americans, says a survey by the American Psychological Association</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&e=4&u=/hsn/moneyproblemsleadingcauseofholidaystress" target="NewWindow">story</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 02:06 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Money%20Problems%20Leading%20Cause%20of%20Holiday%20Stress"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1111854143"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Thu - December 16, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">New Gallup Poll Raises Questions About Media Focus on 'Values' </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">In the aftermath of the Nov. 2 election, the press and various political partisans jumped on exit polls that seemed to suggest "moral values" was the top issue in voters' minds as they re-elected President George W. Bush (news - web sites). Some analysts have questioned that notion, but a new nationwide Gallup Poll, released Tuesday morning, could deal a death blow to the whole idea.</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ep/newgalluppollraisesquestionsaboutmediafocusonvalues" target="NewWindow">story</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 07:04 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("New%20Gallup%20Poll%20Raises%20Questions%20About%20Media%20Focus%20on%20'Values'"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E204801727"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Fri - December 3, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Dragon Naturally Speaking </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">DAVID POGUE-- The Circuits columnist takes the new speech-recognition software for a test drive</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/technology/circuits/02POGUE-EMAIL.html" target="NewWindow">Story</a> (NYTimes site registration required?)</font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:23 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Dragon%20Naturally%20Speaking"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1026183711"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Thu - December 2, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">A life fulfilled </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">It's not just finances that can benefit from planning</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">"Are you a Wall Street banker who really wants to teach history? An accountant who yearns to become a rabbi? An insurance salesman who wants to own a charter boat? Or a corporate manager who wants to start a catering company?"</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?dist=nwhpf&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B4CCB0A4B%2D6B36%2D483E%2D86D4%2D64130035DC85%7D&garden=&minisite=" target="NewWindow">CBS</a> and <a href="http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw179557.htm" target="NewWindow">PRWEB</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 10:24 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("A%20life%20fulfilled"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E2021779113"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sat - November 27, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Work Demands May Influence Dementia Risk </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Highly challenging jobs with opportunities for responsibility may be good for your resume and your health. New study findings suggest that people with these types of jobs may be less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&e=1&u=/nm/work_dementia_dc" target="NewWindow">article</a> </font></div> <br /> Posted at 06:29 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Work%20Demands%20May%20Influence%20Dementia%20Risk"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1476866419"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sat - November 6, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Capri, Amalfi, Positano, Tuscany </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana-Italic"><i>Settings for slow living</i></font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/vistas/PhotoAlbum78.html" target="NewWindow">slideshow</a> </font><br /><p align="center"> <img src="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/images/capri_20040725_009.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="270" border="0"> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 03:43 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Capri,%20Amalfi,%20Positano,%20Tuscany"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E167972746"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date"></h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Land between the lakes </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana-Italic"><i>Fall Fun</i></font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">See <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/eye_candy/PhotoAlbum81.html" target="NewWindow">slideshow</a> </font><br /><br /><p align="center"> <img src="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/images/IMG_0517v2.jpg" alt="" width="348" height="265" border="0"> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 03:28 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Land%20between%20the%20lakes"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E669983013"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Thu - November 4, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Griffin ships EarJams iPod earbud enhancers </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Snap on to an iPod's existing earbud-style headphones to increase the bass output, volume level and comfort</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">Griffin Technology today announced that it has begun shipping the <a href="http://griffintechnology.com/products/earjams/" target="NewWindow">Griffin EarJams</a>, which snap on to an iPod's existing earbud-style headphones to increase the bass output, volume level and comfort. The company says a sonic enhancing cone extends the sound directly into the ear and is protected and made comfortable by slip-on soft ear pads. Three sizes of removable pads are included for an individual fit. In addition, the package includes a small canvas carrying case. The EarJams are priced at US$14.99. </font></div> <br /> Posted at 08:42 AM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Griffin%20ships%20EarJams%20iPod%20earbud%20enhancers"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E938147787"); </script> </div> <h2 class="date">Sat - October 30, 2004</h2> <div class="blogbody"> <h3 class="title">Students Experience Reverse Culture Shock </h3> <br /> <div><font face="Helvetica">Slow living</font></div> <br /> <div><font face="Verdana">The lead paragraph in the <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/study_abroad_coming_home" target="NewWindow">Students Experience Reverse Culture Shock</a> article that appeared in Yahoo news yesterday reminded my of a TV program on SLOW LIVING in Italy I'd seen several years ago. An entry in a <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/grail_diary_20040509.jpg" target="NewWindow">life design notebook</a>?</font><br /><br /><font face="Verdana">Google search: italy "slow living"</font><br /><p> <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/tln_weblog_intro.html" target="_blank">Connecting the dots</a> ** ** ** ** <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/biz/intelmap.html" target="_blank">Intel map?</a> </p></div> <br /> Posted at 01:46 PM   <a href="../index.html"> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> getFeedbackLink("Students%20Experience%20Reverse%20Culture%20Shock"); </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getCommentsCode("E1436459791"); </script> </div> </div> </div> </td>  <td valign="top" width="25%"> <div id="links"> <div class="sidetitle"> Quick Links </div> <div class="side"> <a href="../index.html">Blog - <script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript"> getBlogName(); </script> </a> </div> <div class="sidetitle">About this blog </div> <div class="side" align="center"> Sunshine, rain drops and meteorites falling on the landscape of our lives <br> <img src="http://homepage.mac.com/bobembry/studio/images/rte160x160fr.jpg" alt="bobembry" width="160" height="160" border="0"> <br> Click the button below to make a donation through PayPal. 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