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Amalgamation plan opposed by agencies
Source: The Irish Times
by DEAGLáN de BRéADÚN GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS to amalgamate the Equality Authority, Equality Tribunal and Irish Human Rights Commission are being opposed by a broad-based campaign of community and voluntary organisations. An initial meeting organised in Dublin by the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) on…
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Letters to the Editor re: "Protect Our Kids from Preschool" (WSJ)
Source: Wall Street Journal
Original Article Source Joint Pre-K Now/Pew letter to the editor, submitted but not yet published Protect our kids from preschool (August 22, 2008) misrepresents decades of research on the lasting benefits of quality pre-k-research that has been accepted by academics and policy makers across the…
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Medicines bill clause slammed
Source: The Star (South Africa)
by Slindile Khanyile Durban Anyone in South Africa can oppose the registration of new medicines if they feel it would not be in the public interest or the country's economic interest, or vulnerable groups would not have access to the drugs. This is a consequence…
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Uninsured Americans Costing Government Billions in Uncompensated Care
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Americans who lack health insurance during any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for healthcare services and will receive $56 billion in uncompensated care while uninsured, a new report funded by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation finds. Published in the…
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Advocacy group dismisses claim by health minister
Source: The Mercury (South Africa)
by Xolani Mbanjwa A mere one-percent reduction in the HIV prevalence of pregnant mothers means nothing in a country where treatment of the disease is still not adequate and universal, the Treatment Action Campaign has warned. This comes after health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang told reporters…
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Organization That Promotes Public Service by Older People to Break Into Two Groups
Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy
by Suzanne PerryExperience Corps, a program that recruits older people to mentor and tutor inner-city schoolchildren, is preparing to break away from its parent group, Civic Ventures, and establish itself as an independent charity.Experience Corps, which has grown from a pilot project in 1995 to…
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Longer lives don't mean more disability: study
Source: Reuters
by Amy Norton More and more people are living into their 90s and beyond, but that may not mean a large cost to society in terms of medical care, a new study suggests. In a study that followed a group of Danish adults born in…
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U.S. banking agency brings back retirees to manage crisis
Source: International Herald Tribune
by Geraldine Fabrikant NEW YORK: Before he retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. three years ago, Gary Holloway was cleaning up the remnants of the U.S. savings-and-loan crisis two decades earlier. His problems included selling leaky gas stations in Florida and the Thomas Ranch…
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Embracing History to Make History
Source: Clark College / Plus 50 Initiative
Clark College, one of five U.S. mentor colleges in the new Plus 50 Initiative, welcomes educational leaders with a visit to Fort Vancouver and a focus on history, tourism and second careers for older workers VANCOUVER, Wash. A visit to Fort Vancouver may result in…
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Downsizings force baby boomers to reinvent careers
Source: Dallas Morning News
Original Source by BOB MOOS After a decade or more of corporate downsizings, baby boomers are looking upon cradle-to-grave job security with the same nostalgia as Hula Hoops and 45 rpm records. When boomers entered the workforce, many thought they could spend their careers with…
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