Dr. Berwick, now appointed to a US panel to shape US heath care, is an admirer of the UK system of health care, which includes limiting or rationing of it’s care. So this week, two stories are coming out of the UK on health care. One is a report that more autonomy will be given [...]

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Millions of parents, employers, and others are concerned about sex offenders living in their neighborhoods. It is imperative that a citizen has the right to find identifying location information on sex offenders where they reside, work, and go to school. There is a debate on Forbes about sex offender registries value and whether or not [...]

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In their article in the New York Times, “There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully,” Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom focus on the educational aspects of programs designed to stop school bullying.  Let’s look at the whole picture and especially at the piece that’s usually missing from ineffective school programs: Laws: Over 40 states [...]

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Lytton’s Diary: Complete Collection is a captivating British drama that comes to North American home video on August 3, 2010 from Acorn Media. The series was so popular that it spawned a novelization. Peter Bowles plays the suave Fleet Street reporter, Neville Lytton that has the ability to find scandals, whether he is chasing an [...]

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A Change Of Lifestyle Diet Designed For Everyone There are two things that I have enjoyed from my earliest childhood, books and food. Both offer sustenance to me, while my library may be obese, I am certainly far from it! I have been the same 148lbs for decades. I am lucky, about the only food [...]

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It was almost two year ago that Jan and I decided to run a weekly program on the subject of missing people. As I recall, we argued about if it should be 30 or 45 minutes long. Today it is 2 hours long, and we still run out of time every week. Today was no [...]

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The best laid plans often go wrong and it is clear from the beginning of this enjoyable cozy style novel that is exactly what is happening. What had been planned as a working vacation for Michael Tanner and his wife Mary Whitney to Lake Superior and The Apostle Islands is morphing into Mary Whitney making [...]

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