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"Australian woman predicted to become world's richest person"
By Rob Winters - Published on Monday, 27 June 2011 06:21
"Gina Rinehart, 57, is the richest person in Australia and predicted to become the wealthiest in the world.Her fortune has more than doubled to A$10.3 billion (£6.8 billion) in the past year because of a commodities boom.
She is on course to overtake Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate worth £46 billion, and the Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is worth £35 billion, Citigroup has estimated."
"The First Impression"
By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 26 June 2011 20:15
"Bill and Hillary Clinton often tell the story of how they met: They locked eyes across Yale's law library, until Hillary broke the silent flirtation and marched straight over to Bill. "Look, if you're going to keep staring at me, and I'm going to keep staring back, we might as well be introduced. I'm Hillary Rodham. What's your name?" Bill has said he couldn't remember his own name. It was quite a first impression, one so powerful that it sparked a few chapters of U.S. history."
Read more: http://www.psychologytoday.com/collections/201106/how-read-people/the-first-impression
"Biomarker May Enable Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease"
By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 26 June 2011 20:07
"From Germany - A new report published in Neurology identifies a biomarker that may assist in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers studied nearly 60 individuals with mild cognitive impairment, finding that measuring the tau protein in the cerebrospinal fluid in combination with the persons age was approx. 80% accurate in predicting who would develop Alzheimer's disease."
Read more: http://www.insidermedicine.ca
"Canada Post back to work on Tuesday"
By Rob Winters - Published on Sunday, 26 June 2011 20:02
"Mail could be moving again by Tuesday following speedy Senate approval of government legislation ordering locked-out Canada Post workers back to their jobs.
During a rare Sunday sitting, senators vigorously debated — but ultimately approved — a bill that sets the stage for resumption of mail service."
"Think Outside the Bars"
By Rob Winters - Published on Saturday, 25 June 2011 21:10
"A white woman with gray hair pulled neatly into a bun raises her hand. She keeps it up, unwavering and rigid, as she waits patiently for her turn to speak. Finally, the microphone is passed to the back of the room, and she leaps to her feet. With an air of desperation she blurts out, “You know white people suffer in this system, too, don’t you? It’s not just black and brown people destroyed by this drug war. My son, he’s been in the system. He’s an addict. He needs help. He needs treatment, but we don’t have money. He needs his family. But they keep givin’ him prison time. White people are hurting, too.” She is trembling and sits down."
Read more: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/beyond-prisons/think-outside-the-bars
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